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Stop the Insanity: BBQ pitmasters told to take down American flags
Fox News ^ | 03/03/2015 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 03/03/2015 5:56:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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1 posted on 03/03/2015 5:56:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I agree. They should all be flying the Stars and Bars along with the Gadsden .


2 posted on 03/03/2015 6:01:13 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is a misleading post. Reading the article, it ends with an Emily Latella moment.


3 posted on 03/03/2015 6:03:04 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“I don’t know an apology is in order,” McCloud told me.

A butt-kicking is in order. BTT

4 posted on 03/03/2015 6:04:12 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tell them to go eff themselves.

Next.


5 posted on 03/03/2015 6:09:25 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is crap. Event organizers were afraid somebody would have the Confederate Flag, so they pre-emptively told everyone with a flag to take it down because it violated a town ordinance (they told a falsehood). Liars, is all.


6 posted on 03/03/2015 6:17:59 PM PST by steerpike100
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Read the article. Headline is misleading.

The event organizer misread a city ordinance and told them to take down all flags and signage.

Than they came back and said “oops.” It’s all ok.

None of it singled out the American flag.

Much ado about nothing.


7 posted on 03/03/2015 6:18:53 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Actually, after seeing what Obama and the courts and the libs have done to this country in the last six years, I’m thinking of swapping “Old Glory” for “Dont Tread On Me.”


8 posted on 03/03/2015 6:24:10 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t remember the last time I had really good BarBQ.


9 posted on 03/03/2015 6:24:36 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Paladin2
Acceptable flag:

I dunno if there is such a thing as Halal pork ribs, though.

10 posted on 03/03/2015 6:26:12 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Telling someone down here in Alabama to take down the American flag generally devolves into fisticuffs........


11 posted on 03/03/2015 6:35:47 PM PST by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!

All contributions are for the current quarter expenses.



Let's get this done!
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12 posted on 03/03/2015 6:40:10 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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That's not what the article says at all. They gave the city ordinance lie as an excuse after the fact. The vendor raised the flag back up on his own.

“No one from the city advised or asked anyone to take down flags of any type,” Mayor Dane Haygood told me. “”We proudly and boldly display American flags and we encourage everyone in the community to do the same.”

It turns out the order to remove the flags came from the tour director of the Kansas City Barbecue Society.

“As a measure of precaution, we asked everyone to take down any kind of signs or any kind of flags that were being displayed,” spokesman Mike McCloud told me. “It turned out that some of those happened to be American flags.”

Imagine that, people in America flying American flags. Who could have guessed?

13 posted on 03/03/2015 6:41:05 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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Okay ... fly ISIS flags ... see how that flies ....


14 posted on 03/03/2015 6:50:09 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I really like Jim & Nicks Bar-B-Que. However, last year, the majority owner of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que formed a business partnership with Jim & Nicks. The majority owner was none other than billionaire George Soros. My goto BBQ on Friday night is the Full Moon for their southern BBQ and half-moon cookies.


15 posted on 03/03/2015 7:36:12 PM PST by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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” Event organizers were afraid somebody would have the Confederate Flag”

Bingo. And in Al and GA its not a frivolous fear. LOL!


16 posted on 03/03/2015 7:49:21 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The word NO leaps to mind....take down your flag.........NO, The worst they can do is kick you out and I’d have wanted to leave anyway.


17 posted on 03/03/2015 8:07:18 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails overall)
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Reading the article, it ends with an Emily Latella moment.

LOL! You've really dated yourself!

18 posted on 03/03/2015 8:13:07 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Hugin

Geez... what’s a greater risk these days, barbecuing pork or barbecuing in proximity of the US Flag?


19 posted on 03/03/2015 8:18:24 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“There were six or eight of us that had flags flying,” he told me. “He went to each camp and told them to take the flag down and everybody did.”

That’s our problem in a nutshell - they all complied. No one, not a single person, will stand up and say “F you, I REFUSE”.

We permit this assault on God, our flag, our country and ourselves - with never a whimper. We can blame Boehner and McConnell for caving in,; but they only represent us.

Would we do anything different?


20 posted on 03/04/2015 3:50:45 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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