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U.S. Forest Service Bans Old Glory

gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Just heard on Fox News that the U.S. Forest Service has banned civilians from flying Old Glory or any other flag on National Forest & U.S. forest Service flag poles even if they are in your privately rented camp or cabin site. What the "H" is going on? Ever since Jimmy Carter, the U.S. Forest Service has gone down the left side of the hill.

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  • hillbillyhippiechichillbillyhippiechic Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a hard time believing that they will be able to enforce that one! Drive around most of Pennsylvania, especially western, and tell me just how many American and Rebel flags you see.
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    To tell me I cant fly old glory anywhere I please in this country is BS.Ive got one thing to say...F-that.I agree what the hell is going on when we cant fly the U.S flag in U.S forests???STUPID S***

    Eric S. Williams

    Edited by - E.Williams on 07/23/2002 00:58:32
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Really, I'll fly any flag any where I darn well please, its free speech, and if any park ranger tells me I can't, he's in for a whooping.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, some of you are behind times, don't you know that flying a flag causes property values to go down? and think of the u n troops in the nat for's you don't want to offend them. respt submitted dads-freehold

    rodney colson
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got some offense for em...GO HOME!I meen really how can they tell us we cant fly our flag in our forests?This is America and we are being kept fro flying the American flag in some of the best places in America.Just call me old fashioned but I love what this flag stands for and any American who gave their life to give that flag that standing.Hell not being allowed to fly it offends the hell out of me and Im American sad my country doesnt care about my offense.

    Eric S. Williams

    Edited by - E.Williams on 07/23/2002 02:01:21
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can do it but you have to have a permit. The guy that was given a citation for it, who had been leasing his cabin for 20 years, was recently given a personal apology from the Secty. of the Dept. of Agriculture, and the forrest ranger that gave the citation, upon a call from the states congressman to the Scty. of Agr. It worked itself out in the end, nice to see that.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    The National Forests belong to the American people, not the U.S. government or U.S. Division of Forestry.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • metalcuttermetalcutter Member Posts: 34 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Sarge,

    Did they say I have to get a permit to read the US Constitution or study US History too? How 'bout if I want to take a wiz behind a tree?
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  • muleymuley Member Posts: 1,583 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    robsguns.....Thanks for the update. It's too early in the day for me to get pissed. I haven't even said Good Morning to my dogs yet.
    muley

    **I love the smell of Hoppes #9 in the morning**
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  • Ronald J. SnowRonald J. Snow Member Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4GodandCountry:
    Try going to www.comeandtakeit.com/unproperty.html
    I haven't yet researched the matter beyond what you will read but is is certainly interesting reading.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4GodandCountry:

    Obviously you have not gotten the word. The U.S. Forest Service belongs to the paper and lumber companies. The U.S. Forests belong to them and ranchers.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Ye, I got the word, and the word is "TYRANY"! The people are no longer in control of their government. Everything is under government control, and I emphasise EVERYTHING!

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • turboturbo Member Posts: 820 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I suppose, it's okay for anyone to display the Irianian or Iraqi flag, at any campsite?

    I guess some liberal in the US Forest Service feels displaying Old Glory might offend someone from another country.


    Absolutely Asbsurd.



    ,

    "The great object is that every man.... everyone who is able may have a gun." Patrick Henry
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    metal cutter,
    Havent you heard? We have to study Mexico's history now, and the only pissing in public allowed is on the U.S. Cconstitution by our elected officials.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • DonldDonld Member Posts: 741 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My understanding of this issue is that flags are permitted if the pole is mounted on the cabin itself or if the flag is draped from some part of the cabin, but no one is allowed to dig a hole in the ground since the area was once inhabited by Indians. Yeah, it's still pretty asinine (Reverent voice: ...and here we have a sacred place where a native-American, for reasons not yet clearly understood, once put one rock on top of another...)but not quite as damning as the original post would indicate.
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Unbeleivable!!!! What else can I say?
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Those who would have me remove my flag are automatic candidates for instantaneous lead poisoning.


    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
    Will270win@nraonline.com
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    That was the one thing that I
    wanted to do before I die..go
    to the fr!&&in` woods,
    and put up a flag!!

    .218
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