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display of the flag of texas posted by s p p d f t at 3 37 pm 1 comment friday june 25 2010 gulf coast violators galveston bellaire posted by s p p d f t at 2 30 pm 2 comments oh canada no i did not have to go all the way to canada to find this flag offender in fact this photo was taken from my front yard my neighbor and good friend denis deni is a french canadian he admired the way i was always flying flags and so put up a 20 flag pole in his front yard while denis knew how to fly the maple leaf he had no idea which way was up on the texas flag he consulted with his wife a doctor and texan but they got it wrong try issuing a citation to a neighbor especially when english is his second language but i did and it now flies right posted by s p p d f t at 2 21 pm 1 comment santyanny this photo was taken in santa anna tx seems the well heeled folks of this one horse town don t know how to fly the texas flag and in veterans park of all places they must be haunted by their namesake not st anne the other one the surrender of santa anna william henry huddle 1836 posted by s p p d f t at 2 09 pm no comments monday february 25 2008 it s a small world wide web virtual flags can be displayed incorrectly just like their real world counterparts turbo squid is so proud of their upside down texas flag animated graphics that they are sure you will be willing send them twenty five dollars to use it in your very own digital project the united states flag company offers along with their namesake stars and stripes a plethora of international state and specialty flags it seems that they even have upside down flags for sale you can tell your idea is good when you find out that lots of other people have already had it sppdft does not claim a monopoly on the sighting and documentation of upside down texas flags numerous postings on the subject can be found with a quick googling here s a roundup over at planet pooks a neighbor was photographed flying it wrong presumably as a distress signal flags bay confronted an elementary school about their upside down texas flag randy stoats enterprises has a full color postcard that you can download print and share with the special flag offender in your life the vexillarium a blog devoted to flags has an amusing story about a texas chile flag mix up here s a nice shot of a flip flopped flag in front of the iconic university of texas tower jasper resident jason dunn wrote to the editor about his flag frustration carry on the good fight netizens message boards can be helpful for finding flag offenses too here i learned that d d performance enterprises a maker of fine motorcycle exhaust systems based in fort worth used to have an upside down texas flag as a corporate logo they must have been tipped off because their current website is topped with a huge and correct texas flag banner and they sell his and hers d d shirts with a properly oriented flag and here again with the bikers the french are called out for displaying an upside down flag on international television in beaumont it s the hockey fans this discussion ensued when the wildcatters mascot gusher apparently skated out onto the ice with his flag akimbo improper display of the texas flag is hardly a new phenomenon and it has always angered patriotic texans we received an email inquiry from danny kaiser who was profiled by john kelso in the austin american statesman for his vigilante flag checking although i can t get my paws on the full original article which appeared october 29 1991 here are the first 91 of 694 words every man has a mission he must accomplish before he dies danny kaiser a native of austin is no different his quest in life is to get everyone to stop flying the lone star flag upside down something he says happens a lot kaiser 46 is conducting a one man crusade in austin actually all over texas to eliminate this flag faux pas he s trying to get folks to fly the texas state flag correctly in front of their office buildings that is with the white section on top and this 2001 ap article introduces houston lawyer charles spain jr whose disgust with misuse of the texas flag led to the foundation of the vexillogical association of the state of texas the sppdft salutes you one and all for your devotion to the texas flag finally since this youtube thing seems to be catching on here is a video clip for your consideration it goes along pretty well for a while showing the dangerous beauty of a west texas rainstorm on the road to terlingua how picturesque keep your eyes open at the 3 40 3 47 mark however right after the title planet texas is displayed center screen a upside down flag from bizarro texas is shown amateur filmmakers posted by s p p d f t at 10 31 am 2 comments monday january 21 2008 sir the compass is broken this is a two parter strung together with a weak theme the first part occurs in round rock where a branch of compass bank was caught flying one of those darn improperly manufactured flags the star is sewed on upside down does that make you trust this compass now i m not sure who it is making these things but they d better cut it out next thing you know we ll be getting flags with upside down stars that are also poisoned with lead part the second finds a group of boy scouts lost in the deserts of west texas in the summer of 2000 presumably because of a broken compass and a general inability to tell up from down there s the back of the shirt which i found at a thrift store i m sure the lads had a lovely time west texas is a great place for scouting from the front of the shirt made in canada we get more details this expedition was international along with the delegates from great britain and a party representing the first peoples of america we have a group of scouts with an upside down texas flag as a banner what does that say i can imagine the british kids mocking the texans around the campfire your flag is upside down bloke a texan then points out that the union jack is also upside down a supposition which the other children can neither prove nor disprove posted by s p p d f t at 3 25 pm 1 comment friday january 18 2008 moving pictures in this heartwarming 1988 promo spot for houston tv station khou 11 anchorman steve smith gets philosophical about the meaning of the texas flag he proposes potential symbolism for the colors and then admits that no one really knows thankfully the mystery has been solved they ve got it figured out over at texas almanac the source for all things texan since 1857 they declare the state flag s colors represent the same virtues as they do in the national flag red means bravery white purity and blue loyalty don t believe everything you see on tv posted by s p p d f t at 2 08 pm no comments sunday december 30 2007 parker ranch is topsy turvy the parker ranch is a beautiful ranch in the texas hill country it is a peaceful ranch resting in the granite hills between burnet and lake buchanan the gate is most impressive showing a cowboy at prayer the parker ranch is as scenic and as texan as you can find anywhere in the lone star state only there seems to be a small problem with this serene setting the parkers fly their texas flag upside down when notified our central texas agent went out to the ranch he tried to get past the gate to alert the parkers of their transgression but was unsuccessful a notice was placed on the gate and we hope that it gets to the parkers so they can get their flag flyin right posted by s p p d f t at 6 51 pm no