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heckles65

(544 posts)
19. I'm tired of having the flag lowered all the time.
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:08 PM
May 2020

Seriously. When I was growing up it was lowered for the death of Kennedy in 1963. It was quite a novelty. I remember it lowered for the passing of Eisenhower in 1969. It may have been lowered to mark the passing of Herbert Hoover in 1965, I don't remember. Now it gets lowered almost all the time, it seems.

Worst is that it is lowered on Sept. 11 and Dec. 7th, when America was the target of hostile attacks. The last days it ought to be lowered.

Stop fiddling with Old Glory. Raise her high. And get that silly, depressing POW/MIA flag away from it.

"I will be lowering..." sprinkleeninow May 2020 #1
He has no heart. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #2
Watch Him Try And Take Credit For The Flag Lowering Like..... global1 May 2020 #3
Wow! I am surprised. This will make for Democratic campaign videos. Yes, we do need to go there! machoneman May 2020 #14
President Plump should lower himself into a double-wide grave... Rollo May 2020 #4
President Plump, haven't heard that one before bermudat May 2020 #17
Memorial Day 2020, the year we lost 100 - 200 thousand American lives needlessly ffr May 2020 #5
Flags at half-mast because we have a half-assed president. C Moon May 2020 #6
Bumper sticker material if one could make a bumper sticker for the next few days. KPN May 2020 #18
He killed them. rusty quoin May 2020 #7
you don't fool us one Damn bit, BLOTUS. Cha May 2020 #8
He was shamed into doing it and now pretends it's his idea. SunSeeker May 2020 #9
The Trump campaign is playing all the old GOP stops... C Moon May 2020 #10
This is all a show for his campaign. BigmanPigman May 2020 #11
By this weekend the number should hit 100,000 FakeNoose May 2020 #12
I thought this was an "onion" article at first texasfiddler May 2020 #13
He's going to be one busy guy, running around tavernier May 2020 #15
Another version of "Thoughts and Prayers" packman May 2020 #16
I'm tired of having the flag lowered all the time. heckles65 May 2020 #19
I'm sure he's verklempt about it. mahina May 2020 #20
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