Posted on 07/12/2012 8:33:50 AM PDT by raccoonradio
One person complained. Hey, if I complain to Congress about funding of NPR, will they obey me, even though it’s just one person? Why not?
Sen. Scott Brown lives in Wrentham...I’m sure he’ll say “c’mon gimme a break” when he hears this.
If burning a flag is free speech, isn’t flying a flag also free speech?
Note that this singles out American Flags on the 4th of July. Please feel free to fly the Daily Planet Flag during World Cup.
Let’s have a little experiment. They should all fly the gay rainbow flags instead and see if they get the same response. If not then sue their butts—pun intended.
good point
and to use the oft-quoted bit (I’ll use a slightly amended version from talk host Pat Whitley (added words in
parentheses):
It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag who allows the protester (the freedom he abuses) to burn the flag.
Howie Carr list ping. People’s Republic of Wrentham
Eh? I just enjoyed the idea of someone being so upset they have to lie down. Not even my grandma’s like that and she’s Irish.
The letter, which is unsigned but is on housing authority letterhead, says the move was made after a tenant repeatedly complained to the state Department of Housing and Community Development over the July 4th holiday.
Tyranny of the minority. Get used to it.
Flags may be visible through the apartment windows, but may not be displayed on the exterior of the buildings or on the ground around the buildings, it said.
Don’t expect that to last long, because surely the complainers eyes will still be offended.
WHO?
What if a tenant complains about the lack of a flag?
There was a recent study that suggested the sight of American Flags induces people to think conservatively, and act conservatively in the voting booth.
The Leftists know this.
Some very confused math at work here.
A single individual is upset so we are going to upset dozens so that this individual can be at peace.
Only an agent of government could calculate so poorly.
the move was made after a tenant repeatedly complained to the state Department of Housing and Community Development over the July 4th holiday.
So here we have a person living in public housing; housing that is at least subsidized by government funds.
So this tenant while living in his/her apartment by the grace of charity of the tax paying citizens of the united states can not bare to look upon the flag which represents the people upon whose charity he or she depends.
This ungrateful wretch should be asked to seek other accommodations.
Make everyone fly one and call it a “tax”.
Apparently someone came to their senses:
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/19009901/state-housing-authority-flag-display-ban-a-mistake
I would hav ethought thare was some kind of lease, even for public housing, and adding a rule that was not part of the original agreement might have offered some legal recourse for the tenants. It appears a few thousand calls/emails were more efficient than any legal recourse.
I’d start flying the Stars and Bars.
“What if a tenant complains about the lack of a flag?”
What if ALL the tenants complained about the lack of a flag, and repeatedly called the Housing Authority.
Wouldn’t that trump the lone caller?
If that won’t work, then it’s time for a blanket party.
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