FROM YOUR UPDATE LINK: they were on a loading dock for a week and a day and no one was coming to get them.
UPDATE I: I just spoke with the person at Invesco who found the flags and he thinks both sides are exaggerating a bit. The person claims the majority of the bags with flags in them were near the trash, on a dock, and would have been thrown away. The person thinks it was probably an “oversight” by the Democrats rather than any nefarious plot against the flag. But the person doesn’t believe anyone was coming to get them: “The flags were there for a week and a day and no one came looking for them.”
I gather you saw this... (check out the Pepsi Center vs. Invesco/Redstate comment)
http://atrueobamanation.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-question-their-patriotism.html
The natives are getting restless on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA7bfbw26u8