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Seniram

Posted on 08/10/2011 9:04:12 PM PDT by Seniram US

Does anyone have an updsate on whether or not Barack Obama had ordered the Flag to be flown at half-staff at the White House in honor of the death of the Navy Seals in Afghanistan?


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KEYWORDS: navy; seals; whitehouse
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1 posted on 08/10/2011 9:04:15 PM PDT by Seniram US
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To: Seniram US

he has been too busy celebrating to consider the matter.

And yes I really believe that.


2 posted on 08/10/2011 9:06:48 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: freedumb2003

You read my mind.


3 posted on 08/10/2011 9:08:02 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep...clowns will eat me.)
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To: Seniram US

I know Edwards AFB was half mast the day it happened.


4 posted on 08/10/2011 9:08:08 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Seniram US
I lifted this from another thread


5 posted on 08/10/2011 9:12:03 PM PDT by zimfam007 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: Seniram US
I doubt he had time. Remember in between campaign and fund raising events, he had to go to Dover AFB for the photo opp.
By the way, am I the only one offended when the President (of any strip) gives a hand salute wearing civilian clothes?
I know they all do it, but it bothers the hell out of me. what is wrong with just placing their hand over their heart?

Wait, I think I have it figured out. No heart.

6 posted on 08/10/2011 9:13:33 PM PDT by Tupelo ( 2012 TEA PARTYER but no longer a Republican)
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To: Seniram US

Nothing mentioned here:

http://halfstaff.org/


7 posted on 08/10/2011 9:15:50 PM PDT by chopperman
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Wait, I think I have it figured out. No heart.

Nice accessory to his "No Brain."

8 posted on 08/10/2011 9:17:35 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Seniram US

I served under both Carter AND Clinton - and I barely escaped with my life! (The Reagan Years made life worth living again...)

I pity anyone serving in the military these days. Oh, they’re wo/man enough to see it through - but it must be incredibly demoralizing.


9 posted on 08/10/2011 9:19:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Seniram US

I believe that the last time the White House flag was ordered lowered to half staff was when Obama pulled a double bogey on the seventeenth hole of the links at Martha’s Vineyard - but that was about a year ago.


10 posted on 08/10/2011 9:20:27 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Seniram US

All I heard was that Obama stopped at the casket of each one and said a prayer. It made me so ill I couldn’t think for a minute or so. This man is disgusting.

God bless these brave men. RIP Heroes in the knowledge that God loves you.


11 posted on 08/10/2011 9:21:38 PM PDT by mardi59
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Hey, he’s too busy celebrating Ramadan to care about the worst loss of servicemen since the Afghan war began.

NO SARCASM INTENDED.


12 posted on 08/10/2011 9:22:52 PM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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I see your point but as the President is the ‘CnC’ it’s a matter of military protocol unless I’m mistaken. This one does it for the photo op I’m sure and probably has to be reminded every time. At least GWB, GHWB, Reagan and God help us-fair is fair, even Jimmy Carter had military backgrounds so for them it was natural.


13 posted on 08/10/2011 9:23:01 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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14 posted on 08/10/2011 9:25:56 PM PDT by devolve (. . . . . . . . . . . . you remind me of my wife . . . . .)
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To: mardi59

On another thread a Freeper posted a link to George Bushes honoring our troops at such a time. The contrast is amazing.... Bush loved and honored our troops....from the heart. Rather than looking for the best photo op of himself saluting and role playing Presidential to slip past the ban on media photographers as Obama did.... Disgusting the means he will go to paint the picture of himself he wants to see.


15 posted on 08/10/2011 9:30:57 PM PDT by caww
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The families did not want any photos taken and the media wasn’t allowed there....but as we see Obama could not resist another photo op of himself.


16 posted on 08/10/2011 9:33:43 PM PDT by caww
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On another thread a Freeper posted a link to George Bushes honoring our troops at such a time. The contrast is amazing.... Bush loved and honored our troops....from the heart. Rather than looking for the best photo op of himself saluting and role playing Presidential to slip past the ban on media photographers as Obama did.... Disgusting the means he will go to paint the picture of himself he wants to see./

Obama only does what’s good for Obama. When I saw this I honestly got sick.

Bush did love our troops and showed it at every turn. This lowlife scumbag uses them as props. I love our military dearly and hug everyone I see and tell them thank you. God love them.


17 posted on 08/10/2011 9:36:48 PM PDT by mardi59
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To: Seniram US

NBC Nightly News had a report from Coronado [home of the SEALS] - flag WAS NOT at half mast ...


18 posted on 08/10/2011 9:37:05 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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It’s confirmed, the flag at the White House is at half-staff.

Oslama ordered it in honor of the Taliban insurgents responsible for the downing of the Chinook helicopter who were killed today by an F-16 airstrike.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/10/taliban-chinook-helicopter-crash-killed


19 posted on 08/10/2011 9:37:11 PM PDT by waus (FUBO UFCMF, Just in case I stuttered, FUBO)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I know Edwards AFB was half mast the day it happened.


Probably ordered by the base commander or Def. Dept., not the Marxist-muslim.


20 posted on 08/10/2011 9:45:40 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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