Residents Told To Remove American Flag

[BigPapaVol]

This country is in a very sad state of affairs. What the hell is "freedom" when you can't even fly your own country's damn flag when and where you want. Pretty soon they'll be throwing people in jail for killing fly's. This country is getting weaker each and every day. Pretty soon they'll take our guns away and make it illegal to hunt.

Its sad to say but this country is running 90mph straight for a brickwall. I just hope future generations will be speaking english and not arabic or chinese.

but aren't you stepping on the freedoms of the apartment owner if he can't set rules on his own property?

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

but aren't you stepping on the freedoms of the apartment owner if he can't set rules on his own property?

Everybody has rights and are entitled to them. Maybe if he had some balls and came out and said that He was the one offended by the flag than this story would make more cents.

 

[BigPapaVol]

When you know you're better than everyone else, you dont need to yell about it quite as much. We have a little thing called 'class' and 'good taste' where I'm from.

Ahh, the good old British sensibilities of class and good taste. I wish we had them. Then we'd be much better about defining our peasants and bowing to our royalty. What might have been.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Everybody has rights and are entitled to them. Maybe if he had some balls and came out and said that He was the one offended by the flag than this story would make more cents.

isn't he just trying to avoid vandalism?

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

isn't he just trying to avoid vandalism?

Ahh, the good old British sensibilities of class and good taste. I wish we had them. Then we'd be much better about defining our peasants and bowing to our royalty. What might have been.

but aren't you stepping on the freedoms of the apartment owner if he can't set rules on his own property?

who goes both ways?

Having a bad day BPV? Or is it just that time of the month?

 

[droski]

people crap on california, but oregon is where the truly liberal wackjobs live.

 

[droski]

Ahh, the good old British sensibilities of class and good taste. I wish we had them. Then we'd be much better about defining our peasants and bowing to our royalty. What might have been.

sometimes i wonder if this guy is actually british. the % of white trash in england is far higher than it is in the united states.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Having a bad day BPV? Or is it just that time of the month?

I don't get it. I regularly take jabs at our condescending bourgeois Brit and was serious about the apartment owner. As an apartment owner, I can assure you it matters.

 

[BigPapaVol]

sometimes i wonder if this guy is actually british. the % of white trash in england is far higher than it is in the united states.

hell, they redefined the class system and class warfare. Theirs is almost as defined as the Indian Caste system.

 

[TXA&M07]

Best line I ever heard from a Britt;

"Im from Europe, where history comes from."

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

isn't he just trying to avoid vandalism?

lame excuse IMO

 

[pejp]

sometimes i wonder if this guy is actually british. the % of white trash in england is far higher than it is in the united states.

lol: I'm sure thats a statement that you'll be able to back up with evidence.

I haven't seen enough of the States to hazard a guess about the % of 'white trash', but I think I got a good insight while in Knoxville. I met some great people there, and also some of the most backwards people I have ever met. It was an interesting mix.

 

[pejp]

Best line I ever heard from a Britt;

"Im from Europe, where history comes from."

haha, thats pretty funny. I think whoever said that may have stolen it from the comedian Eddie Izzard. I saw a video his standup once when he was in NYC and that was one of his lines.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

I don't get it. I regularly take jabs at our condescending bourgeois Brit and was serious about the apartment owner. As an apartment owner, I can assure you it matters.

Just seems like you're trying to instigate an intellectual battle this morning... was assuming you may be bored. So how is it the apartment owner is trying to avoid vandalism?

 

[BigPapaVol]

lame excuse IMO

really? Protecting his investment is a lame excuse?

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

lol: I'm sure thats a statement that you'll be able to back up with evidence.

I haven't seen enough of the States to hazard a guess about the % of 'white trash', but I think I got a good insight while in Knoxville. I met some great people there, and also some of the most backwards people I have ever met. It was an interesting mix.

Cricket sucks

 

[BigPapaVol]

Just seems like you're trying to instigate an intellectual battle this morning... was assuming you may be bored. So how is it the apartment owner is trying to avoid vandalism?

seriously? You've never seen someone vandalize a home, commercial property or otherwise because they didn't like the name on the building, flag being flown or owner?

 

[BigPapaVol]

Cricket sucks

watch your ass. London is the economic center of the universe.

 

[pejp]

Cricket sucks

I agree 100%.

 

[droski]

lol: I'm sure thats a statement that you'll be able to back up with evidence.

I haven't seen enough of the States to hazard a guess about the % of 'white trash', but I think I got a good insight while in Knoxville. I met some great people there, and also some of the most backwards people I have ever met. It was an interesting mix.

i suggest you get out of tennesse and out of london. you seem to have a very limited world view. there is a reason why your country has been in the toilet for 100 years.

 

[TXA&M07]

"Cheerio mate."

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

seriously? You've never seen someone vandalize a home, commercial property or otherwise because they didn't like the name on the building, flag being flown or owner?

The article simply stated that the apartments are located in a "diverse" community. It didn't say anything about vandalism. If that was the case the owners would have been all over that excuse rather than look like unpatriotic jackasses.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

"Cheerio mate."

What the hell does that even mean?
And why is everybody's Mom called Mum?

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

seriously? You've never seen someone vandalize a home, commercial property or otherwise because they didn't like the name on the building, flag being flown or owner?

Seriously... I've never seen or read of any vandalism occuring because of someone displaying the U.S. flag.

 

[pejp]

watch your ass. London is the economic center of the universe.

I dont know why you find this so amusing. It's a fact that more trade volume flows through London than NY. More M&A deals go through London. You can choose not to believe it or not.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...ain-overtakes-US-as-top-financial-centre.html

In terms of land area, London is the third largest city on Earth, and has a population of 14 million.

And now it has topped a new table.

Despite the economic downturn, it has topped a global survey of cities.

In recent years, London has taken over New York as the world's financial powerhouse and, despite Europhiles declaring that the introduction of the Euro will see Frankfurt and Paris overtaking London, the opposite has happened, with London pulling even further ahead of those two cities.

It also has the largest economy of any city in Europe. At $US669 billion, only four cities in the world - Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago - have a larger economy and, indeed, its economy is larger than many national economies (Sweden's economy is $342 billion and New Zealand's is $116 billion).

London has over 480 overseas banks, more than any other city in the world. London handled 31% of global currency transactions in 2005 — an average daily turnover of US$753 billion — with more US dollars traded in London than New York, and more euros traded than in every other city in Europe COMBINED. 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies are headquartered in central London.

Tourists love the city. A study carried out by Euromonitor in October 2007 places London at first place out of 150 of the world's most popular cities, attracting 15.6 million international tourists in 2006. This puts London far ahead of 2nd place Bangkok (10.35 million) and 3rd place Paris (just 9.7 million). London attracts 27 million overnight-stay visitors every year.

London has more billionaires than any city on the planet except New York.

And the downturn has not affected those foreigners who want to live and work in London. 55 per cent of them plan to "increase their exposure to residential property" over the next two years.

Leafy streets, period architecture, gracious parks (for a city of its huge size, it has tremendous amounts of green space such as Richmond Park, which is three times as large as New York's Central Park, and is famous for its 650 wild deer), vibrant theatreland and good schools all work in London's favour.

All this comes at a time when the IMF has praised Britain over its aggressiveness in tackling the recession.