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Date: November 07, 2024 at 19:31:09
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
URL: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/07/i-will-fly-my-flag-no-longer/ |
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My father enlisted in the Navy and served in the Naval
Construction Battalion, as a Navy Seabee in the South
Pacific in World War II. I enlisted in the Army,
graduated from OCS, and served, though not in combat,
as a tank battalion staff officer during the Viet Nam
War. Our son retired as lieutenant colonel in the Army
Judge Advocate General Corp after 23 years’ service,
which included two war-time deployments in Iraq and one
in Afghanistan.
Like the hundreds of thousand men and women before us,
we all served under, and countless times pledged our
allegiance to, the Flag of the United States of
America. The Stars and Stripes. Old Glory.
For years I proudly flew our Flag from my home.
No longer will I do so.
I choose not to disgrace this iconic and sacred symbol
of America; I choose not to dishonor our Flag, all
those who fought under and, many dying for it, and all
that it represents. I will not fly it over a Country
that is no longer the Democratic Republic conceived in
liberty in 1776–a Nation that ceased being the world’s
oldest democracy in 2020; the year it finally backslid
into anocracy: the state between democracy and
authoritarianism.
And, only four years after that, America completed its
race to the bottom, into that fatal abyss of
authoritarianism.
In 2024 America elected to the Presidency the most
mentally deranged, self-centered, incompetent, toxic,
venal, draft-dodging, and corrupt insurrectionist ever
to serve in that office.America elected to the highest
and most powerful public office on earth, a man with
the emotional maturity of a spoiled two-year old; a
self-proclaimed dictator, one who quotes Hitler
favorably; a person who numbers among his wannabee
heroes, the world’s most ruthless tyrants, including
Vladmir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Viktor Orbán, to name a
few; a man who refers to our wounded and dead veterans
as “suckers” and “losers;” a man who defiled Arlington
Cemetery for a photo-op..
America is now a fascist state with Donald J. Trump as
its leader.
To fly the Flag of our former America over Trump’s
authoritarian regime would be to defile that sacred
symbol; it would discredit the founders’ carefully
constructed Constitutional government, which Trump has
resolved to tear down; it would dishonor the sacrifice,
the battles fought and won, and the life blood of the
hundreds of thousands of military service members and
the millions of ordinary citizens who have fought for
245 years to preserve our democracy.
I choose not to fly the Flag of the United States of
America in a County run by a traitor in league with his
party of fascist lickspittles and sycophants.
I will fly my Flag again, but only when America throws
off the yoke of authoritarian tyranny; when it consigns
Trump along with the people and the party which enables
him to the septic-tank of history, where all autocrats
languish in humiliation and ignominy.
Against every fascist regime from Mussolini to the
present there has been a resistance movement fighting
the imposition of tyranny and authoritarianism. There
will be one against Trump and his “unified Reich,” too.
Count on it.
For my part, I will continue to support, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of my State against all enemies foreign
and domestic. I will continue to honor and preserve our
Flag by choosing not to fly it until Americans redeem
America from the evils of fascism that Trump has and
will impose upon our Country.
Until that happens, I will fly my Flag no longer.
James C. Nelson a retired Montana Supreme Court
justice. He lives in of Helena.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 08:09:50
From: The Hierophant, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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Date: November 07, 2024 at 21:33:59
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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Date: November 07, 2024 at 19:56:38
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
URL: Why in the world does Trump keep saying, ‘We don’t need the votes’? |
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"In 2024 America elected.."
Are we actually sure of that? As in of their own free will?
Ask yourself... why did Trump say he didn't need folks to vote?
From the link above..
You don’t need to be an expert in electoral politics to understand Rule One of any
campaign: Candidates should pursue as many votes as possible. In a democracy, it’s
common sense: The more votes a campaign has, the greater the chance of success.
With this in mind, Donald Trump appears to have a counterintuitive rhetorical habit. The
New Republic noted:
On Fox News Thursday morning, Donald Trump had a weird instruction for his
supporters: they don’t have to vote. “My instruction: We don’t need the votes, I have so
many votes,” Trump said on Fox & Friends before going on a rant about how much
support he has in Florida.
