Posted on 07/20/2015 2:26:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
As of Monday morning, July 20, the U.S. flag continued to fly at the top of the pole above the White House and at the U.S. Capitol building, five days after a gunman launched attacks in which he murdered five U.S. military personnel at facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn.
President Barack Obama has yet to order the flags to half-staff following this tragedy. By contrast, in 2012, President Obama did order the flags flown at half-staff on the same day as the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. […]
Federal law states: “By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a state, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law.”
The law also states that a governor can lower the U.S. flag in his or her state following the death of a state official or “the death of a member of the Armed Forces.” …
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You’re so right. Zero has made it patently clear that he’s disdainful of the military. Why we would expect anything more from him is beyond me. Commander in chief, my ass.
There is NO WAY that Zer0 controls all of the flag staffs in the U S. F him.
There is NO WAY that Zer0 controls all of the flag staffs in the U S. F him.
Nope. But I just can’t stand hearing about him or listening to him talk. Let’s truly make him a lame duck President. Congress sit on your hands, vote no on everything he wants, and send him on a vacation to Kenya! Ride out his time, since Congress won’t impeach him.
I know I disagree with many here, but I don’t favor public memorializations of getting our asses kicked.
Obama is seemingly doing a good inside job of Jihad himself.
Commander in chief,my ass.
Mine too.That ignorant POS couldn’t manage a buffet restaurant.
“FUBO!! America-hating Marxist/Islamofascist bastard!”
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Obama is on a downward spiral. It’s only going to get worse with him. He’s a narcissist and he knows he’s on the way out and will be a has been once he’s out of office. So he is going to do as much damage as he can between now and then. Boehner is not up to the task of disagreeing with him. Boehner will only go have a drink and start crying. Even Putin can’t understand what’s wrong with the USA.
Obummer is the world's biggest richard head.
Ignoring him is not the way to do that.
And it’s bad enough that the GOP-e are collaborators.
This doesn’t surprise me coming from the muzzie n chief.
Should be half STAFF. But clearly journalism is heading into the gutter as well.
He’s making it obvious: he hates the military, and this country. Clear?
This is very simple and very consistent with the behavior of a narcissist.
The shooting at Newtown offered an opportunity that could be exploited by Obama in support of his gun control agenda. Lowering flags across the country was as good as a good pro Obama report on local news. Everything that this guy does is in support of his larger agenda.
On the other hand, he could care less about the murder of Marines and Sailors. Especially when that is done by those that he view as allies and supporters. He wants what happened in Chattanooga to be shoved down into the memory hole.
Narcissists and megalomaniacs have pathological brains, we cannot comprehend how they think and how they will behave. But when they manage to get in positions of power, millions of human beings tend to die.
I’m curious whether the flags in New Jersey are at half staff.
I remember that Krispy Kreme gave the order for them to be lowered to honor a crack head singer.
I understand, but he is so annoying .
Exactly.
Maybe he just had a bad case of crotch crickets and was trying to keep them under control.
“Why did Obama not order flags at half-staff after Chattanooga?”
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