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#2002299 - 03/18/15 02:21 PM Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home
Norman Paperman Offline
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Love seeing a neighborhood filled with American Flags proudly displayed. It just looks good. The flag is usually indicative of someone who keeps a nice yard as well.

Note: If you choose to fly the flag, be sure to obey the flag code.

Reference: http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/faq.htm
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#2002304 - 03/18/15 02:32 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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" U.C. Irvine student government association voted 6-4-2 to remove Old Glory from a campus lobby for the sake of cultural inclusivity."

You are a dying breed Norman!
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#2002309 - 03/18/15 02:50 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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I know. It's c r a p like this that reiterates the need to fly old glory.

My tongue is bleeding: Please fight the urge to degrade this to a political thread that inevitably gets locked down.

Go out and buy yourself a shiny new flag today.
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#2002311 - 03/18/15 02:57 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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Stop biting your tongue Norman, and it won't bleed like that.

Strangely enough, we visited friends in Austria some months ago and they enthusiastically flew a shiny new American flag for us along side the Austrian flag that they typically fly from their second floor balcony.

There are those, even in other nations, who have pride in America.
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#2002313 - 03/18/15 03:04 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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Interesting read. Amazing how many things are currently in violation of the flag code.
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#2002326 - 03/18/15 03:23 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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If there was ever a flag that stood for cultural inclusivity it was the stars and stripes. I know our nation hasn't been perfect, but how many of had grandparents or great grandparents that arrived here with a suitcase and a funny accent, and somehow found a way to be included. The same flag that was carried by those fighting against slavery.
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#2002454 - 03/18/15 06:53 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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"U.C. Irvine student government association voted 6-4-2 to remove Old Glory from a campus lobby for the sake of cultural inclusivity."

But that is exactly what Old Glory represents.

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#2002541 - 03/19/15 08:11 AM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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Actually, the UCI article you reference was not the end of the story... the student government leaders said 'no way' would they remove their flag. Just days after the flag was banned, the ban was reversed.

"This misguided decision was not endorsed or supported in any way by the campus leadership, the University of California, or the broader student body. The views of a handful of students passing a resolution do not represent the opinions of the nearly 30,000 students on this campus, and have no influence on the policies and practices of the university.

The American flag is still proudly flying throughout our campus and will continue to do so."


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#2002561 - 03/19/15 01:16 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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#2002621 - 03/19/15 03:11 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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I do, and I do follow the code except for the night illumination. My flag is on a bracket pole on the back of my house facing the runway and is impractical to take down every evening. However it flys right outside our bedroom window, so I'm not going to keep a floodlight on it all night every night either. Since our grass strip runway is not lighted at night, there is absolutely no traffic that would be able to see the flag at night even if it was illuminated.
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#2002633 - 03/19/15 03:41 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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I bought a solar spot light for my parents flag. It lights the flag enough to be seen, but isn't so bright that it is annoying.
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#2002640 - 03/19/15 04:00 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home DD Regs
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Originally Posted By: DD Regs
I bought a solar spot light for my parents flag. It lights the flag enough to be seen, but isn't so bright that it is annoying.
I'll look into that. Thanks.
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#2002642 - 03/19/15 04:03 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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We too have a solar led spotlight the attaches to the top of the pole and shines a soft light down on it... not obtrusive to sleeping at all, and it gives us a good marker to the whereabouts to turn to make our pier coming down the river late at night.
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#2002695 - 03/19/15 06:15 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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Oh SHUT UP you two! I need a spot-light for my airstrip. I have a spot-light for my dock on the river.

::The tone here was obviously a joke:: Good for you guys.

I just paid off a vehicle. laugh
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#2002716 - 03/19/15 06:54 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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I live in the area and have followed this story closely.

Sorry I didn't cite my source - it was from UCI directly.

UCI.edu

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#2002732 - 03/19/15 07:04 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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We put some solar lights near a thatch hut in the swamp. Someone stole them.

I hope it was just a swamp pack rat! eek
Last edited by RR Joker; 03/19/15 07:05 PM.
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#2003207 - 03/22/15 07:11 PM Re: Be Patriotic: Fly Old Glory At Your Home Norman Paperman
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Originally Posted By: Norman Paperman
Oh SHUT UP you two! I need a spot-light for my airstrip. I have a spot-light for my dock on the river.

::The tone here was obviously a joke:: Good for you guys.

I just paid off a vehicle. laugh
No question, I'm living the dream, baby.
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