Posted on 03/14/2013 7:51:57 PM PDT by 444Flyer
US officials overseeing preparations for next weeks visit to Israel by President Barack Obama were alarmed to see that hundreds of American flags displayed along the main highway approaching Jerusalem were suspended upside down.
The flags, hanging from poles attached to streetlamps along the road, had the stars toward the base of the flag pole, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday.
Workers raised thousands of flags on streetlamps in and around the capital along routes that the president will take during his three-day visit, which begins on Wednesday next week.
A Jerusalem Municipality official in charge of maintenance explained that the stitching on the flags was in the wrong place, allowing them to be attached to the poles only the wrong way up.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
The other one I recall was the enormous "school" of sharks parked off the west coast of Florida (The Summer of the Shark) in the weeks before 9/11.
I had a similar thought.
“Seen any pics or other sources/articles yet? Seems kind of odd that this has not gone viral by now... perhaps a hoax?”
According to this article, they were scrubbed! PharObama probably put out the edict.
“Ahead of Obama Visit, Israel Lines Street with Upside Down US Flags”
“You aren’t likely to find images of the latest insult on America by Israel, because they’ve been scrubbed from the web...”
http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2013/03/ahead-of-obama-visit-israel-lines.html
I think not!
Take the clue Zer0!
Wow, that was way back! Must have given bystanders quite a start. Thanks for all the links!
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