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Charleston Voice: Why Christians Should Not Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
by Laurence M. Vance
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.”
There are three holidays that cause otherwise sound-in-the-faith evangelical, conservative, and fundamentalist Christians to lose their religion.
I am referring to Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Veterans Day.
One of these holidays doesn’t even have to fall on a Sunday for some churches to go wild with celebration.
Democrat storm troopers find Gadsden flag “offensive” order veterans: take it down and hand it over « Coach is Right
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IS THIS MAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, MENTALLY ILL? (Photo credit: SS&SS)
By Kevin “Coach” Collins
Democrats love to flex their political muscles in the faces of anyone, but they take special pleasure in rubbing the noses of conservatives in the dirt. They are nasty lowlifes after all.
Recently the Democrats of the City Council of New Rochelle New York, a Big Apple bedroom community, decided that the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association could not fly a Gadsden flag (known more widely as the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag) in front of the town’s armory. One of the five skunks who voted to take this action cried that the flag which is a symbol of pride to actual patriotic Americans was “offensive” to him.
Banished! Historic ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ flag. City determines popular banner ‘too partisan’… “And in response, veterans groups have tapped the Thomas More Law Center to take up the fight.”
Banished! Historic ‘Don’t Tread On Me‘ flag. City determines popular banner ‘too partisan’
World Net Daily ^ | 4/12/2013 | Staff
Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 8:24:14 AM by IbJensen
The city of New Rochelle, N.Y., has removed the historic Gadsden “Don’t Tread On Me” flag from a military armory, deeming the flag “too partisan” because it often is used by the tea party movement.
And in response, veterans groups have tapped the Thomas More Law Center to take up the fight.
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It was after an official ceremony on March 21 at the New Rochelle Armory that a new American flag was unfurled to replace the previous weathered flag that flew at the location. Beneath the new American flag, the yellow Gadsden Flag was flown, as is common tradition on many military sites.
However, within a week of the ceremony, City Manager Chuck Strome ordered the Gadsden flag be taken down because of “unidentified complaints” that the flag was a symbol of the tea party movement.
Peter Parente, president of the United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association of New Rochelle, sent Strome links to the history of the flag so he decided to allow it to remain.
But the city council then stepped in, voting 5-2 to order the flag to be removed.
The five members who voted to uphold its removal were Democrats, while the two voting to reinstate the flag were Republicans.
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That same day, the public works department removed the flag.
Now the flag fight is headed to court.
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(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com …
via Banished! Historic ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ flag. City determines popular banner ‘too partisan’.
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Marine who served in Iraq ticketed for flying American flag
Marine who served in Iraq ticketed for flying American flag
KRMG via WPXI ^ | Posted: 4:35 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013 | Rick Couri
Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 3:05:39 PM by rightwingintelligentsia
Gregory Schaffer said after his tour of duty in the Marines he wanted to go home and fly a flag in his yard.
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But a complaint from an anonymous neighbor got Schaffer in some hot water.
Schaffer got a citation from the city of Hypoluxo, Florida that said he needed a building permit to put up the flagpole.
The Marine told a TV station “it’s sad. It’s sad that we have to go through that just to fly a flag.”
New Rochelle [NY] War Veterans Protest City’s Order to Take Down Gadsden Flag…
New Rochelle [NY] War Veterans Protest City’s Order to Take Down Gadsden Flag
NBC News NY ^ | March 29, 2013 | Jonathan Vigliotti
Posted on Saturday, March 30, 2013 11:01:26 AM by Pharmboy
War veterans in New Rochelle are protesting the city’s order for the so-called Gadsden flag to be taken down from its post outside the armory. Jonathan Vigliotti reports
War veterans in New Rochelle are protesting the city’s order for the so-called Gadsden flag to be taken down from its post outside the armory.
A symbol of pride for the veterans, the flag features a rattlesnake and the words, “Don’t tread on me.”
“That flag is the first flag of the Continetal Navy,” said Peter Parente, president of the United Veterans Memorial. He helped hoist the flag up on March 21 during a ceremony to swap out the tattered American flag.
For Sale: Original Iwo Jima Monument…
For Sale: Original Iwo Jima MonumentAP/Newser ^ | 02/08/2013Posted on Friday, February 08, 2013 3:17:04 PM by Responsibility2ndAP –
A long-forgotten piece of America’s military history is going up for sale. The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World War II artifacts. That such a statue even exists is news to all but the most ardent history buffs.
