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Topic: Veteran Removes The American Flag
Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Fri 03/07/08 10:10 AM
Live it eat it Breathe it **** it, and Give your life for it.... The Vet did what was his rite!!!

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Fri 03/07/08 10:13 AM
Live it eat it Breathe it **** it, and Give your life for it.... The Vet did what was his rite!!! everyone has their ideas on what is right and i am not degrading him for what he did but if the courts became involved what else may or may not have been uncovered

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Fri 03/07/08 10:16 AM
The ACLU would have stepped in and sued the City, the vet, and the local police department! The Vet carried out his duty, and now the flag is no longer there. End of story!!!

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Fri 03/07/08 10:17 AM
Mexican flag in American classrooms North High's foreign flag display violated the law - and temporary displays of foreign flags still do. "There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 percent Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else." - Theodore Roosevelt http://www.cairco.org/issues/flag.html

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Lindyy Joined Tue 01/01/08 Posts: 2699	Fri 03/07/08 10:56 AM
Lindyy says: First, I am SO PROUD of the U.S. Vet that took our flag down! That flag stands for everything that has happened in the USA, it represents the citizens of the United States, how hard we have fought and worked to establish our freedom, our country, our rights. I watched the video. The mexican owner of the business would not even speak to the television reporter. There was no one's buddy making up the whole incident for attention. That mexican business owner stood there with his mouth shut. Picked up his flag from the ground and went into his business establishment,still saying nothing. He knew very well that what he did was wrong, disrespectful, and illegal, for those of you think it was not such a bad thing. TAKEN FROM OUR FLAG-THE STORY OF OLD GLORY by Mabel Ruth Bennett, Author of "The Hidden Garfden", "March Steele - Daught of the Revolution" and "The Christmas Book": "Ulysses S.Grant, (1882-1885) 18th President of the USA. "There is no name so great that it should be placed upon the flag of our country." "Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, (1845-1912) served in the US Army for 47 years. "The flag of the American Union is a visible symbol of the ideal aspirations of the American people. It is the one focus in which all unite in reverential devotion. We differ in religion; we differ in politics; we engage in violent disputes as to the true meaning of the Constitution, and even challenge the wisdome of some of its provisions; we inject self-interest and cupidity into most of the ordinary transactions of daily life, but through the santifying folds of the flag, the collective intelligence of the Nation rises superior to the wisdom of any of its parts, and thus ensure the perpetuality of the Republic." The following was wrtten by a ten year old in the fifth grade of Rockway Elementary School, Miami, Florida, in September, 1970): F - stand for freedom, on land and on sea; for America is the land for me. L - stand for Liberty, for love and for care, look at America, you'll find it there! A - stand for Achievement, America too. American achievement is the best thing for you. G - stand for Greatness, Glory and all that is Good. If you don't love the flag, you certainly should. F-L-A-G is America's symbol, land of the free. And that is what our flag means to me!" By Stuart Knox Chapin. 10 years old The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics By Francis Scott Key 1814 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! Lindyy

boredinaz06 Joined Sun 10/15/06 Posts: 22764	Fri 03/07/08 11:03 AM
Lindyy says: First, I am SO PROUD of the U.S. Vet that took our flag down! That flag stands for everything that has happened in the USA, it represents the citizens of the United States, how hard we have fought and worked to establish our freedom, our country, our rights. I watched the video. The mexican owner of the business would not even speak to the television reporter. There was no one's buddy making up the whole incident for attention. That mexican business owner stood there with his mouth shut. Picked up his flag from the ground and went into his business establishment,still saying nothing. He knew very well that what he did was wrong, disrespectful, and illegal, for those of you think it was not such a bad thing. TAKEN FROM OUR FLAG-THE STORY OF OLD GLORY by Mabel Ruth Bennett, Author of "The Hidden Garfden", "March Steele - Daught of the Revolution" and "The Christmas Book": "Ulysses S.Grant, (1882-1885) 18th President of the USA. "There is no name so great that it should be placed upon the flag of our country." "Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, (1845-1912) served in the US Army for 47 years. "The flag of the American Union is a visible symbol of the ideal aspirations of the American people. It is the one focus in which all unite in reverential devotion. We differ in religion; we differ in politics; we engage in violent disputes as to the true meaning of the Constitution, and even challenge the wisdome of some of its provisions; we inject self-interest and cupidity into most of the ordinary transactions of daily life, but through the santifying folds of the flag, the collective intelligence of the Nation rises superior to the wisdom of any of its parts, and thus ensure the perpetuality of the Republic." The following was wrtten by a ten year old in the fifth grade of Rockway Elementary School, Miami, Florida, in September, 1970): F - stand for freedom, on land and on sea; for America is the land for me. L - stand for Liberty, for love and for care, look at America, you'll find it there! A - stand for Achievement, America too. American achievement is the best thing for you. G - stand for Greatness, Glory and all that is Good. If you don't love the flag, you certainly should. F-L-A-G is America's symbol, land of the free. And that is what our flag means to me!" By Stuart Knox Chapin. 10 years old The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics By Francis Scott Key 1814 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! Lindyy Kudos

