Last week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered all flags at public institutions in Virginia to be lowered to pay respect to those killed in the surprise Hamas attack on Israel.
Flags were to remain at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, October 14.
Flags should “be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds to honor the lives lost in the horrific terror attack committed against Israel and to hold those injured and held hostage in our thoughts,” Youngkin said in a release last Sunday.
This took place across the Commonwealth, but not in the Town of Cape Charles. Apparently, Cape Charles did not have a flag available to fly during this time. According to the Town, the current flag was damaged and it would have been disrespectful to fly in that condition.
So, a town with a $7 million dollar budget doesn’t have a flag? Really? It would seem that the very second you found out your flag was damaged, you would have purchased a new one. In the meantime, you can repair a damaged flag and use it until it is replaced. Nobody is going to yell at you for doing this, especially when the situation is fully warranted and ordered by the Governor.
The Town eventually ordered and received a new flag (on Friday), but not without citizens first making a scene about it.
Why did they wait so long when one of the best flag and signal operations is right here in the 757? This writer provided the address. Back in the day, Joe Vaccaro, as a Marine, would never allow the town to be flagless. He would have driven across in his own car to get one if need be. He understood the symbol. Those days are long gone.
Somebody working for the town, collecting a salary on the taxpayer’s dime, had the job of keeping track of things like replacing a damaged flag. What exactly are they doing all day?
PRO MYSTERY TIP: The town employee who carries water and tries to make excuses for this lapse is the main suspect. But, there could be several.
A Darker Theory
A couple of citizens told the Mirror they did not think the Town had any intention of honoring the dead Jews by flying the flag at half-mast. I don’t believe it was intentional, however, the general lack of care and urgency could be a subliminal symptom, a residue of historically ingrained Jew hate. Behind my back, people in this town have called me the “Dirty Little Jew”, so there’s that. There will always be this: Jews consider Jesus a great Jew, but not a prophet, not the Son of God, not the Messiah, and he did not rise from the dead. In a historical context, he was a Jew who launched an effort to subvert the Roman government and he was crucified for his efforts, as many other Jews were. This schism between Christians and Jews is two thousand years old–as Freud correctly noted, so much of the self is submerged and driven by unknown forces–the conscious Christian mind may not be aware of what drives it to do certain things. Like not respecting dead and fallen Jews.
Whatever. Jew hate is not new.
In a more secular sense, this lapse, while seemingly small on the surface, exposes deeper flaws in the operation. It seems this would be a good time to reevaluate the current staffing structure. Should the entire town staff be replaced with contractors? Cape Charles has turned the harbor operations over to contractors, and the utilities have been sold and will be run by an outside firm, why not do the same with town staff? What’s the difference? There should be only three paid, public positions, serving at the pleasure of the Town Council– Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, and Town Manager. As a note, the police can be contracted, and still be considered ‘public’. In most cases, employees would just convert from public to private positions.
It all comes down to enhanced accountability–contractors must perform or they are out. Under this staffing structure, there might be a flag available when the town needs one.
Thank you Mr. Creed for this wonderful article. God Bless you. God Bless this town. And God Bless America.
Slurs behind the back because Wayne Creed is the Apollo Creed of bringing things to light.
Got a Problem?
The “Shoe Bomber” was a Muslim.
The Beltway Snipers were Muslims.
The Fort Hood shooter was a Muslim.
The USS Cole bombers were Muslims.
The Pulse Nightclub shooters were Muslims.
The “Underwear Bomber” was a Muslim.
The Madrid train bombers were Muslims.
The Times Square bomber was a Muslim.
The Bali nightclub bombers were Muslims.
The London subway bombers were Muslims.
The Moscow theater attackers were Muslims.
The Boston Marathon bombers were Muslims.
The Iranian Embassy takeover was by Muslims.
The Pan-Am Flight#103 bombers were Muslims.
The Air France Entebbe hijackers were Muslims.
The Beirut US Embassy bombers were Muslims.
The Libyan US Embassy attack was by a Muslim.
The Buenos Aires suicide bombers were Muslims.
The Kenyan US Embassy bombers were Muslims.
The Israeli Olympic Team attackers were Muslims.
The Saudi Khobar Towers bombers were Muslims.
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims.
The Beslan Russian school attackers were Muslims.
The Achille Lauro cruise ship attackers were Muslims.
The 1993 World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims.
The Bombay and Mumbai India attackers were Muslims.
The September 11th, 2001, airplane hijackers were Muslims.
Flashback 2007 from Nicholas Kristof in his New York Times article titled, ‘Obama: Man of the World’:
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. … Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”
Think of it:
Buddhists living with Hindus = No Problem
Hindus living with Christians = No Problem
Hindus living with Jews = No Problem
Christians living with Shintos = No Problem
Shinto living with Confucians = No Problem
Confucians living with Baha’is = No Problem
Baha’is living with Jews = No Problem
Jews living with Atheists = No Problem
Atheists living with Buddhists = No Problem
Buddhists living with Sikhs = No Problem
Sikhs living with Hindus = No Problem
Hindus living with Baha’is = No Problem
Baha’is living with Christians = No Problem
Christians living with Jews = No Problem
Jews living with Buddhists = No Problem
Buddhists living with Shintos = No Problem
Shintos living with Atheists = No Problem
Atheists living with Confucians = No Problem
Confusians living with Hindus = No Problem
Muslims living with Hindus = Problem
Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem
Muslims living with Christians = Problem
Muslims living with Jews = Problem
Muslims living with Sikhs = Problem
Muslims living with Baha’is = Problem
Muslims living with Shintos = Problem
Muslims living with Atheists = Problem
MUSLIMS LIVING WITH MUSLIMS = BIG PROBLEM
The Arabs are not happy!
They’re not happy in Gaza.
They’re not happy in Egypt
They’re not happy in Libya.
They’re not happy in Morocco.
They’re not happy in Iran.
They’re not happy in Iraq.
They’re not happy in Yemen.
They’re not happy in Afghanistan.
They’re not happy in Pakistan.
They’re not happy in Syria.
They’re not happy in Lebanon.
So, where are they happy?
They’re happy in England.
They’re happy in France.
They’re happy in Italy.
They’re happy in Germany.
They’re happy in Norway.
They’re happy in every country that is not Muslim.
And who do they blame?
Not Islam.
Not their leadership.
Not themselves.
THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN!
And they want to change the countries they’re happy in, to be like the countries they came from where they were unhappy! (kind of sounds like Come-Heres)
Islamic Jihad: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
ISIS : AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Qaeda: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Taliban: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Hamas: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Hezbollah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Boko Haram: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Nusra: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Abu Sayyaf: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Badr: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
CAIR: AN ISLAMIC TERROR-LINKED ORGANIZATION
Muslim Brotherhood: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Lashkar-e-Taiba: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Palestine Liberation Front: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Ansaru: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Jemaah Islamiyah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Abdullah Azzam Brigades: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
And We just can’t figure out who’s causing the problem?
Enough said!!
Seems like now not many people have much to say. I think they’ve run out of vocabulary. Or maybe they are too drunk to think or type with their mouths full of wine, a bottle in one hand, a glass in the other. They say I’m an idiot, yet I had a 3rd year college reading and comprehension level when I was 16.
Editor’s Note: Dude, you are no idiot, quite te opposite.
CC out of touch
With who?
With whom, dummy.
Press 1 for English…
him’s din do nuffins
I am quite sure that I axed you several questions….
A worn or damaged flag is still a flag.