Side-Eye Post Of The Day: Michigan Man Burns New Jersey Flag To Protest Half-Staff For Whitney Houston

John Burri burns New Jersey's flag

Dude doesn't even live anywhere near New Jersey and has never lived there, so how does Gov. Christie's decision to honor Whitney Houston involve him? From NBC Philadelphia (hat tip: theGrio.com): "A Michigan man says he has burned a New Jersey flag to protest Gov. Chris Christie's decision to lower flags to honor late singing star Whitney Houston. 'It was $12.95 and it was the best money I ever spent,' John Burri of Wyoming, Mich., told the Detroit News."

The article continues about the flag burning: "Burri's son was killed while on patrol in Iraq in 2005. He tells the Detroit News that he drove to nearby Grand Rapids to buy a New Jersey flag and then burned it on his outdoor grill. Burri tells the newspaper Christie's decision was a slap in the face and cheapened the meaning of lowering the flag. 'I didn't do this to offend the people of New Jersey,' Burri told the Detroit News. 'If I did and you're offended, I'm sorry. But I did this because it was wrong and it was to show the governor (of New Jersey) how wrong this was.'"