Tradition Is Not Equal To Truth Unless It Abides Under Truth's Shadow

If Truth equals +100% ... Tradition may equal minus -1%

Tradition is similar to a Christmas tree.  The star on top may or may not represent the Wise men's star; the tree may or may not represent the wooden cross of Christ; the tinsel hanging there may or may not represent something in the spirit world. But the truth is, not one person in a thousand see it as such. Santa Clause is not and does not represent Jesus. A nativity scene does, in fact, represent the truth and abides in the shadow of truth ... but, like God in public schools, nativity scenes are illegal in public places.  Though "Christmas trees" and Santa Clause are not, and do not dwell in the shadow of the truth of Christmas or of Jesus Christ.  Anything which distracts from the truths of Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection ... is false and usually sin, but maybe just ignorance of truth. 

Our country has lots of traditions.  Some are beautiful and a few reflect spiritual truths. One of those is our Constitution, based on truth. Others are fun but have nothing to do with God.  Autumn festivals have value and are worth while, but Halloween, with its witches and demons, contains nothing of worthwhile value, though it is a strong tradition in America.

I respect the right to disagree, by those who have contrary opinions, as I hope they respect my right to speak what I believe is true.  

My point is this, I love and would die for the U.S. Constitution, but do not worship it. I love and would die for the Bible, but do not worship it. I love the prophets, apostles and disciples of Christ but do not worship them. I love faithful, bible preachers and Christians but do not worship them. I worship the One,  Almighty, Creator, Eternal, Triune God .... and Him only. He is not a mere tradition. He is all and in all. He is the     "righteous, glory that excelleth, and remaineth for eternity".... 

"For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doeth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory  For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.  For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious."  2 Cor.3:9-11.               

"the ministration of condemnation" is The Law of God by which He  judges and condemns sin and the violators of God's will, word & glorious righteousness. 

"the ministration of righteousness" is The Glory of God by which He

redeems those sinners, and which Glory includes all of God's Truth, Holiness, Love, Grace, Power, Presence and Knowledge.  That is the Glory which excelleth and remaineth for eternity. None of that is tradition. It is the eternal reality of realities within our Great, Jehovah God. 

Many traditions are fine and useful, temporarily, but God's Glory is Essential and Eternal. Seek Him this Christmas ... and for life. There are no traditions in heaven.

Gen. Flynn's Attorney, Powell, Files Election Fraud Lawsuit Against Georgia & Michigan

By A Long List Of Illegal Means

Reported by Zero Hedge News

"The Fraud Was Executed By Many Means": Sidney Powell "Releases Kraken" With Dual Lawsuits In Michigan, Georgia ....

Sidney Powell has finally released the Kraken - filing two lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia late Wednesday alleging massive schemes to rig the election for Joe Biden.

 Powell claims in a "Old-fashioned ballot-stuffing" has been ""According to 

At least 96,600 absentee ballots were requested and counted but were never recorded as being returned to county election boards by the voter. "Thus, at a minimum, 96,600 votes must be disregarded," the suit said.

• Kemp and Raffensperger "rushed through the purchase of Dominion voting machines and software in 2019 for the 2020 Presidential Election" without due diligence and disregarded safety concern

• "There is incontrovertible physical evidence that the standards of physical security of the voting machines and the software were breached, and machines were connected to the internet in violation of professional standards and state and federal laws."

• Fulton County election workers used a claim of a water leak to evacuate poll watchers and workers for several hours on Election night, even as "several election workers remained unsupervised and unchallenged working at the computers for the voting tabulation machines until after 1:00 AM.

• State officials in a settlement with Democratic parties made changes to election procedures that violated both state law and the U.S. Constitution.

The suit asks for over a dozen remedies, Powell's suit also demands ,

"The scheme and artifice to defraud was for the purpose of illegally and fraudulently manipulating the vote count to manufacture an election of Joe Biden as president of the United States," the suit alleges, adding that the most "troubling, insidious, and egregious ploy” involved “systemic adaptation of old-fashioned ‘ballot-stuffing.'"

