what rocks do these people crawl out from under

[Brad M.]

Awesome. I was about to say, this is going to lead to HOA's being declared Unconstitutional....

Bout damn time too.

 

[cracker]

WTF?

I bet he'll get tons of folks running to his side including other law firms to fight this.

what :bs:

 

[NW-ZJ-SCOTT]

The real question is what rocks are they smoking!

The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 200556 prohibits a
condominium, cooperative, or real estate management association from adopting or
enforcing any policy or agreement that would restrict or prevent a member of the
association from displaying the flag in accordance with the Federal Flag Code on
residential property to which the member has a separate ownership interest.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

:wantyou:atriot:atriot:

 

[H8PVMT]

The real question is what rocks are they smoking!

The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 200556 prohibits a
condominium, cooperative, or real estate management association from adopting or
enforcing any policy or agreement that would restrict or prevent a member of the
association from displaying the flag in accordance with the Federal Flag Code on
residential property to which the member has a separate ownership interest.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

the problem isn't the flag, it's the pole, he can hang a flag on one of those frilly poles you put outside your door.

 

[OverlandZJ]

I just read about this and was gonna post. This is absolute BS.. there should be some damn compassion given to a Medal of Honor winner.

What the hell is wrong with this country anymore..

 

[Jeff in VA]

the problem isn't the flag, it's the pole, he can hang a flag on one of those frilly poles you put outside your door.

and make it look like a f*ckin amusement park.......I passed a McDonald's on the way home today, and they had the Federal flag flying center mast, along with two red and yellow McDonalds flags flanking it.

Is that what this country has denegrated itself to???

might as well put lights on the fringe and hang f*ckin dingleberries off the gad damn border then for all it's worth, apparently.......

what the $#%* happened to RESPECT?

(yes, I fly both the Federal flag and a POW-MIA flag at my house....correctly)

Jeff

 

[5-90]

Let's see...

This guy is a retread - twice.
He's got the Big Gong.
I don't know what his other entitilements are, but I'm sure there's a Purple Heart or two in there somewhere, and other awards for valour.

And these prissy busybodies want to tell him he can't put up a flag on a pole out in the front yard.

That's almost as bad as GEN Joe Foss being picked on by airport insecurity because they didn't know anything about his Gong, and held him up for it (and a few other "commemorative" items he had with him on his way to West Point.)

The key problem I have with HOAs? You pay them so they have the privilege of telling you what to do with your property. Sorry - but most of the times I've been told what to do by someone when money was changing hands, they were paying me to do what I was told (the only exception to that involved the government, and I'm getting tired of that. I find it noteworthy that we got along fine without the Federal Income Tax until after WWII, and most states didn't have sales taxes forty or fifty years ago... What happened?)

Call me cranky, but I'm not about to live under an HOA. If they come around trying to organise one around me, I'll tell them they'll just have to make a hole in it if they want it to stand - I'm not going to support it, I'm damned sure not going to pay for it, and they can all go take a running jump for all of me.

Americans have turned entirely too "busybody" for my comfort of late...

 

[H8PVMT]

I'm not the least bit anti-semetic but it would just be messed up if the lawyer going after him is jewish, if I was Sgt. Barfoot I would stand up in court and recount the Nazi's I killed to ensure his ancestors could live in "somewhat" peace

that and I would show up to court wearing only the flag


atriot:

 

[FlexdXJ]

Yeah go figure, a HOA is behind it!:smsoap:

 

[kastein]

The key problem I have with HOAs? You pay them so they have the privilege of telling you what to do with your property. Sorry - but most of the times I've been told what to do by someone when money was changing hands, they were paying me to do what I was told (the only exception to that involved the government, and I'm getting tired of that. I find it noteworthy that we got along fine without the Federal Income Tax until after WWII, and most states didn't have sales taxes forty or fifty years ago... What happened?)

I fully agree. You know why Fed Income Tax and sales taxes are needed now? entitlement programs... lots of em! As many as our duly elected representatives can cram into the budget, and more, so that they can raise taxes more!

It used to be that you could say the federal government was the only company that wasn't required to run a surplus (make money) every year, but nowadays it seems like everyone's allowed to run a deficit, and then go running to guess who to bail them out...

</derail>

If they tear down his flagpole I'm sending him a new one, materials to put one up, or money to do so. If it wasn't against the law, I'd find it rather poetic and quite amusing to show up in the middle of the night and put one on the HOA president's lawn, in fact. Actually, screw it, I'd :roflmao: if someone did that even though it's illegal.

