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GeorgeBushytail Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:15 PM
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FR - Bush: US Flag to be lowered to half staff to honor Katrina victoms
Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 07:16 PM by GeorgeBushytail
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477399/posts

"Fox News (TV) just announced that President Bush has ordered that U.S. flags are to be flown at half-staff until September 20 in honor of those who are victims of Hurricane Katrina."

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To: TXnMA
Kind of surprised this hadn't been done already.
2 posted on 09/04/2005 5:01:29 PM PDT by SpringheelJack

Work for Camp Katrina on the Mall:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4629758
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GeorgeBushytail Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:17 PM
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1. They say it's only for Rehnquist
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:18 PM
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2. LOL, they don't even understand that bush ordered it lowered for
REINQUIST, not for those who died in the disaster. Man, stupid doesn't come close.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:33 PM
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3. Wow! Look at him cut through the bureaucracy on that one. Law states
flag had to go half-staff after Rheinqhuest died early last evening. Less than twenty-four hours later ....
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Field Of Dreams Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:35 PM
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4. I saw on CNN mention of half staff for hurricane victims also
:shrug:

been watching for a while but only heard it mentioned once.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:36 PM
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5. Faux Phucks Up again...and FR buy it wholesale.
It's for Rehnquist. If there's any other agenda to it, I have neither seen nor heard it.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-04-05 07:38 PM
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6. the conversion chart
1 racist, white octagenarian > 10,000 poor bLacks

since the fLag was not Lowered for the guLf coast victims.
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