Posted on 03/31/2006 9:45:04 AM PST by the anti-liberal
Still on vacation, but wanted to bring you an update on the American flag vandal at Montebello H.S. (via the Whittier Daily News). He or she was from neighboring El Rancho USD:
A student protest that resulted in a Mexican flag being flown on top of an upside-down U.S. flag at a local school has prompted disciplinary action against one El Rancho High School student.
El Rancho Unified School District officials said the unnamed student was punished for being involved in the flag incident, which took place Monday at Montebello High School, about four miles east of El Rancho High School.
The punishment was consistent with the California Education Code, officials said. They did not give further details because of legal and privacy issues.
But Montebello Unified School District administrators said they were glad the neighboring district investigated the incident and took the proper action.
"We appreciate the diligence that \ district has taken in identifying the student who allegedly committed the infraction with the flagpole incident," said Assistant Superintendent Robert G. Henke.
Monday's image of the Montebello High flagpole sparked an uproar locally and across the nation after it was posted on various Web sites and featured in East Coast newspapers and national broadcast media.
The incident took place about noon Monday, when a group of about 1,000 students from the El Rancho and Whittier Union High school districts marched through Pico Rivera to Montebello High, where students had walked out of classes in the previous week to protest proposed immigration reform legislation.
By the time they reached Montebello High, the campus was on lockdown, district officials said.
That's when the protesters took to the flagpole, added the Mexican flag and turned the U.S. flag upside down. The school's California flag was stolen in the process, Henke said.
Rumors that more student walkouts were scheduled for today, the official Cesar Chavez holiday, has prompted Whittier-area police and sheriff's agencies to step up their efforts, with authorities threatening to give $165 tickets to any student who is caught protesting during school hours.
What are the odds that the guilty student and his/her collaborators are here illegally?
And the odds that anyone will do anything about it?
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Another American flag is down
The American flag comes second
Maybe.
A kid was suspended from school this week for wearing a tee shirt that said, "Border Patrol".
And I'm sure he was easily mistaken for an actually border patrol guard. /sarc>
My father fought on Iwo Jima to defend this Republic and the principles of our founding. True justice that respects the Warrior class that protects and allows this Country to prosper would be for this little varmint to be strung up and hung in the public square - no trial would be necessary. He openly and purposely showed himself to be an enemy of all that our country stands for. In my eyes it is an act of war. Anyone who is illegal here and openly defies and spits in our face should be treated as enemy combatants. Nothing stops tyranny quicker than incredible violence visited upon an enemy. If we wait much longer to decisively act to seal our borders with a war and deport millions of illegals, then our Republic will die.
If we wait much longer to decisively act to seal our borders with a war and deport millions of illegals, then our Republic will die.
Bump that!!!!
I agree with you 100% of course.
:^)
Truth is, we've been conquered and taken over without a shot.
Wall, war - what's the difference, as long as it keeps the illegals out.
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Personally, I'd rather not be a dhimmi slave.
We're being taken up the @ss two ways (three if you count the Liberal Socialist Left).
This letter contains a lot of good history that puts islam into perspective, should you be interested:
God love your father, and thanks to him.
In other words, the student was issued a reprimand for not shredding and burning the US flag first.
It is a federal crime to fly an American flag upside down or to fly any other flag above the American flag (there are a few exceptions for US Naval ships at sea). These punks need to be imprisoned for a few years and then deported.
Respectful image of our flag from WWII. More at this site: http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/1942/introduction.html
"It is a federal crime to or to fly any other flag above the American flag"
First, it would be nice to know what the actual states, second, why is he only being punished under the California Education Code and not under Federal Codes?
As for the federal crimes committed here, what would you venture that if charged under federal law there would be one count rather than two counts (one for flying an American flag upside down and one for flying any other flag above the American flag)?
I've heard that band....they're good!
(wink,wink)
In case you haven't heard, federal laws are no longer being enforced in border states. It's a new initiative to keep down the price of lettuce and cabbages.
(groan)
The little insurrectionists' guardians need to be investigated.