 

[5-90]

I fully agree. You know why Fed Income Tax and sales taxes are needed now? entitlement programs... lots of em! As many as our duly elected representatives can cram into the budget, and more, so that they can raise taxes more!

It used to be that you could say the federal government was the only company that wasn't required to run a surplus (make money) every year, but nowadays it seems like everyone's allowed to run a deficit, and then go running to guess who to bail them out...

</derail>

If they tear down his flagpole I'm sending him a new one, materials to put one up, or money to do so. If it wasn't against the law, I'd find it rather poetic and quite amusing to show up in the middle of the night and put one on the HOA president's lawn, in fact. Actually, screw it, I'd :roflmao: if someone did that even though it's illegal.

*snerk* We got anyone local, and someone willing to co-ordinate collections? I've seen this on three Jeep boards so far, and I don't think we'd have a problem with taking up a collection to keep putting up two flagpoles on nights when they need to go up (with a heartfelt "Thank You" note on one of them, and a heartfelt "F*** You" note on the other...)

They don't need to be large - just large enough to be noticeable, small enough that a couple guys could put one up at 0300, and enough of a bugger to tear out...

I don't have much, but I'd donate to that cause! Think we could get anyone to make up a batch of "I Blow Goats" flags for the HOA prez?

 

[H8PVMT]

If they tear down his flagpole I'm sending him a new one, materials to put one up, or money to do so. If it wasn't against the law, I'd find it rather poetic and quite amusing to show up in the middle of the night and put one on the HOA president's lawn, in fact. Actually, screw it, I'd :roflmao: if someone did that even though it's the right thing to do .

fixed it for you

 

[Boatwrench]

After reading Jon's posts two thoughts came to mind.

1st. Looks like we need a meet and greet in Sussex Square.

2nd. I am glad it is not about education, or is this written with a Virginia dialect. "This is not about the American flag. This about a flagpole," the statement reads."

 

[Jeff in VA]

*snerk* We got anyone local, and someone willing to co-ordinate collections?

I'm about 20 minutes away from this circus

thininkg about strapping Old Glory and the POW flag on either side of the MJ and running up there and rearranging some geography.....

Jeff

 

[JNickel101]

Anyone see that South Park episode where they burnt lower case t's in the front yard to get rid of the rich people? t for "time to leave"?

I think the HOA prez needs that

:roflmao:

 

[OverlandZJ]

Wonder when the HOA board members terms are up, or if they can be removed by public pressure.

 

[5-90]

After reading Jon's posts two thoughts came to mind.

1st. Looks like we need a meet and greet in Sussex Square.

2nd. I am glad it is not about education, or is this written with a Virginia dialect. "This is not about the American flag. This about a flagpole," the statement reads."

Tom, it may be "about a flagpole" - but I don't see how a single flagpole can constitute "blight" by any particular stretch of the imagination - provided it's properly installed (viz: not lying flat on the yard or anything.)

No, it's not about the flag proper, but they're causing trouble for someone who doesn't need it, an in a manner I can't see how they're allowed to do.

Where's Sussex Square?

 

[Jeff in VA]

Henrico County, right outside of Richmond (VA) city proper.

 

[Jeff in VA]

UPDATE.....the HOA has seemingly backed off a bit....

UPDATED 6:44 p.m.

D-Day has been extended a week for a Medal of Honor recipient fighting to keep his flag flying atop his Henrico County front-yard flagpole.

Col. Van T. Barfoot was facing a 5 p.m. deadline tomorrow to remove the pole or deal with the legal consequences of willfully violating an order from his neighborhood’s community association.

“There’s not going to be an announcement (of a settlement) anytime this weekend,” said John K. Honey, part of a legal team offering its services at no cost to Barfoot, 90.

Honey said that the homeowner association’s board notified him this afternoon after an emergency meeting that it would agree to push back the deadline for removing the pole to Friday, Dec. 11.

“We can all get some breathing room,” Honey said.

Barfoot, a veteran of three wars who says he has flown the American flag for most of his life, was ordered earlier this week to remove the pole because the association had rejected his request to erect it and he constructed it anyhow.

The staff of U.S. Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., has intervened to help negotiate a settlement in the dispute.


Fukkin' ay.....

Jeff

 

[OverlandZJ]

atriot:

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