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Officials flag upside down stars & stripes
The Times of Israel ^
| 3-14-13
| Stuart Winer
Posted on 03/14/2013 7:51:57 PM PDT by 444Flyer
US officials overseeing preparations for next weeks visit to Israel by President Barack Obama were alarmed to see that hundreds of American flags displayed along the main highway approaching Jerusalem were suspended upside down.
The flags, hanging from poles attached to streetlamps along the road, had the stars toward the base of the flag pole, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday.
Workers raised thousands of flags on streetlamps in and around the capital along routes that the president will take during his three-day visit, which begins on Wednesday next week.
A Jerusalem Municipality official in charge of maintenance explained that the stitching on the flags was in the wrong place, allowing them to be attached to the poles only the wrong way up.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; distressflags; distresssignal; jerusalem; president; usflag
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A clear sign that everywhere Obama goes he brings distress with him.
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posted on
03/14/2013 7:51:57 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
To: 444Flyer
God speaks in mysterious ways.
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posted on
03/14/2013 7:54:57 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Marchione.)
To: 444Flyer
hastily ordered new flags to correct the embarrassing error in time for the presidential visit... I don't think he'd mind. If anything, he's probably linked somehow, providing backwards flag stitching instructions, written by regimesters bent on turning society backwards and upside down anyways they can.
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posted on
03/14/2013 7:57:33 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: 444Flyer
I doubt Obama would even know.
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posted on
03/14/2013 7:58:37 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: bunkerhill7
Seriously, this sent more than a few shivers down my spine. The LORD wasn’t kidding around when He stated Genesis 12:3.
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posted on
03/14/2013 7:59:47 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: 444Flyer
I don’t think it was a mistake. The Israelis know we are in distress, and are expressing their concern.
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:03:26 PM PDT
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: factoryrat
To: 444Flyer
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:08:32 PM PDT
by
Gator113
( ~just keep livin~)
To: 444Flyer
If they want to make Obama feel more comfortable, they should put our flag on the ground so that he can walk on them.
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:10:16 PM PDT
by
Gator113
( ~just keep livin~)
To: 444Flyer
Amazing how “accidents” happen around Zer0, isn’t it?
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:10:35 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: factoryrat
I agree with your take on this.
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:11:27 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
To: Ezekiel
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:11:32 PM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi)
To: 444Flyer
Section 8a of the United States Flag Code states, “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”
To: 444Flyer
This was no mistake, a clear message was sent!
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:16:45 PM PDT
by
Saoirise
(Free Larry Hutchins - USMC)
To: C210N
“All this for a flag?’’— Michelle Obama.
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:16:49 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: 444Flyer
hastily ordered new flags to correct the embarrassing error in time for the presidential visit...
The new ones have 57 stars.
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:19:52 PM PDT
by
867V309
To: Saoirise
I think it really was a mistake by those
sewing them. Maybe this is more like "the writing on the wall" type stuff. etc. YIKES!
(Our country is certainly reaping what it has sown in electing him.)
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:27:06 PM PDT
by
444Flyer
To: 867V309
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:28:21 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: 444Flyer
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posted on
03/14/2013 8:29:02 PM PDT
by
stormer
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