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ARE WE OVERUSING THE TRIBUTE OF FLYING FLAG AT HALF-STAFF?
AP ^
| July 1, 2016
| JENNIFER PELTZ
Posted on 07/01/2016 8:29:47 AM PDT by PROCON
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly every day, somewhere in the country, the Stars and Stripes was lowered to half-staff last year in one of the most significant official gestures of mourning and respect, an Associated Press analysis found.
The centuries-old practice can be a visible, public answer to extraordinary loss, as when more than four dozen people were killed last month at a gay nightclub in Florida.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: halfstaff; memorial; usflag
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The U.S. Flag Code allows presidents and governors to lower flags for officials, military members and certain occasions, though some states have their own broader policies..The true tradition has been lost.
Lowering the flag to half-staff for Muhammad Ali and the Orlando massacre are meant as political statements.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:29:47 AM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:30:54 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: PROCON
Yes. It’s gotten so it’s down more than up in NYS.
To: PROCON
To: Sequoyah101
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:32:24 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
( Screech and the Squawks, or Hillary and her band of fairy misfits)
To: Sequoyah101
Agreed. Pretty much any tragic event is now cause for the state or federal government to show how much it cares by flying the flag at half-staff.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:32:54 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: PROCON
I see the flag lowered practically every day in some place.
I always ask whomever I am with - why?
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:33:00 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: PROCON
Too much. It should not be done for traitors like Ali or specially-privileged members of a victim group.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:33:10 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: PROCON
Yes. It’s ridiculous. Might as well leave the flag at half staff permanently.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: PROCON
Yes. It used to just be for heads of state, right?
Same thing with standing ovations. These days you can't go to a play or concert of any quality level without everyone jumping to their feet at the end. Standing O has lost all its meaning.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:34:15 AM PDT
by
hemogoblin
(We're all on Flight 93, now)
To: PROCON
Let’s ask Whitney Houston...oh, wait...
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:34:24 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Trump - because this Constitutional Republic is already undone.)
To: PROCON
Stop jerking my flag around...JERKS!
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:34:49 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: PROCON
YES! Find other ways to honor and pay respect to civilians, but we’re diluting this honor for political reasons.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:34:54 AM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
To: DouglasKC
Might as well leave the flag at half staff permanently. You are right. Every day since the death of America on January 20th, 2009.
To: PROCON
Since 6/12/08 I fly my flag only three days a year.
Memorial Day....half staff sunrise to noon, full staff noon to sunset.
9/11.....................half staff sunrise to sunset
Veteran’s Day.....full staff sunrise to sunset
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:37:03 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: PROCON
Furthermore, it’s never consistent - there is no solidarity and it illustrates a severe lack in leadership.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:37:30 AM PDT
by
kropcke
To: Opinionated Blowhard
It was once a rare and significant event. Now it means little.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:37:38 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: PROCON
“Lowering the flag to half-staff for Muhammad Ali...”
Wow...
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:38:14 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: PROCON
The flag has needed to be flown upside down for the past 7+ years.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:38:43 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: PROCON
We should never lower our flag as a result or enemy or criminal action. It only gives incentive to enemy and criminal activity. Lower it for natural deaths of remarkable people only. I think it’s been at half staff half the time this year! Obama likes it that way.
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posted on
07/01/2016 8:39:35 AM PDT
by
Liberty Ship
("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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