August 9, 2009

Rockland, MA News

I am usually not a fan of Fox News (Unfair and Unbalanced), however they hit the nail of this story on the head.

Mom, vets protest inverted flag

ROCKLAND - Veterans groups and the mother of a Marine killed in Iraq say the owner of a used car lot in Rockland is being disrespectful by flying the U.S. flag upside down.
But Kevin McGee of McGee Used Car Annex tells The Enterprise of Brockton an upside down flag is a legitimate sign of distress that he's using because the town has revoked his business license.
Maureen O'Haire, whose son Walter O'Haire was killed in Iraq in 2007, lives across the street from the lot and told selectmen she was outraged to see the flag flying upside down.
Former Marine Angelo Triantaffelow, speaking on behalf of the local VFW and American Legion, called McGee's protest "wrong."
Police say there is nothing they can do because McGee's stand is constitutionally protected.

I am never going to do business with McGee Used Car Annex.

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