It’s an Obama World… US May Dip Its Flag to British Leaders at Opening Ceremony
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, July 27, 2012, 4:54 AM
My, how things have changed these past few years.
The United States may break tradition and dip the US flag to British leaders at the Opening Ceremony today.
The tradition goes back a century.
This is a July 29, 1948 file photo of Ralph Craig, center, of Albany, N.Y., who won the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm. He didn’t dip the flag. / Associated Press
According to popular legend, shot putter Ralph Rose set the tone at the 1908 Summer Games — also held in London — when he supposedly proclaimed: “This flag dips for no earthly king.”
Throw tradition and respect out the door – The US may dip the flag today in London to British leaders.
Yahoo reported, via Free Republic:
The United States may break with a controversial tradition and dip its flag to Britain’s leaders at the opening ceremony for the London Olympics, U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) CEO Scott Blackmun said on Thursday.
“We’ve talked about that a little bit and you never know what is going to happen,” said Blackmun.
“We have traditions, Britain has traditions, everybody has traditions but we’re still talking internally but it is not an issue we see as a big issue.”It may not be a big issue for the USOC but it is one that stirs the emotions of many Americans.
In respect to the host nation, most countries briefly dip their flag as the athletes march past the box where dignitaries sit. For more than a century, the United States has not done so.
Dipping the flag is no longer part of official International Olympic Committee protocol but most countries continue to observe the tradition.
Admit it. It really wouldn’t shock you.
Its the Obama way.
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Shawn commented:
We dip our flag to no one. It should always fly straight and tall.
guy commented:
I can’t wait until nov when this pandering fool is voted out of office.
coolidgerules commented:
He’s doing it just to get our goats. A big F*ck You to patriotic Americans.
bigL commented:
Eff the Olympics, don’t watch.
What are the athletes like the Gop? what is this craven disease that is coursing thru
or country, If that is a requirement then they shoul not go.
don’t dip the flag. wear stars of David , Stick the IOC. Any pencil necked ioc geeks show up, whirl them
around and kick them in the butt.
The Watcher commented:
I don’t think he will.
After all, he only dips himself to our enemies, not our friends – even snubbed friends like England.
southernsue commented:
he and his evil ilk need to go!
stonedome commented:
“The United States may break with a controversial tradition” this is a manufactured controversy that now must be remedied. destruction of long held traditions are the tools of marxists…singularly, it wouldn’t register, but just look at obama’s actions since he has been in office. you know his goons have pressured the olympic committee to do this. fools and haters of america are obama’s voter base.
Flintstone F. commented:
He knows what he would prefer to do and we know too. But at this moment he is still the most historically clueless man on earth and has no idea what to do. He’s going to flip a coin and hope for “turn-tails.”
Let’s not forget the desecration of the official US seal that adorned his website in 2008 with the bald eagle dropping it’s arrows and flying away.
It’s nothing more than graffiti whatever he does. Just like the occupy stain will eventually be washed down the sewer, the stench of a certain president will be replaced by a fresh clean breeze of cool air in November.
The US flag always flies high.
dwd commented:
A flag dip + “you didn’t build that” = Romney victory
Obama just doesn’t get what it is to be an American.
Big Al commented:
The Stars and Stripes dips for no other country ESP the Union Jack. Please dont do this.
dwd commented:
“Contact Us” page for the United States Olympic Committee, including phone numbers and email addresses:
http://www.teamusa.org/Footer/Contact-Us.aspx
Speak now… the ceremony starts in about 6 hours.
dwd commented:
and FYI, although the page includes the address info@usoc.org, the link actually goes to media@usoc.org
info@usoc.org doesn’t work
use media@usoc.org
Patty commented:
OT But not that much!
Remembering Obama’s Humiliating 2011 Visit to Britain
The press is absolutely delighted with any tiny mistake Mitt Romney might make while visiting England for the Olympics. Think they’ll harken back to the time when President Dog-Eater humiliated himself and America with his gaffe-a-minute visit to the “sceptered isle?” Yeah, I doubt it…
Don’t worry gringos, I got your back:
1) What year is this again?!
While visiting Westminster Abbey, Obama went to sign in at the guestbook. He actually was confused about what year it was and asked the Dean of Westminster to remind him. Seriously. Your president doesn’t know what year he’s in.
Then, after having been told it was the year 2011, President Einstein writes in 2008. I’m not joking.
VIEW THIS: http://www.soopermexican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Obama-Britain-date-gaffe-TITLE.jpg
http://www.soopermexican.com/2012/07/26/remember-obama-humiliating-america-during-visit-to-britain/
Patty commented:
Now VIEW THIS:
It kinda looks like the moron wrote a “3″, realized his mistake, and said “aw screw it” and made it an “8.” Or maybe he thinks it’s 20013. What the hell, there’s 57 states in the union, why not?
2) The BEAST gets stuck
While trying to make his getaway from the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, Obama’s limousine nicknamed “the Beast” bottomed out, and got stuck on a ramp. The attending audience had a hearty laugh at America’s expense, with one guy yelling, “need a push?!”
http://www.soopermexican.com/2012/07/26/remember-obama-humiliating-america-during-visit-to-britain/
OH, SO MUCH MORE OF OBAMA EMBARRASSING THE U. S. ON SITE
http://www.soopermexican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Obama-Britain-date-gaffe-1024×636.jpg
tommy mc donnell commented:
obama does all this bowing and flag dipping because he knows it pi@@es offf the majority of the american people. he has no love for this country or its people unless your a supporter of marxism.
bill commented:
Dipsh*t president.
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