THE CRACK DIDN'T FALL FAR FROM THE CRACK TREE WHERE BOBBI KRISTINA DIES VERY SIMILARLY TO HER MOM ALMOST TO THE DAY. SHE LIES BRAIN DEAD IN A HOSPITAL, WHILE DOCTORS AWAIT ORDERS FROM THE FAMILY TO TAKE HER OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT. THEIR IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. SURE THEY COULD KEEP HER ON LIFE SUPPORT FOREVER, BUT THAT IS NO LIFE AT ALL. WHAT PURPOSE WOULD THAT SERVE EXCEPT TO EMOTIONALLY GRATIFY SOME SICK NEED OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO INSIST SHE BE KEPT ALIVE LIKE THAT.
A BIG ISSUE WAS MADE RECENTLY ABOUT HOW O'BAMA TOTALLY DISSED CHRIS KYLE WHEN HE DIED BUT BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO KISS DRUG ADDICT WHITNEY HOUSTON'S ASS WHEN SHE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE. WELL, HERE'S THE STRAIGHT SCOOP FROM SNOPES...,
A friend posted a meme on Facebook today, the gist of which was as follows: Chris Kyle (American soldier who was shot and killed at a gun range recently) doesn't get mentioned by Obama, but Obama had the nerve to order flags lowered to half-mast in honor of Whitney Houston.
Claim:
President Obama did not mention the death of Chris Kyle but
ordered flags flown at half-staff for Whitney Houston.
Origins:
Title 4 of the United States Code, which outlines the role of
flag of the United States, specifies occasions on which all
government buildings, offices, public schools, and military bases are
to fly their flags at half-staff, occasions which include the deaths
of presidents, vice presidents, members of Congress, justices of the
Supreme Court, and state governors. As well, the President of the
United States may issue proclamations directing U.S. flags to be
flown at half-staff on other occasions, as was done in recent years
for the death of Pope John Paul II, the interment of Frank Buckles
(the last surviving American World War I veteran), the crew of the
Space Shuttle Columbia's final mission (who died when the ship
disintegrated during re-entry), the funeral of astronaut Neil
Armstrong, and the shootings at Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, the Century
Aurora theater, and Sandy Hook Elementary School.
State governors may also direct all
U.S. and state flags in their jurisdictions flown at half-staff to
mark the death of state officials and state residents who died on
active duty as members of the armed forces. In some cases governors
may also direct that flags be lowered to half-staff to honor the
passing of other state residents prominent outside the areas of
government and the military.
Christopher Scott "Chris"
Kyle was a U.S. Navy SEAL who was known as "the Most Lethal
Sniper in U.S. Military History" (a phrase which was used in the
title of his autobiography). Kyle, a Texas native and resident, was
shot and killed on 2 February 2013 at a Texas shooting range, and he
was buried in the state capital of Austin. Texas governor Rick Perry
issued a statement
expressing his condolences to Chris Kyle's family "and the
thousands of service members that were his extended family," but
despite a good deal of public support for the gesture, Governor Perry
did not issue a proclamation directing flags to be flown at
half-staff statewide on the occasion of either Chris Kyle's memorial
service or his funeral. (As noted above, that honor is a traditional
one for those who have died while active duty members of the armed
forces, but Kyle did not die on active duty, having left the U.S.
Navy in 2009.)
Pop singer Whitney Houston passed away
on 11 February 2012 from an accidental drowning in a bathtub, an
event which the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported was due
to the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine
use." Houston, a New Jersey native, was also buried in that
state, and New Jersey governor Chris Christie made a somewhat
controversial decision in directing all New Jersey state flags to be
flown at half-staff in her honor — critics contended that such a
gesture should be reserved for members of the military, first
responders, and state officials, and also that "it was wrong to
honor a drug addict." Governor Christie defended his decision,
saying: "I am disturbed by people who believe that because of
her history of substance abuse that somehow she's forfeited the good
things that she did in her life." (The previous year, Governor
Christie had also directed flags to be flown at half-staff to mark
the passing of Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist for Bruce
Springsteen's E Street Band, with little public outcry.)
Although the White House issued a
statement through press secretary Jay Carney after Whitney Houston's
death noting that President Obama's "thoughts and prayers are
with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter," as far
as we know President Obama has made no public expression of
condolence or mourning to mark the passing of Chris Kyle. It is not
true that President Obama ordered flags throughout the country flown
at half-staff to honor Whitney Houston; as noted above, that action
was undertaken only at a state level by the governor of New Jersey.
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