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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Idiot of the Day - Tom Saitta
I don’t know if you’ve heard about the big drama over the flag at a Hummer dealership in town. The city restricts flagpoles to a height of 40 feet, and the Hummer dealer has a 100’ flagpole, with a flag the size of a volleyball court attached to it. The neighbors have been complaining because the noise of the flag flapping is so loud that it disturbs them when they’re inside their homes. I can only imagine how awful it is because when we first moved into our home, the houses behind us were still up for sale, so for a couple of years, we had about half a dozen small flags flapping behind us. It was annoying. So, the thought of a GINORMOUS flag that’s 30’ x 60’ near our house is scary. The neighbors say that it wakes them up, and some silly people are arguing that they’re not patriotic. Holy crap, it’s a Hummer dealership. If we were going to go with the patriotism angle, maybe the dealer should stop selling Hummers. If they cared about their country, they wouldn’t sell huge gas-guzzling cars that are contributing to global warming. However, it has nothing to do with that. The flagpole is more than twice as tall as the city allows. Period. The end. Take it down.
Are you ready for the idiocy? This letter to the editor was from Tom Saitta, who owns a few car dealerships around town. Not Towbin Hummer, the one with the oversized flag. To the editor: Isn’t it funny how different people interpret sounds so differently? I am referring to U.S. flag at Dan Towbin’s Hummer dealership and the people who live nearby (Wednesday Review-Journal). Those neighbors hear noise when the flag flaps. Personally, when I hear a flag flapping, it sounds like the voice of American freedom telling me how lucky I am to live in a country where flag flying is our American right. To the neighbors complaining, think about that for a while. Tom Saitta PAHRUMP You know what’s really funny about that? Tom Saitta lives in Pahrump, some 60+ miles from that flapping flag, so it’s laughable that he’s telling the neighbors of the dealership that when HE hears a flag flapping, he thinks it sounds like American freedom. LOL, easy for him to say when it isn’t disturbing HIS sleep. He lives in the middle of nowhere. It’s often really windy here in Vegas, which means the flag is noisily flapping all the time. I want someone to put a volleyball court sized flag next to Tom Saitta’s house, and then let him tell us that when he hears the stupid flapping sound, he feels ever so lucky to live next to the big ol’ flag. I’ll bet he’s not hearing the flag singing “God Bless America” after a night of listening to the wind blowing the flag around. Man, what a jackass.
I just checked the county assessor’s website, and it doesn’t look like Tom Saitta lives in Pahrump, although he owns a dealership there. He appears to live near The Lakes. Gee, Tom, I hope you aren’t one of the people complaining about the new flight path, because I think the sound of jets overhead is like the joyous boom of freedom we hear every 4th of July. It’s like Independence Day, but you get to enjoy it every day. (Mom & Dad, just kidding - I know the planes are noisy, and I’m glad they’re not flying over us. The fighter planes we get overhead about once a week, that’s plenty for us)
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My parents have a cabin in the woods for the summer. It’s near enough to a couple of air bases to where they like to practice hide in the woods and dodge mountains over head. I have seen the jets go by in under 100 feet above the lake and heard the occasional sonic boom in the afternoon. Even the occasional fly by can be incredibly annoying- when there is nothing but a small amount of boat traffic and complete silence otherwise.
on 05/27 at 02:53 AM -
Wow. Is this guy for real. It’s laughable - except that I’m sure it’s not funny for the folks that live near the giant flapping flag. What an ass (asses actually - the flyer and the writer).
I hope your dad is doing well and continues to recover (and that they got all the cancer). I loved the pic of him going into the OR. You can tell him he looked like a soap opera actor prepped for surgery - very dashing.
laurie on 05/30 at 03:13 PM -
The freedom to fly an American flag in America? Wow. I’m Canadian and I feel more free just knowing that Americans are free to fly their own flag. I’ve gotta go before the tears of joy short out my keyboard.
Chris Lawson on 05/31 at 07:43 AM -
I think that gigantic flags flapping at car dealerships in the US sound like good ol’ American jingoism.
Georg - oh, a cabin in the woods for the summer sounds sooooo lovely and peaceful. The jets flying around must be so alarming in such a peaceful environment.
on 05/31 at 08:43 AM
