Why are flags at half mast today 3/23/06

[bottomofthehill]

[johnnie]

1. After georgie's last few "speeches"

.. any tiny bit of integrity he had left has died.
:shrug:

[havocmom]

2. There were three devestating deaths

Truth, Justice, the American Way

[maddezmom]

5. so true

:(

[Rose Siding]

3. Which state?

[havocmom]

6. OP's profile says D.C.

:shrug: I haven't turned on the TV. Is there a ticker message?

[bottomofthehill]

10. Virginia

[JeffR]

4. American Democracy is dead?

[TomInTib]

7. Bernard Lacoste died yesterday and the preppies are devastated

You know, the guy that put the alligators on all those shirts.

[havocmom]

8. My nephew wanted me to make a green, quilted satin alligator suit

with a dead preppie on it for him to wear. Gads, I miss that young man.

[TomInTib]

13. Now THERE is some fashion genius!

I just love that kind of thinking.

Where did your nephew go?

[havocmom]

14. He died a couple years ago

Heart attacks hit men in their 40s too. :cry:

[TomInTib]

17. And, tragically, it's usually the good ones...

He sure sounds like someone who is often missed.

[havocmom]

22. Yep

and yep

[mmonk]

9. Did the constitution finally expire?

[highnooner]

11. The flag will be flown upside down

when that happens.

[AngryAmish]

12. Coach Meyer?

[Radio_Guy]

15. Mine is upside down in my office

And it will remain that way until Bush is led away from the White House in handcuffs.

[alfredo]

16. Cheney didn't have his morning bowel movement.

He'll be cranky all day.

[wordpix2]

18. LOL!

[ThomWV]

19. Anyone On That Bus In Chili From Your State

?

[onenote]

20. just looked outside: no flags at half-mast

I work in downtown DC and from the street in front of my building I can see around ten flags on various buildings (some govt offices, some not). None at half-mast. What building or buildings did you see flags at half-mast? While not strictly "by the book" sometimes individuals will opt to fly the flag at half staff in memory of a private individual, family worker, colleague, etc.

onenote

[havocmom]

21. And sometimes, the hardware slips a little

Since any other flag within sight should also be lowered if one is, I saw a whole lotta flags at half staff owing to failed haredware on the one that went up first that day. It happens :shrug:

[bottomofthehill]

23. 2 flags at Dulles Apt