Half-Staff Flags

[djohnsper]

In my state of Connecticut all our flags have been 1/2 staff for weeks.
WTF. Is this also the case nationally? If it is because of the American's
getting killed in Iraq, well, they might as well leave them as such until
the friggin war ends. Dam!!! I hate this shit!:wtf:

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Half-staff because of a mistake named Lieberman?

Just wondering...

[rasputin1952]

2. Must be a CT thing...

I have to agree w/the rest of your post.

[Catch22Dem]

3. I hate it because 90% of businesses fuck it up

US Flag Code is pretty easy to understand. It's not a complex literary work, it's explicit, yet the slobbering flag-waving masses think they're honoring the flag when they can't even get a simple thing like half mast/staff correct.

[LiberalFighter]

4. They don't even have to read the code

Just pay attention to the news when the President or Governor announces their proclamtion.

[Catch22Dem]

8. I'm sorry

I didn't mean the "when" but the "how." Around here, every time it's supposed to be displayed at half, they manage to display it improperly.

[LiberalFighter]

9. Next time call the newspaper and have them do a courtesy public service guide

[Captain Hilts]

5. Really good to see someone use the correct "half STAFF." Well done! nt

[MonkeyFunk]

6. yes

it seems the Governor orders flags at half-staff for any Connecticut resident killed in Iraq.

[Breeze54]

7. Your Gov. ordered it.

FLAG ADVISORY for U.S. and Connecticut State Flags Flying in Connecticut

http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1345&Q=314654

Update:

PFC Orlando Eric Gonzalez will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on April 10th, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.

Governor M. Jodi Rell today ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags to remain at half-staff to honor
Army Private 1st Class Orlando E. Gonzalez, who was killed in combat on Sunday in Baqubah, Iraq.

PFC Gonzalez, whose father resides in Shelton, lived in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Gonzalez, 21, was assigned to the 82nd Forward Support, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.