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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:09 PM Original message |
I have a question about the American flag... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a very interesting topic, |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks for the insifht and the link. Yes, as I ate my biscuits and gravy |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If you're old enough to remember |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Oh, I remember... I even had bellbottoms that were red, white and blue, |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Legally, I think just about anything is allowed. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is a lack of grace (not to mention etiquette) |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. G. Gordon Liddy (Reagan Administration) and flag etiquette: |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I just have to wash my eyes now |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe David Cross said it best: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. There is a thing called flag etiquette. It doesn't have the full force of law, though. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Wall of Shame is interesting, but I have two objections to their objections: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. They're stretching with the tissues, certainly, and they object to |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Right, when they get upset about the flag with the stars in the upper right corner, they forget this |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's not the same. That is a photo, first, and a three dimensional sculpture, OTOH. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. As a culture, we read left to right. How do you display the progression |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Put the US flag on top, that'll solve the problem--we also read top to bottom! nt |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. The folks who display bothe the Confederate battle flag |
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dem mba (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. the stars and bars represent southern pride to some people |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. It's the flag of a nation we defeated in war..... it should not be flown ever |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Yes, but folks who think that are flat out wrong |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. There is a US flag code... |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I also live in KC |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. There once was a reverence for the flag, but those standards have changed |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. My hubby used to work at a foundry and it got quite hot. He said there was one guy there who |
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