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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: [mobilize-globally] Upside-down Flags Used in Protest ------ Forwarded Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 02:13:32 -0700 (MST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [anti-bush-league] Upside-down Flags Used in Protest You cannot silence my voice. My voice is equal to yours. There is no action for which the truth does not respond. There is no darkness which the truth does not penetrate. The law of the circle is the answer to all transgressions. You cannot escape the circle. copyright2002LGDeWitt &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&} Upside-down flags used in protest Political statement causes controversy in Titusville neighborhood By Marilyn Meyer and Victor Thompson FLORIDA TODAY TITUSVILLE -- Mari Anderson has been flying two large American flags upside down at her home since the November 2000 presidential election. Mari Anderson of Titusville stands in front of her home displaying anti-George W. Bush signs and inverted U.S. flags. Image copyright © 2002, Craig Rubadoux, FLORIDA TODAY. Flying flags upside down is a traditional way of displaying the flag when the nation is in distress. Anderson said that the upside-down flags are a political statement of her feelings after George W. Bush was declared the presidential winner in Florida over Al Gore. The race was so close that different media studies later have shown either man could have won depending upon how and which disputed ballots were counted. She also objects to the nation's war in Afghanistan and said she plans to continue to protest Bush's tactics in the battle. But not everyone is happy with Anderson using the flags as a way to display her feelings. Dan Guppenberger said he called the Titusville Police Department last week to express his concern over the display. "It really upset me because I'm a veteran," he said. "If anything, the sign says the person has turned his back on the people who are fighting for us over there, and that's not right." Guppenberger, who served in the Army from 1972-74, said the police could not do anything about the display, but felt it needed to be addressed. Anderson said the confusion about what she is saying by flying the flags upside down could be enhanced because she also has displayed prominently in her yard a large hand-painted sign that says: "Grief is not a cry for war." But there also are a half-dozen other signs in her yard and hanging on her house with political statements about President Bush, his brother Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and their administrations. "The election was a crime," Anderson said. "I went up to Washington, D.C., to protest, something I never thought in my life I would do. I was so upset I had to do something." Anderson said, "we have rights and freedom of speech is one of our rights. I am exercising that but I am also worried that we are losing our rights." Anderson said she plans to continue flying the flags upside down until after the 2004 presidential election. Why we must protect the Constitution: "Then they came for the terrorists and I did not speak up because I was not a terrorist." Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |==*==|==*==|==*==|==*==|==*==|==*==|==*==|==*==| "A man who was elevated to the presidency despite losing the popular vote is now leading the American people into a war of unknown dimensions and duration, and claiming that this war, allegedly for "freedom and democracy", requires the suppression of basic democratic rights at home." Patrick Martin _Bush's war at home: government censorship, secrecy, & lies_ Citizens For Legitimate Government: http://www.legitgov.org/ The American Civil Liberties Union: http://www.aclu.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/ an alternative to mainstream news: http://www.alternet.org/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryA8299A.htm ------ End of Forwarded Message ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
