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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are flags at half staffed
just drove by 3 businesses that had them at half mast
senseandsensibility
(24,051 posts)He was VP after all.
gopiscrap
(24,509 posts)I thought it might have been Repukes in mourning over the election results last night
PufPuf23
(9,665 posts)Smudging is the ritual burning of sacred herbs (white sage is an example) for spiritual cleansing or blessing.
Smudging GOP crap as a federal jobs program would burst some bubbleheads and do good.
Some are still following the PNAC/Cheney plan to remake the Middle East.
Abnredleg
(1,231 posts)Jarqui
(10,783 posts)as a symbol of what he did to his country ...
Irish_Dem
(77,782 posts)He should have gone to prison for what he did to Iraq.
Emile
(39,084 posts)SheltieLover
(74,994 posts)SheltieLover
(74,994 posts)lastlib
(27,101 posts)Other than the cultmembers.
SheltieLover
(74,994 posts)obamanut2012
(29,028 posts)lastlib
(27,101 posts)I hope it's final this time......
lastlib
(27,101 posts)Ships have masts. Flags are flown at *half-mast* on ships. On land they are flown at *half-staff*. Minor distinction, maybe, but I'm that kinda guy.
this is not my native language I spoke 3 other languages before English. I have always wondered about the difference
just as couch, divan, davenport and sofa
lastlib
(27,101 posts)(BTW, I hope I didn't come across as too snarky--I didn't intend to be, just a bad quirk of mine sometimes!)
Fight the good fight!
gopiscrap
(24,509 posts)I am still learning English even after all these years of being in the US
LoisB
(12,035 posts)terms indiscriminately. My bad.