Ansonian Suspended 5959 Posts user info edit post |
didn't see a thread for this, so, here it is...includes the video on the website
Quote : | "A Veteran from Reno, Nev. has hit headlines after he took matters into his own hands yesterday and tore down a Mexican flag that was being illegally flown above a U.S. flag at a local business.
Local news station krnv News 4 had received calls yesterday afternoon from angry residents complaining about the Mexican flag. When the station sent a reporter to investigate the Veteran took the opportunity to make a statement in front of the cameras.
The man commented "I'm Jim Brossert and I took this flag down in honor of my country with a knife from the United States army. I'm a veteran, I am not going to see this done to my country. if they want to fight us, then they need to be men, and they need to come and fight us, but I want somebody to fight me for this flag. They're not going to get it back."
The hispanic store owner who witnessed the incident would not make comment on camera but told krnv over the phone that he was flying the flag as a mark of solidarity to the hispanic community. Pro-immigration protests have been ongoing in the area all weekend after raids were conducted by authorities in the area last week.
The store owner said he is an American citizen and did not know what he was doing was against the law. However, according to federal law it is illegal to fly any flag above the U.S. flag, and if flying more than one they must be on separate poles and be of an equal size.
The Reno police department has told krnv that Brossert will faces charges for theft if the store owner files a police report of what happened." |
http://infowars.net/articles/october2007/031007Flag.htm10/4/2007 2:55:26 AM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
i saw this on cnn earlier today, on the website at least. i thought this was a very moving thing, to see that people still are patriotic enough to notice things like that. i have a set of marine corps and us flags in my room, and i've always taken great, GREAT care to keep them from ever hitting the ground. i've literally fallen out of my chair to keep the flag from hitting the ground when i've bumped the desk too hard. it's that type of awareness that i appreciate with regards to patriotism. didn't know it was against the law? fuck that shit, he knew he was in America flying another country's flag ABOVE ours. fuck him 10/4/2007 3:01:07 AM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
RACE WAR 10/4/2007 3:03:19 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I'm cool with immigration. It's whatever.
But it does kinda bother me to see certain Latinos flaunting the "rules."
We are a nation of immigrants. Immigrants that have all had to assimilate to succeed.
I don't care if you learn English or not but don't fly your flag over ours. 10/4/2007 3:52:49 AM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
viva la revolution! 10/4/2007 3:54:20 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I'ma get me a pirate flag and fly that shit over a tiny American flag.
You know, outta solidarity. 10/4/2007 3:57:16 AM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3FwFSBDfce4 10/4/2007 4:11:42 AM |
Shadowrunner All American 18332 Posts user info edit post |
I'm mildly amused that it's perfectly legal to burn an American flag to make a political statement, but it's illegal to put another piece of cloth on a flagpole above an American flag. 10/4/2007 4:12:31 AM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
^ point 10/4/2007 4:25:01 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
^^douchebag wins over foreign douchebag 10/4/2007 7:06:00 AM |
jbtilley All American 12789 Posts user info edit post |
Seems like the veteran guy should get in trouble for damaging someone else's property... this is America after all. 10/4/2007 7:24:27 AM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
i like the part right after he has taken down the flag and he looks towards the mexican guys, as if to challenge them
but they're like "¿que?" 10/4/2007 7:39:55 AM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
that guys head would explode in any major US city.
there are flags everywhere.
the Italians are the worst.
oh and who cares? This is like being angry someones penis is bigger.
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 7:50 AM. Reason : I MEAN PENIS ENVY OR WHAT!] 10/4/2007 7:49:31 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8741 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Seems like the veteran guy should get in trouble for damaging someone else's property" |
10/4/2007 7:51:01 AM |
stowaway All American 11769 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Seems like the veteran guy should get in trouble for damaging someone else's property" |
Quote : | "The Reno police department has told krnv that Brossert will faces charges for theft if the store owner files a police report of what happened."" |
10/4/2007 7:59:38 AM |
beergolftile All American 9030 Posts user info edit post |
who fucking cares 10/4/2007 8:05:00 AM |
392 Suspended 2488 Posts user info edit post |
I support fiscal responsibility and legal immigration
SO I MUST BE RACIST, RIGHT?
