He has been buried for almost a week now, time to raise the flags

[question everything]

to the full staff. Is it every where or only in the NW suburbs of the Twin Cities that the flags are still flying at half staff?

You have shown your respect for Reagan, how about a respect for the flag?

[Dookus]

1. 30 days

is the typical period. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton will get the same treatment.

[pmbryant]

4. Two more weeks?

Seems like overkill to me, but I was definitely wondering why all the flags are still stuck at half staff. Did Nixon get the 30-day treatment?

:shrug:

--Peter

[Dookus]

6. yes

all presidents get 30 days. Vice-Presidents get 10 days. It's actually codified:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/4/7.html

[pmbryant]

8. Thanks for the info

Another of life's mysteries solved. :-)

Peter

[question everything]

9. Thanks, I did not know that. I always thought that flags should be

tied down for the night but you say many that fly them day and night, and many are tattered but, hey..

[Dookus]

10. well

they can fly at night if illuminated.

And yes, many are tattered. That just means people don't follow the proper etiquette.

[Hailtothechimp]

5. Don't kid yourself. Some will leave it that way until Nov. 2

Gotta rally the base, ya know.

[Stephanie]

2. Is he still dead?

Dang.

[mopaul]

3. the mcdonalds down the street has one

stupid

[question everything]

7. I thought the pugs say morans... n/t

[finn]

11. suppose to be 30 days

up the street from me the flag is raised at the A&P warehouse out front to full mast. love it I wonder if the boss even know about it

[question everything]

12. A time to McMourn - oped Press Enterprise

Thursday, June 17, 2004

DAN BERNSTEIN

A McDonald's flag in San Bernardino flies at half-staff, right alongside the red, white and blue. The monstrous Park-N-Fly banner near the Ontario airport waves shoulder-to-shoulder with the equally monstrous, half-staff Stars and Stripes.

(snip)

But I doubt the laws and protocol covering the payment of final respects to our presidents ever envisioned a circumstance in which the identities of Ronald Reagan and Ronald McDonald would become so intimately entwined.

Then again, can there be any clearer sign that freedom has prevailed over tyranny? That the fast-food empire has vanquished the evil one?

(snip)

I guess it's up to the beholder to determine whether a half-staff flag invoking a burger, parking lot, self-storage unit or any other commercial enterprise enriches the memory of a leader or demeans it. Personally, I see no real harm or financial ruin in folding up these flags o' commerce and stowing them until July 5, when we resume flag-waving as usual.

(snip)

Reach Dan Bernstein at [phone] or [e-mail]

Online at: http://www.pe.com/columns/danbernstein/stories/PE_News_Local_dan17.58162.html

[InkAddict]

13. Yup, a bittersweet celebration

July 4, 2004 - my flag is down and will fly free when * is gone - Here's hopin' I can raise it high sometime after 11/2