Road Crew Tosses American Flag in Dump Truck, Sparks Rally
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Two residents in Woodbine, Md. wave flags during a rally prompted by a road crew's dumping an American flag in a dump truck. (Image source: Baltimore Sun)
The removal of an American flag from a Maryland traffic circle prompted a patriotic rally after a report that the road crew that took the flag down tossed it in the back of a dump truck.
According to the Baltimore Sun, Rhonda Winkler’s family first posted a flag in the Woodbine, Md. roundabout three years ago in honor of their soldier nephew’s deployment to Afghanistan. They’ve taken care of the flag ever since, replacing it with a new one every few months.
A month ago, a car crashed into the circle, running over the flag and destroying it. The Winkler family, aided by an 88-year-old World War II veteran, replaced the flag again and stuck a new gold-painted pole in the ground. At some point, a pine tree in the circle was also damaged: either in the crash or was heavily trimmed back to make the flag more visible, according to conflicting media reports.
Then, on Dec. 19, Winkler got a call alerting her that state road crews had removed the new flag and flag pole, tossing both in the back of a dump truck.
Her husband, Jeff Winkler, contacted the highway administration and was told people had complained about the flag and damaged tree, and that posting a flag on the roundabout was considered trespassing on state property.
A flag is back in the traffic circle in Woodbine, Md. (Image source: The Baltimore Sun)
“They told us it was against the law to erect a flag on the traffic circle,” Rhonda Winkler told Fox News. “They told my husband that whoever put up the flag could be arrested for trespassing.”
David Buck, a state highway spokesmn, told the Baltimore Sun removing the flag was also a matter of safety for the people who cross the street to get to the circle to take care of the flag.
“They don’t have traffic control out there, and they don’t have [road work] vests on,” he told the newspaper.
The Winkler family tried to get the flag back from the highway administration but has been unsuccessful.
“We figured it’s the American flag and we live in the United States of America – how can anyone have a problem with it,” Winkler told Fox.
As a result, the family planned a patriotic event in protest: They got a permit, borrowed a crane and hung a massive flag above the circle on Dec. 23. A large sign next to it read, “Welcome Home U.S. TROOPS, United Patriots of Maryland.” According to the Baltimore Sun, the event attracted dozens of people, many of whom waved their own flags in solidarity.
Buck said he hopes a solution can be found, but said allowing residents to put flags up in traffic circles would require a statewide policy change.
For her part, Winkler told the Baltimore Sun she’s “not a big stink maker.”
“I don’t sweat the small stuff, and we’re at the point [in society] where you can‘t say this and you can’t do that,” she said. “But the American flag is one thing we are all going to stand up for.”
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Comments (136)
geonj
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:20pmwould like to see a small tent city set up by the loocals in protest and see how long they are allowed to stay there. my guess would be less than 24 hours. but the occupiers would be alllowed to stay there months.
Report Post »TOMMYSURIA
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:27pmGreat idea; let’s ocuppy the freaking traffic circles and send them back to england….Yeaaaaahhhh..
Report Post »True2The_Word
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:10pmLet’s see, I’ll bet that the Maryland road crew is all union. After what we have seen of unions this year we can safely say they have NO Respect for the Flag, what it stands for, freedom of speech, or people who believe in the principals that this nation was founded on. So it comes as no surprise that they would toss the flag into the back of a dump-truck.
The comparison of the “State’s” reaction to the flag in the circle and it’s reaction to the Occupy-Anywhere shows a HUGE miscarriage of justice (preferential treatment).
Is it because the FLAG represents something noble and the state of Maryland despises what it stands for? Well, you can decide for your self, but I’m discussed with this PROGRESSIVE BS. Just where are we progressing to? People of Maryland if you don’t like being viewed in this way, then change it. Right now you are a disgrace to freedom.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:26pmThis is how we take back our country. Don’t get fustrated, get activated. When our collective voices are raised along with lawful actions they will no longer be able to ignore the majority of Americans in this country but we need everyone out there to know what they stand for and what they believe, the time for fence sitting is over.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 9:01pmApparently, you are wrong. “We” aren’t all going to stand up for it. It wouldn’t have been in the crapper if “we” all stood up for it.
