What.. the %&$#... is this?

[Crawlin]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/wisconsin-veteran-remove-flag-memorial-day-wife-says/

Are you damn f'ing kidding me? Fucking state I swear to god. Fucking stupid ass companies that want to make sure that everyone BUT our citizens and the people that defend the right to have such rediculous policies, cannot fly a fucking FLAG.

[Flicktitty]

that shit is soo fucked up, i couldn't believe that when i saw it on the news earlier today.

[GTSLOW]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110473278997482&v=wall&ref=search#!/group.php?gid=110473278997482

Join their group.

[michelle]

What a joke.

[BlackLightning]

that's bullshit. here's their contact info.

http://www.midwestrents.com/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=14

[Yooformula]

fucking bullshit. I sent an email.

[CATNHAT]

^^ so did I.

[1997 Trans-Am]

Sent an email!

[Yooformula]

join the mob on facebook! lol

[Neal Steffek]

I agree, what a stupid bitch. Take the flag down and stop disrespecting it. You should NEVER use the flag as a curtain you stupid bitch.

[Neal Steffek]

§ 176. Respect for flag

(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery.

From the US flag code, I agree with the company. Get some real drapes, Commies!

[95mustang302]

I think its more of the issue where they are threatening eviction for display of our nations flag. Its not the fact that they are or are not using it as a drape. It doesn't appear to me that they are using it for that purpose, they are just displaying it.

[Neal Steffek]

I think its more of the issue where they are threatening eviction for display of our nations flag. Its not the fact that they are or are not using it as a drape. It doesn't appear to me that they are using it for that purpose, they are just displaying it.

If she wants to display it she can get a flag pole and put that in her place for people to look at when they come over. She may as well take a big steaming pile of crap on the flag, it is the same thing she is doing right now. Do not disrespect the flag and you will be ok.

[Russ Jerome]

So Im gonna go on a limb and say Midwest realty is owned and/or run by Towel heads or some other off center militant cult?

Those Taliban countries surely dont make there countrymen take ther "we hate the US" if they flew it on their little mud huts right ?

[-stew-]

Neal, that refers to draping as in using the flag as a table covering, hung over the back of a couch, an impromptu seat cover for your Buick. It is perfectly acceptable and with in the bounds of proper flag ettiquette to hang a flag in a window.

[Neal Steffek]

Neal, that refers to draping as in using the flag as a table covering, hung over the back of a couch, an impromptu seat cover for your Buick. It is perfectly acceptable and with in the bounds of proper flag ettiquette to hang a flag in a window.

She should have it on a pole first. If she has it in a window to show pride, she is STILL DOING IT WRONG! She has it backwards.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html
go to #14 on the list.

[Neal Steffek]

Also I am willing to bet good money she didn't take it down every night or have proper lighting on it at night time.

6. Time and occasions for display
a.It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

[-stew-]

It may be backwards, but read number 8: "When displayed in a window I..."

[Neal Steffek]

It may be backwards, but read number 8: "When displayed in a window I..."

Here is #8

8. When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street. When festoons, rosettes or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red should be used, but never the flag.

[Fondy13]

Things in life are getting out of hand like a kid getting expelled from school for wearing a shirt with an American flag on it during sinco de mio ( spelling )

[Yooformula]

I read #14 and saw this... "14. When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper left, as viewed from the street."

I didnt think she was using it as drapery though, she simply had it hung up inside her house. hanging in the window does not make it drapery, that would be having 2 sewn together to cover a window for shade and what not. Simply hanging it in front is not a drapery. She was going to use drapery to block it from outside view. regardless, she isnt being forced to remove it because its hung up wrong, its because its the flag. Even if it was hung up the correct way, she would still be forced to remove it. thats the issue here not the manner in which she hung it up. if she cant fly their flag why can the apt complex have one flying out front? isnt that being hypocritical?

[SmokinRAM114]

Things in life are getting out of hand like a kid getting expelled from school for wearing a shirt with an American flag on it during sinco de mio ( spelling )

Back when I was in highschool they tried saying a carhart jacket was gang paraphenilia cuz the guys who drove trucks wore them. We were a gang n apperantly those were our colors. Dead serious

[hrsp]

people need fucking hobbies...gosh

[PureSound15]

Also I am willing to bet good money she didn't take it down every night or have proper lighting on it at night time.

6. Time and occasions for display
a.It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

You don't have to take it down or have a light on it if it's inside :durr

[TheRX7Project]

I agree, what a stupid bitch. Take the flag down and stop disrespecting it. You should NEVER use the flag as a curtain you stupid bitch.

Did you READ the article?

DISPLAYING THE AMERICAN FLAG IS NEVER WRONG

[0TransAm0]

they just said on the news the company recieved 3,00 phone calls and over 4,000 emails and decided that they can KEEP THE FLAG UP!!!!

[Neal Steffek]

Did you READ the article?

DISPLAYING THE AMERICAN FLAG IS NEVER WRONG

Did you read my link? There are many ways you can show the flag wrong. Vets will get VERY pissy if you disrespect the flag.

