AMERICA-The Right Way!WEEKEND (EDITION) June 14 and 15, 2008[Remember the Trade Center!]

Various News Sources and FRee Republic Members | June 14, 2008 | All of Us

[lysie]

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2008

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

The American flag has been our national symbol for 231 years, and it remains a beacon of freedom wherever it is flown. Since the Second Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as our flag in 1777, it has stood for freedom, justice, and the resolve of our Nation.

When Francis Scott Key saw the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in 1814, he believed that liberty would triumph. The flag that inspired Key to write our National Anthem still energizes and emboldens the American spirit today. As our Nation faces the challenges of a new era, Old Glory reminds us that liberty can prevail over oppression.

Since the first days of our Republic, Americans have flown the flag to show their pride and appreciation for the freedoms they enjoy in this great Nation. Every day, Americans pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States, and our troops carry it before them as they defend the liberties for which it stands.

On Flag Day and during National Flag Week, we remember those in uniform whose courage and sacrifice inspire us here at home. We also remember the rich history of one of our oldest national symbols and reflect on our duty to carry our heritage of freedom into the future.

To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by joint resolution approved August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as "Flag Day" and requested that the President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as "National Flag Week" and calling upon all citizens of the United States to display the flag during that week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2008, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 8, 2008, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during that week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other appropriate places. I also call upon the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-second.

GEORGE W. BUSH

[lysie]

The weekend is here. Please post news articles, pictures and other items of interest. All are welcome.

[lysie]

That Ragged Old Flag

Johnny Cash

I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin there.
I said, "Your court house is kinda run down,
He said, "No, it will do for our little town".
I said "your old flag pole kinda leaned a little bit,
And that’s a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".
He said "have a seat", so I sat down,

He said, "is this your first visit to our little town"
I said, "I think it is"
He said "I don’t like to brag, but we’re kinda proud of
"That Ragged Old Flag"
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it, writing
"Oh Say Can You See"
It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson
tugging at its seams.
It almost fell at the Alamo beside the Texas flag,
But she waved on tho.
It got cut with a sword in Chancellorsville,
Got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on
"That Ragged Old Flag"

On Flanders Field in World War I,
She took a bad hit from a Bertha Gun,
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp and low by the time that one was through,
She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
The Native Americans, The Black, Yellow and White
All shed red blood for the Stars and Stripes.
And here in her own good land,
She’s been abused, burned, dishonored, denied and refused,
And the very government for which she stands
Has been scandalized throughout out the land.
And she’s getting thread bare, and she’s wearing kinda thin,
But she’s in pretty good shape, for the shape she’s in.
Cause she’s been through the fire before and she can take a whole lot more.

So we raise her up every morning
And we bring her down slow every night,
We don’t let her touch the ground,
And we fold her up right.

On second thought
I do like to brag
Cause I’m mighty proud of
"That Ragged Old Flag"

Written by Johnny Cash

[Jemian]

Good morning.

Thank you for posting the splendid tribute to our Flag. As soon as the sun comes up here, I’ll display ours.

My son’s flag from Iraq is displayed in it’s case in our living room.

[DollyCali]

[lysie]

Good morning, Jem.

I will mention the sidebar mess to the mods.

Why are there so many non ATRW posts in the AMERICA - The Right Way!! (General/Chat) sidebar? Thanks.

[lysie]

Very nice. Thanks, Dolly. Good morning.

[lysie]

[DollyCali]

re: sidebar.. my guess is not that the posters of the threads mean to infringe, but just see the categories & feel

well, gosh.. my thread is AMERICA THE RIGHT WAY!

my own story

when I first joined FR.. it was in response to a quick trip I was making to Valley Forge for the Glenn Beck Rally in 2003. I had to register to chat with the folks on the thread.

When I returned after the rally & began to poke around the forum the FIRST link I perused was the ATRW.. and this thread & began posting & getting acquainted.

I dont think any of the posters who use this connection mean harm.. I would just continue t notify the mods to move the threads & give the posters a nice (develop one) FR Mail explaining & inviting to thread.

Just an idea.

Happy Sat to all

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

Good morning, Jem. Happy Flag Day. Looking forward to seeing your flag.

[Miss Marple]

Good morning, all!

My flag is up, and I am ready to tackle the day.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

Good morning, Jane. It warms my heart knowing your flag is up.

[PGalt]

Hooray President Bush! Flag Day BUMP!

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning.

[lysie]

Welcome. My pleasure.

[lysie]

Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag

[Jemian]

Good morning to you. My flag is up. I’ll have to go run out and take a picture of it.

I saw your message on the previous thread. Your apology, of course, is accepted.

I thank you for your advice concerning this election. Nobama is really, really scary. I dread what may happen if he is selected.

[Jemian]

Good morning.

Congratulations on the Army’s 233rd birthday! Good job on becoming regular Army (from the reserves) yesterday!

[lysie]

Good job on becoming regular Army (from the reserves) yesterday!

I second that.

[lysie]

Newspaper Advertising Takes Big Fall (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Hot climate or cold, tree leaves stay in comfort zone: study

The 233rd United States Army Birthday

[lysie]

I appreciate any tips on wireless connections. Thanks.

Funny how the wireless icon now says excellent connection and yet..it won't connect. I guess that means that the signal to the modem/router has an excellent connection.

Maddening!

[Holding Our Breath]

Good morning 2/3’s and everyone. My flag flies every day, so it is up!

[Holding Our Breath]

Mouth watering lysie! Thanks

[Holding Our Breath]

GOOD MORNING! I am so happy to see you here!

