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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:53 PM Original message |
Lowering Flag for War’s Dead Brings New Rift |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. All the flags in the USA should be |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. agreed. |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. So Reagan and Ford are more important than our soldiers? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. One day in May, we were painting a house out in Yamhill... |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. after falwell died i saw at least two churches that had their flags at half staff |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Churches fly flags? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Some do. I've see some Christian nondenominal churches |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. In the south they fly them all the time |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, it's ok to let a flag get filthy and tattered as a show of support for the troops, |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. complicated issue |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why would an ex-president be more important |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. 'lowering the flag is seen as an antiwar guesture!! my GAWD!!! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. .."which reserve the action for “officials,” not soldiers."--- lowering the flag is |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. REC |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. In states where flags are lowered, the extent of the governors’ orders varies.: |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. "whether lowering the flag each time a soldier is killed cheapens the tribute by doing it too often" |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Good catch. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. .....'tis like not letting the media or public photograph the |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Good God I am ashamed of my Nation. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. . |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. You know, the republicans in Michigan tried this shit a few years ago. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Have you noticed how when there's a picture with this kind of story, it often shows |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. I may sound unpatriotic but I made the pledge when Bush became president |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. Once again, the right wing fails to "support the troops" |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hope this doesn't sound offensive, but |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I was told told that soldiers have. But I didn't get a specific |
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