Lindyy Joined Tue 01/01/08 Posts: 2699	Fri 03/07/08 11:04 AM
adj4u if i may ask where were you the other 33 years Rome Italy... That explains a lot I know, centuries of history , art, inventions and culture. Oh! And I got my US citizenship last year...so you can keep your sarcasm for yourself...fellow american. Perhaps you were able to acquire your US citizenship TOO easily! Perhaps one should have to sacrifice a little first before becoming a US citizen. Lindyy

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Fri 03/07/08 11:05 AM
Lindyy says: First, I am SO PROUD of the U.S. Vet that took our flag down! That flag stands for everything that has happened in the USA, it represents the citizens of the United States, how hard we have fought and worked to establish our freedom, our country, our rights. I watched the video. The mexican owner of the business would not even speak to the television reporter. There was no one's buddy making up the whole incident for attention. That mexican business owner stood there with his mouth shut. Picked up his flag from the ground and went into his business establishment,still saying nothing. He knew very well that what he did was wrong, disrespectful, and illegal, for those of you think it was not such a bad thing. TAKEN FROM OUR FLAG-THE STORY OF OLD GLORY by Mabel Ruth Bennett, Author of "The Hidden Garfden", "March Steele - Daught of the Revolution" and "The Christmas Book": "Ulysses S.Grant, (1882-1885) 18th President of the USA. "There is no name so great that it should be placed upon the flag of our country." "Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, (1845-1912) served in the US Army for 47 years. "The flag of the American Union is a visible symbol of the ideal aspirations of the American people. It is the one focus in which all unite in reverential devotion. We differ in religion; we differ in politics; we engage in violent disputes as to the true meaning of the Constitution, and even challenge the wisdome of some of its provisions; we inject self-interest and cupidity into most of the ordinary transactions of daily life, but through the santifying folds of the flag, the collective intelligence of the Nation rises superior to the wisdom of any of its parts, and thus ensure the perpetuality of the Republic." The following was wrtten by a ten year old in the fifth grade of Rockway Elementary School, Miami, Florida, in September, 1970): F - stand for freedom, on land and on sea; for America is the land for me. L - stand for Liberty, for love and for care, look at America, you'll find it there! A - stand for Achievement, America too. American achievement is the best thing for you. G - stand for Greatness, Glory and all that is Good. If you don't love the flag, you certainly should. F-L-A-G is America's symbol, land of the free. And that is what our flag means to me!" By Stuart Knox Chapin. 10 years old The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics By Francis Scott Key 1814 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! Lindyy Kudos Definitely worth repeating

boredinaz06 Joined Sun 10/15/06 Posts: 22764	Fri 03/07/08 11:19 AM
to show that I'm not a Bigot or Racist Scoundrel, I'm gonna go buy a Burrito for Lunch!

spqr Joined Thu 12/13/07 Posts: 388	Fri 03/07/08 11:48 AM
Perhaps you were able to acquire your US citizenship TOO easily! Perhaps one should have to sacrifice a little first before becoming a US citizen. Lindyy You must be such a...sweetheart in person eh Lindy? I really can't wait to meet you. Petrhaps you should assume less on people you have no idea about. But that might be asking you too much bye honey.

northrn_yanke Joined Sun 01/13/08 Posts: 851	Fri 03/07/08 11:59 AM
I find it hard to believe that some are even contemplating giving the restaurant owner the benefit of the doubt...is nothing sacred anymore?

