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Sep 23, 2013 08:44:39   #
TedPaul Loc: Madison, MS
 
Joehell. Agreed, a good actor but a lot of people are good at their job. Half mast in favor of depicting a gang boss? Do not want to see him in'16,

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Sep 23, 2013 08:58:01   #
rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
 
rmalarz wrote:
I think that any time someone gives their life in the attempt to preserve our way of life, they deserve recognition.

Yes, I am tired of seeing the flags at half staff in my city, but that means some individual from Arizona gave their life in some God forsaken hell hole, because our government felt a need to assign that person to defend our liberties in that hell hole.

It means that some local resident, who voluntarily joined a police force, decided that preserving our way of life was more important than their own.

It means that citizens are willing to give all they have to protect us from all that may harm us.

Those people deserve to be recognized and honored for their sacrifice. Thus, the minimum a community can do to honor their sacrifice is to lower the flag to half staff to let the recipients of that person's act of sacrifice be known.
--Bob
I think that any time someone gives their life in ... (show quote)


A very noble idea, but the flag would then be at half staff 24/7

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Sep 23, 2013 09:49:01   #
DennisK Loc: Pickle City,Illinois
 
jrb1213 wrote:
You are not overly sensitive, you are just plain wrong. But then I am one who stands at the side of the road and salutes as the fallen heros hearse goes by. What you do not recognize is that the flag does not just represent the country but each person in this country, for it is "We the people" that starts the constitution. When someone dies in defense of us, the country is diminished. The recognition of that is flying the flag at half staff.


Hear hear.When they start flying the flag at half mast for some hollyweird "star" or pop singer,that is when I will need extra blood pressure meds.

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Sep 23, 2013 10:43:56   #
cthahn
 
Clynro wrote:
I don't know how everyone else feels about this, but I'm getting tired of everyone flying the flag at half staff all of the time. Most of the time, I don't even know why it's at half staff. Personally I feel that flying the flag in that fashion should be reserved for the most significant of national tragedies--such as the death of a president, 911, the Challenger or Columbia accidents--something along those lines. I feel that where I live, people fly the flag at half mast for anything and everything (such as the death of a local police officer in the line of duty--which I admit is a tragedy, but a local one, not a national one, and not meriting that flags be flown at half mast) and it loses it's significance. Also, I don't like to always see the proud standard
of my country always halfway to where it should be--flying high and proud for all to see. Anyone else feel the same, or am I just a little oversensitive about this?
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I agree. At the bank where I do business last week, the flag was at half mast. I asked inside and they did not know.

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Sep 23, 2013 10:49:21   #
STVest Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama
 
cthahn wrote:
I agree. At the bank where I do business last week, the flag was at half mast. I asked inside and they did not know.


Was that on 9/11?

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Sep 23, 2013 18:10:43   #
pjreed Loc: Tonopah, Arizona
 
rmalarz wrote:
I think that any time someone gives their life in the attempt to preserve our way of life, they deserve recognition.

Yes, I am tired of seeing the flags at half staff in my city, but that means some individual from Arizona gave their life in some God forsaken hell hole, because our government felt a need to assign that person to defend our liberties in that hell hole.

It means that some local resident, who voluntarily joined a police force, decided that preserving our way of life was more important than their own.

It means that citizens are willing to give all they have to protect us from all that may harm us.

Those people deserve to be recognized and honored for their sacrifice. Thus, the minimum a community can do to honor their sacrifice is to lower the flag to half staff to let the recipients of that person's act of sacrifice be known.
--Bob
I think that any time someone gives their life in ... (show quote)


:thumbup:

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Sep 23, 2013 19:50:02   #
TchrBill Loc: Houston, TX
 
I never had much of a feeling on this issue one way or another. However, a retired Lieutenant Commander in the Navy used to head up the JROTC unit in my school and it absolutely incensed him when the flag was flown at half-mast for anyone other than those specifically stated in the United States Code. He was a strictly by-the-rules kind of guy. Sadly he passed away while working at the school and the flag was flown at half-mast for a week. Knowing the man as I did, I half expected him to return if for no other reason than to put the flag back where he expected it to be flown.

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Sep 23, 2013 20:18:45   #
Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip
 
joehel2 wrote:
The governor of NJ ordered the flags flown at half staff when James Gandofino, the actor who portrayed mob boss Tony Soprano, passed away. WTF


Did the Governor of NJ order the flags be flown at half staff when Frank Sinatra or Bruce Springsteen ( career) died?

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Sep 23, 2013 20:54:35   #
wuzfuzzab Loc: Red Deer, Alberta
 
rmalarz wrote:
I think that any time someone gives their life in the attempt to preserve our way of life, they deserve recognition.

Yes, I am tired of seeing the flags at half staff in my city, but that means some individual from Arizona gave their life in some God forsaken hell hole, because our government felt a need to assign that person to defend our liberties in that hell hole.

It means that some local resident, who voluntarily joined a police force, decided that preserving our way of life was more important than their own.

It means that citizens are willing to give all they have to protect us from all that may harm us.

Those people deserve to be recognized and honored for their sacrifice. Thus, the minimum a community can do to honor their sacrifice is to lower the flag to half staff to let the recipients of that person's act of sacrifice be known.
--Bob
I think that any time someone gives their life in ... (show quote)


Very loud applause!!!!!!

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Sep 23, 2013 21:37:53   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
Did the Governor of NJ order the flags be flown at half staff when Frank Sinatra or Bruce Springsteen ( career) died?


Don't give him any ideas.

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Sep 23, 2013 23:53:07   #
Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado
 
joehel2 wrote:
The governor of NJ ordered the flags flown at half staff when James Gandofino, the actor who portrayed mob boss Tony Soprano, passed away. WTF


Exactly. Silly is too kind of word for that despicable edict!

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Sep 24, 2013 02:59:31   #
Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
 
Im just glad that they fly the flag at all. I put my flags out for every hollday and keep one out most all the time.

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Sep 26, 2013 18:46:50   #
Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx
 
National Flag National reason
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