Posted on 08/06/2012 3:52:30 PM PDT by ColdOne
President Obama ordered the flags on all public buildings and military bases to be flown at half-staff in the wake of a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
"As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated n August 5th, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff," Obama wrote in a proclamation released Monday.
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What a jackass.
it’s a waste of time barack. they’ll never vote for you.
As long as tools of self defense are banned in Chicago, we may as well just keep the flags at half mast.
“. . . Ft. Hood? That’s was just work place violence. That’s a local issue. Next question.”
It’s about himself most of all.
I for 1 am sick of every GD “tragedy” causing the flag to be lowered.
Ever since 9/11, every damn “tragedy” has had the US flag lowered. What a sign of wimpiness.
The Code calls ONLY for it to be lowered for the death of major heads of state.
I could understand 9/11, because that was a MAJOR atrocity.
However, it should not be used to dumb-down how the flag is handled.
(Regards to the victims of these massacres. This is not the subject right now.)
Sikhs everywhere..., groan.
Why thank you Mr. Pres__ent Resident, but did you have to?
Chicago doesn’t look like America anymore. How about just getting rid of the flag?
In fact, get rid of Chicago and you’ll find very quickly that Illinois is a pretty conservative state... hhmmmm....
Is there a written protocol or something for flying flags at half-mast?
Seriously, I don’t mean to belittle tragic events, but it seems lately that anything & everything qualifies for half-mast flag flying.
“...by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, I hereby order that the flag of the United States
shall be flown at half-staff...”
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Where is that written down?
I’d like to read it.
I think there should be thread of classic FR posts, and this should be in it.
It is my opinion that until this imposter is out of the white house, the flag needs to be flown upside down for distress.
How about we only lower the flag when a soldier dies in defense of his country. This stuff about lowering it every time someone dies degrades the original purpose.
How about we only lower the flag when a soldier dies in defense of his country. This stuff about lowering it every time someone dies degrades the original purpose.
my thoughts exactly!
Obama does not give a hoot about these mainly gentle Indian folks, our own military killed in Ft Hood, Gabby Giffords and the folks slaughtered in AZ last year, and... the innocents murdered in Aurora, CO, a few weeks ago. Three of the four of these killers are living at taxpayer expense, with conviction and punishment literally, years away. The fouth got popped to his maker by the long arm of the law.
Obama and Eric Holder are doing nothing but coddling these murderers!!! End of story. America wake up, your time as a free nation is running out with these despots and America haters in power. Sad!!!
It almost reaches the sad situation..., “Yeah, I carried out an attack that was so vile, the Pres__ent Resident lowered the nation’s flags to half staff.
Other cell-mates..., “Woooooooow.”
Then it would also be down all the time.
It is only for heads of state.
Did he do this for the Fort Hood massacre?
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