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• An Open Letter To Kids Who Lick Frozen Metal Poles

  
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  Dear kids, It’s becoming a trend.  This year, the big fad among the kids isn’t just the Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters ,  it’s apparently reenacting Bob Clark’s classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Story .  I can safely say this because this is the second kid this week who has frozen his tongue to a metal pole ...
  4 days ago

• War hero wins flagpole battle

  
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  Retired Army Col. Van Barfoot was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for attacking three German machine gun nests and then three German tanks. He now will be allowed to continue raising Old Glory without having to face a lawsuit from thye Sussex Square homeowners association near Richmond, Va. Original Article: ...
  4 days ago

• Tongue on Frozen Flagpole Claims Another Victim

  
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  When my hometown of Vancouver, Washington isn’t landing on Neatorama for its bus-riding goats , it’s usually quiet on the odd news front.  But yesterday, firefighters had to remove a middle schooler’s tongue from a frozen flagpole. Firefighter Mike Swanson then applied warm water to the boy’s tongue to get ...
  5 days ago

• War hero wins fight with Va. homeowners group over flagpole

  
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  The Great Flagpole Dispute of 2009 started last summer when Van T. Barfoot, a retired Army colonel who single-handedly took on three Nazi tanks in World War II, moved to the Sussex Square neighborhood near Richmond to be closer to his daughter. Barfoot believes in flying the colors of the nation he...
  6 days ago

• Boy Reenacts “A Christmas Story,” Freezes Tongue To Metal Pole

  
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  It’s one of my family traditions when it comes to Christmas get-togethers.  No matter what, my cousin will clamor to watch some of Bob Clark’s classic, “A Christmas Story.”  He’s seen it a million times, he knows it’ll be on all night, and he’s got it on DVD, but he still suggests we turn it on every ...
  6 days ago

• Homeowners Association Caves: Veteran Allowed to Fly Flag

  
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  Follow up on an item I previously noted and a very happy ending. A 90 year old Medal of Honor winner won his battle with his homeowner’s association with an assist from both of Virginia U. S. Senators (hat tip: Hot Air) : RICHMOND, Va. — A 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient can keep his 21-foot ...
  1 week ago

• Homeowners Association Caves: Veteran Allowed to Fly Flag

  
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  Follow up on an item I previously noted and a very happy ending. A 90 year old Medal of Honor winner won his battle with his homeowners association with an assist from both of Virginia U. S. Senators (hat tip: Hot Air ) : RICHMOND, Va. — A 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient can keep his 21-foot ...
  1 week ago

• American Flag an Eyesore Around Richmond

  
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  By Yul When Virginia makes national news, it’s usually over something embarrassingly stupid, and the current flagpole stink is no exception. If you missed it, we have this 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient named Colonel Barfoot who fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He flies the American flag from a ...
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• Mark Alexander on Colonel Barfoot

  
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  Profiles of Valor: Col. Van Barfoot This is not the usual profile of valor. This is the story of a highly decorated 90-year-old World War II and Vietnam vet fighting his homeowner’s association to keep his flagpole . Col. Van Barfoot has been awarded more than 20 medals, including three Purple Hearts, the Bronze ...
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• Some Sentences Shouldnt Even Be Written

  
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  Read this sentence and tell me why you should not be reading it: One of this countrys last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipients is being asked to remove a flagpole from his property.
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• Take the Poll

  
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  Gathering of Eagles: NY Fighting the Insurgency at Home Should WWII Medal of Honor Hero Be Allowed To Fly His Flag? December 3, 2009 Col. Van T. Barfoot, Rtd., is a 90 year young veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Never a shirker from his duty he is fighting one more war today, the Battle of Henrico County. One ...
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• Homeowner Association Threatens WWII Vet With Legal Action Over Flagpole

  
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  Hansen Sinclair - AHN Reporter Richmond, VA (AHN) - A World War II veteran and Medal of Honor Winner in Virginia is getting no respect. His communitys homeowner association is threatening to take legal action against him if he does not remove his flagpole.
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• MoH Recipient Has Flagpole Issues

  
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  WWII MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER FACES SUIT OVER HIS FLAG-FLYING By Zinie Chen Sampson The Associated Press RICHMOND A 90-year-old Army veteran who won the Medal of Honor during World War II is battling his neighborhood association for what he says is his right to fly the American flag from a pole in his front yard. Col. ...
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• The Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman

  
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  First of all … There exists a government “homeowner association” in Virginia? A Common Interest Community Ombudsman? Uh? Most private homeowner associations are dumb enough, but bring in the government and you’re dealing with the mafia. Who uses “any means necessary.” The sweet old man in the picture ...
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• Solar flagpole lights are good for the environment

  
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  Don t you think it is pretty cool to own a solar flagpole light? I still remember the first time I saw a flag with the flashing light of a solar flagpole light. The only thing I could say was, waaaw! (...)
  3 weeks ago

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