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ThoughtCriminal

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:10 PM
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Flags at half mast?

I noticed this at a local school and Post Office today. I must have missed reports (or DU threads) of an Executive Order to lower them. Is there a precedent for this? Have flags been lowered in the USA for the Pope before?

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Walt Starr

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:11 PM
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1. I don't know if it's been done before, but

under paragraph (m), Section 7, Chapter 1, Title 4 of the United States Code, the president can do it.

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still_one

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:13 PM
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2. no, they have NOT been lowered for a pope before, but

it is not illegal is the sob in the white house wants it

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MADem

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Tue Apr-05-05 11:21 PM
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10. We weren't exchanging ambassadors last time, I don't think

Bush may be doing it for pandering reasons, but protocol-wise, it works--see my post below about the Pope's dual role as head of state.

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Sean Reynolds

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:14 PM
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3. It's like this in most nations.

Most nations have lowered the flag in honor of Pope John Paul II.

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Inland

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Tue Apr-05-05 09:21 PM
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7. A controversy in France

don't have a link, but some thought lowering flags was inconsistent with the secular French state. But Chirac did it anyway.

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Sean Reynolds

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Tue Apr-05-05 11:16 PM
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8. Most every nation has....

Hell, Castro shut down all of Cuba, including sporting events, bars, clubs and other things as well.

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candy

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:14 PM
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4. Maybe it's for Frank Perdue !

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KitchenWitch

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:14 PM
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5. In Minnesota, Timmy No-Tool (Pawlenty) has ordered flags at 1/2 mast

in honor of the Pope's death. Might be a state by state thing...I think we are also at the end of the 1/2 mast thing for the Red Lake HS shooting.

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Ruby Romaine

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:16 PM
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6. nope it's federal

Please remember Bush cut short the mourning period for people killed in the WTC/Pentagon-
after only 11 days
he ran off to Camp David & had Ari say mourning is over

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MADem

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Tue Apr-05-05 11:19 PM
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9. People forget, he is a HEAD of STATE

...as well as a religious leader, an "ally" if you will, with full diplomatic representation here and we reciprocate as well. If Blair were hit by a bus we'd do the same.

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