| Posted: Mon Dec 28th, 2009 12:41 pm |
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lookinround
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I agree - this is unacceptable and disrespectful! When I see it I give thought to stopping and removing it, not a court in the USA would fault me for trespassing. I hope more care is given to the Smith Island Cakes than given to their American flag.
Or is this the true feeling about the non-native American man's flag?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20th, 2009 11:27 am |
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Lives in Crisfield
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The clanking is not so bad compared to the flag that is being allowed to disintegrate on the pole, for all to see, on Rt. 413. Is the horrible disrespect of our American Flag deliberate or sheer unconcerned ignorance of proper respect for the flag that represents the government/people that put up that grant money, for that business, in the first place?
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 04:00 pm |
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In the spirit of "free speech with civility" I offer this quote from William S. Gilbert. "Perhaps it would be wise not to carp or criticize for it's very evident these intentions are well meant". Yeah! Well, all of that notwithstanding, as an ex-Navy petty officer and a sailor of some experience I shall comment on what seems to be a yawning gap in training on the part of the Crisfield High School ROTC. It would seem that no one has instructed them on one of the most fundamental skills of marlinspike seamanship; i.e how to properly secure a flagstaff halyard!
My astonishment doubles when I consider that in the maritime community of Crisfield, where following the water is a way of life, no one has ever thought of this as a matter of common courtesy.
With just a little extra effort the folks who raise and lower our American flag at CHS every morning and evening (they do fold it properly, yes?) could do their their N. Somerset Ave. neighbors a great service. Simply lower the halyard far enough so that the hanks are below the flagstaff. You might even want to wrap the halyard two or three times around the pole so that it doesn't CLANK ALL DAY AND NIGHT and then secure it to the cleat. Nuff Said! 
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