Feuding Flags

After 3 JJ posts, I finally drove past Essroc to see for myself what the deal was with these flags. For the record, I'm 99.9% sure they're actually the same height...

Journal Junction, November 27, 2009

"From Harpers Ferry:

Take a drive into Martinsburg by the K-Mart. Then have a long look at the flag flying on the top of the huge tower that belongs to the concrete or whatever company. It's a Mexican flag and it is higher than the American flag! Does anyone else see a problem with this?"

Journal Junction, December 5, 2009

"From Martinsburg;
 To Harpers Ferry caller: That is an Italian flag flying over Essroc, which is an Italian company. Learn your flags!"

Journal Junction, December 7, 2009

"From Martinsburg:

The concrete plant has an Italian flag flying from the top of the tower. Maybe you should educate yourself on the flags of the world, before you go spouting off about something you "know." The tower is an eyesore, not the flag."

MEXICAN FLAG

ITALIAN FLAG

To defend Harpers Ferry (which I can't believe I'm doing) the Mexican and Italian flags do look similar. I would imagine this is especially true when you're speeding down Route 9, drinking Starbucks, talking on your cell phone, craning your neck out the car window, looking for a complaint to submit to Journal Junction.

Vote Early and Vote Often

"Vote early and often, unless you're a [fill in opposing party] then you vote on Wednesday."
                                                                                                                         -Anon

"From Harpers Ferry:

In regard to Jim Surkamp trying to vote twice on that referendum because he wanted to see how the system works: I think maybe we need to show him how the system works, and that voting twice is illegal."

Local political scandals are truly like front page Journal Junctions.