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Most Americans are familiar with Felix de Weldon‘s 1954 bronze version, the 32-foot-tall Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. Less well-known is the 12-and-1/2-foot-tall statue created soon after the event.De Weldon, a young sculptor serving as an artist in the Navy, became instantly transfixed by an Associated Press image of the Feb. 19, 1945, flag planting, which would earn photographer Joe Rosenthal a Pulitzer Prize and resonate around the world.
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He modeled a wax sculpture of the photo to present to the chiefs of staff, and Congress soon called for construction of a large statue. Completed in just three months, de Weldon’s cast stone monument was erected in Washington, DC, in front of what is now the Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue, and remained there until 1947.
Upside-down flag protests Obama win, upsets neighbors | Video | wgrz.com
Upside-down flag protests Obama win, upsets neighbors
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In a Florida neighborhood, there’s one American flag that’s standing out and upsetting neighbors.
Veterans Call for Flags to Fly Upside Down – YNN, Your News Now
War veterans are asking Americans across the country to fly their flags upside down this Fourth of July weekend. They say it’s a sign of distress and a protest against the Veterans Administration.
A small group of veterans picketed outside the Canandaigua VA Hospital Wednesday afternoon. They were protesting the closing of VA hospitals across the country. They say those that aren’t closing are being sold off or leased to outside interests, depriving veterans the treatment they have earned.
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Displaying the American flag upside down, however, is considered by some to be disrespectful.
“We’re not disgracing the flag but telling the public be on the alert,” said Gene Simes, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “This is a distress call.”
McDonald’s Upside-Down Flag Seen As Reaction To 2012 Election Results
Brooke County, WV – A McDonald’s restaurant earned a fair share of controversy Wednesday when an American flag was shown to he hanging upside down early in the morning, thought initially to be a protest of the results of the 2012 election.
Many wondered whether or not the McDonald’s upside-down flag was a deliberate political message. Turns out, the upside-down flag wasn’t intentional disrespect, but rather a timely, accidental coincidence.
A local reporter for NEWS9 had called the McDonald’s restaurant earlier Wednesday to ask why the flag was flown upside-down, usually taken as a sign of distress. Reportedly, the employee who answered the phone said that the flag was flown that way on purpose.
Later, a person identifying herself as a manager of that particular McDonald’s called to clarify her employee’s comments.
Upside Down Flag flown at Inaugural…
Upside Down Flag flown at Inaugural
cnn ^
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:53:45 AM by lowbridge
At least one brave and patriotic American attended the Presidential Inauguration and is in the parade route with an American flag in the ‘distress position’ and the white Gadsden flag by the way, which is affiliated with the Culpepper Militia Minutemen so they were very brave!
Why Does the Teamsters Union Appear to Be Flying Its Union Flag Above the U.S. One Outside the
A photo depicting what appears to be the Teamsters Union flag improperly flying above the American flag outside the union’s D.C. headquarters on Tuesday was sent to TheBlaze, and the story of how a Marine veteran who tried to bring it to the group’s attention was treated is sure to raise eyebrows.
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The photo was taken by the Marine at approximately 2:10 pm ET and sent to TheBlaze by his brother. Both have requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by the union.This is the picture:
Retired Marine Shoots Home Intruder During Break-In (OK)
If you’re a thief, there are a couple of warning signs that you should watch out for. A dog bowl and a leash in the front yard would tip you off that you’re probably going to get bitten. A sign that reads, “Trespassers will be shot!” is pretty self-explanatory.
The home of 77-year-old Lloyd McCarty is similarly filled with warning signs. He flies an American flag on the front porch, he has a U.S. Marine Corpspatch tacked to the wall, and he also keeps a framed picture of himself in his glory day as a Marine. If the home invader had noticed these clues then maybe he would have picked another house to rob.
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According to reports, McCarty heard a knock on his door – a knock so light that it was suspicious — on Nov. 10. The shrewd veteran retrieved his .32-caliber pistol just in time to encounter the home invader breaking down his front door. With the casual devil-may-care attitude that only a war veterancan have, McCarty said, “He hit (the door) that hard and when he hit it that hard that’s when I shot the door. He went to a hollerin’ and screamin’. I could hear him going clear down the street hollerin.” He added, “Well, maybe I shoulda shot two or three times.”
