[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Quote of the Day by Mister Magoo

[Ga Rob]

They did this same thing after 9/11.

[CFW]

Amazing what a little publicity can do.

NEW YORK (AP) The Grand Hotel in Poughkeepsie has a strict policy: No refunds on deposits after you've booked your wedding reception even if your plans change.

But management is bending the rules for one young couple separated by the war in Iraq.

Bonnie Luft, 23, and Robert Kissmann, 24, had planned a May 24 reception at the hotel until Kissmann, a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, was called to active duty on Jan. 11.

Eager to get married before he was sent to Kuwait, the pair tied the knot in a last-minute ceremony at a friend's house just days after he learned he would be leaving.

Luft, now Bonnie Kissmann, then tried to get the couple's $5,000 deposit back, and was told it would not be refunded. The hotel said it would give the couple credit for a future party, but would not return the money.

After the Kissmanns' story attracted local media attention, the hotel relented.

''We're going to refund their money, with no conditions,'' Joseph Bonura Jr., a manager and the co-owner's son, said last week.

[ladtx]

"The order to remove the flags was born of good intentions, but it was a mistake."

No I think -- "The order to remove the flags was born of an attack of wimpism, but it was a mistake."

[EggsAckley]

a commander at the demonstration ordered flags removed

same cr@p, different a-hole.

[G.Mason]

"Protesters have threatened our personnel and are burning flags in the street," yesterday's memo said. "We do not want extremists attacking our apparatus or our personnel."

Fire Chief Ed Wilson, and those other town "officials" need to be made to watch the classic movie "High Noon". After which they should be tarred and feathered.

[chatham]

There sbould never be a time when a person can not fly the american flag in this country.
If flying an American flag on a fire truck becomes dangerous for firefighters then it is time to install trained men with shotguns to ride on the trucks.
No demonstrator has the right to injure anyone much less a firefighter, Shoot demonstrators who harm firefighters!!

[southernnorthcarolina]

Excellent.

[FourPeas]

The order was issued yesterday to avoid provoking dangerous confrontations with anti-war demonstrators.

What a sad, sad state of affairs when it's dangerous to display Old Glory in the US of A. Our country is being taken over by the stupid.

[TankerKC]

"Protesters have threatened our personnel and are burning flags in the street," yesterday's memo said. "We do not want extremists attacking our apparatus or our personnel."

Then bring the hammer down on the extremist element that is out there BREAKING THE LAW!

[Freedom4US]

"Protesters have threatened our personnel and are burning flags in the street," yesterday's memo said. "We do not want extremists attacking our apparatus or our personnel."

You know, I am utterly disgusted with these "nonconfrontational" weenies that have infested various levels of government. Why don't these people grow a pair of balls and realize that it makes no difference whether a flag is displayed or not. The day I see these so-called "protesters" start getting what they REALLY deserve (it will come to this guaranteed) we'll just sit back and smile. "I told you so."

[Darksheare]

A bunch of us from a thread about this yestrday e-mailed the mayorette and crew about our disgust with their actions.