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Finally, yesterday morning, I walked with the dog once again by the house with the flag at half mast and saw a tall but aging fellow in the garage.
I told myself, "Enough of my just guessing at the old man's intentions at flying his American flag each day at half-mast. I needed to stop making assumptions and get to the root of the message."
Well, the gracious older American (neighbor) explained, "Well the part of the mast is broken at the top. However, I can get up their to fix it. The flag just doesn't go any higher."
MESSAGE
I say it is high time that Americans stop all the misunderstandings and false assumptions (and other misunderstandings) leading to hostilities this hot summer of 2010. Sitting down and talking to your neighbors and start repairing our flag poles (and fences) and rotting infrastructure is a great place to start, eh?
That is as direct as I want to be right now.
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