oh, and
Quote : | "douchebag wins over foreign douchebag" |
10/4/2007 8:10:22 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103352 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "who fucking cares" |
10/4/2007 8:12:36 AM |
Vix All American 8522 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "to see that people still are patriotic " |
haha
yeah right10/4/2007 8:13:37 AM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
patriotic = theft? 10/4/2007 8:18:18 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45549 Posts user info edit post |
10/4/2007 8:23:44 AM |
Quinn All American 16417 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm mildly amused that it's perfectly legal to burn an American flag to make a political statement, but it's illegal to put another piece of cloth on a flagpole above an American flag.
" |
10/4/2007 8:39:20 AM |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The Reno police department has told krnv that Brossert will faces charges for theft" |
10/4/2007 8:43:32 AM |
TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm mildly amused that it's perfectly legal to burn an American flag to make a political statement, but it's illegal to put another piece of cloth on a flagpole above an American flag." |
i don't think it's illegal, it just violates the flag code10/4/2007 8:50:37 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don't care if you learn English or not but don't fly your flag over ours." |
really? i care very much if the fuckers learn to speak MY language in MY country if they want to LIVE here...i agree with the flag thing, too, but it takes virtually no effort to fly the flags appropriately and therefore isn't much of a commitment to living as a citizen in this country
but then, who cares? you can always find someone to translate our laws into whatever language they happen to speak, i guess
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 9:00 AM. Reason : GAH.]10/4/2007 8:59:28 AM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
I find it amusing that people think the flag code is anything but the remnants of the first "Red Scare." It was written during this time period and formalized in 1923. It was adopted as US code in 1942 during War years, although it had to be altered due to similarities to a particular Nazi hand gesture. It's a fairly un-american restriction on expression, even if it's got no teeth.
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 9:00 AM. Reason : ] 10/4/2007 8:59:29 AM |
sparky Garage Mod 12301 Posts user info edit post |
^ according to the article it is
Quote : | "However, according to federal law it is illegal to fly any flag above the U.S. flag, and if flying more than one they must be on separate poles and be of an equal size." |
but on the general topic...i think the flag rules are stupid. ohhhhh noooo it hit the ground now we have to burn it. oh shit there is another flag on the same pole. don't we have more serious stuff to be worried about?10/4/2007 9:02:15 AM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
i deal with multiple people a day who do not speak english and none of them are latino.
and i live in the united states.
and everything is fine. 10/4/2007 9:02:24 AM |
Charybdisjim All American 5486 Posts user info edit post |
^^ There's no penalty for disobeying it... So, like I said- meaningless gesture left over from the first red scare. No teeth.
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 9:05 AM. Reason : ] 10/4/2007 9:04:40 AM |
1 All American 2599 Posts user info edit post |
Immigrants from Germany were smart enough to learn English.
Immigrants from China were smart enough to learn English.
Even immigrants from Poland were smart enough to learn English.
10/4/2007 11:43:50 AM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "who fucking cares" |
10/4/2007 12:44:25 PM |
Republican18 All American 16575 Posts user info edit post |
i say good for him 10/4/2007 1:05:51 PM |
raiden All American 10504 Posts user info edit post |
good job to the veteran I say. 10/4/2007 1:14:15 PM |
jnpaul All American 9807 Posts user info edit post |
the mexicans need to grow some balls and start a war if they want this country
instead of illegally coming over here and trying to take us over with the 20 kids each one is having once they step over the border
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 1:20 PM. Reason : ] 10/4/2007 1:17:51 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
what the hell is wrong with people. 10/4/2007 1:21:35 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
I may disagree w/ a lot of our countries politics but it was pretty fucked up that a busniess profiting on our soil was flying the mexican flag in a position more superior then that of the US 10/4/2007 1:29:31 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
what the hell difference does it make, who's flag is higher than who's. there are more important issues to be dealt with. just a bunch of bored brainwashed shitheads tryin to act like they're worth a damn.
