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Flags at Half-Mast at Post Office at Obama's Request to Honor Sikh Shootings

08.07.12 | chickensoup

Posted on by Chickensoup

Went to the local PO today, saw the flag at half-mast and asked the manager why. I was thinking, oh dear we have lost another good soldier to that abysmal war!

She hesitated then said that Obama had ordered the flag flown at half mast to honor the Sikh dead from the temple shooting on Sunday.

I was stunned.

Did we even fly the flags at half mast in 2009 when that Muslim psychiatrist shot our unarmed troops?



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Went to the local PO today, saw the flag at half-mast and asked the manager why. I was thinking, oh dear we have lost another good soldier to that abysmal war! She hesitated then said that Obama had ordered the flag flown at half mast to honor the Sikh dead from the temple shooting on Sunday. I was stunned. Did we even fly the flags at half mast in 2009 when that Muslim psychiatrist shot our unarmed troops?



To: Chickensoup

Fort Hood did not merit half-mast treatment because the perp was one of Obama’s sleepers.



To: Chickensoup

I’m sad about the Sikhs, but have we reached the point where every time five or more people are killed (with a gun!) at the same time, it’s a national event? What if seven people in an SUV are killed when the vehicle decides to leap off a bridge? Lower the flags again? Why don’t we just always have the flags halfway down, because, darn it, people just die every day!



by 3 posted onby Tax-chick (If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is there a ping list for this? We need to publisize this far and wide because I imagine it is not widely known.



by 4 posted onby Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)

To: Chickensoup

That would be half staff, not half mast. Unless the post office is on a ship. Sorry, pet peeve.



To: Chickensoup

I wonder if the Sikhs fly the American Flag at their place of worship? This isn't meant to cast aspersions at them, as they appear to be good peaceful people. But I doubt it they fly the Red, White and Blue.



by 6 posted onby Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)

To: Chickensoup

Obama has made a mockery of everything. He spits on the Constitution, hates the military and We The People. The muslims are happy their brother is in the WH.



by 7 posted onby mardi59 (THE REBELLION IS ON!!!)

To: Tax-chick

Pandering, plain pandering



by 8 posted onby Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)

To: Tax-chick

Pandering, plain pandering “leap off the bridge” I like that. You understand the public psyche of the SUV Chickensoup (the only chicken driving an SUV in the Northeast!)



by 9 posted onby Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)

To: Chickensoup

Like I say...ya can learn a lot bout what the folks are thinking/saying by reading just the headline plus the reader responses... Semper Watching!

*****



by 10 posted onby gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)

To: SandyInSeattle

That would be half staff, not half mast. Unless the post office is on a ship. _________________________ of course...sorry



by 11 posted onby Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)

To: Chickensoup

I drive a 15-passenger van. They never do anything unexpected.



by 12 posted onby Tax-chick (If you can't say anything nice, have some more wine.)

To: Tax-chick

So know that my chicken-driven large SUV may unexpectely jump out in front of your uber-mom-van and strike flocks of chickens on the sidewalk including youths waving assault rifles.



by 13 posted onby Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)

To: Chickensoup

If he did this for the people killed in his hometown of Chicago every weekend, it would never go to the top.



by 14 posted onby AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)

To: Chickensoup; E. Pluribus Unum

Did we even fly the flags at half mast in 2009 when that Muslim psychiatrist shot our unarmed troops? Yes. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/honoring-victims-tragedy-fort-hood-texas



by 15 posted onby thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)

To: Tax-chick

In other news, 93 people died in auto accidents yesterday.

And nobody cares.



To: Chickensoup

The PO should have a rule that we lower flags every Monday in honor of the Chicago-ans killed every weekend in Zero’s district.



To: thackney

What about for the Aurora shootings? It should just be kept half-staffed and upside down from now until Nov 7th!



by 18 posted onby MadelineZapeezda (If You Dont Look Like Obamas Son, No One Cares)

To: SandyInSeattle

Wrong. In the Marines, it is always “Mast” on land or sea.



To: AppyPappy

GMTA.



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