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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2009, 01:32:07 PM »
Is it just me or does it seem that there are people in every country that just need a good spanking/hiding or tapped on the head at birth. How dare they do that. Hell I am not even american at it makes my blood boil.
Speaking of which have a look at these pieces of filth (best i could call them with out swearing)
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2009/12/04/Duo_urinate_on_Brisbane_Anzac_memorial_401762.html?ref=BPNT
I have trouble of thinking up a suitable punishment no dount the judge will kiss em on the forehead and aplogise to the reprobates for putting war monument where they wanted to urinate.
Personally I would love to see these mongrels marched in front of diggers armed with bullwhips. Hey maybe the HOA needs a bit of the same treatment?
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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2009, 01:34:18 PM »
 I hope her crotch hair caught fire  >:(

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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2009, 08:33:00 AM »
Wouldn't it be a gesture of good will if BHO, (who jumped to a Harvard Professor's side, and than had some beer), kinda used his bully pulpit to say a few words about a REAL American??? Tell the HOA to BTFO, and earn some brownie points with the people???





Wait,....uh,..wishful thinking again,....nevermind...



I guess he thought about it long enough and finally got off his ass and made a decision about this one:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/08/obama-spokesman-silly-allow-vet-fly-flag/%20/?test=latestnews
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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2009, 01:55:13 PM »
I guess he thought about it long enough and finally got off his ass and made a decision about this one:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/08/obama-spokesman-silly-allow-vet-fly-flag/%20/?test=latestnews


I can believe that Gates never talked about this with ObaMao.  Hell, he'd never publicly come out in support of a veteran OR the flag!
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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2009, 02:00:09 PM »
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Gibbs said during a briefing that he hasn't spoken directly to President Barack Obama about the flap. But he said "the president believes -- I think all of us believe -- that the very least we can do is show our gratitude and thanks to somebody that served our country so admirably."

This is political CYA at its worst.  Some can say that the President supports the vets, but you will see that it is prefaced in a way for the President to deny it as well.

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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2009, 03:55:18 PM »
He is a MOH recipent tell them to go to HE@@ and if they do not like it he can move in beside me.
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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2009, 07:42:45 PM »
Update:

Virginia Veteran Wins Battle to Keep His Flagpole in Yard
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579773,00.html

RICHMOND, Va. —  A 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowner's association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday.

The Sussex Square homeowners' association likewise has agreed to drop threats to take legal action against retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said.

The association had threatened to take Barfoot to court if he failed to remove the pole from his suburban Richmond home by Friday. It had said the pole violated the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines.

Neither Barfoot's daughter, Margaret Nicholls, nor homeowners' president Glenn Wilson immediately returned telephone messages.

Dropping the issue effectively ends a request that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday called "silly."

Warner and Sen. Jim Webb, both Virginia Democrats, had rallied behind Barfoot, a World War II veteran.

In a letter last week, Webb urged the association to "consider the exceptional nature of Col. Barfoot's service when considering his pride and determination in honoring our flag."

Barfoot's fight also has lit up veterans bulletin boards and blog sites supporting him.

Barfoot won the Medal of Honor for actions while his platoon was under German assault near Carano, Italy, in May 1944. He was credited with standing up to three German tanks with a bazooka and stopping their advance.

He also won the Purple Heart and other decorations, and served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring from the service in 1974.
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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2009, 07:50:24 PM »
I don't know about Warner but Webb, a former Secretary of Defense, wrote a best selling book about his experiances as a Marine in Vietnam.

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Re: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2009, 08:20:34 PM »
Like I posted earlier, take down the 21 footer, and put up a 50 foot flag pole, double the size of the flag, and as others posted< I will gladly meet Col. Barfoot at sun up for a flag raising.

Call the cops, the line in the sand in drawn in our OWN country.

Get Boy Scout Troops, VFW Members, NRA, DRTV, it's time to let HOA's know, the American Flag is not an eyesore in a community.

Where's the ACLU????

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