In January of this year, the President signed legislation allowing veterans to salute the flag at parades, etc. This was mentioned in an article of my latest Fleet Reserve Association magazine. Unfortunately, I've "tossed" it and do not know the bill number, but it is for real.
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It is so sad that everyone has gotten the word that they can disgrace and burn our flag without legal consequence and yet when our law makers pass legislation allowing veterans to Honor it, no headlines, etc. We have to pass the word among ourselves. That is part of what this web site is all about. Let us tell everyone that we know. I have told many non-vets also. They all love the idea.
Janeen Long > William (Bill) Karr ETC(SS)November 18, 2008 at 5:28pm
I find it absolutely ludicrous(sp?) that they should have to pass a blasted LAW to allow anyone to honor our flag, country, service members or anything of the like. Sorry, I'm "old school" & I will always honor them & support our current Commander in Cheif! Maybe some didn't vote for him, but hes there now & that in itself deserves our respect & support. Oh yeah, & I'm also not very "politicaly correct" & proud to speak my mind so that all know EXACTLY where I stand. I'm not here to win freinds & influence people, just to learn & fulfill my greater purpose in life, & I acheived a very small part of that through my late husband CWO3 James Paul Long USN Ret.
Tim Gulliford > William (Bill) Karr ETC(SS)October 12, 2008 at 9:12pm
Talk about disrespect:
and we have people who will vote for obama who is associated with this person. This is ayers, the radical domestic terrorist.
I know everyone has a different opinion on the war and our current
President. But, this article makes a lot of sense; take 2 minutes, read it
and give it some thought.
When electing the next President, 'the only decision you have to make is
who you want sitting in that seat in the White House when - not if -
WHEN we get hit again and millions of American lives are put at risk!'
This is from: 'You Ain't Gonna Like Losing.' Author unknown.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the
mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came
in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in
WWII. It is not.
Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country
was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed
fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their
leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders.
Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied
behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or
not or whether the war was going badly or not.
War was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is
today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have
had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck
with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put
aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war.
Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in.
Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the
war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for
war bonds to help the effort.
Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition
trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep
things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to
soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining.
You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President.
Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and
entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile
countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made
upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. A
bunch even enlisted.
Imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a
Pledge of Allegiance and with prayers for our country and our troops!
Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in
our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No
newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch
spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had
complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by
being forced to wear women's underwear or subjected to interrogation by
a woman or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to
a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in
movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope
pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism.
He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and
fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country
that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve.
It is not the same country. We did unite for a short while after 9/11,
but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country
would require some sacrifices.
We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They
believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not
convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over
three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause...
Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential
recruits. So... we either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna
like losing.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall,
or watching the movie stars.
(Remember Obama said in his book 'Audacity of Hope', 'I will stand with
the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction'
.....what better place for the Muslims to control our country,
than in the office of the President of USA .
Wow!
Terrific John!
I'd like to send a copy of this to my email friends. Is there someplace on the internet that I can access it and forward? I'm pretty computer illiterate, so forgive me for asking, if it turns out to be something simple.
Bill
Had the opportunity to salut our flag during the playing of the National Anthem in Toronto, ON at a NY Yankee \Toronto Blue Jays game. It really felt good and I felt "special".
Tim Gulliford > Frank R. BartolottaAugust 30, 2008 at 2:22am
Did you hear about the guy who was kicked out of the Yankee game when he apparently was moving during the National Anthem? He claims it was because he does not honor "Under God..." part of the Anthem so he was leaving his seat.
I did not know this but the Yankee stadium has a law that no one is to move during the National Anthem. The NYPD enforced that rule.
Not much else as it was briefly talked about on a 30 second news clip. Anyone else hear about it?
I hear ya Tim, about time we start to make stand for what we believe in, good for them. they need to do it nation wide. I bet my 105 yr.old Granddaddy is rolling over in his grave,hearing some of the stuff we have found out about these buttheads in the last few years.
S D Martin > John (Blue Eagle) MaddalenaAugust 30, 2008 at 7:25pm
Not only did William Jefferson Clinton give his Marine Guard a half a - - salute but he went further and told the world that his private life was his business please help me understand how a President of these United States can have a private life. His job is like seven eleven you know 365 days a year and twenty four seven so where doe he have a private life. Perhaps the world problems or the problems here must happen on a forty hour work week.
Let us not forget how WJC gave our enemy missile technology that would be capable of being used against us. Then of course signing over the Panama canal to that same enemy. His wife, HRC, admitted that was a mistake (Panama Canal). I do not care for her but she had the brains to admit it.
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and we have people who will vote for obama who is associated with this person. This is ayers, the radical domestic terrorist.
Read: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/
President. But, this article makes a lot of sense; take 2 minutes, read it
and give it some thought.
When electing the next President, 'the only decision you have to make is
who you want sitting in that seat in the White House when - not if -
WHEN we get hit again and millions of American lives are put at risk!'
This is from: 'You Ain't Gonna Like Losing.' Author unknown.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the
mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came
in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in
WWII. It is not.
Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country
was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed
fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their
leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders.
Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied
behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or
not or whether the war was going badly or not.
War was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is
today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have
had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck
with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put
aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war.
Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in.
Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the
war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for
war bonds to help the effort.
Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition
trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep
things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to
soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining.
You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President.
Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and
entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile
countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made
upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. A
bunch even enlisted.
Imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a
Pledge of Allegiance and with prayers for our country and our troops!
Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in
our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No
newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch
spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had
complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by
being forced to wear women's underwear or subjected to interrogation by
a woman or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to
a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in
movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope
pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism.
He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and
fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country
that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve.
It is not the same country. We did unite for a short while after 9/11,
but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country
would require some sacrifices.
We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They
believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not
convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over
three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause...
Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential
recruits. So... we either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna
like losing.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall,
or watching the movie stars.
(Remember Obama said in his book 'Audacity of Hope', 'I will stand with
the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction'
.....what better place for the Muslims to control our country,
than in the office of the President of USA .
Terrific John!
I'd like to send a copy of this to my email friends. Is there someplace on the internet that I can access it and forward? I'm pretty computer illiterate, so forgive me for asking, if it turns out to be something simple.
Bill
I did not know this but the Yankee stadium has a law that no one is to move during the National Anthem. The NYPD enforced that rule.
Not much else as it was briefly talked about on a 30 second news clip. Anyone else hear about it?
Frank, That is Awesome you had that opportunity.
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