Why are flags at half mast today 3/23/06

bottomofthehill

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:28 PM
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Why are flags at half mast today 3/23/06

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johnnie

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:29 PM
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1. After georgie's last few "speeches"

.. any tiny bit of integrity he had left has died.
:shrug:

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:30 PM
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2. There were three devestating deaths

Truth, Justice, the American Way

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maddezmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:33 PM
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5. so true

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Rose Siding

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:31 PM
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3. Which state?

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:33 PM
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6. OP's profile says D.C.

:shrug: I haven't turned on the TV. Is there a ticker message?

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bottomofthehill

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:39 PM
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10. Virginia

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JeffR

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:32 PM
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4. American Democracy is dead?

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TomInTib

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:33 PM
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7. Bernard Lacoste died yesterday and the preppies are devastated

You know, the guy that put the alligators on all those shirts.

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:38 PM
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8. My nephew wanted me to make a green, quilted satin alligator suit

with a dead preppie on it for him to wear. Gads, I miss that young man.

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TomInTib

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:53 PM
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13. Now THERE is some fashion genius!

I just love that kind of thinking.

Where did your nephew go?

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:02 PM
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14. He died a couple years ago

Heart attacks hit men in their 40s too. :cry:

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TomInTib

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:19 PM
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17. And, tragically, it's usually the good ones...

He sure sounds like someone who is often missed.

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 02:06 PM
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22. Yep

and yep

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mmonk

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:39 PM
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9. Did the constitution finally expire?

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highnooner

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:50 PM
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11. The flag will be flown upside down

when that happens.

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AngryAmish

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Thu Mar-23-06 12:51 PM
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12. Coach Meyer?

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Radio_Guy

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:09 PM
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15. Mine is upside down in my office

And it will remain that way until Bush is led away from the White House in handcuffs.

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alfredo

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:12 PM
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16. Cheney didn't have his morning bowel movement.

He'll be cranky all day.

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wordpix2

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:20 PM
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18. LOL!

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ThomWV

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:22 PM
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19. Anyone On That Bus In Chili From Your State

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onenote

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:30 PM
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20. just looked outside: no flags at half-mast

I work in downtown DC and from the street in front of my building I can see around ten flags on various buildings (some govt offices, some not). None at half-mast. What building or buildings did you see flags at half-mast? While not strictly "by the book" sometimes individuals will opt to fly the flag at half staff in memory of a private individual, family worker, colleague, etc.

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-23-06 01:33 PM
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21. And sometimes, the hardware slips a little

Since any other flag within sight should also be lowered if one is, I saw a whole lotta flags at half staff owing to failed haredware on the one that went up first that day. It happens :shrug:

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bottomofthehill

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Thu Mar-23-06 03:10 PM
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23. 2 flags at Dulles Apt

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