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Surprise!... Obama's Invesco Tickets Picture Upside Down US Flags
Gateway Pundit ^ | August 19, 2008

Posted on 08/19/2008 6:29:51 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77

Rightwing fodder-- Barack Obama Invesco Field convention tickets picture upside down US flags- an international symbol of distress.

The DNC tickets printed for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field show an upside down US flag on both sides. This is the international symbol of extreme distress. FOX 9 reported:

Some viewers contacted 9NEWS Saturday, questioning the design of the credentials to see Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High.

The viewers say with the stars and blue field in the lower left corner, it looks like an upside down American flag. Published flag etiquette states the stars should always be displayed in the upper left corner. An upside down flag represents an international symbol of extreme distress.

Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.

Natalie Wyeth with the Democratic National Convention Committee sent 9NEWS the following statement Saturday night: "The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag. The DNCC has full and complete respect for the flag and all rules of display."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; antiamericans; appeaseniks; flag; lendmeyourears; mccain; obama; obambi; upsidedownflag
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To: NordP
Because....he's the Wizard of Oz

No, the true Wizard is the man/people? behind the curtain pulling the strings. Obama is merely their puppet. Someone else is controlling him.

121 posted on 08/19/2008 8:55:56 AM PDT by StopGlobalWhining (Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
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To: IYAS9YAS
Now THAT's funny!

They have the same semaphore graphics that I used - but I pulled them up through Google.

I was working from my recollection of this article in the old Straight Dope columns by Ed Zotti (a/k/a Unca Cecil Adams).

The only time I have ever caught Zotti in a mistake was in my own area of expertise, and he owned up like a man. I would trust him way before Wiki.

122 posted on 08/19/2008 8:56:02 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: usmcobra
Wiki does mention the Nazi use of a similar symbol. I never knew where it came from. But I had heard on FR in the past that it was from a nuclear disarmament symbol (likely, I forgot the semaphore aspect).

Just looked it up on Wiki today. Never heard any of the other thoughts on its origin (broken cross, Nazis or anything else) before today.

123 posted on 08/19/2008 8:56:28 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: usmcobra
If you check the Straight Dope article I linked, you can see that the runic meaning has been out there a long time.

Would be just like the Nazis to be dredging up old runes for their tanks.

124 posted on 08/19/2008 8:57:31 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: omega4179
Barry Soetoro definitely did not pledge allegiance to the flag in Indonesia. He studied the Quran.

And he is not the Messiah. I'm coming to the conclusion that he is the Mahdi. The 12th Imam.

125 posted on 08/19/2008 8:58:07 AM PDT by StopGlobalWhining (Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
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To: They'reGone2000

Wow, he’s really been packing on the pounds. Pretty soon, he’s going to look like Al Sharpton.


126 posted on 08/19/2008 9:00:21 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: edzo4

Every time I see that picture I want to smack him up side his jug head!


127 posted on 08/19/2008 9:04:19 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: AnAmericanMother
Your article mentions that the original author did think of the cross, but then went with the crow foot design for the ND. Wiki was not so clear on that. Again, it's Wiki, so things must be taken with a grain of salt and some decent skepticism...

Thanks again.

128 posted on 08/19/2008 9:04:46 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: Fox_Mulder77

If obama gets elected the distressed flag will be appropriate.


129 posted on 08/19/2008 9:07:26 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220
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To: IYAS9YAS

“Footprint of the American Chicken” < g >


130 posted on 08/19/2008 9:17:32 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: stockstrader; All

These people simply cannot admit a mistake, a failure or poor judgement.


131 posted on 08/19/2008 9:20:51 AM PDT by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
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To: AnAmericanMother

From a former Zoomie, that’s all I’ve ever called it.


132 posted on 08/19/2008 9:30:44 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: IYAS9YAS
"You go up, whereas we just go along."

- Army family

133 posted on 08/19/2008 9:34:09 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: xcamel
Photobucket He's just upside down with his patriotism.
134 posted on 08/19/2008 10:17:39 AM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: RetSignman

Actually for an ostrich, the flag looks correct. Very appropriate from a Party that ‘has its head in the sand’.


135 posted on 08/19/2008 10:24:13 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

They should CHANGE the tickets...


136 posted on 08/19/2008 10:56:44 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: MattMa

I believe some Olympic athletes have violated these rules.


137 posted on 08/19/2008 12:02:36 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (est deus in nobis)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Shesh, when is this Obama Hussein fiasco going to end? He can’t even enunciate words without a teleprompter.


138 posted on 08/19/2008 12:44:36 PM PDT by Karliner ("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. DDE)
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To: F-117A
Looks like "COMMUNIST CREDENTIAL" to me... ;-)
139 posted on 08/19/2008 1:23:21 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: TXnMA
Looks like "COMMUNIST CREDENTIAL" to me... ;-)

"Community" is their code word.

140 posted on 08/19/2008 1:46:52 PM PDT by F-117A (Ne nuntium necare)
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