Something Americans have to understand… socialism, marxism, communism ALL are ideologies as much as ‘America’ “IS” an “idea”.
We have (our government) brought millions of people from these ideological societies HERE and insisted they NOT assimilate (become American). That they retain their cultural and philosophical ties.
We aren‘t going to ’win’ this internal fight. Our government “IS” against us. It controls the rules, the locks, the borders (HA) the enforcement. It’s NOT going to happen. Period. There “IS” no “hope.” It’s not possible. I don’t care if the Pope is elected president.
“America” “IS” an idea. Without a people who believe in the ‘idea’ there is no “idea.“ The ”idea” is diminished to a hope or a concept. It no longer retains the position of an ‘ideology’. Our politicians have stuck a knife into the heart of America for their own personal gain. (See insider trading).
We are witnessing the end of (another) civilization. (see Rome, Egyptian, Azteca and Mayan cultures, et al). We can NOT be saved. Period. End of story.
I won’t roll over. But the end “IS” neigh. And it “IS” inevitable. YOU have been sold.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 9:11pmMaybe it’s just me, but your use of quotation marks and capitalization is confusing. What do you mean by “IS?”
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 1:01am@Ruler4You—-Ok, time for a lesson. There is North “America” There is South “America”. It is not what you say an “idea”. ok? class is dismissed.There will be a bake sale Friday. All students are to bring a treat(except ruler4you) he is still in time out.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 1:57amThis is a music video tribute to the flag & all those who watch over us and give their lives to keep us free!
Report Post »http://youtu.be/lJXb0LLkx1Y
Doris
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:43pmbunch of crapola.just another liberty done away with. I dont know who messed with the tree but they should be fined or even charged with buying a new tree. but the flag should be allowed. maybe a smaller one or a higher one for traffic sake but a flag should be there.
Report Post »TOMMYSURIA
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:16pmState land my butt. From who was the freaking land taken in the first place??? The state??? And whos stupid idea are this traffic circle??? Europe???
Report Post »All they do is make roads much more unsafe…
texasbuc
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:27pmWell said!
Report Post »chevronb191972
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 3:55amTommysuria, I have spent a long time in the UK and their traffic accident rate is way below ours. Over there, they are called “roundabouts” and they work just fine. It’s because we are just not used to them here…..except in cal.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:42amRoundabouts work well where they have always been. If you install a new one, people here don’t even know how to drive in one. No one gives right-of-way to those already in it, they try to go the wrong way because they don’t want to go all the way around to get to the exit that would have been a simple left turn. I first experienced a roundabout in Bermuda. Didn’t have a problem one with it, once I learned the principle. We have one here in Texas to enter a shopping mall and the people ignore the rules. That’s what causes accidents, not being distracted by a waving flag.
Report Post »Jahslave
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:58pmTalk about unsafe. Try driving a semi around one of these. I usually have to take up 2 – 3 lanes to get around them so as not to take down signs, light poles or anything else that might be in the way. Then I get flipped off, yelled at, cussed out for taking up so many lanes. Hey, I didn’t put the stupid circle in the middle of the intersection. Piss poor planning by the “Central Planners”, ie, Government..
Report Post »Banter
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:15pmI’m sure Encinom is on that road crew. He hates America, so this would be right up his alley.
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:05pmEncinom’s a GUY? Color me surprised :o)
Report Post »Banter
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:36pmI flipped a coin. I guess if you factor in Monicne as Encinom in drag, well I guess, um, er…. Hey, I flipped coin, so there you go.