As Mimi Ngyuen Ly of The complaint alleged “The complaint cited eyewitness and expert testimony to allege that

The suit claimed that election software and hardware from Dominion Voting Systems used by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers helped facilitate the fraud.

“The Dominion systems derive from the software designed by Smartmatic Corporation, which became Sequoia in the United States,” the complaint reads.

“Smartmatic and Dominion were founded by foreign oligarchs and dictators to ensure computerized ballot-stuffing and vote manipulation to whatever level was needed to make certain Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez never lost another election,” it added, citing a whistleblower’s affidavit alleging that the Smartmatic software was used to manipulate Venezuelan elections in favor of Chavez.

“A core requirement of the Smartmatic software design ultimately adopted by Dominion for Michigan’s elections was the software’s ability to hide its manipulation of votes from any audit,” the complaint alleged.

The complaint cited a former electronic intelligence analyst under the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion, who declared that the Dominion software was accessed by agents acting on behalf of China and Iran to monitor and manipulate elections, including the 2020 U.S. general election.

Another part of the complaint said that a former U.S. Military Intelligence expert had analyzed the Dominion software system and concluded that the system and software “were certainly compromised by rogue actors, such as Iran and China.”

“By using servers and employees connected with rogue actors and hostile foreign influences combined with numerous easily discoverable leaked credentials, Dominion neglectfully allowed foreign adversaries to access data and intentionally provided access to their infrastructure in order to monitor and manipulate elections, including the most recent one in 2020," the filing said.

GO TO THE LINK ABOVE FOR MORE DETAILED JUSTIFICATION OF THE COMPLAINT NOT COPIED HERE--------Interesting list, for those that are interested. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fraud-was-executed-many-means-sidney-powell-releases-kraken-dual-lawsuits-michigan

Surrendering To Satanic Attack Is Assisting In It's Further Triumph

And our loss of God's power ....

But as long as we continue to resist evil and trust in God, we can still win the spiritual struggle and force Satan to "flee". 

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7. 

America's downfall is that we so love peace, and fear injury, that we sacrifice our God given freedoms for peace and safety. We have not only sold out our own Constitutional, God given  freedoms, but those of our children also.  

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Tim. 1:7

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace." Jer.6:14.

This from Breitbart News

Massachusetts Legislature Passes ‘Infanticide Act’ Removing Requirement of Preserving Abortion Survivor’s Life

The Massachusetts legislature has passed an amendment to a budget bill that would allow abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy, eliminate parental consent, and remove the requirement that abortionists must attempt to preserve the life of a baby who survives abortion.

The state House passed Amendment 759 by a vote of 108-49, while the state Senate approved it by a vote of 33-7. The amendment, as part of the fiscal year 2021 budget bill, is now on the desk of Gov. Charlie Baker (R) who, as Masslive.com reported, was critical of Democrats pushing a late-term abortion proposal in a budget bill.

“I do share some of the unhappiness that was raised by a number of members of the Republican Party that putting policy in the budget was something that both leaders in the House and Senate said they would not do,” Baker said Friday afternoon, according to the report. “It’s pretty hard to argue this isn’t a major policy initiative that is not in the budget.”

As late as last year, Baker disapproved of measures to expand late-term abortion.

“I do not support late term abortions,” the governor said. “I support current law in Massachusetts. It’s worked well for decades for women and families here in Massachusetts, and that’s what we support.”

The Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) explained why Amendment 759 has been dubbed the “Infanticide Act:”

The reason why this legislation has earned the moniker “Infanticide Act” is because it removes the requirement that an abortionist “shall” save the life of a baby born alive during a botched abortion and replaces it with the requirement to simply have life-saving equipment in the room with no obligation to use it.

MFI continued:

The current language in the law that prohibits passive infanticide is found in Section 12P:

“…the physician performing the abortion shall take all reasonable steps, both during and subsequent to the abortion… to preserve the life and health of the aborted child.”

