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Posted on 08/27/2018 1:14:16 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Cementjungle
He realizes this is not a fight worth fighting.
To: MNDude
The US Flag that flies at Fort Home has, and will, remain at full staff.
It shall remain at full staff until such time as the Commander (me) determines that an event of significance has occurred that would warrant the lowering of the US Flag to half-staff.
The death of a RINO/POS is not an event of significance in the opinion of the Commander (me), therefore the US Flag that flies at Fort Home shall remain at full staff.
Life will continue as usual at Fort Home.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:28:23 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
To: MNDude
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:30:29 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: SoFloFreeper
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:33:31 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Robert DeLong
He realizes this is not a fight worth fighting. Then he should have just gone with lowering on Saturday the whole time.
This is not good leadership. Makes him look like he can be manipulated. And his enemies will remember that.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:33:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Robert DeLong
He realizes this is not a fight worth fighting.Correct. . . And one that he cannot win regardless of what he does.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:34:42 PM PDT
by
RatRipper
(Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
To: MNDude
Seems to me that "Songbird" McLame forgot Article V. He may have needed remedial SERE training before doing sorties over VN.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:38:13 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: Robert DeLong
I’m sure the last person he wants to fight over is Songbird. Plant him in the ground and move along.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:42:13 PM PDT
by
Peeps47
(Democrats are as corrupt as they are incompetent)
To: dfwgator
What did Jeremiah Denton get when he passed away? Now he was a hero!
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:46:59 PM PDT
by
KevinB
(I do not care for that Obama fellow.)
To: MNDude
This is the real reason POTUS decided to lower the flag again ... not some manufactured outrage by the MSM.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:49:41 PM PDT
by
dartuser
To: dartuser
Did the American Legion make the same demand for Jeremiah Denton?
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:50:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
This isn’t happening for JM, that is my point.
To: SoFloFreeper
Does it matter. The bottom line is protocol was followed, and the AL should have been satisfied with that.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:52:44 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: elcid1970
They have been a military AARP for a long time.
Another wing of the Swamp, with special hats.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:52:59 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(1. DonÂ’t Forget Nothing.)
To: dfwgator
I think folks know what kind of a situation he is in.
Yes, I would have liked him to stick with the previous decision, but the VFW wasn’t something he could ignore.
I see him as doing this in support of the military more than McCain.
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:55:10 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
To: DoughtyOne
Yes, I would have liked him to stick with the previous decision, but the VFW wasnt something he could ignore.
Why?
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posted on
08/27/2018 1:55:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Because that would be seen as a slap at the members of the VFW.
When you support the military, there are certain voices you need to take into consideration.
I stridently agree with Trump’s first move, but he didn’t want it to seem he disrespected the VFW, even if it was wrong.
And man, do I think it was wrong here.
To honor this man is terribly misguided.
Sometimes you have to bite the bullet. The bigger insult to me is John being planted at Arlington.
Now that is an insult.
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posted on
08/27/2018 2:00:05 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
To: dfwgator
This is not good leadership Every now & then I accept when he gets something wrong. Overall he is a great leader.
To: dfwgator
Jeremiah Denton was one of my favorite figures in modern U.S. history.
Let's remember that he died 27 years after he left office. Heck -- I'll bet most Americans had never heard of him by the time he passed away.
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posted on
08/27/2018 2:02:54 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: dfwgator
There's no way in hell he was going to say "No" to the American Legion on this.
Chief of Staff John Kelly would have gone out and lowered the flag himself if that's what it took.
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posted on
08/27/2018 2:03:54 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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