[Jemian]

Any feedback on the sidebar situation?

I find it irritating because I sometimes log back on before I have been pinged. I use our listing in the sidebar to find the latest threads fast. But lately, we don’t even show up for five postings in our own sidebar!

[lysie]

Any feedback on the sidebar situation?

Not yet, to my knowledge.

[lysie]

Well, now I'm confused.(easy for me)

I took Greg's Netgear adapter from his computer (same model as the one on my 'puter) and plugged it into mine. I am typing this from my computer. I plugged my adapter into Greg's computer and I get a low connectivity.

I've been working on this for months and now I discover that the adapter is at fault? Bah!

As I stated, I'm confused.

[Mozie]

My favorite flag:

It flew over Ev's base on my birthday while he was deployed. It is now mine.:)

[lysie]

Wonderful!

[Jemian]

I am sure it has the pride of place in your home. I’m glad you have it as you had quite a bit in Ev’s successful deployment and career. I salute you, fellow PAM!

[Jemian]

Just a little question. It appears the flag in the picture is at half staff. Do you know why?

[bevlar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xIOLgnnwbw

Lysie, can you fix this so people can just click on it? Gosh! it is pretty funny :-)

[lysie]

Here you go, Bev.

Political women-Pretty vs. Ugly

[Iowa Granny]

checking in. My ISP drifted out this morning. I don’t know for how long,,, I just walked away when it died. And only came back to check it after lunch.

We remain high and dry. My Mother is 20 miles away, but there is a road under water between here and there. She is also on high ground and has plenty of groceries. The little creek a mile from her house is over the road leading to her house. Most likely it will receed in a day or so, unlike the major rivers that are going to take at least a week to receed.

[Jemian]

Thanks for checking in. Prayers are continuing.

[tillacum]

Congratulations for becoming a REGULAR. What a wonderul guy you are, not that you weren’t always, but now...WOW.

[tillacum]

That Ragged Old Flag of ours was retired and early this morning a new one was put up in it’s place. About the only time our flag isn’t flying is during a windy or rainy day, at night it’s lit.

[tillacum]

I liked that.

[tillacum]

As y’all know I never to seldom watch tv, but today I saw some of the flooding on tv this am. How devestating for those affected by it. My heart goes out to each and every Iowaian suffering from this event. I know they will pull up their socks and dive into whatever needs to be done, but right now the shock of this happening is disheartening. I chuckled at someones post wondering why we weren’t being subjected to 24/7 broadcasting of the suffering of the “little people” as we suffered through during Katrina. We’re dealing with a whole different mind-set in Ioway..one of self reliance and hard work as compared to communist type handouts and lazyness.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

Were you going to post the picture you take of your flag?

Yes, if Barry Hussein O. is elected, our government will be, for all intents and purposes, completely controlled by one party. I cite the Supreme Court decision to grant habeas corpus and other rights to not only non-citizens but, for crying out loud, enemy combatants who have sworn to do everything in their power to destroy America.

If the radical leftist B.H.O. is elected, the Executive Branch will be under the complete control of the HARD left: Soros, moveon.org, etc. Subsequently, with probably 2 Supreme Court rtetirings within the first 2 years of B.H.O. they will be replaced by 2 horrendously leftist justices who will sail through the majority demoCRAT Senate to join the other 3 leftist justices, only now with a much greater bent toward the left with the liberal majority of the USSC, legislating from the bench like never before.

I know most everyone here knows this. I primarily post in hopes that some lurker who is leaning toward voting for this DANGEROUS FRAUD might at least have second thoughts.

[lysie]

The Supreme Court’s recent decision boggles my mind.

[Iowa Granny]

Iowans will not wait for someone to come clean up their mess. We deal with tornados on a regular basis, but the flooding is faar more widespread than any tornado we’ve EVER seen.

We will get this cleaned up. It may take awhile, but we’ll get it done. With very little whining.

FWIW: As I type the TV is reporting Tornado Sirens going off in Iowa City. Sandbagging has stopped and the volunteers have taken cover.

[lysie]

Oh dear! Prayers for all.

[lysie]

I think I have solved the low connectivity problem. Instead of automatic I entered an IP, DG, DHCP and DNS. At first, my computer worked, but Greg's didn't so I changed the last 2 numbers in the IP. Then, Sarah's didn't work...so I changed the last 2 again. Now, they are all working.

I hope I didn't do anything illegal or unsafe. LOL

[Utah Girl]

I chortled too soon. :( I rebooted my computer and pffft, the connection is gone again. I need to work on the steps some more. I’m writing them down now, I just need to remember the magic combination. I do know is it a Windoze problem with releasing the DNS addresses and registering them. But there is something else too. I will be working on it this evening.

I forgot we had a family reunion today. Very fun.

[Mozie]

Oh no.

......sigh..............

((((((Iowans))))))

[Utah Girl]

IG, thanks for checking in. I just read that the levee broke. Take care.

[Utah Girl]

I’m glad you got it to work! I’m getting booted off this computer, so hopefully I’ll be back this evening. :)

[Mozie]

Utah Girl, I love.....and appreciate..........your tagline. Just wanted you to know.

[Utah Girl]

Thank you. It keeps my on the right path. :)

[Utah Girl]

And as you have noticed, I am back. I had company after the reunion today, so I needed to put my laptop away with all the cords and modem. The step I forgot this morning was to unplug the ISP modem and let it recycle and clean itself up. Bingo! I am back.

I still can’t get my wireless card to work though... That’s for another day.