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Prison Planet.com » FSA Rebel: ‘We Won’t Stop Until Al-Qaeda Flag Raised Over White House’
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Press the ‘CC’ button on the video to turn on subtitles. These are the guys the Obama administration is funding with hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
“We started our holy war here and won’t finish until this (Jihadis Banner) will be raised on top of the White House. Keep funding them, you always do that, remember? Al Qaedafor instance.”
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FLASHBACK: New Video Shows Obama-Backed Syrian Rebels Burning U.S. Flag
Romney’s American Flag Pin? (See Reader Responses)
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Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:36:29 AM by carriage_hill
Did anyone else see Romney’s America Flag lapel pin‘s weird red spot?
Empty chair ‘lynchings’: Anti-Obama protests gone too far? It’s a “chair”!
English: Following his 50th town hall meeting in Massac County. U.S. Senator Obama poses in front of the Superman Statue in downtown Metropolis, IL. known as the home of the DC Comics super hero. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
At least two recent incidents in which empty chairs were hung from trees by rope have critics decrying what they say are racially offensive displays meant to symbolize the “lynching” of President Barack Obama.In Austin, Texas, a homeowner hung an empty folding chair from a tree branch in front of his house and later attached an American flag to it.
New Obama Flag Looks Eerily Like Blood-Stained Walls at Benghazi Consulate…
New Obama Flag Looks Eerily Like Blood-Stained Walls at Benghazi Consulate
Gateway Pundit ^ | 9-20-2012 | Jim Hoft
Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 6:52:21 AM by servo1969
Talk about poor timing…
The Obama Campaign recently released their perfected version of the US flag.
You can purchase yourO-flag at the Obama Campaign website for $35.
Joe Biden und Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois, right after Biden was formerly introduced by Obama as his running mate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If the image looks familiar it could be because the red stripes resemble the bloody Benghazi hand prints. The bloodstained walls at the US consulate revealed that the US officials were dragged to their death by peaceful protestersterrorists.
Egyptian Protesters Climb Walls Of U.S. Embassy, American Flags Replaced With Black Al-Qaeda Flags
Keep in mind these are the same protesters Obama backed during the Arab Spring uprising against Mubarak.Via CNN: Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and hauled down its American flags, replacing them with black flags with Islamic emblems.
The incident prompted U.S. security guards to fire off a volley of warning shots as a large crowd gathered outside, apparently upset about the production of a Dutch film thought to insult the Prophet Mohammed, said CNN producer Mohammed Fahmy, who was on the scene. An embassy operator told CNN that the facility had been cleared of diplomatic personnel earlier Tuesday, ahead of the apparent threat, while Egyptian riot police were called to help secure the embassy walls.Update: More pictures………………….
Giant American Flag Spotted Laying on the Ground Before Obama University Event
Full Title: Giant American Flag Spotted Laying on the Ground Before Obama University Event [Update: School Apologizes, Removes Picture, Then Backtracks]Today, President Obama is slated to travel to the University of Iowa to campaign in the crucial battleground state.
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Prison Planet.com » NASA: Apollo 11 flag from man’s first moon landing ‘missing’
A series of American flags that were planted on the moon during visits by Apollo astronauts some four decades ago are still standing, except for one, a NASA scientist has said.
Residents of Wrentham public housing complex ordered to remove U.S. flags
WRENTHAM — Just a week after the nation celebrated its birthday, residents of the Garden Lane public housing complex are being told they can no longer display their patriotism by hanging U.S. flags outside their homes.
Tenants of the complex, operated near the center of town by the Wrentham Housing Authority, were notified of the new policy through a letter taped to their doors sometime Wednesday afternoon.
City Council: American Flag is Clutter
A Texas city council has voted to ban American flags from a local cemetary. Why? Because these people want to keep the cemetary free of “clutter.” That’s right… according to these “leaders,” the American flag is “clutter” and cannot be placed beside a tombstone.
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It appears common sense and respect for veterans have gone out the window.
(“Another Massacre Of Indians”) What To Remember on Memorial Day by William Norman Grigg
Colonel John Milton Chivington, United States Army (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“What you are proposing is murder,” Lt. Joseph Cramer told his commanding officer, Colonel John Chivington of the Third Colorado Cavalry, shortly before daybreak on the morning of the planned assault. Cramer and several other members of Chivington’s command staff had severe misgivings about the prospect of a sneak attack against a band of defenseless of Cheyenne Indians who had been promised protection.
