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It is disrespectful to let the flag get rained on. IggleDoer Sep 2015 #1
Interesting comment. I'm not American... SwissTony Sep 2015 #2
They used to be. Not so much any more. When I was jwirr Sep 2015 #3
if you respond to this post, you will have 33,333 posts. Capn Sunshine Sep 2015 #22
LOL jwirr Sep 2015 #41
flag code w0nderer Sep 2015 #4
Realistically, the law requires nothing. jeff47 Sep 2015 #9
since i recently got slammed on this w0nderer Sep 2015 #15
Copied from the Flag Code ... IggleDoer Sep 2015 #35
The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather Jamastiene Sep 2015 #38
Not on a Military Base One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #14
Raise the flag at 0800? I wish! JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #19
The actual rules and how I feel CajunBlazer Sep 2015 #30
No, the protocols don't call for it n/t sarge43 Sep 2015 #32
The U.S. flag is not supposed to fly in inclement weather. Period. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #64
my conservative neighbors used to keep their flag out in front of their house in all hollysmom Sep 2015 #17
No it is not hack89 Sep 2015 #20
Maybe in our efforts to bring manufacturing back to jwirr Sep 2015 #5
You can purchase plenty American FLags Sissyk Sep 2015 #29
Thank you. jwirr Sep 2015 #42
A guy in my neighborhood has four flags on his car nichomachus Sep 2015 #6
Wow. ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #8
I'd be playing this everytime I passed his house. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #25
Yep....John says it all...we've seen all of this before. LOL haikugal Sep 2015 #27
You see them a lot in the Southern States. The "Patriots" driving the streets with Flags-a-flying! BlueJazz Sep 2015 #7
Do you tour The South often? bvar22 Sep 2015 #31
Most of the ones I've seen are in Jacksonville through northern Florida, southern Georgia, .. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #39
I see them on a regular basis where I live in Missouri xmas74 Sep 2015 #58
Yes!...I've seen that also a lot more lately. Let me tell you, I'm quite impressed. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #59
The American flag will be faded and tattered xmas74 Sep 2015 #61
In the weeks after 9/11 in NYC in LiberalElite Sep 2015 #57
I have an American flag on my American car. Throd Sep 2015 #10
I love it when it's stuck on a foreign car. Brickbat Sep 2015 #11
I don't give a fuck where it's made. It's a SYMBOL. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #12
All I would hope to see is that people secure their flags to their rigs at high speeds. punguin54 Sep 2015 #33
I don't remember ever seeing that. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #44
I even see a few of these PasadenaTrudy Sep 2015 #13
I have always taken the flags on cars to mean that. Person 2713 Sep 2015 #43
If you look you can find flags made in the USA doc03 Sep 2015 #16
Something that puzzles me, the flag is supposed to be displayed with doc03 Sep 2015 #18
Army regulations mandate it be worn that way hack89 Sep 2015 #21
Wow it gives the effect that the flag is backwards to me, well at least I know now. I doc03 Sep 2015 #24
Think about a flag being carried in a parade hack89 Sep 2015 #26
This could support my theory that the government bought a million doc03 Sep 2015 #28
Look on aircraft Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #55
Another thought on flags on cars: AlinPA Sep 2015 #23
it's an accessor, a way to get a leg up over anyone else MisterP Sep 2015 #34
They aren't being patriotic, they're being trolls..... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36
I know Liberals who fly the flag pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #45
No kidding... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #48
That flag is stuck into a pile of bones from our founder's genocide, so there is that. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #37
Oy vey. Desert805 Sep 2015 #46
I feel just fine.<G> I'm not the one who has to be reminded that they have a LOT more jtuck004 Sep 2015 #50
The "patriots" fly or wear the flag everywhere and paste it on anything to the point that A Simple Game Sep 2015 #40
I think the reverence shown to red, white & blue fabric/plastic here is weird and creepy. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #47
It's not the flag, It's the rampant nationalism they display with the symbol. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #49
Right. It often seems to be a package of nationalism, jingoism, U.S. exceptionalism, and Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #60
I swear, the Right was in heaven seeing tanks with the American flag tearing through the desert. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #63
TOTALLY agree. While worthy of respect, the worship thing is just way over the top. underahedgerow Sep 2015 #52
Oh hell. I thought this was going to be a Pink Floyd knockoff... Purveyor Sep 2015 #51
Don't you mean 'Pinko Floyd'? pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #53
We really have become a world fueled by outrage over other's actions. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #54
Actually, probably by slaves that were owned by members of my family.... ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #62
Slightly off-topic, but I've been noticing Lars39 Sep 2015 #56
I'm a flag nut; I went around on 9/12/01 educating neighbors who had hung a flag backwards. BUT----- WinkyDink Sep 2015 #65
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