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Will Americans Allow this Slap in the Face of Freedom?

I do wish folks in the blogosphere would at least attempt some fact checking before going all wild.

First, the flag isn't being flown at the White House, but rather at the public park known as the Ellipse. This means that the ceremony will not be considered an "official" or "state" ceremony.

The White House on Friday dismissed as inaccurate reports from China that the administration will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic by flying the Chinese flag on the South Lawn.

China Daily, citing other media reports, claimed the president of the Fujian Association of the United States had been granted permission to hoist the flag "in a ceremony in front of the President's residence."

A ceremony, indeed, will take place. But it won't happen on the White House grounds -- rather, on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence.

China Daily's report -- which said the flag would represent strong U.S.-Chinese relations and recognition of China's success in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics -- set off howls of protest on the Internet and among conservative talk show hosts despite failing to receive confirmation from the White House.

Demonstrations by foreign groups on the Ellipse or in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House, are not uncommon. But foreign flags are only flown on the White House grounds or on Pennsylvania Avenue to mark "state" or "official" visits of the countries' leaders.
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Secondly, it's not as though this is the first time the Chinese flag as flown in the air over Washington.

Under those guidelines, the Chinese flag has flown on White House grounds before, in April of 2006, when President Hu Jintao visited then President George W. Bush.

In fact the current controversy is reminiscent of that visit. The Chinese insisted it was a state visit, despite U.S. assurances it was only an official one. The "state visit" label would have implied a bigger honor to Hu and to China, but Bush only had a handful of state visits and Hu's wasn't one of them.

Still, Chinese media continued to report it was a state visit even after it was over. And they continue now to report that the Fujian Association rally will take place on the White House lawn, even though U.S. officials insist it will not.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09 ... outh-lawn/
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Remember the term "Bush derangement syndrome"? Let's not get caught up in Obama derangement syndrome.
 
thanks for the correction , i overreacted, i did think that we should check that. but didnt listen

jason
 
Just for fun, I googled "Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu" just to see what the blogosphere had to say about that "official" but not "state" event.

....(cue the chirping crickets) :shrug
 
Let's find out what the news really is before reporting it. This is bad press for conservatives. It adds to the confusion as well as takes the focus off of real matters at hand.
 
GojuBrian said:
Let's find out what the news really is before reporting it. This is bad press for conservatives. It adds to the confusion as well as takes the focus off of real matters at hand.
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There is the distinct possibility that after the huge public outcry against this, the Obots decided to move
the flag across the street.

Did you know that in reality, about 2 MILLION Americans marched on Washington against Obama, on Sept. 12th,
but, you heard very little or nothing about it. Or, you were lied to, as is the case in the report from the Washington Post, that tens of thousands marched.
 
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