tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post8788487090699389935..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Long May She WaveLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-35597612708935816682013-04-12T16:02:22.415-04:002013-04-12T16:02:22.415-04:00walter needs strict, well-regulated policy. and h...walter needs strict, well-regulated policy. and he needs a man to be in charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-70985274458692913392013-04-10T22:56:13.224-04:002013-04-10T22:56:13.224-04:00The great Amherst flag………still modeled after the T...The great Amherst flag………still modeled after the Town Seal, “The Book and Plow”. Town government and residents are stuck in nostalgia. In case nobody’s looking, I think the local farming industry is just about gone. What is and has become more popular is alcohol for consumption! We have lots of establishments that sell alcohol to consume on the premises or put in a bag to consume somewhere else. Must be a very big industry; more so than the farming community. Maybe the flag should have represented something like “The Book and the Bottle”! Unfortunately that would bring people back to the real reality of this town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52436492816537486942013-04-10T21:25:11.065-04:002013-04-10T21:25:11.065-04:00imindueHope that Amherst flag is no bigger or hang...imindueHope that Amherst flag is no bigger or hangs higher than the American flag. If so than it violates the flag code of the US.Walter Graffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-44239154120602969462013-04-10T20:09:11.216-04:002013-04-10T20:09:11.216-04:00But Walter, if they hire *enough* people at $100K ...But Walter, if they hire *enough* people at $100K each, the whole bottom will fall out of the charade just like the DDR. <br /><br />(East Germany for those of you not old enough to remember 1989 -- and I will never forget sitting (actually in the exact chair I am now) watching the noon news and the network cutover to some German bureaucrat and suddenly "holy shite, did he just say what I think he just said?!?!" -- and he had.)<br /><br />There had always been a Berlin Wall and I thought there always would be -- much like people think there always will be an Amherst.<br /><br />If the bottom falls out of Amherst, it will, well, change things a bit, won't it?Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-33202437258040867492013-04-10T17:58:28.123-04:002013-04-10T17:58:28.123-04:00"Knowledge is power.""Knowledge is power."Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-7569092494898756852013-04-10T17:52:31.587-04:002013-04-10T17:52:31.587-04:00And what value does your knowledge of that flag ha...And what value does your knowledge of that flag have? Do you think that makes you more aware of those events, and that others don't remember that?<br /><br />That would be very arrogant.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85910607751760189672013-04-10T16:40:44.229-04:002013-04-10T16:40:44.229-04:00I'm not worried about anyone burning it.
Bu...I'm not worried about anyone burning it. <br /><br />But because it's unique, like street signs (notice Hobart Lane is missing), it would make a tempting conversation piece, dorm room ornament. Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-91310415088907650572013-04-10T16:39:19.630-04:002013-04-10T16:39:19.630-04:00Every Amherst flag you burn means that two more pe...Every Amherst flag you burn means that two more people are hired in Amherst government at $100k+. So be careful. Walter Graffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36688132959972307392013-04-10T16:28:15.103-04:002013-04-10T16:28:15.103-04:00Will burning the Amherst flag have the same protec...Will burning the Amherst flag have the same protections as burning the US flag? Inquiring minds want to know...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-4361591048353531462013-04-10T11:39:43.697-04:002013-04-10T11:39:43.697-04:00Indeed.
And I'm one of the few people who k...Indeed. <br /><br />And I'm one of the few people who know the flag is one of the original commemorative flags that flew on THAT morning.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-58199988842927589732013-04-10T10:46:56.293-04:002013-04-10T10:46:56.293-04:00And the American Flag will also fly from the town ...And the American Flag will also fly from the town turret on 9/11.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com