New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided that flags should be flown at half mast throughout the state to honor the recently deceased singer Whitney Houston. Not everyone agrees....
http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/15/10415956-should-flags-fly-at-half-staff-for-whitney-houston
My first reaction was "you're kidding right?" I mean, ya, she was famous...and a great singer...and an icon to millions of people...but as of the info right now, she died of her own addiction. Her drug problems were widely known and have plagued her throughout her career, yet the gov. of NJ thinks she deserves an honor that most people would reserve for people who literally fought and died for their country. I'm not saying she wasn't important, didn't change some things, or wasn't influential...she was all that...but she also had a side of her life that was 100% at odds from the type of person we should be praising in that way...
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