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Obama Ordered Flags to Half Mast for Newtown, But Not 5 Military Personnel Murdered in Tenn.
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 20, 2015 | 1:48 PM EDT | Brittany M, Hughes

Posted on 07/20/2015 2:26:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai

As of Monday morning, July 20, the U.S. flag continued to fly at the top of the pole above the White House and at the U.S. Capitol building, five days after a gunman launched attacks in which he murdered five U.S. military personnel at facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn.

President Barack Obama has yet to order the flags to half-staff following this tragedy. By contrast, in 2012, President Obama did order the flags flown at half-staff on the same day as the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. […]

Federal law states: “By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a state, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law.”

The law also states that a governor can lower the U.S. flag in his or her state following the death of a state official or “the death of a member of the Armed Forces.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; US: Connecticut; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chattanooga; newtown; obama; rop; swine; tennessee; waronterror
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1 posted on 07/20/2015 2:26:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Getting mad at Obama about this is like getting mad at Ronald McDonald for not promoting Burger King.

Did you really expect him to?


2 posted on 07/20/2015 2:28:16 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: Olog-hai

FUBO!! America-hating Marxist/Islamofascist bastard!


3 posted on 07/20/2015 2:29:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Olog-hai

Give up on him. We just need to say no to him and not pay anymore attention. He is a Marxist Muslim.


4 posted on 07/20/2015 2:30:12 PM PDT by Lopeover (My vote is valuable, you must earn it.)
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To: humblegunner

It’s not Ronald’s job to promote BK.


5 posted on 07/20/2015 2:30:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Lopeover

You mean surrender to his subversion?


6 posted on 07/20/2015 2:30:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Watcha xpek from that group??

All fits in perfectly with the Obumster folks..all triple A rated

A ffirmative
A ction
A nus

AND PPP rated too

P eter
P rinciple
P ersonage


7 posted on 07/20/2015 2:31:09 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: Olog-hai

The flag of the murdering communist regime of Cuba waves proudly today in Washington DC.


8 posted on 07/20/2015 2:32:00 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: Olog-hai

Not surprising. After all, this is the rich boy from Honolulu who likes to do politics the Chicago way.


9 posted on 07/20/2015 2:32:22 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Olog-hai

Barack Hussein Soetoro 0dinga 666 0bama’s job is to promote the caliphate ...


10 posted on 07/20/2015 2:32:32 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: litehaus

I have had way too much of this crud without the slightest bit of pushback from ANYONE!


11 posted on 07/20/2015 2:33:01 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: humblegunner
There are certain protocols that should be observed.Obama's the first President who has used those protocols for political purposes.Remember him giving the middle finger to the cameras in a way he could deny?What a piece of work.
12 posted on 07/20/2015 2:33:58 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Olog-hai

Obama: “SCREW the American people! They’re NOT gonna tell ME what I should or shouldn’t do! -Dont they know that I am president? That means I’m at the top; I answer to NO one!”


13 posted on 07/20/2015 2:35:04 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: humblegunner

Obama is a POS Muslim who is trying to destroy America. Why would he honor 5 dead infidels?


14 posted on 07/20/2015 2:35:31 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Olog-hai

Didn’t he order half staff for Nelson Mandella as well?


15 posted on 07/20/2015 2:35:36 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: Lopeover

It would be easy to ignore him if he wasn’t destroying the country.


16 posted on 07/20/2015 2:36:10 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

What are you surprised?
17 posted on 07/20/2015 2:36:21 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Olog-hai

I am not remotely surprised.

FReepers can predict his every move. The formula is simple. If it damages the country, he does it.


18 posted on 07/20/2015 2:38:06 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Obama is a POS Muslim who is trying to destroy America.

Exactly. Getting mad at him for not honoring Military Personnel is like getting mad at a buzzard for eating roadkill.

What the hell else did you expect?

19 posted on 07/20/2015 2:40:23 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: Olog-hai
The Cuban flag was raised over Havana’s embassy in Washington on Monday
20 posted on 07/20/2015 2:40:42 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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