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When Albert was here he was also aware of all the flags he saw. Sitting in my back yard he could see three U.S. flags. Mine the one at the school next door and one at the Y.M.C.A. across the street.
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.
Are you likely to forget you're in the USA if you walk into a room without one?
I guess it all depends on where you plant them...
Show off!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Miles wrote:Strop,'
When Albert was here he was also aware of all the flags he saw. Sitting in my back yard he could see three U.S. flags. Mine the one at the school next door and one at the Y.M.C.A. across the street.
I bet he was surprised at that, as I say it's not that common in Aus or the UK.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Miles wrote:Strop,'
When Albert was here he was also aware of all the flags he saw. Sitting in my back yard he could see three U.S. flags. Mine the one at the school next door and one at the Y.M.C.A. across the street.
I bet he was surprised at that, as I say it's not that common in Aus or the UK.
Yes he was but as we traveled about, which we did, he became more interested in the why. I tried to Americanize him but only had a week.
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.
One of my favourite youtube clips is Buzz Aldrin punching this conspiracy kook.
Is there a better version?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Would the people asserting that this guy should be allowed to display his flag in a manner which apparently contravenes the rules to which he apparently agreed take the same view if the flag in question were Confederate? Soviet? Black Panthers (if they have a flag)?
Or is it only the American flag which should allow someone to violate the rules to which he agreed?
Should the HOA violate its own rules by allowing this guy to erect a twenty-foot pole on his property to display the American flag but prohibiting other HOA members from erecting twenty-foot poles on their properties for other purposes? Should it throw the whole rule overboard and let all members erect twenty-foot poles on their properties for whatever purposes they want? What happens when this guy decides to erect a fifty-foot pole?
Have the people contending that this guy should be allowed to violate the rules to which he agreed actually thought this through? Or are they opining on the basis of, rather than considered ideas on the subject, mere (to use the word of one of them) "sentiments"?
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
Read: Link in the OP, Freedom To Display The American Flag Act Of 2005;
SEC. 3. RIGHT TO DISPLAY THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
A condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association may not adopt or enforce any policy, or enter into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent a member of the association from displaying the flag of the United States on residential property within the association with respect to which such member has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession or use.
SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS.
Nothing in this Act shall be considered to permit any display or use that is inconsistent with--
(1) any provision of chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, or any rule or custom pertaining to the proper display or use of the flag of the United States (as established pursuant to such chapter or any otherwise applicable provision of law); or
(2) any reasonable restriction pertaining to the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag of the United States necessary to protect a substantial interest of the condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association.
