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Colorado School Comes Under Fire for Hanging Saudi Flag Higher Than American Flag

Published September 05, 2011
| FoxNews.com

An elementary school in Colorado has come under criticism after they lowered the American flag and elevated a Saudi Arabian flag.

The principal at Bauder Elementary School in Fort Collins said they did not mean to disrespect the American flag, according to a report in the Greeley Gazzette.

Principal Brian Carpenter told the newspaper that the American flag was immediately returned to its proper and prominent position at the school.

He explained that other flags are posted around the school to recognize the nationalities of students from other countries.

A photograph showing the raised Saudi flag alongside the lowered American flag was first posted on the Greeley Report, a local blog. It generated lots of local debate.

“We realize this is an extremely sensitive time with us getting close to the 10th anniversary of 9/11," Carpenter told the Gazzette.

"There is an increased amount of alertness and sensitivity, but if someone is concerned about something to do with our flag I will settle the issue right away.”


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/05/colorado-school-comes-under-fire-for-hanging-saudi-flag-higher-than-american/#content



The picture was not included with the Fox News story and if it were. I think it would have cleared up the issue. You can see the flag post is clearly broken and no sinister attempt at disgracing the US Flag was at work.

This story,like many others on the Fox News site and other sites,has one purpose in mind. That purpose it to inflame the readers. They add a message board to stories like this one and the end result is huge numbers of web hits, which we know will increase the money they can charge their advertisers. That is fine and obviously makes these websites a lot of money, but with that should come some responsibility to what is posted on their message boards in reply to these stories.

Most major websites now use a service called Disqus. It's a filtering software among other things and these websites use it to"moderate" their sites, so they don't have to pay live humans to do it for them. The problem is the software is easy to beat and most of the posters know this and routinely post obscenities and racist over the top comments.

As you will see with this story and others. It's the wild west on these boards. Anything goes and no one seems to care. Can you imagine if CNN Or Fox News allowed this sort of behavior on their broadcast stations? So you have to wonder why they allow it to continue on their websites. Has money become that important?

In the future I will post the story and the comments that follow. I thought in this first story I would post a little explanation as to what was going on, So lets see what the posters had to say on this story.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nonyabusiness

Do not feel sorry for Colorado, they act like the victims, all along they're the perpetrators.



zzgomer

What in th f u ck is wrong with CO! time to bring them back in line! id i ot s!



ray33 in reply to topoftherock

hang the principal by his "gonads" with piano wire



ghosthunter2

Obama leads from behind. Behind the moos-lims a zz's as he sticks his nose between their stinky buns


rukidding86

Isn't that the same Saudi Arabia that sent us the/ter/rorists on 9/11 ?


averagejack

Hang any others countries' flag on a wall, not on a flagpole. It is still respectful. How dumb does a principal have to be to not know basic citizenry associated with our own customs and courtesies? Let's see his education transcripts. What an embarassment.
pzzdnga 0 minutes ago


Sorry you feel that way...so why don't you just sign up for citizenship in another country that is more to your lower, disrespectful standards. It's your apathetic attitude that allows the rest of us to lose our freedoms one by one. This IS an issue...one of disrespect, lack of etiquette, and another example "progressive education" only teaching what works for the socialists...and BTW...it's the "teabagger" values that allows you to spout your bs freely, if not ignorantly on this public forum.


astrummagister

This is nothing more than a case of good initiative, bad judgement. Move along people, move along.


sidetracksusie

ABSOLUTELY no flag except an AMERICAN flag and a state flag should EVER be displayed or flown at ANY public school or institution. NONE!


inguy23

What the freak!


estibaliz

All the libs should be deported to countries where the illegal immigrants and terrorists come from.


trbl4disqus

Hey COLORADO and CARPENTER... we DO NOT HONOR other flags in this country. Other countries DO NOT HONOR the American flag - - - in fact, MANY BURN IT !!

"“We realize this is an extremely sensitive time with us getting close to the 10th anniversary of 9/11. There is an increased amount of alertness and sensitivity, but if someone is "concerned" about something to do with our flag
I will settle the issue right away.” BS !

You forget Carpenter - - - it was UBL and his mooselim terrorists who were responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people on AMERICAN SOIL.

UBL was a SAUDI citizen !!!! Get those DAM FLAGS DOWN !!!



iramo chen in reply to trbl4disqus


Yes. Let's be more like Saudi Arabia.


AFONTANA58

This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, not Saudi Arabia, France, or any
other gdam country. OUR FLAG is the only flag that must fly, and I
don't give a flying sh it what nation is 'OFFENDED'. If you don't like
it, get the he ll out of here and go back to your backwards desert
jockey country and eat camels for dinner, i'll buy your tickets back
one way.


jskornick

I thought there was a separation of church and state. Saudi Arabia is clearly a religious empire therefore flying that flag at a public school should be illegal and considered imposing a religious faith on others. Or is that something that only applies to Christians.


The_Fast_and_Furious_Gunrunner

Liberals, why does being unpatriotic come so easily to you?



rockafeller24

Thats what you get when you elect a professional flag-burner into WH



almightygod

Maybe the principal would also like the Saudi flag draped over his pine box.