City Makes Big Mistake

The City of Rochelle, NY confiscated (stole) the “Gadsden Flag (“Don’t Tread On Me”) from the flagpole of the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association of New Rochelle. That was a BIG mistake (but a typical one, considering where they are). That flag is a flag of solidarity among people who have “no backup” in them and they have asked the Thomas More Law Center to file a federal lawsuit in their behalf, which they did. The City Council didn’t like the flag because it is being used as a symbol of the Tea Parties. The City Manager first demanded its removal, then changed his mind after being informed (he didn’t know) of the historical significance of the flag. Then the Council, in SECRET SESSION, with the two Republican members excluded, voted to demand it be taken down. There is no legal right for them to do this, but taking a clue from Obama’s routine ignoring of the law in his actions, they did it anyway.

Now they’re fighting a federal lawsuit, which they’ll probably lose. If I had a “Gadsden Flag” and the city told me to take it down an, worse, wanted to “confiscate (steal)” it, I’d tell them to “go have sex with a horse.” If I want to fly such a flag, I WILL do so. They can go take a long walk off a short pier. The city had “granted” the UVMPA-NR and its predecessor organizations the right to fly and maintain flags on its flagpole, yet another imposition of more authority than they had. Americans have the right to fly any flag they wish without going, “hat in hand” to a politician to ask for permission. Other politicians have usurped that right, but that doesn’t make it right. (Thomas More Law Center)