Instead of simply striking this language, as the original ROE Act did, the new budget amendment version twists it to this:

“…the room where the abortion is performed shall maintain life-supporting equipment, …to enable the physician performing the abortion to take appropriate steps, …to preserve the life and health of a live birth and the patient.”

…

To summarize, this new version still requires life-saving equipment in the room where the abortion takes place, but removes the requirement for abortionists to actually have to USE it.

Additionally, the amendment removes the word “mother” and inserts, instead, the word “patient.” The current section of the law reads:

If a pregnancy has existed for twenty-four weeks or more, no abortion may be performed except by a physician and only if it is necessary to save the life of the mother, or if a continuation of her pregnancy will impose on her a substantial risk of grave impairment of her physical or mental health.

The same section under the new legislation removes the word “mother” and essentially allows abortion until birth for almost any reason. 

My 10 Uneducated Opinions On The Compulsory Masquerade Parade

Tongue in Cheek by the Masked-up freak

Having now worn a mask for a total of maybe two hours since Covid began, I have an uneducated opinion on the subject.  I am afraid that wearing a mask for hours on end, every day ....

1. Is like putting up a chain-link fence to keep out the flies and mosquitos.

2. It's most effective success is hiding the identity of rioters and criminals.

3. It puts a constant strain on the effectiveness and production of workers.

4. The ones that may really protect us ... cost way too much.

5. Forces the poor and jobless to fake it by wearing one of those 5 cent foam dust masks or an old bandanna.  When I forgot my mask, I wore my handkerchief in the long Post Office line last week.

6. Only filters out fresh air and forces me to breath my own CO2 circulated through high levels of microbial contamination.

7. Filters out more romance than disease. How do you whisper sweet nothings through a mask?

8. Makes nice people impatient and grouchy.

9. Gives anonymity and voice to otherwise restrained idiots. 

10. May only protect me from policemen and self-appointed, politically correct  bullies.

So .... I keep on wearing the same old mask in public and somehow feel like a bandit. If I get arrested for robbing the druggist ... blame it on Dr. Fauci or "Vice" President Biden.  RB

God's Grace For Believers & Judgement Upon Evil In Times Like These

Do good and Live: Do Evil in the streets and you shall Wail

If you wonder what God does, in times like we are now going through, just look at what he did when Israel was going through equally difficult times in the days of Amos the Prophet.    

Amos 5
V.12a - "... I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins ...." 

Be aware that God knows the certain destiny and suffering of America's evil doers and      "manifold and mighty sins"....         

V.12b - "...they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right."      

Our American system has been perverted and the powers that be are now      "afflicting the just"      (Honest citizens who work, pay their unjust taxes, and obey the laws, while the politicians take     "bribes"     from lobbyists and CEO's to violate the poor struggling citizens and their Constitutional     "Rights".

V.13 - "Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time."          

Intimidated citizens who see the abuses of power and corruption of the entrenched government leaders, and their majority supporters, will not speak out and condemn the     "evil"     actions of their leadership because of fear of being abused ... so they      "keep  silence".  

Then God gives Amos His will for His people in such     "evil times".     He tells them to always    "Seek good  and avoid evil"       which will tend to good health and long life, and     "the Lord will be with you"    through all the trials.

V.14 - "Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord .... shall be with you ....."

Then God goes a step beyond "Seeking good and avoiding evil" and charges His people to     "Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the gate"     (That is, in the official seat of their government, at the gate) and it may not be too late for the LORD's grace to relieve you of the burden of such bad government.

V.15 - "Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious ...."      

Here the Lord declares that His grace will be upon His people, who love to do good and hate evil. And likewise those people who hate and destroy, in the streets, will change their riotous behavior into wailing (crying in pain, grief and loss).

V.16 - "Therefore the Lord ... saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets."  Amos 5:12-16.

