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gopiscrap

(24,546 posts) Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:35 PM Jan 2017

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If Bush dies today or tomorrow

would the flag be at half staff for Trump's inauguration?

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If Bush dies today or tomorrow (Original Post) gopiscrap Jan 2017 OP

I believe it would be. no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #1

if trump dies today or tomorrow....... pangaia Jan 2017 #2

There ought to be celebrations on the streets for joy meow2u3 Jan 2017 #18

well if he keeps on eating juke food bdamomma Jan 2017 #21

Flags should be at half-staff whether Bush dies or not. Jack-o-Lantern Jan 2017 #3

+1. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #9

Damn... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #10

They should be upside down. roamer65 Jan 2017 #16

I would hope so bravenak Jan 2017 #4

It should be at half staff for the next 4 years. eom guillaumeb Jan 2017 #5

It should fly inverted for the next four years liberal N proud Jan 2017 #8

Yes. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #6

It damn well better be liberal N proud Jan 2017 #7

it will piss off trump. spanone Jan 2017 #11

that's why I brought it up! gopiscrap Jan 2017 #13

Trump is such a narcissist... llmart Jan 2017 #12

I hope we find out that Bush is healthy and just needs an excuse to bow out of the party. Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #14

Ahh, I guess you haven't been following news for at least 10 years. former9thward Jan 2017 #19

it should be at half-staff if he doesn't pass Skittles Jan 2017 #15

It might be construed as a parting gesture from Pops Zambero Jan 2017 #17

It could be a great good bye. LAS14 Jan 2017 #20

no_hypocrisy

(54,288 posts)

1. I believe it would be.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:36 PM

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pangaia

(24,324 posts)

2. if trump dies today or tomorrow.......

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:37 PM

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meow2u3

(25,240 posts)

18. There ought to be celebrations on the streets for joy

Reply to pangaia (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:42 PM

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if trump dies today or tomorrow!

bdamomma

(69,172 posts)

21. well if he keeps on eating juke food

Reply to pangaia (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 11:09 PM

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and counts how magazines has his face on the cover into the wee hours of the night and tweets who knows????

Jack-o-Lantern

(1,019 posts)

3. Flags should be at half-staff whether Bush dies or not.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:38 PM

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rzemanfl

(31,130 posts)

9. +1. n/t

Reply to Jack-o-Lantern (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:49 PM

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3catwoman3

(28,587 posts)

10. Damn...

Reply to Jack-o-Lantern (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:12 PM

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...right.

roamer65

(37,815 posts)

16. They should be upside down.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:47 PM

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bravenak

(34,648 posts)

4. I would hope so

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:38 PM

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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

5. It should be at half staff for the next 4 years. eom

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:39 PM

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liberal N proud

(61,165 posts)

8. It should fly inverted for the next four years

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:44 PM

Jan 2017

Upside Down Flag
Flying the American flag upside down is an officially recognized signal of distress.
Here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:
THE UNITED STATES FLAG CODE
Title 4, Chapter 1

§ 8(a)The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

http://www.usaflagsupply.com/upside-down-flag/

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

6. Yes.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:40 PM

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liberal N proud

(61,165 posts)

7. It damn well better be

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:41 PM

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I am not a Bush fan, but that is protocol.

spanone

(141,014 posts)

11. it will piss off trump.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:13 PM

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gopiscrap

(24,546 posts)

13. that's why I brought it up!

Reply to spanone (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:40 PM

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llmart

(17,320 posts)

12. Trump is such a narcissist...

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:17 PM

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that he'd get royally pissed at Bush for dying and ruining his "special day".

Baitball Blogger

(51,731 posts)

14. I hope we find out that Bush is healthy and just needs an excuse to bow out of the party.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:41 PM

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Remember, he was ex-CIA.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)

19. Ahh, I guess you haven't been following news for at least 10 years.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 11:02 PM

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Bush has not been healthy for a long, long time.

Skittles

(169,584 posts)

15. it should be at half-staff if he doesn't pass

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:44 PM

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Zambero

(9,922 posts)

17. It might be construed as a parting gesture from Pops

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:32 PM

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Enabling the flag to assume an appropriate lowering for the pre-scheduled occasion. I wish him (Bush) well, but much stranger things have happened.

LAS14

(15,457 posts)

20. It could be a great good bye.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 11:04 PM

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