On September 20th the national flag of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will be hoisted above the South Lawn of 
the White House in Washington, D.C..
According to Chen Ronghua, thechairman of the Fujian Association of the United States, his group has applied for permission to hold a tribute to the establishment of the PRC and to raise the Chinese flag, all on the South Lawn. Ronghua adds that the application was approved and he claims it was approved because of what he calls “sound Sino-US relations” and because China is a responsible country.
Not only do I question celebrating 60 years of hardcore communism, I also have to question the judgment of the White House. This raising of the communist flag of China at the White House will be the first time a foreign nation’s flag will be hoisted to commemorate a country’s founding,
Although there is no violation of the U.S. flag code here, there is an ethical and moral violation. Do we really want to celebrate communism? And do we really want the Chinese flag raised on the South Lawn of the White House for such a celebration?
Respect dictates that we do present the flags of other nations at the White House during ceremonies marking the arrival of dignitaries from other countries but this is not a summit. Chinese President Hu Jintao, or Premier Wen Jiabao are not gracing us with their presence. This is unprecedented and it is uncalled for.
Chen Ronghua says “It was always my dream to raise a Chinese flag in the center of Washington, D.C.”. Well no offense to you Chen, but it is not my dream for a Chinese flag to be raised on the lawn of the White House. That to me is the opening scene of a bad movie. It is also not something that I think American veterans of any age or of any war would be interested in seeing.
Most, if not all the Chinese restaurants I go to don’t even hang the Chinese flag in them, yet here we are waving it on the lawn of the White House..
What message will this send?
Is it a show of friendship with China? Well I have no problem with the Chinese, and I am not against the Chinese people. But I do have a problem with their communist dictatorship and the human rights abuses of their communist government. Furthermore; I would think and hope that our President does too.
Not only do I think it inappropriate for the White House to allow a commemorative services of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, I find it blasphemous to allow its flag to wave over the White House lawn without it being for a visit, in goodwill, from one of its leaders.
If President Obama condones and allows this, there will be no good reason to deny anyone the right to compare the President’s policies with socialism. If he allows this “celebration” and flag raising, one will seriously have to wonder where his loyalties lie.
I have never before been compelled to actually associate President Obama with anti-American sentiments. He is our President. He is our leader and I do not want to think that any leader in America is un-American but a salute to communism approved by the White House, at the White House, will not make me question this sentiment, it will begin to solidify that sentiment.
I understand that President Obama wants to show the world that we are a friendly nation. I know that President Obama hopes to spread goodwill, but between recently going out of his way to wish all Muslims a happy Ramadan on behalf of, not just himself, but all Americans, and now celebrating Chinese communism, I have to say enough is enough.
Since taking office, President Obama has stood on foreign soil and apologized for America and bowed down to Saudi kings. He has refused to acknowledge our plight against Islamic fundamentalists as a war on terror and he has downplayed our nation’s role in promoting freedom.
Now he celebrates communism.
Enough is enough!
I am tired of being denounced for calling socialist programs, socialist programs. I am fed up with being told that I must embrace my enemy and I will be damned if I celebrate communism or allow its celebration at the White House.
This is still America!
It is time for our President to stop promoting socialism, embracing our enemies as though they were our friends and to stop celebrating communism. If this is the type of anti-American activity he wants to participate in, fine. It’s a free country. Resign from office, go back to palling around with Bill Ayers and part hearty with Fidel, Hugo and Kim Jong Il, but do not run my country that way.
Take a stand America. Write your letters to the editors, call into to your local radio stations and your elected representaives and let them know that you will not tolerate this. Tell your elected officcials that you will hold them accountable. Let them know that if they let this tribute to the communist government of China to go on without at least strong, public condemnations from them, than you will condemn them to defeat in their next election.
Don’t let the atrocious behavior of the ruling regime in Washington go unanswered.
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Comments: 31
When one thinks about it, a lot of stuff in my home came from China...and most likely the American flags hanging around town were made there too.
Maybe it's another step in diplomatic relations.
Happy Birthday China!