President Ronald Reagan's words of 59 years ago foresaw what is happening in America today, as did many Christians.  Reagan warned, on March 30, 1961, that, "Freedom is never more than one generation way from extinction. We didn't pass it along in our a will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

I am in my "sunset years" and I am telling you, my children, grandchildren and friends, that you are about to lose your freedoms to the curse of evil and Socialism if God does not intervene. You will still have your love, faith, hope and salvation, but those who insisted upon national approval of wickedness and Socialism, will have nothing.  They will be wailing in the streets at what they have brought about. As the Venezuelans have done unto themselves, so the U.S. is now doing.

These things are not easily or quickly repaired, but if we act quickly, God may intervein in miraculous ways. yet unknown.  RB 

Attorney, Sidney Powell Uncovers Massive Evidence Of Election Fraud

See the Video interviews below by Maria Bartilomo & Lou Dobbs. 

Sidney Katherine Powell is an American attorney from North Carolina who served as an Assistant United States Attorney for 10 years before establishing her own private practice in Dallas, Texas. She is best known for successful appellate reversals, for prosecuting Jimmy Chagra in 1979, and for representing General Michael Flynn in 2019 and President Donald Trump in 2020. In the weeks after the 2020 election, she joined Trump's legal team to challenge the results.

From 1978 through 1988, Powell served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western and Northern Districts of Texas and the Eastern District of Virginia, where she handled civil and criminal trial work. She was appointed Appellate Section Chief for the Western and then the Northern District of Texas.^[3]

In 1993 Powell established her own law firm in Dallas, Texas, aimed mostly at federal appellate practice, and practices in the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Federal Circuits, plus representing cases in the United States Supreme Court. Her firm has also handled a number of high-profile class action suits. She has served as lead counsel in more than 500 appeals in the Fifth Circuit courts, resulting in more than 180 published opinions and a reversals rate of approximately 70%.^[3]

Powell is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, where she served as president from 2001-2002.^{[3]  Wikimedia}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ov26QVj5dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCXPw1t17o

https://www.facebook.com/therightmichellemalkin/videos/2336616753141046/ 

A Voice Of Reason In The Dark, Dumb Ghetto Of Communist Theory

Listen up Mr&Mrs Juvenile & Your Rioting Kids

This Mature summation of the clear evidence of Election Fraud is from the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC). They are the "Right" replacement of Left-Leaning AARP.

The Election Is Not Over

Everybody wants to know – Is it over? The answer, unless Trump prematurely concedes, is a resounding “no.”  To understand this, one must see how our Founders configured the Constitutional process – for situations like this.

First, the Constitution’s Framers were not naïve – they knew the human tendency to bend rules, aggregate power, abuse public office, and government’s tendency to violate individual rights.

That is why we have three branches, checking each other’s powers.  That is also why we have an unbridgeable Bill of Rights.

Part of not being naïve was knowing state election management could involve fraud.  The Framers distrusted political parties, thought them spoilers, detracting from unity. What they did not anticipate was a very close election, 330 million Americans, and disrespect for history.

Regardless, Framers saw an “independent judiciary.” In 1803, Marbury v. Madison, the Court said: “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”

Now, 217 years later, that ruling – with refinements and 14th Amendment’s application of “due process” and “equal protection” to the States – is vital.  Whether constitutional violations occurred in administering the presidential election – rests with the US Supreme Court.

That, in turn, is why the answer is “no, this is not over.”  Votes are still being counted and recounted.  Election results are being challenged.  Likelihood grows that the Supreme Court will be asked to validate or invalidate vote counts, based on constitutional principles.

To be clear, this is the High Court’s role.  What they decide – will be final.  No congressional or presidential action, let alone state attorney general, can upend it. That is why, with some grousing, the Supreme Court’s 2000 election decision was universally accepted.

Okay, so where are we – on the merits?  While events keep changing, here is the latest. National media, which have no constitutional authority, have “declared” Joe Biden victor.  They do this on facial evaluation of state counts.  As these are challenged, the declaration has no authority.

