Why are the U.S. Flags at half-staff this week? When I called the security office at MCC to ask why the flags were lowered, I was told that they have been lowered because of the death of a sergeant on military duty.
One would think that you could go to www.illinois.gov and find the reason why Gov. Blagojevich ordered the lowering to half-staff of the U.S. and Illinois flags, but no information can easily be found on the State’s website.
This information should easily be available on a State level and should be covered by newspapers, radio and TV news.
Last summer the President of the United States changed the U.S. Flag Code to permit a State to lower its flag in memory of a fallen soldier. My guess is we are going to see the Flag at half-staff many times. Every time I see the Flag lowered, I shall not only think of the member of the U.S. military whose death occurred in combat, but I shall be constantly reminded of the needless loss of life and limb (literally) in this stupid war.
The war that resulted from our invasion of a foreign country based on erroneous thinking and decisions is having a huge cost. If you wonder about the cost at any given moment, go to www.costofwar.com which at the moment of this writing is $477,000,000,000. That’s 477 BILLION dollars. Watch the meter for a few minutes.
And that’s only the beginning. Factor in the cost for treating injuries in the future and the treatment for mental illness (PTSD) that will affect our military for YEARS to come, we are (and perhaps already have) bankrupted our nation. All thanks to George Bush and Company.
George Bush should be held personally liable for blindsiding the American people by failing to carefully evaluating conflicting information. We already ready know he is not a reader. How does he get his information? From a close, small circle. If they don’t want information through, it doesn’t get through.
Just this morning I repeated the phrase, "The man who doesn't read is no better than the man who can't read."
And so here we are today. Another day of flags at half-staff. How many more of these days will we tolerate?
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thats probably the smartest thing u ever stated. u wanted republicans
now pay for it!!!!!!!!!!!
How do you know he is not a reader? Another flamboyant Gus guess! He is presented as a voracious reader. Reading 60 books a year (competing with Rove), and these aren't Archie comics. Novels about Lincoln, works by Camus.
I am sure you will not believe this truth as presented by people that actually KNOW GW; you will think it is a conspiracy.
You a big reader Gus? I am not talking about reading your own crap; I mean other authors? How was your Ivy League education GPA? How is that working out for you, you know, that Yale diploma? Don't have one? Hmmm.
Are you living up to your potential Gus? I mean, GW is running the free world right now; you got any resposiblities beside your self-righteous rants? Congratulations on being the pest of Pop. 20,000 Woodstock; way to set the bar.
Just this morning I repeated the phrase, "The man who doesn't read is no better than the man who can't read."
And even worse is the man who can't comprehend what he is reading and spews out untruth and facts for what he doesn't know himself.
Gus said staff. Hunh hunh.
Should we be in the middle east, YES.
Should we fly our flags at half staff every day until the conflict is over, YES.
The reason we did not find any WMD's is due to the political BULL that runs this planet. We should not have countries on the U.N. security council that have military contracts with countries that carry out hostile acts against other nations.
For those of you who have forgotten, this country was ATTACKED on December 7th, 1941 and we retaliated. We were ATTACKED on September the 11th 2001 and we reataliated.
Those of you reading this need to thank the men and women who have served giving you the right to bitch and moan.
Gus, why don't you enlist so you can get some manners.
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