Flag flown upside down over economic mess

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Source: NBC-2

PLAINFIELD, IL: A woman has drawn the ire of her neighbors for her decision to fly the American flag upside down outside her home.

Debra Brzostowski says she's flipped out over the struggling economy and is flying the inverted Star Spangled Banner as an international sign of distress.

The flag went up on November 14, the day the Wall Street bailout was announced, and the same day Brzostowski was denied an operating loan for her communications and wiring business.

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"With the people that we have over in Iraq dying for our rights as a country. And they're obviously in distress. They're still holding the American flag high," neighbor Jennifer Hillery said.

Brzostowski said her actions are in no way a comment about the troops, instead saying that the freedoms for which they fight give her the right to protest.

"This is my symbol to the government that I'm in distress. It's a distress call," Brzostowski said.

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