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djohnsper Donating Member (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:20 PM
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Half-Staff Flags
In my state of Connecticut all our flags have been 1/2 staff for weeks.
WTF. Is this also the case nationally? If it is because of the American's
getting killed in Iraq, well, they might as well leave them as such until
the friggin war ends. Dam!!! I hate this shit!:wtf:
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:21 PM
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1. Half-staff because of a mistake named Lieberman?
Just wondering...
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:22 PM
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2. Must be a CT thing...
I have to agree w/the rest of your post.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:24 PM
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3. I hate it because 90% of businesses fuck it up
US Flag Code is pretty easy to understand. It's not a complex literary work, it's explicit, yet the slobbering flag-waving masses think they're honoring the flag when they can't even get a simple thing like half mast/staff correct.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:27 PM
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4. They don't even have to read the code
Just pay attention to the news when the President or Governor announces their proclamtion.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-10-07 06:29 AM
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8. I'm sorry
I didn't mean the "when" but the "how." Around here, every time it's supposed to be displayed at half, they manage to display it improperly.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-10-07 08:08 AM
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9. Next time call the newspaper and have them do a courtesy public service guide
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:27 PM
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5. Really good to see someone use the correct "half STAFF." Well done! nt
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:31 PM
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6. yes
it seems the Governor orders flags at half-staff for any Connecticut resident killed in Iraq.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-09-07 10:44 PM
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7. Your Gov. ordered it.
FLAG ADVISORY for U.S. and Connecticut State Flags Flying in Connecticut

http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1345&Q=314654

Update:

PFC Orlando Eric Gonzalez will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on April 10th, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.

Governor M. Jodi Rell today ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags to remain at half-staff to honor
Army Private 1st Class Orlando E. Gonzalez, who was killed in combat on Sunday in Baqubah, Iraq.

PFC Gonzalez, whose father resides in Shelton, lived in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Gonzalez, 21, was assigned to the 82nd Forward Support, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
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