[Yooformula]

Did you read my link? There are many ways you can show the flag wrong. Vets will get VERY pissy if you disrespect the flag.

that may be but THIS vet in particular wasnt pissy about it and wasnt showing it incorrectly.

[Neal Steffek]

that may be but THIS vet in particular wasnt pissy about it and wasnt showing it incorrectly.

Yes, he had the flag backwards.

[PureSound15]

Yes, he had the flag backwards.

You're really just trying to back out of the fact that you've insulted and ridiculed a woman who was trying to display it correctly and is only upset that they're making her move/remove it for the wrong reason.

You can hang the flag in a window, you don't need a light on it but she had it in the wrong position, cheers to her for sticking up for herself in an attempt to honor those who served.


The flag is staying btw, just saw it on the news.





Also - the picture in that article is flipped somehow, the flag in the window is actually hung the correct way. Get off your soap box.
http://www.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/may/25/oshkosh-woman-apartment-flag-dispute/

[Yooformula]

actually the windows dont look to be the same windows. one window has the flag behind a blind that is the entire width of the window in the other pic the window doesnt even have a blind or mounting bracket for one.

[PureSound15]

The article I post is her actual window - it's been in the Appleton paper up here almost every day.


Maybe the first article is just a random picture?

[HITMAN]

Hey Steffek, her husband has served in both the Gulf and Bosnia and I believe that gives them the right to hang the flag any way they want, as her husband has already proved his patriotism through his military service in two different war zones. What have you done besides run your mouth in an idiotic fashion? (Again)

[Neal Steffek]

Hey Steffek, her husband has served in both the Gulf and Bosnia and I believe that gives them the right to hang the flag any way they want, as her husband has already proved his patriotism through his military service in two different war zones. What have you done besides run your mouth in an idiotic fashion? (Again)

What have I done? I sponsor many military outings and give military discounts at my place. Also, if you would READ what we are posting, you would see has the flag is backwards. If she is so gung ho USA you would think about getting the simple things right first. Shit, I learned how to hang a flag and how to respect it when I was in cub scouts.

Quick edit

I just wanted to add this for those like Hitman who did not read everything we were posting. Here is the picture of her place.
http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/U.S./flag_640_monster_397x224.jpg

Now here is the PROPER way to show it.


When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street. When festoons, rosettes or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red should be used, but never the flag.

[PureSound15]

Now here is the PROPER way to show it.


When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street. When festoons, rosettes or drapings are desired, bunting of blue, white and red should be used, but never the flag.


You're still wrong. Watch the video, it's hung the right way. That picture is flipped. Every time they've showed it on the news, it's hung the right way.

Have a good memorial day now that you've done everything possible to insult a vet and the wife that supports him.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100526/SHE0101/305260063/Oshkosh-Army-vet-wife-face-eviction-for-flag-display

http://www.wsaw.com/sunrise7/headlines/94909729.html

http://cmsimg.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=U0&Date=20100526&Category=SHE0101&ArtNo=305260063&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/169474/thumbs/s-FLAG-IN-WINDOW-large.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/iraq-war-veteran-faces-ev_n_590730.html?page=16&show_comment_id=48455940#comment_48455940

[Neal Steffek]

You're still wrong. Watch the video, it's hung the right way. That picture is flipped. Every time they've showed it on the news, it's hung the right way.

Have a good memorial day now that you've done everything possible to insult a vet and the wife that supports him.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100526/SHE0101/305260063/Oshkosh-Army-vet-wife-face-eviction-for-flag-display

http://www.wsaw.com/sunrise7/headlines/94909729.html

http://cmsimg.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=U0&Date=20100526&Category=SHE0101&ArtNo=305260063&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/169474/thumbs/s-FLAG-IN-WINDOW-large.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/iraq-war-veteran-faces-ev_n_590730.html?page=16&show_comment_id=48455940#comment_48455940

Look at the last picture, does it even look close to the others? We now have 3 different pictures of said flag in said window. Don't even start to try and insult me when it looks like the paper/reporter is the one screwing with everyone at this point. Please stop just jumping blindly into things.

[-stew-]

Roadhouse.

[PureSound15]

OK? The picture with the couple in it is the actual couple that lives there. So, I'll stick with my previous statement.



Don't even start to try and insult me when it looks like the paper/reporter is the one screwing with everyone at this point. Please stop just jumping blindly into things.

Really?


I agree, what a stupid bitch. Take the flag down and stop disrespecting it. You should NEVER use the flag as a curtain you stupid bitch.

[Neal Steffek]

This is the picture from the first report.

http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/U.S./flag_640_monster_397x224.jpg

IF and I do say IF, this is the correct picture, then yes, she is an idiot.

[HITMAN]

What have I done? I sponsor many military outings and give military discounts at my place.

And insult a combat veteran and his wife.

Nice job.

http://jesushates.co.uk/jesus-hates-you.jpg