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American Flag Attacks NPR Offices
Fishbowl DC ^
| December 27, 2010
| Betsy Rothstein
Posted on 12/27/2010 1:55:20 PM PST by Abakumov
NPR issued this URGENT staff memo about a broken flagpole at approximately 10 a.m. today. This is obviously an extremely dangerous situation, the memo says. The front entrance has been closed. Staff on the south side of the building have been evacuated and moved to more protected areas....
(Excerpt) Read more at mediabistro.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: justdesserts; npr
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Some say it was just the wind, but patriots know better...
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posted on
12/27/2010 1:55:23 PM PST
by
Abakumov
To: Abakumov
To: Abakumov
Well, what do you know. The Ghost of the American Revolution paid them a visit.
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posted on
12/27/2010 1:58:18 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
Well, what do you know. The Ghost of the American Revolution paid them a visit.
I seriously doubt NPR has a US flag. its probably a UN or Soviet flag, or maybe one with the CPUSA's hammer & cog symbol.
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:01:12 PM PST
by
Spirochete
(Sic transit gloria mundi)
To: Abakumov
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:04:30 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: All
To: Abakumov
Talk about irony.....got get em flag!!
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:05:16 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(What we conservatives call the privates, the liberals call public access! (thnx Balding_Eagle)
To: Abakumov
Talk about irony.....go get em flag!!
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:05:35 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(What we conservatives call the privates, the liberals call public access! (thnx Balding_Eagle)
To: Abakumov


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:11:47 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: Spirochete
Three flag poles attached to the building — one each to hold the USSR, Saudi crescent, and homosexual rainbow fa...er, flags.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“How appropriate.....”
Heh heh ... after all those years they have attacked it ...
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:13:53 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." - Adolph Hitler)
To: The Comedian
That photo was taken outside of Boston City Hall in 1978? A kid that worked for me was a close friend of the Flag welder, from Charlestown if I remember correctly.
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:22:54 PM PST
by
Little Bill
(Harry Browne is a Poofter.)
To: jessduntno
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:25:00 PM PST
by
Abakumov
The Comedian

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posted on
12/27/2010 2:25:49 PM PST
by
I see my hands
(How's that ballot box working out for you?)
To: Abakumov
Just shows that the government DOES run this outfit.
To: Little Bill
So, what were the event, motivation, and parties involved?
Looks like a patriot about to bring pain on a commie of some sort, but maybe I'm just projecting...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
12/27/2010 2:38:01 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: The Comedian
That was one of the most shameful incidents in Boston history.
To: Little Bill
To: The Comedian
To: The Comedian
I believe the flag wielder was attacking the black man over his support for bussing. By bussing I mean desegregating schools.
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