On Tuesday I'm looking out my 10th floor office window here in Ft Worth and notice 7-8 blocks away there are two flagpoles - one with the American flag and one with the Texas flag, but something catches my eye - the red field in the Texas flag is on the top - it's upside down. It starts bugging me so on my way home I find the place - a real estate office of some kind and call the nuimber on the sign, get a recording and politely tell them their Texas flag is upside down. Yesterday it was still upside down so I call and talked to some guy and a little more firmly tell him the flag is upside down and he needs to fix it. He said he would change it but there was a hint of "whatever, Dude" in his voice. I just looked and the flag is still upside down. I think I may have to pay him a visit...
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Have one of your Law Enforcement buddies take care of it.... -
Is it actually against the law? I gave the number to several of my co-workers who are going to start calling. We are going to keep ragging him till' they fly it properly.Comment
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I know there are some laws and restrictions on how the American flag must be flown and treated, I don't know about the state flag.....
I just figured they would take the situation seriously when a Law Enforcement officer stopped by or called......Comment
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I Found This..."Flag Code"
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 11. STATE SYMBOLS AND HONORS; PRESERVATION
SUBTITLE A. STATE SYMBOLS AND HONORS
CHAPTER 3100. STATE FLAG
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 3100.001. STATE FLAG. The state flag is the 1839
national flag of the Republic of Texas.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 7.001, eff. Sept. 1,
2001....
§ 3100.053. ORIENTATION ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF. If
the state flag is displayed on a flagpole or flagstaff, the white
stripe should be at the top of the flag, except as a signal of dire
distress in an instance of extreme danger to life or property.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 7.001, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.Comment
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maybe they are protesting and want to succeed?Comment
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Maybe the are under seige, and flying it as a signal ?
FWComment
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When I graduated from Basic Training at Ft. Benning.....my dad noticed that the Texas flag was upside down.
He hollered at a soldier...."Hey you! You need to turn that flag right side up!"
"Hey you" was a Seargent Major.
He had it taken care of.....Ultramatic Feeders
We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded......
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l---- L-- -OlllllllO-
()_)--()_)---o-)_)Comment
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Call the Chamber of Commerce, Star Telegram and the TV stations...
10 to 1 .... it'll be fixed
I fired a plant manager for hanging the flag upside down and then telling me "who cares" when I asked him to correct it....
I reckon he found out...
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hmmm...keep buggin him. it's either ignorance or disrespect but either way it should be fixed.
what's the number? I don't mind calling him(i am in c-stat so make sure its still upside down for me before u post the #
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Post his number so everyone can call him!
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Originally posted by Feederwatcher View Post
In that case, I would call the SWAT Team and have them check it out....
Imagine SWAT busting thru the door and a freeked out employee asking "what's going on here"...and the lead SWAT officer states "we saw the flag was upside down, we came as fast as we could"...
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YEAH!!! That will be a lot more fun!!Originally posted by Jaspro View PostPost his number so everyone can call him!
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thats upsettingComment
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