Follow the link above for the entire article..
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 07:50:37
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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Clearly "we" are not sure of the vote.
Gerrymandering, throwing people off the rolls, making
it difficult to vote with fewer, inconvenient polling
places, the millions unable to vote, tossing people off
the rolls at the last minute...
There have been constant and relentless obvious legal
and illegal ways of skewing the vote, and the Supremes
okayed them.
It is possible that hidden, illegal backroom
shenanigans were practiced by the same officials who
support a party of so many convicted criminals.
But the details and method are not known to me. As far
as I know, there are only questions and corresponding
suspicion, as valid as they may be.
Thank you for keeping the question alive.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 08:54:26
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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The question, for me, is more of mass hypnosis.. or some other mind
altering condition.. not so much as a hamper the vote piecemeal sort of
thing.
I think the shock is not that it happened, but that so many just blindly, like
moths to a flame, have been driven to conclusions that if they were in their
'right mind' they wouldn't.
It wasn't the guy standing there saying he had it rigged as much as he had
their minds rigged.
Like Lee now thinking this is better. How does anyone come to that
conclusion? I don't think waking up to pogroms in the news is better but
somehow he thinks it is. That's not because it's harder to vote, there's
something more afoot.. more altering.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 10:05:06
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
URL: http://www.earthboppin.net/talkshop/cbibrel/messages/25734.html |
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Ask yourself what Kat means when she says what has happened is a
miracle from god?
That’s not messing with the ballot box.. that’s mind control.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 11:13:40
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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that's what religions are about - mind control. There's nothing mysterious about
that.
Tucker Carlson believes hurricanes are caused by women having abortions. It's
like a different species of human. What are you gonna do?
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 11:04:39
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
URL: https://www.openbible.info/topics/god_appointed_leaders |
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This mind control isn't new. It's enshrined in the
Bible, and it was the Founding Fathers who mitigated
that as much as possible. With this election, Reason
has been abrogated. Hijacked by propaganda.
The Johnson Amendment kept religion out of politics, at
least most religions. That's going away in a couple of
months. In Russia the KGB infiltrated the Orthodoxy in
entirety. Talk about successful propaganda. Coming to
a pulpit near you.
Christians have always put God before Country. Since
so many churches have equated trump with the will of
God, then slam-dunk, a miracle (with a little help from
Putin and Glen Beck and Fox and Tucker and...).
You might find the link informative, it's a more
comprehensive list than I had seen of biblical texts on
leaders.
I became interested in propaganda in school. Was
introduced to an early Moonie who promised the
resolution and fulfillment of the Bible the I Ching,
Christianity and Hegel. Having read them all, thought
it was a neat trick and was the sole attendee at a
lecture by an early leader of the organization, later
to run the Washington Times. Watching them was a kind
of hobby for years.
They had no power over me. The luxury of a ringside
seat is no longer what we have. People have not woken
to the fact that the trumplican factions of homeland
security FBI, national guard, and others will rule.
Prepare for a world closer to the early 50s and the
McCarthy era.
Ramble over and out.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 16:10:40
From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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i guess i live in a different world than you do. i think
the presidency is much bigger than trump. he has ideas
but he has to get folks to implement them. that might be
a problem. and he knows he can't run again. he might do
rhw right things sometimes. myself, i am just watching
and praying that he has good sense about gaza, west bank
and Lebanon.
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Date: November 08, 2024 at 19:25:49
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not flying the Flag in a Country run by a traitor |
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As to the presidency:
it had some vulnerability, but the Supremes took care
of that,
it had checks, but the new administration is
dismantling those,
it depended on some loyalty to the Constitution, that
was not even a consideration last time,
it was paid for by the blood of veterans, just suckers
and losers to 47,
it was a vote based office, he said that's not going to
happen again, this was the last time.
I pray someone has good sense about Gaza. Israel's
taking out unrwa and it's their opportunity to step up
and take care. Time on that is running out for them
and Gaza. If one child is hungry, needs medical care
and is not in line to receive it in another few weeks
the country that voted out unrwa will have failed. Not
Netanyahu or extremists, the failure will belong to the
country.
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