Posted on 04/06/2006 9:53:48 AM PDT by cgk
***scroll for updates...reader photo submissions...Senate immigration legislation developments...Denver pro-patriotism rally tomorrow...a judge forced to recuse himself for leading the Pledge of Allegiance...Mexican flag-flyers defiant...***
***1135am EST newsflash: cloture vote on Specter amnesty amendment...immigration deal announced***
It's Take an American Flag to Work Day. Fly one high and proud.
Printable flag here.
Here's the poster I have on my home office wall:
Show your colors. Track back or e-mail your favorite American flag photos.
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Reader Paige D. sends her favorite:
Charles Ryder at Age of Hooper was at the Simon Deng Freedom Walk rally yesterday, which called attention to the jihadist war on Christians and horros of slavery in Sudan. He took this picture of Deng, a great American:
The Political Pit Bull picked Old Glory at Ground Zero. Lots of readers sending their favorite images of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
Reader Tim Hartigan sends the banner from his company's website and e-mails: "The Flag and our work are intertwined. This is a graphic we proudly display at the top of every page of our website. Our company helps in a small way in supplying our armed forces with the best hardware in the world."
Jon Ham at the John Locke Foundation e-mails a lovely Life cover from 1942 and e-mails: "Imagine a mainstream news magazine doing a cover like this today — the American flag portrayed without sarcastic comment, and with the tag line, “United We Stand,” printed unselfconsciously. This was about seven months after Pearl Harbor. Today that cover would be “Why The Japanese Hate Us So.”
Emily Zanotti has this one on her office wall:
Freeper VRWCmember posts an office photo:
Mike C. sends a photo he took on July 4, 2003 in Chicago:
Reader Jerry B. sends this moving photo he snapped two months before the Sept. 11 attacks and writes: "I took this photo from the circle line on 7/22/2001. Just as I snapped the photo, a breeze put the flag on the back of the boat into the scene. Little did I know…I’m still employed by the company that was the largest tenant at the WTC, and was in lower Manhattan as the events of 9/11 were taking place. This will always be my favorite flag photo."
Laura Lee Donoho posts:
Reader Dane sends a gorgeous photo he took in his hometown (Enterprise, AL) outside an historic hotel:
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Related:
The Glenn and Helen show podcast today features an interview with Bill Frist about developments on the immigration legislation front.
Glenn proposes that he might barge into the Capitol, McKinney-style, and start conducting business as an "undocumented Senator."
Heh.
Senate Republicans will filibuster their own immigration bill today in the face of steadfast refusal by Democrats to allow amendments to the bill that many conservatives view as granting amnesty to illegal aliens.
As an alternative, Majority Leader Bill Frist reached an agreement last night with fellow Republicans on a new comprehensive immigration plan that includes increasing border security and a guest-worker plan, but still does not resolve concerns about amnesty.
The new plan would allow illegal aliens who have been in the United States for more than five years to remain in the country working while applying for U.S. citizenship. Those who have been here between two and five years would have to apply for citizenship at a point of entry, but could remain working. Anyone here for less than two years would have to leave the country, but they could still apply for citizenship from their home country.
Mr. Frist declined to tell The Washington Times last night how he would vote on the alternative measure.
Take time out today to e-mail GOP senators: No Amnesty.
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Flag wars
H.S. bans display of American flag
Another American flag down
The American flag comes second
Free rides for student protesters
How 'bout media guest workers?
Welcome to reconquista
Teddy Kennedy is very happy
Bush's shadow boxing
Minutemen attacked
Bush's open-borders platitudes
This is from Summer 2005, in Morón Air Base, Spain. We made sure to let the Spaniards know that we WOULD fly the U.S. flag inside the hangar, their only choice was whether or not they would fly the flag of Spain next to ours. Also, notice which flag is the larger one!
The U.S. flag flies at the highest possible point on every U.S. Air Force jet. This picture, again, is in Spain, Summer 2005.
America...The peak of human civilization!
Very nice and you'll note that I already posted a flag waving smiley!
LOL, took you a long time to find him - he was hiding from you!
LOL, not really. I'm bouncing from site to site to catch up on the news. That's why I'm a little slow on the key board.
My computer is in a world of hurt. The hinge is broke on my laptop, and won't get fixed until next week.
When I had my laptop one of the hinges broke. I had more memory put in and titanium hinges!! Cost me some bucks but that laptop was all I had!!
I can understand them breaking, because we pick them up and move them around. But this isn't an inexpensive computer. It's a Toshiba P-25, 17" monitor, wireless, on and on, of which I expected more.`
I imagine it happens a lot more than you hear about. Mine was a Compaq [sp?] and I really liked it while I used it.
If this Toshiba dies all the way, I have an older "Gateway" desktop that I can use, it's just that I got spoiled using this one.
LOL, lot-a-luck with the Gateway. My one daughter has had two of them crash and burn on her - and she isn't on them like you and I are. At least yours is still working!
Wow... amazing photo. I remember your story that day, Huck. Glad you made it home (to NJ, I believe) safely... :o)
My Gateway always worked great. I'm thinking of having it upgraded. I must say though, Gateway is good on warranty. I had a few small things go wrong, and they keep their word.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
Great Thread! thanks.
Warranty is important. I bought 3 extra years on my Dell but a lotta good it did me as I can't converse with the people in India, lol! It doesn't expire till next October!
Yes communicating with outsourced warranty does have it's drawbacks. I had to converse twice on my wireless router. Both were in Pakistan. In the end, they'll fix things for you, but the pigeon talk English to understand them drove me nuts. Globalization, huh!
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