President Barack Obama ordered American flags at the White House and all other public buildings lowered to half-staff on Tuesday in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
In his proclamation, Obama called the act a “mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence” in Boston on Monday.
Will someone please tell the folks over at the HEB on Paredes Line Road and Boca Chica Boulevard the news?
As of last count, three victims were killed in the two bomb explosions and another 140+ injured, 17 of them in serious condition at Boston hospitals. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and there is speculation that it may be an act of domestic terrorism possibly encouraged by foreign ideologies. No one has discarded the theory that right-wing anti-government extremists may be behind the attack on civilians. April 15 is also Patriots Day in Boston.
Bomb fragments indicate that projectiles were loaded in pressure cookers and then set off amidst the crowds.
The investigation continues.
5 comments:
HEB needs to be fined along with all of the other locations that have tattered flags as well. Of course it will probably be a US veteran from an elite military unit. Not an extreme Muslim or foreign terrorist. Some down home American...probably a racist, suffers from PTSD whose military background allowed access to such bomb making skills and access to the materials needed to make them. We all know how dangerous veterans are to our society and way of life. Gimme a Fucking break!!! anonymous and other home grown terrorist groups like occupy have been directly linked to the socialist democratic party and Obamas supporters and activists.
The HEB manager is cousin to Luis Lucio's (the commander from the VFW).
The first is not a true VFW veteran, and the second one is not a true Purple Heart.
H.E.B. is not a public building and their flying the flag at half-staff is voluntary. The government has a way to get info on flags out to government agencies....but H.E.B. is likely not on their list. If you checked carefully you might also find that a flag was not being flown at half-staff and other locations....banks, schools, etc. A few years ago, I went into a local bank to tell them that the flag was not being flown properly (also a half-staff day), and I was told the flag was the janitor's responsibility. Obviously, if managers don't have a respect for the flag, it is likely that "the janitors" will miss something. I would hope that people flying the flag follow the customs (not a matter of law) and destroy tattered flags; but I would prefer to see a tattered flag than no flag.
(and I was told the flag was the janitor's responsibility.) LOL. Outstanding and very correct. Wish we could meet.
Dags.
HEB is a private business. They can do whatever the hell they want. Obama is not King. That said, you can criticize them all you want for not lowering their flags but don't use Obama's proclamation as a reason for doing it.
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