There is a researcher in New Jersey named Chen Ronghua who could be the same person as the leader of the effort to get the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC marked at the White House.
The Global Times of China published the story in July.
Pack of fools.
911?
wars of choice?
deficits?
the gonzalez 'justice dept'
dick cheney?
hahaha
a beer or a b-job are such evil things in comparrison!
Karl Rove.
Rumsfeld and the orange alerts right before the election of 04 and the mother of all.....the selection of 00!!! oH OH indeed!
Lets try that again.... trying to make it "live" for you....
Too bad about this Geography Teacher.
Geography teacher Eric Hamlin, was placed on leave by the principal Carmody Middle School in Colorado for refusing to take down several flags from other countries in his classroom:
Eric Hamlin said the flags were part of a world geography lesson plan at Carmody Middle School and refused to take them down. The school’s principal escorted Hamlin out of class Wednesday morning after he refused to remove the flags of China and Mexico.
Wow, some people are like gangstas, will put a cap in yo ass for flying other colors.
Nazis were also notorious for their flag worship too.
"Respect dictates that we do present the flags of other nations at the White House during ceremonies marking the arrival of dignitaries from other countries but this is not a summit. Chinese President Hu Jintao, or Premier Wen Jiabao are not gracing us with their presence. This is unprecedented and it is uncalled for."
Now if you can't understand what that means, please go back and graduate grammar school. Because it clearly creates no reason or purpose for your assinine comment.
The arrogance that says the United States has nothing to apologize for or is somehow more moral than other countries only serves to blind ourselves to the truth. Our sucess and prosperity comes from the fact that our country is so diverse.
As for your inability to properly use a search engine and your computer, that can only be honestly answered by you after you reflect upon the level intelligence that you have or have not.
As for being full of myself, you characterize my being full of facts as being full of myself. The truth is you are full of shit and that apparently makes you a bitter and jealous person. I am fully aware of American slavery. I am also fully aware of the fact that the winning side of that struggle was the Republican led division of America which opposed slavery and fought the bloodiest war in our national history over. I am aware of the fact that the United States fought against it and won. And yes, I do not believe that America has any need to apologize for defending freedom.
As for progress that the Chinese have, they most certainly have made progress and China is not the same nation is was under Mao. However it is still a communist nation and if you can disprove one single fact in my post about China, I promise to dedicate an entire entry dedicated to an apology to you.
Short of that I still believe in respect and symbolism. Where you see meaningless cloth, I see symbols and messages that represent lives and freedom. I respect both and just as I would not dare to wave a piece of cloth with a swastika on it, I am offended by a piece of cloth with the emblems communism on it waving over the lawn of the White House.
So get off of your liberal soapbox, educate yourself and get a little respect for freedom and those who have died for it. It is thanks to them that you have the freedom to write your lies and convey your stupidity to the world.
As for civility, I will respond with the same level of civility that those who want to offer sarcastic commentary deserve. You are quite civil and warrant no such brash response. Hence why I have not responded in such a way to you.
I did not call you names or say you lied or called you stupid. You on the other hand have done all three to me. I did do a comprehensive search for this story and although I found it on numerous Sites that are biased toward the Right. I found nothing on the Associated Press, Ruetters, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC or even FOX News. My question is why? And so you know I don't take news only seen on Left Wing sites as fact either. But just to give you the benefit of the doubt I assumed it to be true, just not newsworthy. I must say your claim this has never happened before of course is mistaken. The Whitehouse has displayed the flags of foreign countries all over the grounds and inside for all kinds of reasons.
However I stand by my judgement that you are full of yourself just as many misinformed Americans are full of themselves. You may believe your opinions of China are political, but your tone and emotional response to them is inherently racist.
The bottom line is that there isn't a country on this planet that doesn't have plenty of shame about some of the things they've done. For good or bad, we happen to be friends with China. They are our biggest trading partner and have loaned us billions and billions of dollars to boot. For the White House to have refused this request would have been rude and politically catastrophic.
As long as no violations to the US civil or Flag code occur, its just another day of playing diplomat among the wolves, all part of the game.
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Celebrating communism is a long standing Republican practice.