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A symbol of hatred or history? Obama quietly bans Confederate flag at cemeteries(V.A.)
washingtontimes.com ^ | 8/30/2016 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 08/30/2016 6:45:06 AM PDT by rktman

The Veterans Affairs Department quietly moved this month to ban flying of Confederate flags from fixed flagpoles at the cemeteries it runs, striking yet another blow against the controversial emblem.

Congress had debated and rejected that change, but the Obama administration decided to move forward anyway, saying it was unilaterally imposing the restrictions.

“In particular, we will amend our policy to make clear that Confederal flags will not be displayed from any permanently fixed flagpole in a national cemetery at any time,” wrote Ronald E. Walters, under secretary for memorial affairs at the VA.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: confederateflg; johnnyreb
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Fixed flag poles huh. How about the small ones on sticks next to a soldiers grave? Like the man at the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert said. "Heritage, not hate people?" Maybe I don't care to see the red yellow green flag. Any chance we could get that banned? So, if we're erasing the confederacy history, we may as well erase slavery history too. Any other history somebody feels upset about that we should erase?
1 posted on 08/30/2016 6:45:06 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Obama is a symbol of hatred.


2 posted on 08/30/2016 6:48:45 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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WHY is every kind of Ethnic Cleansing bad unless it's practiced on White Christians?

F this Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load, Sissy Boy, Race Baiting Poverty Pimp Goat humping, Allah FUBAR screaming Sand Uyghur POS.

3 posted on 08/30/2016 6:49:43 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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When slavery is finally forgotten, we will all be slaves.................


4 posted on 08/30/2016 6:50:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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Love the keyword. :)

Obama acting unilaterally again, overruling Congress.

He really thinks he is a king.


5 posted on 08/30/2016 6:50:44 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: Feckless

You left out Choom Smokin’..................


6 posted on 08/30/2016 6:51:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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We already have our Communist dictator in place...


7 posted on 08/30/2016 6:52:36 AM PDT by usual suspect
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This small man is driven by hatred and prejudice against his own White heritage. A person so conflicted should never have been elected to lead this country. On Inauguration Day, everyone who still has a Confederate flag should take it out and fly it, even if the new president is Clinton. The Clintons, with all their faults, were never as overbearing as this ugly, vengeful man.


8 posted on 08/30/2016 6:52:45 AM PDT by txrefugee
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“...Congress had debated and rejected that change, but the Obama administration decided to move forward anyway...”

And then Congress sat on their azzes and just looked at each other....


9 posted on 08/30/2016 6:53:41 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: WKUHilltopper

This was a delightful flag controversy here in MA.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/09/confederate-flag-comes-down-from-view-walpole-high-field/UJx7KhSgZ9OiyNgdLNJTSK/story.html

The Confederate flag was a high school teams favorite for years until the maniacs took over the country.

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10 posted on 08/30/2016 6:54:03 AM PDT by Mears
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We’re already working hard to erase Native Americans from our schools and sports teams.


11 posted on 08/30/2016 6:54:15 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Feckless
F this Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load, Sissy Boy, Race Baiting Poverty Pimp Goat humping, Allah FUBAR screaming Sand Uyghur POS.

You put what so many people think so eloquently. :)

12 posted on 08/30/2016 6:55:20 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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Congress debated this and rejected it?

And Dictator Obama is going to do it anyway? Where the heck is Congress to rein this rogue in?

I am a veteren and I live in Florida. The confederate flag is everywhere here. And when I go to the VA hospital here, many vets wear t-shirts and hats with the flag of the confederacy on them.

My hope is this. That Donald Trump is elected our next president on November 8th. And that he will reverse all of this unilateral crappola Obama has decided is in his best political and ideological interests but not that of the American people.

13 posted on 08/30/2016 6:56:53 AM PDT by HotHunt
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“And then Congress sat on their azzes and just looked at each other”.....

Why change now? They have been sitting on their asses for years and for them, it keeps on working. Time to out them as well.


14 posted on 08/30/2016 6:57:59 AM PDT by DaveA37 (t)
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Sick. U.S. flag will be next. It already happened at a high school in S.C. Hope D. Trump will reverse this.


15 posted on 08/30/2016 6:58:05 AM PDT by apocalypto
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Agree 100%


16 posted on 08/30/2016 6:59:16 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rktman

“When they lay me down in that sweet Southern ground,
Have someone play Dixie for me.”


17 posted on 08/30/2016 7:03:35 AM PDT by onedoug
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Here's a thread with over 900 replies that said that Congress revoked the ban. Link

Did Obama put it back?

18 posted on 08/30/2016 7:06:27 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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i’m dixie born and dixie bred when i die i’ll be dixie dead,look away yankee look away.


19 posted on 08/30/2016 7:09:28 AM PDT by old gringo (a wise monkey never monkeys with another monkeys monkey.)
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Democrat president Obama bans Democrat inspired counter-American revolution slave state flag at cemeteries of brave and honorable patriotic Americans.


20 posted on 08/30/2016 7:12:48 AM PDT by captain_dave
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