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| Flags Vandalized in Vermont |
| 2004-07-11 |
| EFL & Hate In Vermont’s Capital City, the American Flag is flying high. The city adorns buildings and parking meters with old glory around holidays. "The downtown looks great, we dressed up for the fourth of July," says Montpelier Mayor Mary Hooper. But almost as quickly as they go up, the stars and stripes are being stolen and burned in a series of flag desecrations and thefts. The first incident happened at the statehouse about three weeks ago. Someone ripped up two American flags and wrapped them around a statue of Ethan Allen. Then last week, someone draped the flag around a statue of the Virgin Mary and set it on fire. Speechless. "We should put a penalty on these guys that are deforming the flag, they’re not Americans, get rid of ’em!" says Neil Manning of Montpelier. Good to see not everyone up there has drank |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #6 Its not that their anti-war, its that they are on the other side. Heres another example from the seattle area: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/181422_robert09.html |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2004-07-11 9:39:58 PM |
| #5 Remember - they have a "You own a gun, you can carry it concealed" law up there. And this is at a minimum vandalizim or criminal mischief. I wonder how the old hippy radicals would like a visit from an old conservative soldier (and intelligence operator, now desk jockey), and a few of his friends... Smile for the camera - now face down on the ground, hands over your head... |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-07-11 8:07:27 PM |
| #4 That area of Vermont is loaded with old hippy radicals from the 1960's. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-07-11 7:26:40 PM |
| #3 So put up some surveillance cameras and catch 'em in the act. How hard is that? |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-07-11 3:34:42 PM |
| #2 So put up some surveillance cameras and catch 'em in the act. How hard is that? |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-07-11 3:30:53 PM |
| #1 So put up some surveillance cameras and catch 'em in the act. How hard is that? |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-07-11 3:29:31 PM |