What matters now are lawsuits, and Supreme Court rulings – plus the electoral college.  Lawsuits have been filed in many states.  Allegations differ, but all suits hit at election integrity.

Here is a top view.

In Pennsylvania, litigation is over counting ballots arriving days late.  Before the election, the state’s highest court allowed the practice, Trump appealed, the Supreme Court split 4-4.  Post-election, Justice Alito ordered constitutionally questionable ballots kept separate.  Now, nine justices – with Justice Amy Coney Barret – populate the Court. Things could change.

Arguments in Trump’s favor include the Constitution’s delegation to state legislatures, not election officials, the matter of vote counting. Pennsylvania’s legislature played no role.  Precedent exists to support Trump’s position, which could win over Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and now Barret.  Of course, unknown is how many ballots are affected.

Other issues call Pennsylvania’s tally into question, including allegations of ballot “curing,” especially in Montgomery County.  Voters were informed of ballot errors, permitted to recast.  How widely, how often, affecting how many votes?  Unclear.  Citing Bush v. Gore (2000), invalidation could occur if all voters do not have “the same opportunity to vote.”

Other problems include blocking poll observers, irregularities in voter identification, ballot harvesting (that is, third-party collection), discarding ballots (including military), arbitrary deadlines, inexplicable pauses in counting, and sudden arrival of late ballots – for Biden.

In razor-thin Michigan, suits are also pending. Allegations include a possible software “glitch” recording Trump votes for Biden, tampering at drop-boxes, blocking observers – especially in Detroit.  Claims are detailed, numerous, and credible.  Dismissed suits will be appealed.

In Wisconsin, expect a recount.  The state must certify, taking weeks.  One allegation is more votes were counted than registered, although reports are conflicted.  Another suggests systemic count problems.  Cross checks in this state are thorough, so evidence – if there – will surface.

In Georgia, where a solid Trump lead evaporated late – as in other states – questions abound.  One allegation, supported by affidavits, is that votes received after polls closed were counted in Democrat strongholds, including Chatham County.

In Nevada, counting appears marred by voting by thousands of non-residents, as well as dead people. The state’s Attorney General affirmed irregularities, although lawsuits will show seriousness. Counting will not end until November 12, as some counties remain unreported.

In Arizona, Biden’s margin continues to narrow.  Lawsuits remain to be filed, but hundreds of thousands of ballots must be counted.  Claims surrounding “sharpie pens” seem dubious.

So, where does all this leave us?  In the courts – with all eyes on the Supreme Court.  Those celebrating Biden are premature.  Media calls are fine – but final word has not been rendered.  The possibility remains that the Supreme Court will invalidate ballots on which Biden depends.

Being clear-eyed is hard – especially with passions high.  Biden may prevail, fraud may have occurred but be unprovable, or insufficient to throw an election.  On the other hand, the Supreme Court could rule Biden’s victory unwarranted – and Donald Trump the winner. Truth is, we do not yet know.  Only one thing is certain – lawsuits abound, and this election is not over yet.

Van T. Barefoot, Super Patriot Hero Of "The Greatest Generation"

His Flag still flies

Early life

Barfoot was born on June 15, 1919, in Edinburg, Mississippi.^[4] His grandmother was Choctaw, but Barfoot himself was not an official member of the Choctaw Nation; although he was eligible, his parents had never enrolled him.^[5]

Military career

After enlisting in the Army from Carthage, Mississippi, in 1940 and completing his training, Barfoot served with the 1st Infantry Division in Louisiana and Puerto Rico. In December 1941, he was promoted to sergeant and reassigned to the Headquarters Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet in Quantico, Virginia, where he served until the unit was deactivated in 1943. He next joined the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, and was shipped to Europe.^[5]

