So, someone shared this link in a comment on another post that I did. The link actually has a LOT of stuff to look at and research...but this one comment, IMMEDIATELY, caught my attention...and I felt the overwhelming NEED, to copy/paste it here, for all to see...what, all 15 people? lol 11-05-2008, 01:33 PM Re: American Flag Upside Down ala Obama As a Proud American, and a Proud Vietnam Veteran, I was so pleased to see Senator Mc Cain campaign for the Presidency of the United States of America. However I would characterize my dilligent and persistant e-mail voter campaign as one that was AGAINST Hussein Obama, mainly on the grounds that he must be a foreigner and not entitled to serve by PROOF of his lack of respect for MY FLAG. How could anyone grow up in America and not understand our respect and love of Old Glory? The FLAG my buddies died for in The Republic of South Vietnam. The one under which my Uncles stormed Normandys beaches. The one our fine young Americans serve under in the deserts of Iraq, and the mountains of Afghanistan. In disgust and in PROTEST (I never got to protest before, I was too busy dealing with Charlie in the Southeast Asia War Games at the time [BTW we finished 2nd] ), I went out to my flag pole and turned my U. S. Flag UPSIDE DOWN!! A legal act and an act that no doubt, is being repeated across this nation today, November 5, 2008, the first day of the countdown to the end of this republic. I am aware that a person has the legal constitutional right even to burn the flag (I really wish they wouldnt in MY presence). My flag flies in the center of a 5 foot square, 3 foot high marble and granite memorial which I built myself with my two hands and my own personal money, on my private property. I am awakened (after 2 days of no sleep making e-mailings against Obama) by my door bell only to find a man taking my flag down. He claimed to be a 23 year Navy Veteran and was righting my wrong, claiming I dont have the right, ( A VIETNAM VETERAN HAS NO RIGHT TO PROTEST???). A Navy veteran? Doesnt know or understand the legality? The symbolism? Claims he thought some vandals may have committed the act. Regardless who committed the act, climbing onto my monument on my property exposes me to liabilities if he had fallen or some how was injured or killed. In his anger. he snapped off the cleat for tying off the lanyard, so I will have to go to Home Depot and replace it. This is my third 20 foot aluminum flag pole. A drunk attempted to climb the first one. The second one was destroyed by vandals, now this. My life was so much simpler before I had a flag on my property. The moral(s) of the story should be: 1* IF YOU DONT KNOW FLAG ETTIQETTE, LEARN IT BEFORE YOU PRESUME TO TEACH OTHERS, 2* IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU DONT LIKE ON ANOTHER MANS PROPERTY, TALK TO HIM, DONT GO CLIMBING UPON HIS PROPERTY AND TAKE ACTION WHETHER YOU ARE RIGHT OR WRONG. 3* IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER, SEEK HELP AND LEARN SOME ANGER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. I suppose Ill have to erect a sign warning against attempting to deprive me of my right to free speech and expression. As this man said to me, respect the flag, two wrongs dont make a right, to which I must add, three wrongs aint no righter. There are many things in this world I dont like, but I invoke the Serenity Prayer : GOD GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO CHANGE WHAT I CAN, THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THINGS I CANT AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, because when its another mans property there is a difference. By The Way, He left still sure of his righteousness and sure that I have no right to do what I did. He WILL SEE THIS!
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 05:21:16 +0000
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