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| Dems trash U.S. flags at DNC convention; McCain recycles them | |
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| wingedwheel | Sep 6 2008, 01:16 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74563 Dems trash U.S. flags at DNC convention McCain scoops up garbage to recycle Stars and StripesBy Drew Zahn © 2008 WorldNetDaily Following their national convention in Denver last week, Democratic organizers heaped up thousands of unused U.S. flags and threw them away, but the McCain campaign has since salvaged the Star-Spangled Banners and intends to use them at a rally in Colorado Springs. A Denver Post blog reports that a worker at Denver's Invesco Field discovered the discarded flags following Barack Obama's nomination speech at the mile-high stadium last week. Now, according to Fox News, a group of Boy Scouts have brought 84 garbage bags full of the trashed flags to the site of a McCain rally in Colorado Springs, where the flags will be used as part of a warm-up ceremony before the Republican nominee takes the stage. The Post blog reports an estimated total of 12,000 small flags and one, full-size 3'x5' flag were discarded. According to Fox News, McCain is planning a scathing chastisement of the Democrats for defiling Old Glory and plans to have veterans distribute the flags in a symbolic, recyling gesture at the Colorado Springs rally. |
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| Tidbits | Sep 6 2008, 01:17 PM Post #2 |
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http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html |
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| Tidbits | Sep 6 2008, 01:18 PM Post #3 |
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http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/2008/09/06/republican-recycling/ Edited by Tidbits, Sep 6 2008, 01:18 PM.
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| Soobs | Sep 6 2008, 01:25 PM Post #4 |
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Pathetic. And again, a picture speaks a thousand words. |
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| jewelcove | Sep 6 2008, 01:25 PM Post #5 |
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John McCain’s campaign prepared to accuse Democrats on Saturday of leaving behind 12,000 miniature American flags after Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday in Denver. Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs. The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the Democrats concluded their convention there, and they are going to be used as part of the warm-up ceremonies before McCain takes the stage for the rally. FOX News has been told a vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, which were going to be thrown out, and turned them over to the McCain campaign. Veterans in Colorado Springs are expected to distribute the flags to the audience at the rally. Obama has faced questions about his patriotism since the beginning of the Democratic primary, and has set up a Web site specifically designed to fight such charges. The McCain campaign has denied questioning Obama’s patriotism, and even released a statement Friday calling Obama’s most recent comments on the matter “hysterical.” Obama said Friday that Republicans are trying to make the election a personality contest, and that “what they’re really saying is ‘we’re going to try to scare people about Barack. So we’re going to say that you know, ‘Maybe he’s got Muslim connections or we’re going to say that, you know, he hangs out with radicals or he’s not patriotic.’” It’s unclear exactly what Democratic convention organizers should have done with their used flags after Obama’s nomination acceptance speech. U.S. Code says the proper method for disposing of an American flag is actually burning, provided it is “no longer a fitting emblem for display.” The United States Flag Store, which sells full-sized and miniature flags, says on its Web site that flags can also be put in the trash, when they are “worn, damaged or tattered beyond repair[/b].” FOX News’ Carl Cameron and Bonney Kapp contributed to this report. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/06/mccain-camp-to-chastise-dems-for-discarding-american-flags/ |
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| wingedwheel | Sep 6 2008, 01:34 PM Post #6 |
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The story of the flags have been told a number of time on FOX already. They just mentioned it again. Obama's people should have tried to get these flags back. |
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| jewelcove | Sep 6 2008, 01:48 PM Post #7 |
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The organizers of the DNCC made a very big deal about going green. Recycling or reusing flags seems like a good green thing to do. A goal should be to reduce trash to help save the planet! Edited by jewelcove, Sep 6 2008, 01:50 PM.
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| Soobs | Sep 6 2008, 02:12 PM Post #8 |
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Fox just said that the Dems are claiming the Republicans STOLE their flags......they were going to use them again. After they picked the banana peels off of them, and the diet Coke. |
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| jewelcove | Sep 6 2008, 02:31 PM Post #9 |
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If it's found that the flags were thrown away and someone claims the Republicans STOLE them, Which is a criminal offence, is there a problem for the guy that said that? |
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| jewelcove | Sep 6 2008, 03:11 PM Post #10 |
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http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/08/29/obama-convention-threw-us-flag-into-trash/ Photos of flags in the garbage after DNCC. The flags don't look like the Obama campaign was intending to reuse them. |
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| wingedwheel | Sep 6 2008, 03:32 PM Post #11 |
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They are saying the GOP stole them?![]() I remember right after the event took place there was reports of flags in the trash. No one stole these flags, the Obama campaign just made a small mistake and they know it. |
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| jewelcove | Sep 6 2008, 03:49 PM Post #12 |
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The DNCC has now released a statement that the Republicans “wrongfully took” the flags from Invesco: American flags were proudly waved by the 75,000 people who joined Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention. John McCain should applaud that, but instead his supporters wrongfully took leftover bundles of our flags from the stadium to play out a cheap political stunt calling into question our patriotism. |
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| wingedwheel | Sep 6 2008, 04:14 PM Post #13 |
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Did they file a police report anytime within the last week? If the flags were really stolen isn't that what they should have done? |
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| brittany | Sep 6 2008, 04:16 PM Post #14 |
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Democrats caught again. Thank goodness the clean up crew found them Great idea for McCain and company to reuse them. Obama doesn't care about our country so why care about the flag. 12,000 flags in number isn't even all that impressive given the number of people attending. Proper care of the flag is an important responsibility for every citizen. There is a box in our town library to put discarded flags. I was impressed when my friend's son, a boy scout from our town, made collecting and caring for old flags part of his eagle scout project. He oversaw collecting and burning over 5,000 flags in a proper ceremonies. You can imagine how many hours this entailed. I hope McCain plays this up. Middle America, evagelists, military veteran groups, our troops will be very offended. Edited by brittany, Sep 6 2008, 04:19 PM.
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| Carolyn says | Sep 6 2008, 06:35 PM Post #15 |
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Since the Messiah hasn't opined on that wretched DNC official who trashed those flags, I can't say for sure what will happen. Except I'm damned certain Grannie will soon have yet another body joining her under the bus. Edited by Carolyn says, Sep 6 2008, 06:37 PM.
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