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07-22-2012, 09:59 AM
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Priorities.
Within hours Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half mast yesterday following the horrible theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado. But when 14 military men and women were murdered by a fundamentalist Islamist at Fort Hood Obama had to be pressured to lower flags.
Maggies Notebook reported, via Free Republic:
When 14 persons (one unborn), most of them military personnel on the base at Ft. Hood, Texas, were murdered by Islamic terrorist and U.S. Military Colonel Nidal Hasan, America’s flags were not lowered to half mast until the next day. Today, by at least 2:30 pm EDT, the order came down from on high to lower our flags in a sign of mourning for the victims of today’s shootings inside an Aurora Colorado movie theatre showing the much awaited Batman: The Dark Knight Rises…
…In the case of Ft. Hood, Obama had to be bullied into the national gesture of mourning by Texas patriot, Anita Ross
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07-22-2012, 10:00 AM
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Status:
"It’s fine"
(set 9 days ago)
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most ironic considering his own body count as prez (and yet the well trained masses will ignore this fact)
he should have a cell next to Holmes
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07-22-2012, 10:11 AM
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Location: On Top
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Whine thread of the day....
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07-22-2012, 10:19 AM
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/thread
Half-Staff | The White House
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to begin by offering an update on the tragedy that took place yesterday at Fort Hood.
This morning I met with FBI Director Mueller and the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what caused one individual to turn his gun on fellow servicemen and women. We don't know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.
What we do know is that there are families, friends and an entire nation grieving right now for the valiant men and women who came under attack yesterday in one of the worst mass shootings ever to take place on an American military base. So from now until Veterans Day I've ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff.
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07-22-2012, 10:23 AM
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Location: Eastern NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kings_Hockey
/thread
Half-Staff | The White House
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to begin by offering an update on the tragedy that took place yesterday at Fort Hood.
This morning I met with FBI Director Mueller and the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what caused one individual to turn his gun on fellow servicemen and women. We don't know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.
What we do know is that there are families, friends and an entire nation grieving right now for the valiant men and women who came under attack yesterday in one of the worst mass shootings ever to take place on an American military base. So from now until Veterans Day I've ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff. |
Doesn't look like he was pressured at all. Good find.  |
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07-22-2012, 10:24 AM
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Location: Rational World Park
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07-22-2012, 10:33 AM
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Location: Lost in Texas
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I'll give credit where it is due.... He got this right... They should be at half staff...I have now given him credit twice. Once for the Bin Laden killing and now this..... That is the extent of his accomplishments during the tenure of his stay in the white house.
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07-22-2012, 10:37 AM
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Obama should lower his head to half mast for what he has done to this country. Look at Chicago, the city he calls home. Now he pretends to care what happened in colorado. The man bears no shame.
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07-22-2012, 10:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trlhiker
Doesn't look like he was pressured at all. Good find. |
Anita received a call from someone at the White House around 10:30 AM Friday morning…”Are you the Mrs. Ross who called about the flags?”
She replied, “Yes.”
“Well, the President has ordered the flags flown at half mast…we just wanted to let you know. WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT…THANK YOU FOR MAKING US AWARE OF IT!”
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07-22-2012, 11:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tinman01
Obama should lower his head to half mast for what he has done to this country. Look at Chicago, the city he calls home. Now he pretends to care what happened in colorado. The man bears no shame.
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wow! talk about off topic trollness. |
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