{"id":4910,"date":"2008-11-07T12:45:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2008-12-13T20:20:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T01:20:20","slug":"how-times-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=4910","title":{"rendered":"How times change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember when this was hip;
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That was a picture I took just this last March.<\/p>\n

This was in April;<\/p>\n

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And this was in July;<\/p>\n

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Upside down flags were the way the Left showed their displeasure with the Bush Administration.<\/p>\n

Over at Gateway Pundit<\/a>, Jim discovers that it’s not so cool any more since Tuesday;<\/p>\n

Veteran Lou Schrader of Las Cruces, New Mexico flew his flag upside down on Wednesday in protest of Barack Obama winning the presidency.
\nThis alarmed his liberal neighbors.
\nThe Sun-News<\/em><\/strong><\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

“Now that there’s an African-American president, he’s protesting the U.S., and I think it’s funny because, if you love your country, you love it no matter what.”<\/p>\n

Kollaros said he backs freedom of speech, but flying the flag upside-down shouldn’t be done lightly because it could send the wrong message.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got to be careful about how we do that, because we don’t want to offend people,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m not saying I support Mister Schrader’s flying the flag upside down, but I think it’s pretty hypocritical of the Left to pick and choose when they’re going to get a bout of patriotism. The flag represents the people, the nation, not the party that resides at the White House.<\/p>\n

Stable Hand at The Jawa Report <\/a>writes about similar sentiments in Seattle of all places;<\/p>\n

I shall now call them phony f’n patriots.<\/p>\n

“Red, White & True Blue: City Hoists Old Glory<\/a><\/p>\n

Barack Obama’s presidential win held a poignant significance for liberal Seattleites: This is their America, too.<\/p>\n

The feeling was evident in jubilant partying in the streets, in quiet moments of reflection and in blossoms of red, white and blue.<\/p>\n

With newfound patriotism, Seattleites want to wave the flag, hang it from their homes and stick it on their cars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wonder what Skye<\/a> will encounter in West Chester, PA this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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