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Dem liberals are planning to have a Panda Express in the White House. What the heck is next, a mandate dictating that we eat our greasy fat saturated fast food french fries with chopsticks? Hell no.
Stand up for our obese uneducated illiterate population. Patriotism.........the last refuge.
I thought I'd combine all the accurate posts into one:
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Originally Posted by 17th Street
Ok. This is really not a big deal. I work one block away from the White House, and I can tell you that similar things came to visit Bush, Ghana's flag was placed on the Eisenhower Executive Building, and Ghana's flag was tied to every lamp post around the block. It was simply a show of respect, and I really did not think much of it. I would not be at all surprised if the flag was somewhere on the lawn. Plus, people need to read, the Chinese flag will not flown over the White House, it is going to be on the south lawn.
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Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge
It's not just a NON-ISSUE. It's one of those false outrage NON-ISSUES.
President Wilson started the tradition in 1918 when he flew the French flag to honor Bastille Day. There is even a special flagpole on the South Lawn that's been there since Wilson's tenure that was erected just to fly foreign flags to honor visiting dignitaries and mark special occasions. Most recently, in March of this year, the Greek flag was flown. And during the previous administration, the Chinese flag was flown as well.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
The WH has just debunked that report and said the Chinese flag will NOT fly at the White House.
1. The Chinese flag is not flying over the White House. The OPer misrepresented the information in the article and the article had it wrong.
2. The Chinese flag was flown at the White House during the Bush administration.
it's almost not worth bothering - people will continue to read the first post and freak.
Amazing, isn't it? No critical thinking skills, not enough curiosity to even click the link and read the article, no hint of a $hit-detector..... They get all the "knowledge" they have from buzzwords and bumper stickers......and subject lines on internet forums.
As of May 2009, China owns about $800M of our debt, which is far from the "majority." Special attention should be given to the chart in the wikepedia article. Japan owns almost as much of our debt as China. Of the $3T in U. S. debt owned by foreign governments, China owns 24%, Japan 20%, and so on.
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As of May 2009, China owns about $800M of our debt, which is far from the "majority." Special attention should be given to the chart in the wikepedia article. Japan owns almost as much of our debt as China. Of the $3T in U. S. debt owned by foreign governments, China owns 24%, Japan 20%, and so on.
I am excluding the new money the US printed and bought.
it's almost not worth bothering - people will continue to read the first post and freak.
That's why there are so many loooooooooooooong threads rehashing what's already been de-bunked in this forum.
The hysteria, particularly over the last few days, is somewhat entertaining but awfully tiresome.
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