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[Ms tyrion2]

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@Hoovermom wrote:

Ok, I see but they weren't friends anyway.

...and that matters why?

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[Hoovermom]

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@Hoovermom wrote:

Ok, I see but they weren't friends anyway.

...and that matters why?

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Usually at funerals you have the people you are friends with give eulogies.  That's all..nothing sinister.

[Ms tyrion2]

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@Hoovermom wrote:

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@Hoovermom wrote:

Ok, I see but they weren't friends anyway.

...and that matters why?

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Usually at funerals you have the people you are friends with give eulogies.  That's all..nothing sinister.

Sorry, I was thinking you were on the flag flying at half staff issue.

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[Hoovermom]

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@Hoovermom wrote:

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@Hoovermom wrote:

Ok, I see but they weren't friends anyway.

...and that matters why?

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Usually at funerals you have the people you are friends with give eulogies.  That's all..nothing sinister.

Sorry, I was thinking you were on the flag flying at half staff issue.

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No problem.

[sunshine45]

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@ms traditional wrote:

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@sunshine45 wrote:

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@chickenbutt wrote:

I guess somebody has forced decency and the flags are being brought down again.  *sigh*

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"The White House has returned its flag to half-staff to honor the late Sen. John McCain after receiving widespread criticism for breaking with precedent and raising it to full-staff this morning. Earlier, the GOP and Dem Senate leaders issued a joint request to the Defense Dept. that all flags under their purview be kept at half-staff until McCain’s burial."

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@sunshine45  what was this quoted from.  i ask because the US Code states what is usually done  which what was done.  the decision can be made to extend days or whatever.  so what precedent is your source quoting?  pls share.

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@ms traditional

i did mention earlier what the us code said.

however, i believe THIS quote that i posted is taking into account the last few members of congress AND the last first lady and how long the flag was flown at half staff after their deaths. it was a news site and i apologize that i did not mention which one.

the "precedent" is really NOT following the code.

precedent:

an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

[ms traditional]

@sunshine45  thanks - you don't remember your source? 

when i think of precedent i definitely think of kind of a standard adhered to more or less -  not what has preceded. mine is kind of lawyer talk, though. the word is a bit misleading, eh?

when i read about previous members of Congress being honored, there was a varying number of days.  quite often their home state would lower flags for a longer period of time.

what jumped out at me was that the last member of Congress to be honored by lying in state was Daniel Inouye.(sp?)

all very interesting. 

[NickNack]

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@ms traditional wrote:

@sunshine45  thanks - you don't remember your source? 

when i think of precedent i definitely think of kind of a standard adhered to more or less -  not what has preceded. mine is kind of lawyer talk, though. the word is a bit misleading, eh?

when i read about previous members of Congress being honored, there was a varying number of days.  quite often their home state would lower flags for a longer period of time.

what jumped out at me was that the last member of Congress to be honored by lying in state was Daniel Inouye.(sp?)

all very interesting. 

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@ms traditional  I read about the precedent being that the flag fly at half staff until after the funeral on CBS's website.

[ms traditional]

@NickNack  ah, CBS.   thank you!

[sidsmom]

Official Presidential Proclamation:

As a mark of respect for the memory & longstanding service

of Senator John McCain III, I hereby order, by the authority vested

in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,

that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at

the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds,

at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels

of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout

the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset,

on the day of interment.

I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period

at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other

facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and

stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord

two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

President of the United States