Black Kettle, Southern Cheyenne chief (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Chief Black Kettle had distinguished himself through repeated efforts to secure the peace – on one occasion riding weaponless between opposing skirmish lines to prevent a battle from breaking out. In witness of his non-belligerency he had been provided with a United States flag by military officers who promised to protect the Cheyennes and Arapahos who lived in his encampment.
The “Battle” of Sand Creek could be considered the last engagement in which the U.S. flag flew over Americans who mounted a desperate defense of their homes and families against a barbarous aggressor.
During the months leading up to the November 1864 attack on the Sand Creek Reservation, Black Kettle had cooperated in efforts to identify and apprehend Indians who had stolen horses and attacked white settlers. He had also repeatedly petitioned both civilian and military officials on behalf of Indians who had suffered similar abuses.
“The Indians talk very bitterly about the whites – say they have stolen their ponies and abused their women, taken their hunting grounds, and they expected that they would have to fight for their rights,” wrote Lt. George Hawkins in an official report filed during the bitter winter of 1863. The concept that Indians had rights they were entitled to defend was foreign to Colorado Governor John Evans and General Samuel Curtis.
During a September 1864 conference in Denver, Evans disingenuously insisted that owing to a “state of war” the military had plenary authority over Indian affairs, and that he was powerless to negotiate a peace treaty. Curtis wasn’t interested in a modus vivendi with the Indians: “I want no peace until the Indians suffer more,” he wrote in a directive to Colonel Chivington. “Pursue everywhere and chastise the Cheyennes and the Arapahos…. No presents must be made and no peace concluded without my consent.”
Chivington was indecently eager to carry out that barbarous directive. Considered a war hero of sorts following a Civil War engagement with Confederate forces in New Mexico, Chivington chafed under the restraints placed on his volunteers. He also resented the fact that the Third Colorado Cavalry, which had yet to see action, had been saddled with the sardonic sobriquet “The Bloodless Third.”………
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via What To Remember on Memorial Day by William Norman Grigg.
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Flag-saving moment still winning salutes [baseball]
Flag-saving moment still winning salutes [baseball]
AP via WaPo ^ | April 22, 2006 | JOE RESNICK
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:15:49 PM by Daffynition
LOS ANGELES — Rick Monday never tires of answering questions about that memorable day 30 years ago, when he performed his own Patriot Act and unwittingly became an icon to millions of American war heroes and their loved ones.
Was Fort Sumter the 1860s Gulf of Tonkin Incident? | revisedhistory
CHARLESTON, SC - APRIL 12: Confederate re-enactors stand on the ramparts of Fort Moultrie are silhouetted in the rising sun to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War on April 12, 2011 in Charleston, South Carolina. The first shot that began the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 in Charleston harbor. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Lincoln, shrewd pragmatist that he was, realized he had opposition to a war both in the North and the West Mid-West and so he used the firing on Fort Sumter to rouse the war spirit in his own back yard where it had been notably lacking up to that point.
Supposedly the nation now had to go to war because the United States flag had been fired upon. But, from Charles E. Minor’s book The Real Lincoln not to be confused with Thomas DiLorenzo’s book of the same name we learn that the United States flag had been fired upon in the same place two months earlier, a fact which has been strangely ignored.
The steamer Star of the West had been sent two months earlier, on January 9, 1861, with food and two hundred recruits to relieve the garrison at Fort Sumter. At that time the flag was fired upon, struck twice, and the steamer retired.
The main problem there was probably the two hundred recruits.William Howard Russell, a war correspondent for the London Times wrote to that paper from America stating: “It is absurd to assert…that the sudden outburst when Fort Sumter was fired upon was caused by the insult to the flag.
Obama flag flies again …
Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Obama flag flies again
March 15, 2012 by Don Surber
In 2008, someone in Seattle decided to make a buck by peddling Obama flags, American flags with the image of The Won replacing the stars. I guess his image alone represents the 57 states.
The Democratic Party in Lake County, Florida, bought one and now, in the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the Flag of the Obamanation has created a stir.
From WFTV:
Korean war veteran Don Van Beck said his blood was boiling.
“I can’t describe how upset was because you just don’t do that to the American flag,” Van Beck said.
Van Beck found it flying outside Lake County Democratic headquarters under the stars and stripes. Marine Corps vet John Masterjohn was seeing red.
Lake County Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Hurlbert told angry vets who demanded it be taken down: “No. This is private property. This is private property. You’re not allowed to touch anything. I’ll call the police. Just went online. Just went online and looked up the flag code.