comments friday december 28 2007 texas rancher squats on his own spurs our southeast texas agent recently came across a real classic this ranch sits near the borders of grimes and waller counties right in the heart of what was once the stephen f austin colony it is only a few miles from washington on the brazos the cradle of texas liberty no doubt great texians such as stephen f austin ben milam jim bowie and even general sam houston crossed the lands of what is now the abke ranch the owners of the abke ranch are no doubt proud of their texas heritage and want to show the world that they are texans to the core the entry to the ranch is a large gateway that proudly displays the shape of the lone star state with an imposed texas flag design see photo the only problem is that the ranchers painted the texas flag upside down shame shame on the abke ranch posted by s p p d f t at 6 46 am no comments friday november 23 2007 happy thanksgiving upside down the people at wilshire homes at star ranch in hutto texas have a peculiar way of celebrating thanksgiving they fly the u s flag right side up but fly the texas flag upside down what they didn t know is that our diligent field agents don t rest even on holidays and two of our agents were on the scene to issue wilshire homes a citation one has to wonder however that the flag was flown upside down as a sign of extreme distress due to the fallout of the sub prime lending market and the subsequent effect on home sales posted by s p p d f t at 6 34 am no comments monday october 29 2007 flyin it wrong the trails apartments on metric boulevard in austin uses flags to attract the attention of potential tenants to their complex seems they got a little over exuberant with their texas flag and managed to hoist it upside down this attracted the attention our central texas director who happened on the scene and informed an embarrassed manager of their transgression we are sure that the trails will fly it right from now on posted by s p p d f t at 5 24 pm no comments tuesday june 19 2007 rocky mountain high seems that many of the hotels and lodges in colorado display various state and national flags this no doubt is done to send a message to tourists that their establishment welcomes visitors from all places our western regional director got called out on a report that the lofts of estes in estes park colorado had gone a little too far these folks were flying several state flags but they had the lone star flag flying upside down we don t know if the lofts were doing this to attract texans to their place or not it is quite possible that they did this intentionally to discourage texans from staying there this wouldn t be the first time this was done in colorado none the less our director dutifully went all the way to estes park to document this violation and has since notified the lofts of estes of their error we trust they will fly the lone star properly in the future at least he enjoyed the trip posted by s p p d f t at 8 14 pm 1 comment sunday may 6 2007 galveston offender one cannot think of texas history without thinking about galveston this grand city was once one of the largest and most important ports on the gulf of mexico galveston has a colorful history of pirates hurricanes immigrants gangsters and mardi gras galvestonians are proud of their state flag and as you drive the streets of the historic district looking at the beautiful old victorian homes it is hard to find one without the lone star flying from the front porch today there is an invasion going on in galveston an invasion of houstonians trying to escape the hustle and bustle of living in the 4th largest city in the country these part time galvestonians have filled the western end of the island with weekend retreats unfortunately they have brought some of their big city habits with them such as not knowing which end is up on the texas flag this flag was tucked away on a canal but it did not escape the eagle eye of sppdft once again caught in the act posted by s p p d f t at 7 04 pm no comments west university place offender the community of west university place lies in serene suburban southwest houston west university is known for it s tree lined streets and beautiful homes appropriately named the community lies just west of rice university it is home to physicians college professors oil barons and a few houston astros the grand boulevard of west university place is university boulevard along this oak lined street families proudly fly their flags many on flag poles in their front yard well it appears that one west university place family needs to study up on their civic lessons because they can t seem to get their texas flag flying the right way see photo our southeast texas agent found this violator on april 28 2007 we hope they took the citation that we left in the good spirit in which it was intended posted by s p p d f t at 6 44 pm no comments two time offender on april 26 2007 our central texas agent was called out on a reported flag flying upside down when he arrived at the location he noticed familiar surroundings and found our first two time offender it seems the good folks at cedar valley middle school in round rock managed to get things topsy turvy again see photo readers will recall that we caught the folks at cedar valley flying the lone star bottoms up on groundhogs day see quality without compromise well looks like they are at it again our first 2nd time offender posted by s p p d f t at 6 31 pm no comments monday march 19 2007 tarnished silver screen normally our field agents have to keep a sharp eye out for upside down flags remaining alert and diligent with camera at the ready sometimes though we don t even have to get up off of the couch our recent mystery flag quiz puzzled our readers with a flag that wasn t necessarily upside down it just wasn t right with the star sewn on upside down there was no way to fly it properly at the time it was a novelty a real head scratcher until now that is about a week ago i was preparing for the sppdft convention in the big bend by watching the epic 1956 texas themed film giant the movie was filmed largely in marfa a quaint little town whose mysterious lights and minimalist art have put it on the map like james dean never could and then it happened no your eyes do not deceive you that is rock hudson appearing before an improperly manufactured texas flag the warner brothers set design people must have been too busy building a big fake ranch house to take the time to look at an actual texas flag take them away then as if to reinforce their blatantly anti texas message the filmmakers got a reaction shot of the lovely elizabeth taylor in the same spot she looks genuinely shocked by the disregard for cinematic accuracy we feel your pain liz i was understandably excited to find this scene as it makes great blog fodder i couldn t believe my luck this next one really got me there it is big as the texas sky it is probably the same flag doing double duty this scene makes it absolutely clear that there is something wrong with the flag in the foreground by helpfully providing a line of real texas flags in the background i can t believe this made it past the editors were they asleep or just drunk apparently giant has been called out for its flag abuses before according to the internet movie database not only is the star upside down i promise that i found it on my own on the texas flag but the array of flags in the 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