Report Post »beaubird
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:11pmWay too many little laws that are stupid!!!! I live way out in the country and have been here all my life an this week they made a law that if yu did not have your dog on a leash or in a pin, he will get picked up or and fined!!!!!!!! That is just nuts!!! I can understand in city , NOT in country, it is just the little town wantin to add more money for their pockets and already the taxes are higher in this little NC town than anywhere else, It is crazy, they are making everthing unlawful!!!!!!! Out here yu need a dog for pertection! So many illegals, but they are worried about dogs, Yeah Right!! Are they goin to hire ppl to see where yur dog is, NO! They better hire some to get these illegals out!!!!!! NC is packed and they are making our communites look like dumpes!!! Sick of it!!!!!!!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 9:31pmI although I understand where you are coming from and if you are way out in the country free running dogs would not bother me as generally they would still be on their owners property. However, I am in the country, but we are part of a subdivision. Dogs in the “county” are not held to a leash law, but our homeowner’s association requires all pets to be on a leash. Many dog owners do not follow the association rules and I get dog’s crapping and peeing in my yard, killing my grass. I am having to dig up brown spots and plant new grass every year. This cost me money.
The point of my story is it depends on how country you are and the distance between homes.
Report Post »west1890
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 10:08pmHere in Southern Arizona we have illegals running wild- defecating an urinating in the desert, dropping trash and plastic bottles, walking away from lit campfires. It’s pretty bad when they drop TONS of garbage in our deserts and clean up crews have to wear biohazard suits to clean it up. Cattle eat the plastic and they die. It’s like living in a war zone- actually it is a war zone. I’d much rather have a few neighborhood dogs running around the neighborhood. At least the dogs don’t break into our homes and steal from us.
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 10:48pm@west1890
Don’t waste your breath. Anyone who would live in a place that allows some ridiculous “homeowners association” to tell them what they can and can‘t do on their property doesn’t understand what it is to live in the country, or much about freedom in general. If they signed a contract that said they would abide by the decisions of a collective then let them wallow in their misery. Fools!
Report Post »Doris
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:56pmI am 67 yrs young and I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles CA. Around the 60′s blacks were trying to move into better homes away from the trashy areas they were in. I remember my mom saying “well here goes the neighborhood.” Well it was not true in ours at the time.Jackie Robinson lived 2 blocks away. nice place.My 8th grade teacher moved across the street. very nice people and nice home. Farther away tho’ was a different story. they really did cause a messy neighborhood and of course land prices went down.So I guess it happens everywhere with a certain type of culture.Some latinos dont care what their places are like but others do. Whites the same depending where you are.Too bad about your area but it happens. Wait til your surrounded by muslims and mosques. then I would worry.
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Report Post »Doris
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:59pmOh I forgot to tell you, there are 40,000 new laws to get your temper up comng in effect 2012.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:03pm@Badoggy The answer is CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. If I lived there I would probably be jailed for planting a new flag…and assault on some dipstick that tried to stop me or take it down…
No No No…I’m sorry, I’d be in jail for beating the road crew to near death with a flag pole for throwing the American flag like it was garbage.
Report Post »McNamara
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 3:51pmI’d help you with that beating..
Report Post »WOLFENII
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:00pmIf it had been a Mexican flag, Communist flag, or Hebollah flag, the state would have been out there to build a concrete wall around it to protect it from harm. But since it was nothing but an American flag they felt it needed to be put in the trash.
Of course, being in the Communist State of Maryland, this is the expected norm. It is time for this country to divide into 3 parts. East Coast, West Coast, and then the rest of us. At least we would not have to put up with communism in the real America..
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 11:26pmCould we somehow move Chicago and Detroit to one of the coasts?
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:58pmThis is idiotic. You can‘t just go around doing whatever you want with property you don’t own.
If the state was telling them to remove a flag they were displaying on their own property they would have a point. As it stands they just look like morons.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:05pma citzen tresspassing on ‘state property?’ tresspasing?????
who the h*ll do you think owns the property? the gov’t,,,or the state??? the state is the citizens, the gov’t is the dictators. the citizens own the property. they (collectively) own it and cannot be determined to be trespassing.
another fine example of dictatorship.