Veterans Outraged Over American Flag With Obama Image…
Veterans Outraged Over American Flag With Obama Image
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2012 12:34 PM
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Veterans in Lake County, Fla., are incensed that local Democrats hoisted an American flag with President Obama’s image in place of the traditional stars over their headquarters. The veterans denounced the modified banner as “a disgrace,” reports Fox News.
The veterans’ complaints finally prompted the Democrats to remove the flag from its perch under a customary American flag on the flagpole outside party headquarters in Tavares, Fla.
“It’s absolutely disrespectful,” said Jim Bradford, 71-year-old veteran who served during the Bay of Pigs invasion. “It’s totally ridiculous. To put somebody’s picture there, to me, it’s a disgrace to do that.”
Bradford sent pictures of the flag to fellow veterans and friends, and he delivered a copy of the federal flag code to Nancy Hurlbert, chairwoman of the Lake County Democratic Party.
“We read that to her, but she would not accept that,” Bradford said. “The discussion finally got a little bit heated.”
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An Albany code enforcement officer alleged that Tom Gieryic’s flag was in violation of the city’s sign ordinance. The standard size American flag was posted on a pole outside Gieryic’s automotive repair shop.
“It’s been there for 30 years,” Gieryic told Fox News. “She told me my flag was in the city’s right of way.”
Gieryic said his troubles started last week when a group of retired Marines showed up and offered to put up a new flag. When he returned from lunch, Gieryic was met by a code enforcement officer telling him to either remove the American flag or face fines.
State Says American Flag Violates Law
State Says American Flag Violates Law
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Fox News Radio ^ | December 29, 2011 | Todd Starnes
Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:42:03 PM by Kaslin
A Maryland community is up in arms after state highway workers removed an American flag honoring military personnel from a traffic circle and threw it into a dump truck.
“We want our flag back,” Rhonda Winkler told Fox News & Commentary. “We are patriots and we love America.”
Upside-Down American Flag Flies At Occupy Pittsburgh
Upside-Down American Flag Flies At Occupy Pittsburgh
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According to the United States Flag Code, the flag should never be displayed with the union down, unless it’s done as a signal of distress.
White Air Force Vet Prohibited from Registering to Vote Because of Race
White Air Force Vet Prohibited from Registering to Vote Because of Race
Pajamas Media ^ | November 21, 2011 | J. Christian Adams
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:22:26 PM by Kaslin
Believe it or not, there is a place where the American flag flies that citizens of particular races are excluded from voting. Citizens not of the chosen race are not allowed to vote in an important election. White and Asian citizens of the United States there are even prohibited from registering to vote for the election. As implausible as it sounds, such is the law on the island of Guam, a territory where the American flag flies and the Voting Rights Act applies, along with the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
Don’t display American Flag in American school.
Don’t display American Flag in American school.
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Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:40:34 PM by MrNJ
Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District (N.D. Cal.), decided the day before yesterday, upholds a California high school’s decision to forbid students from wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. (See here and here for more on this case.)
On Cinco de Mayo in 2009, a verbal exchange and altercation arose between a group of predominantly white and a group of Mexican students. This altercation involved an exchange of profanities and threats were made. A makeshift American flag was put on one of the trees on campus.
(Viet Nam) Vet cuts down Illegal Mexican flag flying above U.S. Flag
Vet cuts down Illegal Mexican flag flying above U.S. Flag
Don’t know how to embed the video, but it warms the heart to see a Viet Nam Vet still fighting for his country.
Best down load it before the commies pull it.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com …
via (Viet Nam) Vet cuts down Illegal Mexican flag flying above U.S. Flag.
Libyan rebels embrace U.S. and its flag
BENGHAZI, Libya — (MCT) Omar el Keish wanted to make a strong statement when he headed out with his wife and daughter recently for a revolutionary rally here in the de facto rebel capital.
Keish decided to bring along a flag. It wasn’t the ubiquitous Libyan rebel flag that flutters at every downtown rally. He chose the American flag — the Stars and Stripes — on a long, heavy pole.
The 57-year-old airline pilot waved the big fluttering fabric with both arms, and rallygoers smiled and flashed the V for victory sign at the sight of Old Glory.
“Libyans love America,” Keish explained as he cut through a boisterous crowd that numbered in the tens of thousands. “They love the flag because it stands for freedom and democracy — exactly what they want for Libya.”
