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Idaho state senator's sons arrested, cited in flag damage incident
KIFI Channel 8 ^ | 5 Nov 2006 | unattributed

Posted on 11/06/2006 4:46:14 PM PST by No Longer Free State

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To: AmericanMade1776

Look at me, I'm the smartest person in the room.

21 posted on 11/06/2006 5:06:01 PM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: No Longer Free State
"Dissent is patriotic."

Puke

22 posted on 11/06/2006 5:08:41 PM PST by Hexenhammer
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To: Lurker

I wouldn't care how old my sons were, a good old fashioned ass whooping is what they would get if they ever pulled a stunt like that. Not to change the subject but when O'Reilly had that kid that dressed as Hilter on, my 9 yr. old walked into the room and watched a little of it. He looked at me and said, "If that were me you'd whoop my butt".


23 posted on 11/06/2006 5:09:47 PM PST by panthermom
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To: No Longer Free State
a "misunderstanding."

A misunderstanding? A "misunderstanding"...???!!!

24 posted on 11/06/2006 5:18:33 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

Apparently her vile little litter didn't understand that the Stars n Stripes is OUR flag, not that of our enemies.


25 posted on 11/06/2006 5:22:48 PM PST by No Longer Free State (No event has just one cause, no person has just one motive, no action has just the intended effect)
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To: No Longer Free State
Apparently her vile little litter didn't understand that the Stars n Stripes is OUR flag, not that of our enemies.

I'm inclined to think they knew exactly what they were doing. The "misunderstanding" had to do with their getting caught. That wasn't supposed to happen...

26 posted on 11/06/2006 5:28:25 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: tvdog12345

If it was her own flag, that's one thing. These were public property, flags and poles dedicated to fallen soldiers. It's outright desecration and vandalism. It is not "free speech" at all.


27 posted on 11/06/2006 5:30:10 PM PST by newzjunkey (Arnold-McClintock / YES 1A, 1E, 83, 85, 90 / San Diego: NO A / YES B & C)
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To: newzjunkey

It wasn't her flag, it was the Legion's.


28 posted on 11/06/2006 5:35:55 PM PST by tvdog12345
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To: No Longer Free State
"Boise Police say one flag pole had been bent so the flag was lying on the ground, the other had been pulled from the ground."

As an encore, perhaps they should be given a chance to bend a lamppost.

"Senator Burkett says he thinks his sons are innocent, while the boys' mother, Sharon Burkett, says the entire event was a 'misunderstanding.'">#$^&*!

What could they have misunderstood? "Sorry, boys, we raised you as good progressives but you have to hide your real feelings about uneducated military types and pander to the bourgeois voters's feelings about that silly flag if you want to help daddy get elected." What's so hard about that?

29 posted on 11/06/2006 5:41:29 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (Death to terrorists, death to traitors, death to (draw the obvious conclusion))
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To: No Longer Free State

Hmmm. Why did this just pop into my head?

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",
oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no senator's son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no,

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves? oh.
But when the taxman come to the door,
Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give,
oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no military son, SON, NO
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, NO NO

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate son, son son son


30 posted on 11/06/2006 6:09:54 PM PST by Hegemony Cricket (I'm Hegemony Cricket, and I improved this message.)
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To: No Longer Free State
Senator Burkett says he thinks his sons are innocent, while the boys' mother, Sharon Burkett, says the entire event was a "misunderstanding."

These apologetic statements by the parents tell you everything you need to know about how they raised their children.

31 posted on 11/06/2006 6:25:25 PM PST by vox humana
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To: No Longer Free State

This really needs to be on the national news. But it won't be. Unlike the news item about an obscure gay pastor who was also addicted to speed. Thanks to the Democratic MSM.


32 posted on 11/06/2006 6:41:39 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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To: Lurker
"It's really too bad that good old fashioned ass whoopings have gone out of style."

Needed repeating -- only bolder this time.

33 posted on 11/06/2006 6:50:28 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: No Longer Free State
...Sharon Burkett, says the entire event was a "misunderstanding."

Well, maybe it was, but how is anyone to judge as no explanation is given as to the nature of the "misunderstanding". Lameness on stilts. Sheesh.

34 posted on 11/06/2006 10:14:42 PM PST by Unknown Pundit (I really do post with a paper bag over my head.)
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To: No Longer Free State
...Sharon Burkett, says the entire event was "misunderstanding."

I am trying to fathom some "misunderstanding" that would lead a couple of fine, upstanding patriotic citizens to knock over one flagpole, leaving the flag in the mud, and rip another out of the ground altogether... at a veteran's memorial.

What possible "misunderstanding" could result in that action?

35 posted on 11/07/2006 11:29:26 AM PST by gridlock (The GOP will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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