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Democrats Trash 12,000 Flags, Republicans Recycle
Denver Post ^ | 9-6-2008 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 09/06/2008 9:10:45 AM PDT by edzo4

This morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage. Guerrilla campaigning. They will use these flags at their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Before McCain speaks today, veterans will haul these garbage bags filled with flags out onto the stage — with dramatic effect, no doubt — and tell the story.

“What you see in the picture I sent you is less than half of total flags,” a Republican official emailed. “We estimate the total number to be around 12,000 small flags and one full size 3×5 flag.”

I’m not sure what the DNC was supposed to do with unused hand-flags, frankly. But the Republicans are obviously questioning someone’s patriotism here

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.denverpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; dnc; flags; green; invescofield; obama; oldglory; patriotism; recycling
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To: edzo4

The Denver Post must have heard about this and took the page down! I get an error now when trying to go to the link!


41 posted on 09/06/2008 9:38:00 AM PDT by compuguru (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: ETL

There’s a post somewhere here on FR from right after the convention that were taken by RedState. I saw flags mixed in with Pizza boxes and cups.


42 posted on 09/06/2008 9:38:28 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: cubreporter

They might not even like the flag they just used it because it was expected but they could have recycled!!!!!!!!!!


43 posted on 09/06/2008 9:43:24 AM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: edzo4

The proper way to dispose of a flag is to burn it when it is no longer serviceable and then bury the ashes. It is not to be tossed into the trash.

The flags in question were not covered in what I saw regarding disposal, but if they weren’t to be used then I’m guessing the same procedure would be applicable.

To bring them out on stage and show people what the Democrats had planned for old glory would be a powerful statement indeed.


44 posted on 09/06/2008 9:43:37 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: ETL
This is the one that got to me. From RedState




45 posted on 09/06/2008 9:44:55 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: tiki

recycled? Them? They talk the talk but NEVER walk the walk when it comes to them.


46 posted on 09/06/2008 9:45:16 AM PDT by cubreporter
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To: edzo4

How many ordinary folks, if they were lucky enough to get a chance to attend a national political convention, would want to keep one of those flags as a souvenir?

(But apparently not if you’re a donkey).


47 posted on 09/06/2008 9:45:45 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: CHICAGOFARMER

Good idea for a fund raiser for Republicans.

“Save an American Flag thrown away by the Democrats” make a donation today!!


48 posted on 09/06/2008 9:47:46 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: onlylewis

Yep, they are all about O and their leftist, socialist agenda and the McCain and Palin are about the USA and so are conservatives.

Liberals are all about “me, me, me”...sad. They wouldn’t know the meaning of sacrifice.


49 posted on 09/06/2008 9:49:21 AM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: uncbob

I still remember the amazement by those in Colorado after Dan’s Bake Sale. The city was expecting and ready to clean up tons of trash and were shocked that there wasn’t any lieing around. Just a lot of full trash cans. The only damage was to a flower pot and that was done by the horse of a mounted policeman.


50 posted on 09/06/2008 9:49:36 AM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Praise God and pass the ammunition!)
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To: shield

yes and these are the same clowns who will have a conniption fit if they find that a terrorists copy of the Koran has been disturbed in any way..


51 posted on 09/06/2008 9:50:18 AM PDT by got_moab? (got_moab? now comes complete with 50% MORE Hyper-conservatism!!)
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To: edzo4; Jeff Head; Squantos







Sam Adams best summed it up when he said," If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that which feed you. May your chain be set lightly upon you and posterity forget ye were our countrymen."


Get US Out of the UN Now!


Look real hard - that's me burning the DNC/u.n. Flag. Bet I'm not the only one!

52 posted on 09/06/2008 9:52:40 AM PDT by Issaquahking (McCain/Palin rule - libs drool. All over but the crying now!)
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To: Oatka

They should get the DAV, VFW, and American Legions involved.


53 posted on 09/06/2008 9:53:05 AM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: ETL

EXACTLY!


54 posted on 09/06/2008 9:54:26 AM PDT by jim35 ("...when the lion and the lamb lie down together, ...we'd better damn sure be the lion")
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To: edzo4
This is problematic on so many levels:

1.) The obvious disrespect for the flag.
2.) Wastefulness, if there were unused flags, why not take them to the next event? Instead there is wasted natural resources, energy and money.
3.) Shows that the speech attendees either didn't want a flag at all or didn't want to keep it after waving it for the cameras.
4.) Shows that Obama money management skills suck and if he blames it on others (as he will most likey do) it shows he lacks the ability to choose responsible people. Remember he will be spending the taxpayers money.

What ever happen to Recycling and conservation? Maybe these people cant recycle unless the there is a blue or green bin around.

55 posted on 09/06/2008 9:55:56 AM PDT by tonyinv (Illegals = Demanding rights they have no right to be in position to demand in the first place.)
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To: edzo4

“I’m not sure what the DNC was supposed to do with unused hand-flags, frankly. But the Republicans are obviously questioning someone’s patriotism here.”

Darn right they are questioning someone’s patriotism - and for good cause.

It’s not necessary to wonder what the DNC should have done with the flags they no longer wanted or needed. It’s fairly easy to get information on the proper handling and disposal of the nation’s flag - all it takes is two minutes on Google or a call to any veterans or military organization.

You would think that a group of people who can figure out how to raise hundreds of millions in campaign donations, run a two year political campaign with jumbo jets flying tightly calculated schedules, national and international pep rallies, and rock-star style arena events could get the info on a simple item like flag disposal.

The event planners should have had flag collection bins available and put some instruction signs around for Democrats who didn’t want to keep the flags and who are too uninformed to know that you don’t just throw the flag on the floor or into a garbage can.
At the end of the rally, any vets group would have accepted the flags to reuse or to dispose of in an honorable way.

These flags were disposed of in this manner because they were nothing more than stage props to the democrats - “fool the rubes by waving a flag”.

Also - they sure made a point of pretending they were rumnning a GREEN, non-polluting convention and the media played the game with them.
How does purchasing, then throwing away, thousands of reusable flags fabricated of man made materials and petroleum derivatives like plastics fit into the GREEN theme?


56 posted on 09/06/2008 9:59:18 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The landscape is littered with the bodies of those who have crossed Sarah)
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To: edzo4; All

check out this post on the same subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2076071/posts?page=69


57 posted on 09/06/2008 10:01:19 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: 101voodoo

You can drop old flags by your local VFW and they will care for them.


58 posted on 09/06/2008 10:02:00 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: edzo4; All
It's bad enough that they discarded the flags at all, but to have pics of them lying on the floor or left near garbage dumpsters would be even more telling of where these people are coming from. However, the first two pics below (posted earlier on this thread), as I looked again, do show American flags mixed up with trash. And the one at the end, which someone just recently posted here, is especially disgusting.


59 posted on 09/06/2008 10:03:21 AM PDT by ETL (Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
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To: MarDav

the more that see it the better!


60 posted on 09/06/2008 10:03:58 AM PDT by edzo4 (Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
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