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Fri 03/07/08 11:59 AM Edited by Fanta46 on Fri 03/07/08 12:00 PM
Perhaps you were able to acquire your US citizenship TOO easily! Perhaps one should have to sacrifice a little first before becoming a US citizen. Lindyy You must be such a...sweetheart in person eh Lindy? I really can't wait to meet you. Petrhaps you should assume less on people you have no idea about. But that might be asking you too much bye honey. Let's hear the story,,,,, Come on, Dont leave us hanging!!

boredinaz06 Joined Sun 10/15/06 Posts: 22764	Fri 03/07/08 12:02 PM
I find it hard to believe that some are even contemplating giving the restaurant owner the benefit of the doubt...is nothing sacred anymore? it's Called Progressive thinking, Apparently it's Wonderful

northrn_yanke Joined Sun 01/13/08 Posts: 851	Fri 03/07/08 12:07 PM
I find it hard to believe that some are even contemplating giving the restaurant owner the benefit of the doubt...is nothing sacred anymore? it's Called Progressive thinking, Apparently it's Wonderful so they say....

IndianaJoans Joined Sat 03/01/08 Posts: 115	Fri 03/07/08 12:36 PM
Lindyy says: First, I am SO PROUD of the U.S. Vet that took our flag down! That flag stands for everything that has happened in the USA, it represents the citizens of the United States, how hard we have fought and worked to establish our freedom, our country, our rights. I watched the video. The mexican owner of the business would not even speak to the television reporter. There was no one's buddy making up the whole incident for attention. That mexican business owner stood there with his mouth shut. Picked up his flag from the ground and went into his business establishment,still saying nothing. He knew very well that what he did was wrong, disrespectful, and illegal, for those of you think it was not such a bad thing. TAKEN FROM OUR FLAG-THE STORY OF OLD GLORY by Mabel Ruth Bennett, Author of "The Hidden Garfden", "March Steele - Daught of the Revolution" and "The Christmas Book": "Ulysses S.Grant, (1882-1885) 18th President of the USA. "There is no name so great that it should be placed upon the flag of our country." "Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, (1845-1912) served in the US Army for 47 years. "The flag of the American Union is a visible symbol of the ideal aspirations of the American people. It is the one focus in which all unite in reverential devotion. We differ in religion; we differ in politics; we engage in violent disputes as to the true meaning of the Constitution, and even challenge the wisdome of some of its provisions; we inject self-interest and cupidity into most of the ordinary transactions of daily life, but through the santifying folds of the flag, the collective intelligence of the Nation rises superior to the wisdom of any of its parts, and thus ensure the perpetuality of the Republic." The following was wrtten by a ten year old in the fifth grade of Rockway Elementary School, Miami, Florida, in September, 1970): F - stand for freedom, on land and on sea; for America is the land for me. L - stand for Liberty, for love and for care, look at America, you'll find it there! A - stand for Achievement, America too. American achievement is the best thing for you. G - stand for Greatness, Glory and all that is Good. If you don't love the flag, you certainly should. F-L-A-G is America's symbol, land of the free. And that is what our flag means to me!" By Stuart Knox Chapin. 10 years old The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics By Francis Scott Key 1814 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! Lindyy

IndianaJoans Joined Sat 03/01/08 Posts: 115	Fri 03/07/08 12:41 PM
adj4u if i may ask where were you the other 33 years Rome Italy... That explains a lot I know, centuries of history , art, inventions and culture. Oh! And I got my US citizenship last year...so you can keep your sarcasm for yourself...fellow american. Perhaps you were able to acquire your US citizenship TOO easily! Perhaps one should have to sacrifice a little first before becoming a US citizen. Lindyy My parents escaped Castro's Cuba. They were proud Americans! Can you please explain what requirement of sacrifice you would like to see to become a citizen?

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Fri 03/07/08 12:50 PM
this should have been done a loooooooooong time ago American to the bone and I know that my country is my country, no flag position signifies my patriotism. My patriotism comes from my heart and soul no physical thing regardless to what it is is a measure of my patriotism to my country. I am not unsure of my patriotism so I do not need to exert it for it to be seen. Nor do I need to move or remove flags for my patriotism to be true, it is true no matter where the flag hangs. it doesn't effect you that the mexican flag was purposely put above the american flag?