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Re: Who Flies the UN Flag?



I can tell you one place that doesn't, and that's LaVerkin, Utah, a
tiny town in the southwest part of the state (right by Zion National
Park).  Last summer, 4th of July in fact, the city fathers decided
that the UN was too powerful a force for global government, and
were concerned that blue-helmeted troops would show up and take
away their guns.  So they passed an Anti-UN ordinance, that
stated no UN activities could take place in the city limits, no kids
could trick-or-treat for UNICEF, and furthermore that anyone who
did support or contribute to the UN had to apply for a permit, put a
sign on their lawn, and possibly pay a fine.  In the municpal
elections in November, the townspeople, embarassed by the
publicity, threw all of those city fathers out.  As one citizen put it,
"I'd rather they worried about potholes and dogs running loose than
the UN!"

A similar thing happened a few years ago in St. George, the main
city in that part of the state; the school board decided that the UN
flag could not be displayed in any of the schools in the Washington
County school district, for much the same reasons.  It so
happened that we went to New York that fall for a vacation, so on
our trip to the UN building, I bought a big UN postcard, addressed it
to the Washington County School District offices, and wrote "You
should be ashamed of yourselves!"   My wife swears I'm going to
end up on their enemies list.

Friday at last!








Date sent:              Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:12:30 EST
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From:                   Peter Kurilecz <PAKURILECZ@AOL.COM>
Subject:                Re: Who Flies the UN Flag?
To:

> Chuck Piotrowski wrote:
> >>I believe Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginal,...<<
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> I know that Virginia was name after the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I, but
> considering that 300+ years have passed since it's founding I seriously
> doubt if the Commonwealth could be considered 'virginal' unless it was a
> freudian slip of some kind
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> 8-)
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> Peter Kurilecz
> Richmond, Va
> pakurilecz@aol.com
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