BUSH ORDERS FLAG LOWERED FOR REHNQUIST: Nada for NO

[Bluebear]

The U.S. flag flies at half staff at the White House in Washington, D.C. September 4, 2005. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Rehnquist, a conservative force on the Supreme Court for over 30 years, died on Saturday after battling thyroid cancer since October, a court spokeswoman said. As chief justice, Rehnquist pushed the closely divided nine-member court to the right, and President George W. Bush was expected to use the opening to continue his own drive to add conservative voices to the judiciary. Reuters/Mannie Garcia

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No such gesture, no national mourning for the 15,000 poor and people of color who drowned in New Orleans. After all...you win some, you lose some, right, "W"?

[jsamuel]

1. unbelievable, the media SHOULD eat him alive!

[KyndCulture]

2. FUCK YOU BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been screaming about this flag thing since Friday....


:nuke: :nuke: :grr:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Like I said..I hope when that racist bastard attempts to enter

the gates of heaven he is blocked by the thousands of black spirits he attempted to repress and refused.

[niallmac]

40. Theres a Super Dome in Hell waitng for him.

[arewenotdemo]

48. nice image

[TimeChaser]

4. ... wtf?

I guess in Bush's world:

One old white guy > Countless thousands of "those" people

[Waya]

14. 'Those folks'....

...in 'that part of the world'. That's the phrase I heard him use during his little press stunt in LA. The State of Louisiana was still part of the United States the last time I checked. ,That part of the world'......:puke:

[KyndCulture]

16. WTF did he say that????

His world is so damn skewed.

fuck. I'm so mad again.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. I heard him say that.

I did a double take. :wtf: was he talking about? 'that part of the world" What a slap! Typical bush arrogance.

[Bluebear]

27. Like it's some other continent! May as well be to him n/t

[Splatter Phoenix]

44. now there's some fuzzy math.

Solve the following equation and inequality:

Thousands of Iraqis < "Freedom"

Invading a country to steal its oil = $X (solve for variable--hint, answer will be in billions)

I'm sure someone less tired could come up with more. v_V

[Left Is Write]

5. I am ashamed of the president and so should he be ashamed of himself.

[TheDebbieDee]

6. He's a babbling, giggling, insensitive. murdering idiot!

[Fenris]

7. The man who said Plessy v. Ferguson was a correct ruling

Gets a flag-at-half-staff memorial. Seems logical. :crazy:

[bridgit]

8. no brain no pain = g.w. bush

[madeline_con]

9. Excuse me, we don't have a total # of dead....

It's premature to lower for the Gulf Coast victims. Flag protocol and all that. We can wait and do it correctly at the right time.

(People died all over, not just in N.O., BTW.)

[Minstrel Boy]

11. How long after 9/11?

The total number of dead wasn't known for some time.

[KyndCulture]

13. SAME DAY!!!! the flag was lowered the on 9/11

I looked this all up on Friday.

And the flag protocol says in times of "National Tragedy or the death of a dignitary foreign or domestic"

If LA,MS and AL don't qualify for TRADGEDY in his world... omfg.

[KyndCulture]

15. excuse me. Don't defend him.

The flag protocol states times of national tragedy. And it was lowered the day of the Columbine shootings too.

It is a national symbol of mourning and does not require a body count.

[madeline_con]

23. Don't accuse me of defending that piece of shit....

I was discussing the flag. :)

[hiley]

39. the right time was days ago!

really

[Prodemsouth]

10. Is anyone really surprised.

n/t

[TahitiNut]

12. It should also be flown upside-down for NOLA.

Half-mast for NOLA is nowhere close enough.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

17. Outrageous. What a disgrace.

[bj2110]

18. FUCK THAT MAN. JESUS CHRIST!! WHAT A GODDAMN PRICK!

I'm usually not this straightforward, but shit, this pisses me off....

[Bluzmann57]

22. Hey don't hold back! Tell us what you think!

This thing is bringing out the worst in all of us, I'm afraid. But it may not be the worst. It may be the best. After all, a lot of people are a lot of pissed off and this should result in action against the evil bastards that run our country.

[bj2110]

32. This one really fucking tweaks my nipple, what can I say...

[wellstone dem]

19. I predicted this

but can't find the thread because of the Level 3 here, take my word for it.

Sad, that it was so predictable.

[bj2110]

20. NOMINATED: I had to read this one again... This should be spread

far and wide.... truly shows where this administration's priorities are....