Report Post »TOMMYSURIA
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:08pmMr. Moron; who owns the freaking state land? We the people, idiot…
Report Post »Amica
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:20pmOne problem with your “reasoning,” Rowgue, is that since the flag has been there for three years, and the state has done nothing about it, Maryland has implied its consent.
That the state is claiming a safety issue is laughable. These people have been caring for the flag since they put it up and have managed to keep themselves safe without the states help.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:22pmMy bet is you like having the right of an opinion, but never did anything for your Country to earn it. I see markers on highways marking where people died…signs for working at home, or penis enhancement (which you should call) all the time. So posting an American Flag honoring servicemen and woman fighting for your lard A-$$ is illegal???? You sir are an idiot…plain and simple and you should move to Iran….good luck w/ your opinion there!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:23pmabsolutely right……
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:40pm@LIVE FREE
Sorry to burst your bubble. I served eight years in the navy to protect the rights of morons like you.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:44pmI‘m a W3 BOS’N…6 ActDu…31 ActRes…in the Oldest Sea Service…Squid!
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:48pmI didn’t say the people should be arrested for trespassing, and none of them have been charged with it.
That doesn’t change the fact that you cannot just decide to randomly put something anywhere you like. You can foam at the mouth and scream about people’s property all you like, it isn’t your property to do with as you see fit. If you want a flag on the site go through the proper channels to request that one be placed there.
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 8:13pmto me that the government owns Real Estate is retarded. The federal government OWN’s nearly all of the western states. Uncle Sugar has right and title to nearly 3/5ths of all land in the West. How much is that undeveloped land worth, Lets postulate one moment.. Billions in mining rights, billions in timber and Oil. why is it that Clinton signed a bill making a area of Utah a national Reserve , have you no memory . the land Bill Clinton protected by Presidential Order IS the largest deposit of LOW sulfur COAL in the nation.. We are talking about enough LOW Sulfur COAL to keep tens of thousands Americans working. And also reducing the thing that Liberals scream about.. CARBON…
Report Post »Look it up, Clinton ( his wife ) is also infected with the disease of Progressive Socilism… And the LOW sulfur coal also produces more BTU than eastern Coal.. Democrats are killing our ability to produce energy from all sources as it is Locked up in ANWAR, and other areas that gREEN thinking
idiots will die to keep us dependent on Saudi oil. Why is that.. we Citizens in Our America Own the Largest reserve of Fossil Fuel in the Entire World. And the Democrats are against we Citizens from gaining access to Our Own resources… I say this Climb government Owned Land and Plant a Flag of freedom.. i PERSONALLY curse government employees.. They are sucking $$$$ from you & I
IMAWAKENOW
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 11:41pmIn our area of the country a very large number of memorials have been set up along the roadsides wherever someone died in a car crash. Usually a cross and a few faded plastic flowers. They stay for years. If the state has no problem with them there is no reason to remove the flag. Save the memorials for the cemetary and put up a proper flagpole at the roundabout. Be responsible in both cases and maintain them.
Report Post »Lucky1
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 9:25am@Patroit of America.. The government don’t on sheit, China and Japan hold the papers on all supposedly government land as well as the UN..
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 2:30pmHoly crap. Even an idiotic story like this is able to draw out all the delusional, psychotic, conspiracy theory, illuminati, mouth breather types.
They really need to get back to doing lobotomies and electroshock therapy. Some of you clearly need it.
Report Post »lgccac
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:52pmHow many members of this road crew were illegal aliens?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:03pmbingo!
Report Post »MD the 1 party state
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 11:56amNone of the Road Crew were illegel. The land scaping crew that cared for the Round-about; under state contract, however were all illegel except for the owner. If I am correct, MD violated it’s own state law by allowing the contractor to hire the illegels. But then what do you expect from a state that has welcomed illegels (law breakers) with open arms.
Maryland.. got to love it. The place where the Dem party moto is vote early and vote often. Even the dead rise to vote in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, if a Rep may win.
