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These guys live at the end of the street from me...
Guess I am allowed to get mine out now too since we no longer have an HOA!
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These guys live at the end of the street from me...
Guess I am allowed to get mine out now too since we no longer have an HOA!
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Jolly Rodger flown here.
How is that a political flag?
Depends if you are on the recieving end. LOL
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Originally Posted by Stuart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag
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Tea Party symbol
Beginning in 2009, the Gadsden Flag has become an adopted symbol of the American Tea Party movement.[6][7] Tea Party activists have embraced the "Don't Tread on Me" flag and its message.[8] Nationwide it serves as an alternative to the stars and stripes[9] for Tea Party protesters upset at the current government yet still feeling patriotic. [10] It was also seen being displayed by members of Congress at Tea Party rallies.[11] Some lawmakers have dubbed it a political symbol due to the Tea Party connection,[9] and the political nature of Tea Party supporters.[12]
I would not expect anything less from ya. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.man
What a shame. Thanks for ruining it Tea Party.
Flown here as well. I remember when I first got it and started flying it. Back then it was all just for fun but one of my neighbors went to several of my other neighbors asking "What does it mean?" "What's he telling us?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.man
The next time I saw that neighbor I told him it means that he needs to learn to lighten up - and maybe even watch Peter Pan. He still didn't get it. Oh well.
Now, I fly it as a bit of a protest.
Holy cow... Whatever. Because a current political statement is made with the flag, 200 years of history is wiped out; poof... I don't think so. My neighbor has bee flying the Gadsden along with Ole Glory since before the Tea Party business. I find out they go after him for it, I'll personally show up to the HOA meeting with every damn neighbor I can recruit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
Isn't that what the Nazi symbol did to the much older Buddhist symbol? Even though they are different.Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
Yes, and many Native American nations also used the symbol for centuries before the Nazi's got ahold of it as well. Personally, I think it's a really cool and amazing little symbol, but the damned Nazi's went and ruined it for everyone.
My company does NOT manage East York Villas :)
Most point to Hindu for it's origins, but it was used all over the globe for centuries by many different cultures until the Nazi's turned it into a symbol of distain. More than a few Native American cultures have used the symbol for thousands of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Most of the symbology used by Hitler and the Nazi's originated from scandinavian beginnings. They suited Hitler's vision of the perfect arian race as they derived from what he saw as 'pure stock'.
Sorry, but I had to deal with a little bit of white supremacy garbage when I was LE, and it always pissed me off to no end to see symbols from my heritage being used by those idiots.
I'm not sure I would categorize the current use of the Gadsden in the same league as what the Nazi's did. I see it more of an extension of historical beliefs being represented in a modern day. What the Nazi's did was pure perversion.
Of course it was, but the comparison was to check the validity of some organization wiping the slate on thousands of years of history.
I don't want to have to be associated with a party, in order to express my appreciation of freedom. Even if it is a "party" that I currently am in support of.
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Originally Posted by Stuart
welcome to the other side of the first Amendment
I don't like that one of the most significant religious symbols of my peoples history is now associated with Hatred, ignorance and racial/religious intolerance.
Just as I am sure that Many people feel that the confederate battle flag was a symbol of State Sovereignty and not racial Bias or slavery.
I look at it this way, you don't have to be a member of the tea party to want to express the same message to D.C. that they are.
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Now that I installed lights - I'm flying mine 24/7
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/flagpole.jpg
http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showpo...8&postcount=33
mine's in the garage. . . .I need to get a flag pole
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...1282681772.jpg
Just keep the blue and white dishcloth in the Garage :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JoeT
Nice Toys
If you need more room in that garage... I'll be glad to put a few miles on the Shelby....Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeT
[Beer]
HEY..i know Steve the guy who started and owns the company of that snap on floorings. Nice garage!Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeT
Don't get me wrong, I totally see why HOA's would be important. But in my experience I end up dealing with HOA staff who have nothing better to do than complain about the petty stuff with people's houses. Or they wait until someone is completely done with a project before telling them they did it outside of HOA guidelines.
I know there are good ones and bad ones. Currently I live in a neighborhood that does not have one and Aurora Code Enforcement does a really good job of making sure people aren't parking cars on their lawns and what not. The neighborhood I lived in when I was teen in Thornton also did not have a HOA but Thornton Code Enforcement (who I referred to as Nazi's at the time) did a good job of making sure people weren't messy and their grass was not to long and so on.
Plus I have seen a lot of HOA fraud thus far (Not saying that they are all like that) just saying that I have seen quite a bit.
+1 One of our rental unit's HOA has been paying one of its board member excessive amount of money for snow clean up on a 32 unit building. Last year they spent thousands to paint less than 100 linear foot of fencing. [Rant1]Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
You have a Shelby, a lift and shoot? I'm currently available as a friend if you're taking applications...Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeT
Very sexy car though, every time my wife and I drive to Vegas we stop at Shelby. Someday, someday, probably a Factory 5 though. What's yours all about?
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Originally Posted by nogaroheli
It's a factory 5, built with all new parts (non donor build) it's got a 351W, a tremec 5 speed, IRS, 3.55 gears. It's carbed and we just moved out from sea level (Mass) so she's not tuned for the thin air yet.
We moved in 8/1 and after unpacking boxes, the garage was the first project. I hung all the drywall, ran the lights & electrical, there's air drops throughout the garage, The lift and floor (from floor junkies in TX) were the last things done. Now if the HOA would just let me put a small shed somewhere in the yard I could get the lawnmower, snowblower and other yard shit out of my side of the garage. (the wife's garage is just drywall and paint. Our deal was that she gets the small garage for herself and I'm not allowed to do anything else to it)
It's a little bit of a drive from CO springs, but if you need use of a lift, bring beer and make yourself at home. . . .
I'm a sucky shot though, so I dont know if you still want to be friends
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Originally Posted by JoeT
I need a scope to hit the 100 yard targets
I love Shelbys.(one of two Ford got right)
I have successfully built a storage shed
I Drink Beer
I live right down the road
you'd have to tolerate a Chevy parked out front
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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
Hell, I'm sold if no one else is