In a region where America is often mistrusted and resented, rebel-held eastern Libya stands out as an island of pro-American sentiment. The rag-tag forces that drove out Moammar Gadhafi‘s security forces in February credit U.S. and NATO warplanes for rescuing Benghazi from a government counterattack in March.
America’s popularity has risen further since July 15, when the U.S. formally recognized the rebel Transitional National Council as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people.
More American flags have begun to pop up at opposition rallies and outside shops. Some young men sport ball caps emblazoned with a small U.S. flag and the New York Yankees logo.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com …
Japanese Iwo Jima eyewitness tells it in his own words
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Japanese Iwo Jima eyewitness tells it in his own words
MSN Japan News Manichi ^ | 20 February 2007 | As IndicatedPosted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:05:59 AM by gunnyg
“On the morning of February 23, he saw the first U.S. flag go up on Suribachi’s peak, followed shortly thereafter by the second, larger flag, the raising of which was immortalized at 1/400th second in Rosenthal‘s famous photograph. Akikusa’s descriptions up to this point correspond completely to American accounts of the event.
But what followed afterward appears to contradict the official U.S. Naval version of the battle.The following morning, as Akikusa relates in his book, “It was not the Stars & Stripes, but the Nissho-ki Japanese Sun flag that was waving.
Even though the peak was the target of attack from every direction on the island, I thought how hard they must have fought, and tears naturally came to my eyes.
The valiant fighters were defending Mt. Suribachi to the death.”The U.S. troops quickly hauled down the Japanese standard and replaced it with their own flag. But early the next morning, February 25, “the Nissho-ki was once again fluttering in the morning sunshine. It was a dazzling, beautiful sight.”
“The flag was a different one from the day before,” Akikusa recalls. “It was a smaller one, and square. It may have been improvised. The red circle in the center looked brownish, so it could have been blood.”"It may have been made out of a shirt. It moved me to tears. ‘Our guys are still up there,’ I thought.
‘They’re giving everything they’ve got. So will I.’”"I had hoped to see the Nissho-ki still flying the next morning, but that miracle was not to be,” Akikusa writes. “I said to myself, ‘Well, I guess that’s the end of it.’”…………………………..
The Truth about the Pledge of Allegiance
Free RepublicBrowse · Search Pings · Mail Bloggers & PersonalTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments.The Truth about the Pledge of AllegiancePolitical Blog ^ | December 1, 2011 | Chris CantwellPosted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:37:21 AM by RaquelIt is rare today to find a conservative who doesn’t think, that anyone who refuses to say the pledge of allegiance is traitor or a socialist or both. The pledge is recited at the beginning of so many different types of gatherings from public schools to “Tea Parties” to you name it. Try to find an American who doesn’t know the words by heart, let me know how that works out for ya. If only more Americans knew their Constitution this well, or for that matter, the truth about the pledge of allegiance, I am certain that America would be a wonderful place to live.But the fact of the matter is, America is not a wonderful place to live, and it is completely because of that ignorance. People say the pledge of allegiance and think America is the greatest country in the world, the freest, but the fact of the matter is, America ranks 9th in world Freedom according to the Heritage foundation. Mind you this is not some UN Study that gauges freedom by how good your socialized medicine works, or some libertarian conspiracy theory, this is an American, conservative, thinktank! Americans say the pledge and think about the military and how it protects our freedoms, neglecting to take into consideration that War is the biggest enemy of freedom and that one reason their taxes and inflation are so high is because we do 70% of the worlds military spending, partially because we have not known a period of peace longer than 33 years since our inception, and the last time it was that long was after the Civil War.Excerpt Read more at raquelokyay.com …
“The international symbol of distress is flying a nation’s flag upside down.” Has America Ever Been In Greater Peril?
“The international symbol of distress is flying a nation‘s flag upside down.”
Has America Ever Been In Greater Peril?
By Ron Ewart Sunday, January 2, 2011
Not since the Civil War has America been in such grave peril. Then it was on the precipice of splitting into two opposing nations with vastly differing positions on slavery and state’s rights. Today, it faces an even greater threat. It has been besieged, not by cannon fire and muskets between brother and brother, but by a failed ideology that has swept the planet and is on the verge of collapsing almost every world economy.
