Thread: High School in California raises mexico's flag over US flag

Originally Posted by CCUSA

This reminds me of last September with the Verde Group who were flying the Mexican flag higher in New Mexico.
I wrote Mr. Moore a letter.



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-----Original Message-----
To: Terrence R. Moore
Subject: Lower the Mexican flag in NM below American Flag!



Mr. Moore,



I am shocked and appauled that the Verde Group in your town in America have the Mexican flag raised higher than the American flag! Tell them to lower it now it's against the law. It's an insult to all Americans! Here is the article below:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4384754



Response I received.

The Department of Facilities is constantly being directed to ensure that proper flag etiquette is always adhered to. As such, by way of responding to this message, I am advising Director of Facilities Brian Denmark of the concerns that you’ve expressed, so that this is never an issue. Much appreciated.



Terrence Moore

City Manager

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Way to go CCUSA!! that how to get er done!!

Faye wrote:

We kindly asked the owner to take them down. He laughed.

Why don't you "kindly" start a petition against what he is doing because I'll bet you'd have an enormous number of signers and then take it to your local paper.

This is the kind of stuff the opposition would do. We need to change our mindset and not just complain and post to the choir, because we are still the majority!!!

Thanks Sosadforus. I was quite happy to receive such a eager response myself. It also shows that to set things right, you have to COMPLAIN and demand action.

I hope everyone that reads this will write letters to stop it if they see or here about this happening. American's fought and died for our flag and country. It deserves the top spot on every pole in America.

Originally Posted by olivermyboy

Faye wrote:

We kindly asked the owner to take them down. He laughed.

Why don't you "kindly" start a petition against what he is doing because I'll bet you'd have an enormous number of signers and then take it to your local paper.

This is the kind of stuff the opposition would do. We need to change our mindset and not just complain and post to the choir, because we are still the majority!!!

Your right about the news paper Oliver, you can get alot of attention that way to. but CCUSA got immediate results and thats good to.

I like your quote by Mark Twain, so true and I wrote it on an e-mail to my sister and a few other with the article about this next weeks hold their feet to the fire. You should send it to your two.

I don't believe the paper is going to be too happy with me here very shortly. I just arranged to picket them for supporting the Senate immigration bill and calling patriots "rabid, hulking, nationalists" and "xenophobes."

Faye wrote:

I don't believe the paper is going to be too happy with me here very shortly. I just arranged to picket them for supporting the Senate immigration bill and calling patriots "rabid, hulking, nationalists" and "xenophobes."

You go, girl!!! Let's get loud and demanding--the other side does it and it seems to work, so now is the time and the place for our side to take a stand!!!

Yeah, but Olivermyboy, now I have to figure out where to rent a foghorn...a blowhorn...whatever. I'm going to bed, ya'll.


These are neat little boogers!

LET'S GET 'EM! But I don't think flying 'em is against the law -- just etiquette. 'Course they don't seem to have any.

I love America!


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Illegal aliens are far from what it takes to be an American! They are breaking the law by being here!
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the Untied States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
As we have all seen...they do NOT truly want to be an American Citizen... and we should honor their request and SEND THEM HOME!

JAK wrote:

Illegal aliens are far from what it takes to be an American! They are breaking the law by being here!
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the Untied States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
As we have all seen...they do NOT truly want to be an American Citizen... and we should honor their request and SEND THEM HOME

....ASAP!!!!

To me the point here is that it's a school. If a hotel or auto dealership flies some other country's flag alongside our own I may not like it but I don't want to make it illegal either. Or my parent's flying an Italian flag on Columbus Day (actually they don't, but just an example). But public schools, government buildings, etc are different - only Old Glory should be flown.