Are you down with NJ flying the flag at half-mast for Whitney Houston?

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Fellow flag geeks: Christie is in violation of the US flag code in ordering the flag lowered for a celebrity. It's protocol only, but I think it's a little sad that a high ranking American government executive thinks this little of the flag code and of the symbolism behind the half-staff tradition.

This in no way diminishes the contributions of Whitney Houston, but soldiers and police officers killed in the line of duty don't get Grammy awards, singers have not earned an official half-staff flag salute.