OR a movie John Candy would have made......LOL!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606931/posts?page=24#24
Imagine if everyone grew their own lettuce and cabbages.
This kind of stuff will get people killed. "We disrespect your national symbol and we're taking over your country" is not the message activists want to send unless they're looking for a fight, not a discussion.
There is a major element of Central- and Southern-American populism that is as senselessly and manipulatively anti-American as its European counterpart, and its adherents don't notice it any more than a fish notices water. And that makes for a very dangerous situation.
What do suppose their response would be?
Now imagine trying to explain, patiently, that that is exactly what they're doing here.
Would light dawn on their feeble brows, or would they continue their myopic thinking?
Just a thought.
I agree with you, btw.
Nope. For a lot of the world the U.S. flag is fair game and their own is not. The politics of outrage is strictly a one-way street, and by the time they get any pushback they're so far over the line that somebody gets hurt.
This particular instance was a dumb stunt by a dumb kid but it isn't isolated, as your links reveal. A whole lot of folks need to crank this thing down before it explodes.
Thanks for that, it's good to see.
We need to remember to pay tribute more often.
You said a mouthful right there - so much comes to mind other than mexicans, it's not funny.
That list can begin with the so-called 'queer' movement, and continue for some length.
Fire the Principle AND DEAN of boys..
A shot across the bow of the academic ship..
"It is a federal crime to fly an American flag upside down or to fly any other flag above the American flag (there are a few exceptions for US Naval ships at sea)."
I don't know for sure, but I suspect those few exceptions are for signaling distress or emergence on a US Naval ship at sea, and probably never on land.
To those that wish,there is a quick and easy way to show your Nationalistic love of America AND become a citizen also. JOIN THE ARMED SERVICES!!!!!! You love America? You wish to express that love? Don't dance around in the streets telling us we have been wrong for 300 yrs, go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Iran and show you care.
Lay it on the line for The United States , just as countless real Americans have done and are doing while you prance around defaming THE VERY PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE PROSPERITY YOU ARE LEECHING OFF OF AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
Be careful julio , your behavior is very inflammatory. Don't believe it when you hear "Americans are behind you "or "Americans are soft",from the fake press in OUR country. Especially in the Southeastern United States.
Right or wrong we have a fairly militant reputation of our own here and not without good reason. About another week or so of this type of activity and it may not be safe for you to walk the streets in light or darkness.
You have spent a week hollering "Look at me, I'm here and you owe me". I get your message. I say look at everyone else. We have been here (Some of us) for 12 generations. We have lost hundreds of ancestors to wars in the name of freedom and WE WILL NOT HAND IT ALL OVER TO YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU DESERVE IT.
When I served there was a large contingency of Filipino and Puerto Rican service members on active duty. The vast majority of them served with distinction and honor. You on the other hand dishonor their service and demean yourselves for asking for that which you have not earned
You want it? You earn it. You earn it and you can be counted as citizen of The United States of America. If you try to force the issue you are bucking for a fight.
It is our good willed acceptance of your presence that has allowed you to prosper. That can all come to a screeching halt. We can refuse to spend our money with you. We can refuse to hire you. We can refuse to acknowledge your existence. WE CAN REFUSE TO LET YOU STAY!!!! So push the envelope a little harder and see what it gets you. We are going to suffer an economic setback, maybe a recession but you my friend get to return to the tender mercies of your home cultures of two classed, economic slavery.
IOW, just suggested they not get caught doing it again.
Thanks. ;^)
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:
"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:
( PS- my personal prediction? That picture will become one of the most widely distributed, and hated, pictures on the internet. The Illegal Invader lobby could not have done more damage to themselves with that "Mexican Flag Superior, America in Distress" shot if they had tried... )
It's clear that the illegals and pro-illegals did themselves no favors by openly expressing their hatred of this country during the past week.
You get me fired up. I tell ya folks, you just don't go messing with other people's flag in their yard. Do these people know what this actually means. You capture the flag, the flag is now yours. Many have died for much much less than this.
Biting the hand that feeds...
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