America is not being conquered by another more powerful nation by the force of arms, America is disintegrating from within and the disintegration is being perpetrated by an elite group of traitors that are intent on destroying the most prosperous nation on Earth, by driving it into national bankruptcy. These traitors have been successful in dividing Americans between those that are self-reliant, responsible, productive and generous and those who have become hopelessly dependent on government. We fight amongst each other in a war of classes and are being diverted from the diabolical plans of the real enemy …… the move by this elite group of traitors towards a socialist utopia and an Absolute Democrat Monarchy, funded by the sweat, labor and tears of those who toil at honest, productive work.
You need not take our word for it, you only need to look around you and see the divisions widen between all Americans over issues and problems created by government, but never solved by government. The truth is, we are being played for suckers and we are biting at the bait. If we are united, we survive with honor and dignity. If we are divided, we fall.
Has America ever been in greater peril? The answer is a resounding NO! Before America finds itself in the graveyard containing the bleached bones of failed nations, all red-blooded Americans had better rise up and smell the roses before the lid closes on our national casket forever. What America needs to make its blood run hot wth passion and resolve and spring into action is a symbol of unity, a symbol that fans the fire of patriotism in the hearts of men and women across this great land. America needs a symbol that all Americans can rally around, a symbol that instills the call of duty on each of our souls, a duty to save the last bastion of freedom on this Earth, before there is no one left that even remembers what freedom is all about, what price was paid to claim it and from whence it came.
Since the international symbol of distress is the nation’s flag flying upside down and since America is in distress like never before, we call on all Americans to turn the American flag that they are flying upside down, as a symbol of national distress. Those who don’t know the symbol will ask why and we will tell them, so that they too can join with those of us who, to the last man say, “we will not go quietly into the night!” And to all those who try to steal our liberty, dilute our sovereignty, blur our borders and sell America to the highest bidder, we say: “‘Tis an evil thing that you do and so yee shall sow, so shall yee reap.”
TURN YOUR AMERICAN FLAG UPSIDE DOWN AND HELP SAVE AMERICA, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2011!
School makes boy take American flag off bike
13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He’s had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. “In this country we’re supposed to be free,” said Cody. “And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to.
And they’re telling me I can’t.” Cody’s grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week.
“No action should be taken. We don’t want any repercussion,” said Roger. “We just want Cody to be proud of what he’s doing.”
Google Commies
Check out the Veteran’s Day Google art: nice little commie flag peeking out from under the American flag, or the muzzie crecent … take your pick. They must be convinced of their cuteness. You think that was accidental? I think not.
Vision Leads Woman to Paint 1991 Portrait of… 911 Terrorist Attack
In this Oct. 14, 2010 photo, “Saving Freedom” a 1991 painting by Mary Jane Jordan is seen in Roseburg, Ore.. Caryl Jordan Baum, 67, the daughter of Mary Jane Jordan, believes it prophetically depicted the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
She hopes to have the painting, which she said her mother painted after having a vision, made into a postage stamp that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.AP Photo/The News-Review, Michael SullivanROSEBURG, Ore. AP –
Ghostly figures run across the roof of a skyscraper, smoke and flames reflected in the building’s window panes, contrasting with the brilliant blue sky.
The people, who have no faces or color, clamor on top of each other in their haste to get away from a man brandishing a knife. A large American flag stands in the midst of the pale figures, the red and white stripes smudging together as if the flag was drenched in a heavy rain.
The scene is from a watercolor called “Saving Freedom” painted by Roseburg resident Caryl Jordan Baum’s late mother Mary Jane Jordan in 1991.
Jordan Baum, 67, believes it prophetically depicted the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
She hopes to have the painting, which she said her mother painted after having a vision, made into a postage stamp that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Jordan Baum plans to submit an application to the U.S. Postal Service soon and believes the painting’s significance makes a strong case for it being put on a stamp.
Prints of the painting have been sold to people all over the country, with former President George W. Bush being the most famous owner, she said.
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Arizona Man Fights to Keep Gadsden Flag Flying Outside His Home
An Arizona man fighting to keep a historical American flag flying outside his home vows he will not take it down unless a judge orders him to.Andy McDonel of Leveen, Ariz., says he received a letter from his homeowner’s association, Avalon Village Community Association, on Aug. 6 instructing him to “remove debris” from his suburban Phoenix home within 10 days or face a $25 fine.
Muslims in New York Desecrate U.S. Flag More from the ‘Moderates’
Muslims making a spectacle of desecrating the American flag.
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