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President Obama's Picture Removed After Complaints (at Peterson AFB-President's Day Advertisement)
KRDO.com ^ | Updated: Feb 17, 2009 05:18 PM CST | By Tak Landrock

Posted on 02/17/2009 5:37:51 PM PST by lewisglad

PETERSON AFB - What was only meant to announce store hours at the Peterson Air Force Base Commissary has turned into a racial issue.

Last week, cashiers took down flyers with a picture of President Barack Obama after several customer complaints. According to employees Melissa and LoVonda, the director ordered the photo down when someone said, ‘this wasn't Obama's day, and his picture shouldn't be on a flyer so it should be taken down.'

The two women tell NEWSCHANNEL 13 that when they went to speak with the store director, he wouldn't give them a reason why the flyers were taken down. "I asked if the flyers could be put back up and he said, ‘it's not a big deal and that no, he wouldn't put them back up.'"

Both say hearing that humiliated them and felt there was no discussion about why the flyers were taken down. "I felt like change has come and I really was proud to have a black President and to see these flyers up, it had a great impact," says Melissa.

They were told only one customer complained to managers, but a spokesperson from DeCA, the agency that runs the military commissary, there were several complaints.

According to Nancy O'Nell, the team investigated whether or not Presidents' Day Honors all Commanders in Chiefs or specifically George Washington.

See Following link provided by DeCA : http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/winter/gw-birthday-1.html

She says when they realized it was for Washington; they took the flyers down and replaced them with new announcements without Obama's picture.

"We don't understand their claims of racism," says O'Nell.

Both Melissa and LaVonda disagree. They feel the flyers were appropriate and are upset that a customer could force this kind of change. "From my understanding, Presidents' day combines both past and future Presidents," says Melissa.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: obama; presidentsday
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To: lewisglad

“I felt like change has come and I really was proud to have a black President and to see these flyers up, it had a great impact,” says Melissa.

These people are absolutely sick and delusional, aren’t they?


41 posted on 02/17/2009 6:42:39 PM PST by indestructable
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To: Newbomb Turk
Now I just have one request before we carve his likeness on MT Rushmore. Can we have at lease one thing he does turn out to be a whopping success. Maybe even marginal?

HA !

After four years of Hussein Obama,You are more likely to see Jimmah Carter up on Mt. Rushmore!

42 posted on 02/17/2009 6:43:01 PM PST by mcmuffin
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To: Red Steel

I think you are right...Plus the stores wanted to have a giant sale day. I liked having both days.


43 posted on 02/17/2009 6:45:30 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
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To: pandoraou812

Actually, George Washington was born on February 11, 1731. The calendar in use at the time was the Julian Calendar. Most of Europe had already converted to the Gregorian calendar. England and her colonial possessions converted to the Gregorian calendar in September, 1752. The conversion (back then) required 11 days to be removed from the calendar. So, Washington converted his birthday to become its Gregorian equivalent of February 22.


44 posted on 02/17/2009 6:48:05 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: lewisglad

From this point in time, it will only get worse.


45 posted on 02/17/2009 6:50:03 PM PST by sport
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To: Travis McGee

Not at all. If our military parrots the conservative/liberal “war”, well, that’s pretty much the end.


46 posted on 02/17/2009 6:50:41 PM PST by karibdes (It's not a perfect world. Screws fall out.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

It is going to get worse, much worse. By 2012 there will be four graduating classes of colleges and high schools. obama worshippers will comprise the bulk of them.


47 posted on 02/17/2009 6:53:10 PM PST by sport
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
Thank you for that info. I never knew that.
48 posted on 02/17/2009 6:55:21 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
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To: MichiganConservative

The change is coming. Have you heard the word “hyperinflation” before?

19 posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:01:26 PM by MichiganConservative

If they haven’t, they will as soon as the paper printed for obama’s “stimilus” hits the street. I look for it to be in the 25-100% range.


49 posted on 02/17/2009 6:57:37 PM PST by sport
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To: lewisglad
I have a sneaking suspicion that this is just the beginning of an avalanche of racism whines whenever some person or entity says, or does anything construed as the least bit negative about chairman Ø-bama. It's an ironic twist of fate that the election of this pompous lightweight may be the best thing that ever happened to both the conservative movement and the Republican party.
50 posted on 02/17/2009 6:58:27 PM PST by Larry381 (“in the final instance civilization is always saved by a platoon of soldiers” Oswald Spengler)
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To: lewisglad
"From my understanding, Presidents' day combines both past and future Presidents," says Melissa.

Obama is the current President, not a past or future President. George Bush's picture should be up there if Melissa's condition were followed.

51 posted on 02/17/2009 6:58:45 PM PST by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men)
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To: lewisglad
Obama is not the President, he is King Obama the exalted.
52 posted on 02/17/2009 7:00:30 PM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: reg45

> Three great Presidents, counting Reagan (Feb-06).

My picks:
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
Andrew Jackson


53 posted on 02/17/2009 7:01:05 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: lewisglad

“From my understanding, Presidents’ day combines both past and future Presidents,” says Melissa.

Then your understanding is WRONG!


54 posted on 02/17/2009 7:01:49 PM PST by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: Travis McGee

Melissa is an idiot as are all of Obamas stupid sheeple. Her education level and IQ are the norm for those that this Precedent BO Stinky is the smartest one ever and his IQ is off the charts etc etc ........

This idiot and her friend should get their ducks in a row before they start cluckin crap in public.

Obama may have a bunch of DOD brass nodding in public but if he needed em fast to save his sorry ass they’d almost “all” to a man say......wait a minute, I need to tie my shoes or put on my class A’s, walk the cat, form a committee, check with the jag to see if indeed they “can” assist in whatever sedition that got the criminal liar into his predicament etc !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t8GdxFYBU

My opinion, opinions and attitudes noted by my personal contacts with former and present military veterans says they tolerate such for now only due the PC atmosphere of being required to respect the office...........not the man until he earns it. Just like any other rank. They are pretty sure Precedent Stinky will never ....earn it.

My opinion ........mine, based on what I see and observe first hand in my AO !

stay safe and find a conservative with a solid record for 2010 and 2012 to replace the polidiot traitor sell out trash in DC.


55 posted on 02/17/2009 7:29:07 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: BuffaloJack

My top three:
1. George Washington
2. Ronald Reagan
3, Jefferson Davis


56 posted on 02/17/2009 7:41:56 PM PST by gscc
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To: KJC1
AOL has a pop-up Google box, and yesterday one of the “Os” was Obama’s face. It wasn’t on regular Google, though.

I saw that and could not believe it. You can not escape the man.

57 posted on 02/17/2009 8:03:52 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: peace with honor
I'm sorry ladies,but we are not aloud to post religious figures in a federal or state buildings...
58 posted on 02/17/2009 9:04:43 PM PST by odin2008 (EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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