honestly, grown people can be more immature than preschoolers. 10/4/2007 1:38:45 PM |
392 Suspended 2488 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "...instead of illegally coming over here and trying to take us over with the 20 kids each one is having once they step over the border" |
over half of the times I see a mexican women at a bus stop
or with her kids in the grocery store
she's like 8 months preggers
this is an observation, not a prejudice
I'm just saying
is there no penalty for having more kids than you can afford to raise yourself?
this is obviously not sustainable
wtf democrats?
explain yourselves
you are advocating irresponsibility
probably just so you can turn around and say some shit like:
"people are inherently irresponsible,
so we should create even more government benefit programs to help them
that'll fix the problem forever"
10/4/2007 3:13:50 PM |
Stimwalt All American 15292 Posts user info edit post |
Let's round up all the people that agree with the Veteran from Reno and send them to China to work in the coal mines.
It's a good idea.
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 3:17 PM. Reason : -] 10/4/2007 3:17:30 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
are the republicans not the ones for more open borders policies??
Immigrants represent the ideals of capitalism. The lazy bastards here expect to much pay for the menial jobs that need to be done. So lets hire those Mexican migrants at a fraction of the cost to fulfill our cheap labor requirement.
btw although i do not like the fact that they come over here and reproduce like rabbits; I almost guarantee that none of the illegal immigrants see a dime of welfare or Medicaid. You do not get benefits if you are not in the system.
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 3:21 PM. Reason : l] 10/4/2007 3:18:46 PM |
ScHpEnXeL Suspended 32613 Posts user info edit post |
or use robots and pay a few ppl a lot instead of a lot of ppl a little 10/4/2007 3:21:00 PM |
Scuba Steve All American 6931 Posts user info edit post |
I consider myself more liberally minded, but as a veteran I say screw anyone who wants to fly another country's flag over ours. 10/4/2007 3:21:44 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
inorite?! i mean why the hell should we have to help raise people out of poverty--they've been poor for years, they should be used to it by now 10/4/2007 3:22:27 PM |
Stimwalt All American 15292 Posts user info edit post |
My flag is higher than yours... Nanny nanny boo boo... HA ha. 10/4/2007 3:25:12 PM |
392 Suspended 2488 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I almost guarantee that none of the illegal immigrants see a dime of welfare or Medicaid" | who needs welfare or medicaid when you've got public schools and emergency rooms?
we can't feed, educate, clothe, and heal every of the 6 billion people
who happen to somehow get their ass across our border
it's fucking insane that so many democrat douchebags advocate this policy
human rights my ass, how about sustainability?
don't you fucking democrats like sustainability?
you sure use the word a lot
HEY DEMOCRATS!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE! YEA!!!!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT! YEA!!!!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE! YEA!!!!
LET'S HEAR IT FOR SUSTAINABLE IMMIGRATION ***crickets***
[Edited on October 4, 2007 at 3:54 PM. Reason : .]10/4/2007 3:53:26 PM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I don't care if you learn English or not but don't fly your flag over ours." |
i'd rather they learn english and fly flags over the us flag, personally.10/4/2007 4:05:53 PM |
Yoshiemaster Suspended 9388 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i'd rather they learn english and fly flags over the us flag, personally." |
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people have their priorities so fucked up it. it's almost as if they just want to say somethin and not care what it is they're saying, they just want to attract attention somehow. i'm embarrassed to be a part of this country sometimes. the potential is great, but then shit like this happens and i end up just lookin down and shaking my head.10/4/2007 4:15:08 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18369 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "but on the general topic...i think the flag rules are stupid. ohhhhh noooo it hit the ground now we have to burn it." |
Thats an urban myth and not an actual rule, but hey thanks for playing.10/4/2007 4:22:42 PM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
^^ wait, so are you saying that i embarrass you or are you agreeing w/ me? 10/4/2007 4:25:27 PM |
1 All American 2599 Posts user info edit post |
Dear 392,
Guess which party they (and their kids) vote for.
Follow the money. 10/4/2007 4:26:11 PM |