Report Post »Raider1
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:52pmI guess we can thank our liberal education system. Don’t worry though, once we’ve lost our liberty and become wards of the state people will begin to understand what it stands for. Or you can save your self the trouble and talk to a POW, learn your american history or maybe talk to someone who has lived under a different flag.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:49pmWe need a major paring down of government. Way too many statists. Way too many administrators. We should be able to cut government by half and still have too many. Time for a real change to happen.
Report Post »Southernsoul
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 8:49amI absolutely agree, but can you imagine the riots when we start chopping government down to a useful size? I have met so many people who could not make it through a day without depending on the government.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:45pmThe answer is CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. If I lived there I would probably be jailed for planting a new flag…and assault on some dipstick that tried to stop me or take it down…
Report Post »scheduler
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:48pmShould be ashamed.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:44pmKeep voting for the commies Maryland – Especially the Government workers with their snouts in the public trough.
Report Post »Insanity is doing the same stupid thing over and over expecting different results –
And all liberal states are nuts
13th Imam
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:42pmMy daughters boyfriend is from Woodbine, a sleepy little MD town. The Progressive DC’s influence is like a super virus, spreading misery from it’s root.
Report Post »Nasado
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:42pm“They told my husband that whoever put up the flag could be arrested for trespassing.” Actually, unless there is a sign specifically stating that there is no trespassing on that ground, or they were told to leave and refused, they cannot be arrested for trespassing. Granted, maybe it is different in Baltimore but I doubt it.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:50pmIn the old days a couple of marines would have had a visit with the Big shot (petty bureaucrat) public superintendent and bloodied his nose
Report Post »Just A Private
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:58pmTrespassing on state property? how do they distinguish which state property is permitted for use by the public(the people who funded the purchase of state property) and which state property is not for public use? do the citizens who use the paved area of that turnaround have special permission to drive, bicycle,walk on the road? did the person who crashed his car on the turnaround get arrested for trespass?
Report Post »jptrucker
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:11pmTresspassing on state property ? Don’t the taxpayers own that property ?
Report Post »oldironsides
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:40pmhighway spokesman? that’s a real job? and he doesn’t seem good at his extraneous job because his excuses where pitiful. there’s a position to be eliminated and save some taxpayer money. and I’d really like to see the law that says walking on a rotary island is trespassing – don’t even get me started.
Report Post »Firefighter 538
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:38pmNothing going on here…just move along…nothing to see here…..liberals at work….nothing to worry about….Nothing going on here…just move along…nothing to see here…..liberals at work….nothing to worry about….Nothing going on here…just move along…nothing to see here…..liberals at work….nothing to worry about….
Report Post »TexasPeach
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:31pmRaise the American Flag. If not now, when? If not here, where?
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:30pmThey told us it was against the law to erect a flag on the traffic circle,” Rhonda Winkler told Fox News. “They told my husband that whoever put up the flag could be arrested for trespassing.”
How communist of the STATE to make that kind of a statement. Tresspassing on State property sounds like how the communists use to refer to the USSR. Since when can you tresspass on state ground since it’s bought by our tax dollars? The same goes for state parks. How can they close a state park? It’s ours!!
Report Post »Partygirl
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:44pmExcellent point!
Report Post »EveLeRieux
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:45pmAl that is my understanding as well, however, I believe we have reached a boiling point with encroaching communism. Fifty years ago it would have been different but today anyone who shows any patriotism in public must stand up to the liberals who just wait and watch for such moments. A good example is manger scenes at Christmas or the word Christmas. All of these things we have to fight to gain an inch anymore but that inch is as important as miles the way our society is being literally stolen from us.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:29pmGOD BLESS OUR TROOPS and AMERICA!! Hope all the blazers have a safe and Happy 2012! November is right around the corner! Ron Paul is the one for me.
Report Post »Coyote6
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:29pmAmen. Good for them!
