Posted on 11/10/2008 5:09:48 AM PST by tobyhill
ARLINGTON - An American flag and the way it has been displayed is at the center of a dispute between neighbors that began after the 2008 presidential election.
Ever since 9/11, Arlington neighbors Patrick O'Toole and Sharon Garner both flew the American flag patriotically in front of their homes, until now.
In protest to the election results, O'Toole now flies a black flag above an upside down American flag.
"I just don't think it's American," said Garner. "I just don't think it's neighborly. We have children that live in our neighborhood and I'm sure their parents have to explain to them why that flag is hanging like that."
The flag is something Garner holds close to her heart. In fact, the American flag is painted on Garner's birdhouse and bench.
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I turned mine upside down Tuesday nigh it will stay that way until the Marxist and his cronies are out of the Whitehouse and hopefully in jail!
She hates the Kim Jong-Il association.
There's always "Der Obama," and "the Obamanation," as well.
I got ya beat. I put mine upside down on that day and left it there until Reno left office. It felt so good to hang it the right way finally.
Um, wasn’t the photo snapped by a family member?
And there was no “staging”, no “entrapment”, it is called DOCUMENTARY use of military grade weapons for an all out ASSAULT on Easter Sunday over a “CHILD CUSTODY” dispute to kidnap him and force him to go home to Communist Cuba in violation of the “wet feet/dry feet” rule.
Communism kills. Castro sucks.
Cling to the dream that it was staged and that your country didn’t really do that. On Easter. When no one was looking.
I agree with all you say, except you are mistaken when you say that I don’t think our country really did that...
Aside from all that, the photo was staged. We just disagree on that point.
Same here. I am thinking about getting a pirate's flag for the next four or whatever years.
our 2 party system will spend and borrow $13 trillion $13,000,000,000,000...sound like distress to me, likewise I fly my flag upside....Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
In the United States, it might be that the 2 wolves equal 1 republican + 1 democrat and the sheep are we, the people.
I been flying an American flag on my pole for the 25 years that I have been living here, both while I was in the Service and now that I’m retired. I took it down on inauguration day and have been flying the Bonnie Blue Flag since them. When that get’s raggedy, I’ll put up my Gadsden flag. I intend to alternate one for the other until the Obamanation ends.
1996 we had a balanced budget
We THE PEOPLE of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....
2009 we have a deficit of $13,000,000,000,000
We the Republican Party and the Democratic Party of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity....
During Bush’s 8 years Republicans passed Bush’s budgets, even tho Democrats voted no, they still got their share of ear marks.
During Obama 1st 100 days Democrats passed Obama’s Budget, even tho Republicans voted no, they still got their share of ear marks.
Sounds to me like the Party comes first and the America people come second, this is unacceptable and will destroy our society
Who is responsible? The 2 party system Who can correct this? We, the people, of the United States.
Jesse Ventura was forced to quit his job as a radio host because of a media conflict, he was unemployed when he was elected Gov. Yet his 2 opponents still received their government checks and still ran a campaign. You can’t be at your job, if you are out campaigning. Is this fair and balanced?
Jesse Ventura is the only Gov. in U.S.History to give back to MN. tax payer’s rebate checks 3 years in a row..2000-2002...No Gov. can say that ever.
When Jesse Ventura was elected Governor in 1998, MN had the highest voter turn out in US history. 64%,
no other state can say that ever.
During Jesse’s 1998 campaign for governor, he raised $300,000. His 2 opponents raised nearly $5M each and still lost.
IN 1996 we had a balanced budget, it’s now 2009, and we have a national debt of $13 TRILLION.....What is shameful is our Government....
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! P.J. O’Rourke
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
In the United States, it might be that these 2 wolves equal 1 republican + 1 democrat and the sheep are we, the people.
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