Albany Oregon Residents - Banned American Flags

by the Left Coast Rebel

How about that for a headline? Reading here at the KATU from Oregon, the story -

ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all.

Jim Clausen flies the American flag from the back of his motorcycle. He has a son in the military heading back to Iraq, and the flag - he said - is his way of showing support."This flag stands for all those people," said Clausen, an Oaks Apartment resident. "It stands for the people that can no longer stand - who died in wars. That's why I fly this flag."

But to Oaks Apartment management, Clausen said, the American flag symbolizes problems.He was told to remove the red, white and blue from both of his rides, or face eviction Even long-time residents like Sharron White, who has flown a flag on her car for eight years, has been told to take it down. White said management told her that "someone might get offended."

Before my libertarian readers go off on me as well, I must admit that this action is the property owner's right, as I believe in an absolute right to property. Reading this report, however it seems that the flag issue is not an HOA-type nuttery case, (I resided in a neighborhood that had strict rules), and clearly the man with the flag on his motorycle being harassed and threatened with eviction tells the story here.

Which means that it is a classic anti-American moonbattery case.

And why not? There are forces in our country that hate everything about America with every fiber of their being.....

From the Ivory towers of top Universtities, the halls of Congress, and all the way down to moonbats on main street.

Via Memeorandum.

UPDATE: Reader William in Oregon had this to say about the story -

LCR, this is no surprise, seeing that Oregon is filled with enviro-idiots,including convicted eco-terrorists, communists and a wide assortment of hate America as the founding fathers saw it crowd.

I thought Albany was a little more on the right, as are most of the small farming and ranching communities in the Willamette Valley. But the creeps who run this state, act like community organizers (agitators). This means, while they hate automobiles, they still use them to travel from town to town to stir up trouble.

UPDATE: Griper weighs in as well, BTW, read this and get a taste of the man't intellect. Visit his site frequently -

I hate to burst anyone's bubble on this but it appears to me there is a conflict of rights here, property rights and the right of speech. Which takes priority over the other?And if the issue is about property rights then what property are we talking about?I've always considered property rights takes priority over the right of speech. I say this because I have the right to restrict the speech of anyone who is in my home. And I think each of you would agree that you have the same right when someone is in your home. This is especially true if someone uses language in my home that i consider as offensive and if that person insists on using that language I believe I have a right to tell them to leave. (an eviction, in a sense)

Now, in regards to property rights, are we speaking of the vehicles which is the rightful property of their owners, thus giving them the right to adorn their vehicles
with the flag? Or are we speaking of the property on which that vehicle is parked and driven over which is the property of another person, thus needing to see it as a privilege which the owner has a right to regulate? And if the owner has a right to regulate, we cannot call it harrassment.And in the this case, calling a declaration of eviction for noncompliance a threat rather than a warning is subjective to one's thinking rather than being objective. And we, who love liberty cannot afford to allow ourselves to think in this manner. It is playing right into the hands of socialism which depends on subjectivity of thought.

Food for thought, and I do believe him to be correct.