Jeremy
Report Post »akairey
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:26pmI say (IMO) get rid of the unions, fire those unpatriotic workers and hire patriotic people because there sure are millions of people looking for work to replace those unpatriotic idiots. This is OUR country! NOT Mexicos and NOT any muslim country. IF they DON’T like it…go back to their worthless, unprosperous, GODless country, and make a change there. I mean they must have left their country for a reason.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:25pmLooks like those tying it to the tree are also being disrespectful. If memory serves me correctly, my dad, my grandfather and many other relatives were in the military and even now my second cousin is in ROTC mentioned proper display of the flag. I don’t believe this is it.
To my understanding it must be taken down at dusk unless a light is shining upon it at night. If it gets worn out or torn, must be burned respectfully. I could be wrong and I’ll check with my dad but this does not look like they are honoring it properly either.
Beside it’s not their property. Just saying…
Report Post »oldironsides
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:43pmyou sob – if they pay taxes it is their property. whose do you think it is?
Report Post »Oldtexan in support of Israel
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:51pmHey if people can burn it well then what is wrong with flying it, saluting it or maybe even saying the pledge of allegiance to it! just saying.
Report Post »oldironsides
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:52pmand the ragged flag the 1st responders flew at 911 ground zero was also disrespectful ?- check with your daddy
Report Post »Banter
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:56pmThe flag is hung with the spirit of patriotism and love of this country. I would think someone like you who has the military family you claim would be able to see beyond your petty comment, and understand the message.
Report Post »Oldtexan in support of Israel
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:59pm@ oldironsides now we don’t need to call the kid sounds like he was taught the military way and that’s ok and maybe he has not been around long enough to understand public land. At least he is sticking up for the flag.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:10pmA flag can be flown after dark unlighted- but lighting is the preferred method.
Report Post »“If memory serves me…” you’re not certain your father served, or your grandfather? Or your cousin? Yet you’re certain the flag must be taken down at dusk. Good thinking, Mel.
JustMel71
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:12pm@oldironsides I’m not a snob and I happen to read about “rights of way” that we allowed govt to dictate to us. When I display my flag improperly, I do hear about it. I even went as far to burn my tiny flags I place outside because they got ripped. Not unpatriotic, actually quite the opposite.
Oldtexan in support of Israel Thanks, I’m actually a grown woman who does respect the flag immensely because of my father who was 4 years active and 2 years inactive but never saw combat, thankfully… but because my ‘gone but not forgotten’ grandfather did fight in WWII and he came home a changed man. (He was respectful but didn’t speak much of what he witnessed)
Heck, silly little side note, I was born on Veterans Days and I have donated money throughout the years to Vets. I’m proud of our men and women who have served and are serving. I want us to continue to be the exceptional country we were founded on but sadly it looks like every day it’s being taken away, bit by bit.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:18pm@Wolf. wow wolf, reading comprehension problems much?? Here is what I said “If memory serves me correctly, my dad, my grandfather and many other relatives were in the military and even now my second cousin is in ROTC mentioned proper display of the flag.”
Proper display of the flag, not if I knew whether or not my father and relatives served.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:19pm@oldironsides Oops, my bad, I thought you called be a snob. LOL you went for the jugular and called me a sob. Gotcha.. =)
Report Post »BornJewishMuslimByFaith
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:20pmWave it high and say it proud. I’m proud to be an American. People who do not have respect for their nations flag are traitors.
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
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Report Post »The road crew’s probably unionized!
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notreally
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:28pmWithout a doubt. I worked with the State of Connecticut for 11 years. All the employees, especially the court marshals, put on a show of patriotism but when I showed them statistics of how governement employees make nearly double that of the private sector they all became OWS types, obsessed with the inequality that capitalism creates.
Scratch a union government employee and you will find a socialist under their skin.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:14pmCitizens just don’t seem to appreciate the price that has been paid for our freedom. To me the American Flag is a symbol of that price and should be treated with the respect due it..
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 5:33pmAmen!!
Report Post »ThankBabyJesus
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 9:52pmAmen.
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