World War II

During the Italian Campaign Barfoot participated in a series of amphibious landings: the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the invasion of mainland Italy at Salerno in September 1943, and finally the landings at Anzio in late January 1944. His unit pushed inland from Anzio, and by May 1944 had reached the small town of Carano in southern Italy, in the province of Latina. They set up defensive positions and Barfoot conducted patrols to scout the German lines. When his company was ordered to attack on the morning of 23 May 1944, Barfoot, now a technical sergeant, asked for permission to lead a squad. Because of the patrols he had made, he knew the terrain and the minefield which lay in front of the German position. He advanced alone through the minefield, following ditches and depressions, until he came within a few yards of a machine gun nest on the German flank. After taking out the gun and its crew with a hand grenade, he entered the German trench and advanced on a second machine gun, killing two soldiers and capturing three others. When he reached a third machine gun, the entire crew surrendered to him. Others also surrendered, and Barfoot captured a total of seventeen German soldiers and killed eight.^[5]

When the Germans launched an armored counterattack with three Tiger tanks directly against his positions later that day, Barfoot disabled the lead tank with a bazooka, killed part of its crew with his Thompson submachine gun, and turned the German attack. He then advanced into enemy-held territory and destroyed an abandoned German artillery piece. He returned to his own lines and helped two wounded soldiers from his squad to the rear.^[5]

Barfoot was subsequently commissioned as a second lieutenant. His division moved into France, and by September 1944 was serving in the Rhone valley. Lt. Barfoot learned he would be awarded the Medal of Honor and chose to have the presentation ceremony in the field, so that his soldiers could attend. He was formally presented with the medal on September 28, 1944, in Épinal, France, by Lieutenant General Alexander Patch.^[5]

Post World War

Having grown up in the strictly segregated, Democrat-controlled south, Barfoot was noted for a comment he made in 1945 regarding African-Americans. Democratic senator from Mississippi and Ku Klux Klan member Theodore G. Bilbo asked Barfoot if he had much trouble with the African-American soldiers he had served with during the war. To Bilbo's embarrassment, Barfoot responded, "I found out after I did some fighting in this war that the colored boys fight just as good as the white boys...I've changed my idea a lot about colored people since I got into this war and so have a lot of other boys from the south".^[6]

Barfoot later served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded a Purple Heart. He reached the rank of colonel before retiring from the Army.^[7] In retirement, he lived on a farm in Amelia County, Virginia and later moved to, Henrico County, Virginia, near his daughter. On October 9, 2009, the portion of Mississippi Highway 16 which runs from Carthage through his hometown of Edinburg to the border between Leake and Neshoba counties was named the "Van T. Barfoot Medal of Honor Highway".^[8] A building at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA also carries his name.

Medal of Honor citation

Second Lieutenant Barfoot's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May 1944, near Carano, Italy. With his platoon heavily engaged during an assault against forces well entrenched on commanding ground, 2d Lt. Barfoot (then Tech. Sgt.) moved off alone upon the enemy left flank. He crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machinegun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun. He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his Herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety. Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of pointblank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers.^[9]

Flagpole dispute

 drIn December 2009, the homeowners' association (HOA) of the Sussex Square, where Barfoot lived in Henrico County, Virginia, ordered him to remove the 21-foot (6.4 m) flagpole he had erected without their approval and from which he began flying the US flag regularly on Veterans Day.^[10] The HOA retained the Coates & Davenport law firm^[11] to threaten legal action to enforce their order.^[12] This news story first became public when Barfoot's son-in-law reported the story on local talk radio show, Elliot in the Morning. Then Fox News and several other news networks picked up the story nationally. The association's bylaws do not forbid flagpoles, but the HOA ruled Barfoot, then aged 90, would not be allowed to use it "for aesthetic reasons." Barfoot contested their order,^[13][14] and received support from the public (48,000 people on a Facebook page),^[15] from the American Legion, from military groups, and from many politicians, including Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb, and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.^[16] Because of the backlash and outrage it received, the association dropped its request on December 8, 2009, ending the controversy within one week.^[17][18][19]

Death

Barfoot suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain from a fall in front of his home, and died two days later on March 2, 2012 at the age of 92.^{[19][20][21][22]}