Mike_Dunston's Blog

yeah, I agree. Besides, people always want to tap dance around the mexican or puerto rico flags displayed everywhere...

On Plymouth Sorrento Rd, about 1/2 mi from 441 is a small store that used to be owned by americans, now it has the country of mexico painted on the front, with a mexican flag flying underneath a smaller United States flag....what a disgrace.

Forget about flying a BIGGER Confederate flag so that Trinity Church in Chicago. that will only add fuel to the fire. How about flying a MUCH BIGGER American Flag so that Trinity Church can SEE THAT from Tampa!!

Couldn't care less. If it is not violating any ordnances and on private property, it's none of my business. No one has the right to not be offended.

It doesn't matter what I think, it is private property and he can display anything he wants.
Robin, it is being placed on provate property that will be a memorial to the soldiers of the confederacy. It is a project of the Sons of the Confederate Soldiers. It is not being put there to offend anyone, it is their way of honoring the war dead. Given that, why is it such a bad idea?

It's history & heritage but it was abused by hate! Sounds very familiar huh!!! Those who desecrated it for their own personal gain should be accountable for a part of the racist accusations! It would seem that our own American Flag is being treated the same!

I agree that one should be able to do whatever they want on their own property, but if this topic comes up for debate, I can see why some people would be upset, especially those who know what sacrifice for Freedom is all about.

Randyloo, perhaps before anyone should defend what they are doing, are they really honoring the war dead, if so why not other war flags of America as well? I haven't read any reports of why these people put up the Flag in the first place, just basically because they stated they wanted to honor history and that they stated they had the permits. And if these individuals wanted to honor history, then why put up a Battle Flag and not one of the first Confederate Flags showing what the war really meant? That's were the honor would be, flying one of the original Confederate Flags. So if one really wanted to honor the Confederate War, then I agree with mscsailor.

Fly the Rebel flag Tall and Proud. It Rebels
against invading northerners, not the black population.
Being a Floridian for 38 years,
originally from Georgia, please don't
let the NAACP take 'another' personal freedom
from the proud southern people at large.

More American Confederate soldiers lost there life during the Civil War than all American wars combined 258,000....Anyone apposed to any memorial to these soldiers should go fix themselves a big cup of shut the hell up.

Its a flag so what. If the guy wants to fly it its his right under the constitution called freedom of expression.

There is a Confederate National Flag and that too will be flown at the park, but the TV uses the Battleflag to sell the news. My Family did not own any slavesbut as a WHITE SOUTHRON MALE, I am supposed to be sorry for what someone did to a slave. Lincoln even said he would not free slaves if he could preserve the union by not doing so.
The flag is history and as a Southron man I am proud of the region I live in. The South is so nice all the yankees come down here and settle, then they want to control governement like it was up there. I dont care how they do it up north. This Flag is my flag,let the Sons of Confederate Vetreans fly it and join the group if you too have a Confederate Soldier in your family tree. Call 1-800-MY Dixie and Join. If ya want to see what this flag looks like go to I-75 in White Springs, Fl. We have one there too or maybe your like to look at one in Havana,Fl on US 27, or Plattville, Ala on I-65. One day you can look up and remember you too are a proud Southerner. BTW Southron is Olde English, which is how we wrote.

You are exactly right Bonnie Blue..

From Wikipidia;

What is now often called "The Confederate Flag" or "The Confederate Battle Flag" (actually a combination of the Battle Flag's colors with the Second Navy Jack's design), despite its never having historically represented the CSA as a nation, has become a widely recognized symbol of the South. It is also called the "rebel" or "Dixie" flag, and is often incorrectly referred to as the "Stars and Bars" (the actual "Stars and Bars" is the First National Flag, which used an entirely different design).

..and didn't rebdoctor from the above post re-iterate which flags were going to be flown at this memorial and the news media makes it look like they are the KKK or something. Media!!!always informing the public.
BTW the FOX NEWS blogger in Tampa said this flag and flagpole was for adversetisement...how wrong was he in his report?

I caught that too Loo..I think that HE was HOPING that Advertizement restrictions aimed at billboards could be applied here..

You FORGOT the SWITCH Deb...LMAO..

Okay, Hawk! Go cut your switch! You're right!
YOU, my DEAR friend, are LONG overdue!
Hey Sabaii, Now there's an inventive idea! It would make it easier for the cops to find, if they did! A Haitian Flag? What are they saying? "Hey, we're loaded with AIDS in here!"