By now many may have heard that Easton's Mayor Sal Panto took it on his own to lower the United States flag to half staff in Easton regarding the shootings in Tennessee. Yesterday critics of Obama called into question why the flag at the Whitehouse wasn't lowered and whether Sal had the legal right to do it.
I'd venture to say 99% don't give a flying fig either way. If the Whitehouse were to lower the flag every time a service member was killed or someone of prominence died they might as well leave it half staff all the time. There's seldom a day that goes by that someone couldn't find justification for it.
As far as what Sal did by lowering it... big freakin' deal! The problem I have is with Sal swimming in the same waters as Fox News and other major network outlets that he may yet appear on. Who the hell cares what they think. Their job is to try and tie it into Obama or create a national firestorm to further enrich themselves.
It is what it is.. big deal.. get over it!
This constant bickering over flags (confederate or otherwise) has little to nothing to do with how Americans go about their daily lives. The flag up, half mast or all together down is nothing more then one more example of childish behavior that attempts to separate us from one another. Don't people have more important things to fret over?
Jeesh.. talk about a none issue!
I agree that the flag might as well stay at half mast. How many servicemen have been killed and the flag was not lowered for them? I do not agree with you about the Confederate flag. It makes my blood boil when I see a pickup truck go by with a humongous C.F. blowing in the wind.
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