[msongs]

24. and the DEMS response is...??? nt & no response evidently

[Karmadillo]

29. At least the Dems are consistent

nt

[DinahMoeHum]

25. Fuck this! I'm NOT lowering MY flag!!

n/t

[BootinUp]

26. I share your disgust.

At his failure to help the country deal with the disaster and mourn those lost.

[klyon]

28. sorry but the flag is not flown at half mast for just anybody

not for soldiers killed
not for car crash casualties
not for people drowned
It might be nice if we had some way of showing respect but we do not.

KL

[Spazito]

35. Flag protocol says National tragedies as well

I suggest this qualifies eminently as a National tragedy every bit as much as 9 11 when the flags were flown at half staff.

[KamaAina]

30. Buck Fush! Fly New Orleans' flag instead.

yes we have our own city flag:



"You're a grand old flag, you're a high-flying flag, and forever in peace may you wave..."

[mitchum]

31. Fuck that shit1 Fuck Bush! Fuck Rehnquist!

[sakabatou]

33. grrraaaAAAAHHH!

:banghead:

[Quixote1818]

34. Thousands of dead black people isn't enough to lower the flag

but one 85 year old Religious Conservative dies of natural causes and and the whole nation is supposed to take pause and mourn????

This is the craziest thing I have EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!!!

[Deja Q]

36. Sick. Very anti-America, this person. Compassionate for whom, again?

[katinmn]

37. I think * told Cheney to pull the plug on Rehnquist for a diversion

I truly do.

Well, it ain't working, Apeman!

[Name removed]

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[Pirate Smile]

41. I heard that this morning and was shocked it hadn't already been

lowered because of the tragedy.

We don't lower it for thousands of deaths and the destruction of multiple towns and a major American city but we do for the death of one elderly sick man, who had an important job.

The dichotomy was just striking.

[mom cat]

42. The flag should be lowered until every poor evacuee has a permanent

place to call home.

[bj2110]

43. AAAAAAARGH! kicking and bumping this disgusting fact....

[bj2110]

45. 1 more boot

[Bluebear]

62. Indeed, 1 more time. Never forget.

[melody]

46. Rehnquist was a fellow white racist pig n/t

[robbedvoter]

47. hey, the NO guys didn't help him grab the power - what do you expect?

He is where he is IN SPITE of 'people with skin different than ours" - and BECAUSE of Renquist - who helped throw black votes throughout his career.

[osaMABUSh]

49. Is rest of gov. to follow suit? If so, people will assume

it is for Katrina.

[Kurovski]

50. It breaks my heart to see our flag fly over the White House

at all these days. It's a form of desecration.

They are unconscionable elitist, these bush folks.

[stevietheman]

51. This is yet another serious fuckup for Bush... are we surprised? n/t

n/t

[liveoaktx]

52. 8 Hours later, FINALLY (word of the week) a gesture

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-04-2005/0004099981&EDATE=

***You just know somebody told this assclown that he fucked up again-this came in at 7:44 pm CST.

By The President of The United States of America

A PROCLAMATION

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As a mark of respect for the victims
of Hurricane Katrina, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the
United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on all
public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on
all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and
throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset,
Tuesday, September 20, 2005. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at
half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations,
consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military
facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

[liveoaktx]

58. >>>>>>>>>> He DID -EIGHT HOURS LATER

[Lori Price CLG]

53. A flag lowered for ONE dead Nazi, as opposed to the thousands dead

in New Orleans????

Let the treason trial of Bush (and Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove) begin!!!

Lori Price

[stevietheman]

54. States of New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota also lowering flags...

for Rehnquist, not the hurricane victims. I just did a Google news search to confirm this.

[FreedomAngel82]

55. DISGUSTING PIG!

Nothing for New Orleans you asshole! How dare you! You only care about your freakin self!

[stevietheman]

56. PLEASE READ--OK, here's the deal:

From what I see on various sources:

*The flag will be flown at half-staff at federal installations until Sept. 13 for Rehnquist

*The flag will be flown at half-staff at public buildings, military facilities, and embassies until Sept. 20 for the disaster victims

?????

Help! Me no understand.

(edited to show what the flag is being flown for)

[freeplessinseattle]

59. so why did he wait until rehquist died to lower it?

no comprehendo??

[Bluebear]

60. Again he waited until he was shamed into it!

[Az_lefty]

57. NO isn't part of his base..

FUCK YOU BUSH!!!!

[B Calm]

61. How long did it take him to lower the flag for the tsunami victims?