The coming and goings of great men and persons of state are oft times marked by
flags, banners, horns and fanfare. All sorts of pomp and circumsatnce to fix
meaning to great men lives and great ideas. In the end, the flags and
pageantry are for the living, to remind us of who we are, our
Oops, posted my last message before I had seen the warning. Sorry.
I do have a Minneapolis specific question though. It's about the flags
that have sprouted everywhere since mindless flag waving became so
popular a couple years ago.
Why is it that the flags on one side of all our city busses, and
On Apr 6, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Mike Nelson wrote:
Why is it that the flags on one side of all our city busses, and some
fire trucks, are displayed backwards? I've called the MTC, as well as
the Fire Dept. and no one can tell me who the person in charge of
pasting the things on vehicles is.
This is
about the flags
that have sprouted everywhere since mindless flag waving became so
popular a couple years ago.
Provided you don't use the flag to hype used cars or crooked
politicians there's nothing mindless about flying the flag.
Why is it that the flags on one side of all our city busses,
It was my understanding that this was not a city
decision, but rather a decision by the state to fly
the flag at half-mast. I'm not sure what discretion
the city has in that matter. Additionally, I think
that as of now the reason flags are being flown half
mast is for Cpl. Travis Bruce.
The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, but he he also the head of state
for Vatican City. As a world leader, it's not unusual at all for flags to be
flown at half mast.
I say this as an agnostic with pagan tendencies.
Jim McGuire
Como
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