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GOVERNOR WRONG TO HAVE FLAG LOWERED TO HALF STAFF FOR CELEBRITIES
NJLawman.com---Police and Law Enforcement News ^ | 2-16-2012 | Editorial

Posted on 02/18/2012 5:40:00 PM PST by smoothsailing

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To: cloudmountain
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. — Robert Heinlein
81 posted on 02/18/2012 8:03:07 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? -Mr Bennet)
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To: cloudmountain
The Anerican Flag waves over us all, all walks of life, religions, all stations in life.

Cherished by All Americans, freedom of speech, freedom of religion,
Freedom for want, and freedom from fear.
I pledge allegiance, to the flag of the United States
of America.
And to the religion, for which it stands,
one nation under God.
Indivisible, with liberty and justice for All.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1QmeEdFOSc&feature=related presented by a military family.

82 posted on 02/18/2012 8:06:59 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: smoothsailing

People don’t think drug addicts should be honored by the state?


83 posted on 02/18/2012 8:07:20 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: smoothsailing

Amen!


84 posted on 02/18/2012 8:12:42 PM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: madison10
Thanks for your post which should end this argument! Frankly, the naming of the ship for Gabrielle Giffords upsets and offends me MUCH more. At least Governor Christie chose to TEMPORARILY acknowledge the death of a prominent citizen of the state of New Jersey. That ship was PERMANENTLY named for a woman whose name was unknown outside the state of Arizona until she had the misfortune to be shot by a mentally incompetent man!
85 posted on 02/18/2012 8:14:45 PM PST by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death,....therefore, choose life..")
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To: madison10
Thanks for your post which should end this argument! Frankly, the naming of the ship for Gabrielle Giffords upsets and offends me MUCH more. At least Governor Christie chose to TEMPORARILY acknowledge the death of a prominent citizen of the state of New Jersey. That ship was PERMANENTLY named for a woman whose name was unknown outside the state of Arizona until she had the misfortune to be shot by a mentally incompetent man!
86 posted on 02/18/2012 8:15:02 PM PST by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death,....therefore, choose life..")
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To: ptsal

Makes him sound like a real good candidate for President from the republican party. ann coulter would vote for him...idiot


87 posted on 02/18/2012 8:15:50 PM PST by goat granny
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To: smoothsailing

Talk about cheapening the symbolism of flags at half-mast.


88 posted on 02/18/2012 8:19:02 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: srmorton

LOL I had the same reaction to the ship naming...what the heck?! Giffords didn’t DO anything.

At least Whitney did a fantastic job singing the National Anthem.


89 posted on 02/18/2012 8:30:46 PM PST by madison10
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To: fight_truth_decay
Thank you for your posts. It is truly disgusting to see some people on various threads trash Whitney Houston for her own personal problems.

As you said, people need to "give it a rest." She is in God's hands now. Show respect to her family. Let her rest in peace.

90 posted on 02/18/2012 9:22:00 PM PST by World'sGoneInsane (Visit www.Newt.org--People will make the difference!)
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To: World'sGoneInsane; madison10

She did a lot for morale.

AFN (Armed Forces Network) played it at the close every night - just the audio,with a picture of the flag.

That’s about 30,000 troops (guessing) and their families. No complaints I am aware of.


91 posted on 02/18/2012 9:41:56 PM PST by stanne
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To: ptsal
Not being a fan of Christie... face it... Mr. Christie is governor...He can do whatever he wants. Period. Move on to a real topic.

And as the erosion of patriotism increases, as people stop caring about the twisting and bastardization of the tenets that made America great and relegate disparagement of the symbol of the Nation for a drug-addicted "star", the days of a free and great America enter even deeper in it's ugly decline.

92 posted on 02/19/2012 3:55:38 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: conservativejoy

So very sorry for your loss....God Bless You.


93 posted on 02/19/2012 4:44:36 AM PST by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: muawiyah
It's a States'-rights issue. There is no National Canon of Obsequies and Solemnities .... we aren't constituted that way. If New Jersey wants to hold pari-mutuel horse races to celebrate the solstices, that's their business.
94 posted on 02/19/2012 4:48:11 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: bigbob

You don’t need to remind me the words of my favorite song, or of the sacrifice it brings to mind. I stand by my statement.


95 posted on 02/19/2012 5:44:24 AM PST by Flightdeck (If you hear me yell "Eject, Eject, Eject!" the last two will be echos...)
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To: Mears
Tell me you are joking. Please !!!!!!

Sadly, I'm not. While Gov Crispy Cream is good compared to what we usually get in the North East he's by no means a conservative. That's why I don't get Ann Coulter's gushing over him.

96 posted on 02/19/2012 6:06:35 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: ptsal
Not being a fan of Christie... face it... Mr. Christie is governor...He can do whatever he wants. Period. Move on to a real topic.

Christie is a politician, and was in a no-win situation. If he refused to lower the flag for a black celebrity, he would have been accused of racism and Sharpton's crowd would have had yet another thing to march about.

97 posted on 02/19/2012 6:12:32 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: smoothsailing

Maybe Christie is trying to prove that he isn’t a racist. Two celebrities - both black????


98 posted on 02/19/2012 6:13:13 AM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: smoothsailing
Yes and her infatuation with Christie is nothing short of. . .strange. It has certainly tainted her thinking per critical, political realities.

No matter what turn Ann takes after this; will not be listening or watching - much less, buying. . .

99 posted on 02/19/2012 6:59:53 AM PST by cricket (. It is not just the economy. . .and Newt knows it. . .)
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To: fight_truth_decay
How many people here even fly a flag outside their home??

How many people fly a flag outside their home that is a school or 'sports team' - but never fly, an American flag?

Not that it matters; no sense challenging someone's patriotism because of their position on Christie' decision - or whether they fly a flag or not.

(So; whatever. . .this poster does not agree with Christie's decision; and does fly daily; an America flag outside home.)

100 posted on 02/19/2012 7:19:48 AM PST by cricket (. It is not just the economy. . .and Newt knows it. . .)
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