Are you aware that putting flag decals on cars is an act of desecration. So is using the flag to sell products. Or wearing clothes with the flag on it. Or about a million other unholy uses people have for the flag. The US Code (Title 4, Chapter 1) is quite clear about the proper and reverential treatment accorded Old Glory. U.S. federal law says that the flag should never be used for advertising (section 3), be draped over any part of a car (section 7a), be worn except for patches on military, police, and fire uniforms (sections 8d and 8j), or be printed on anything meant to be discarded (section 8h). Most people wouldn’t knowingly disrespect a cloth flag, but according to section 3 of the code, anything that represents a flag should be treated as if it were the flag itself.

And here's another act of disrespect that we see all the time. What about flags that don't have 50 stars on them? The flag is a powerful statement of the unity of 50 states, built on a foundation of 13 colonies. But the Bush/Cheney '04 insignia was a warped and tarnished flag with 38 of the stars shamelessly torn off. Yes, there were only 12 stars on it. I live in Illinois. We were the 21st state to join the Union, and one of those 50 stars on the real American flag represents my state. But on the Bush/Cheney counterfeit "flag", Illinois' special place on the flag was nowhere to be found. If the flag is sacred, as you suggest, then maybe the Bush/Cheney campaign should have thought more seriously about treating Old Glory with respect.

Elrod,

I was fully aware of the information you posted above, in fact if you look to the right hand gutter you will notice there is a link to Flag Etiquette. I agree there are many ways that people desicrate the flag both intentional and out of ignorance, however that doesn't excuse publicly burning the flag. Some things simply should be sacred.

SlagleRock Out!

Since I was an ignorant troll who could not stay on subject my comments have been deleted and I have been banned from this site.

Simple minds have always entertained me. The world needs people incapable of intelligent thought so we have something to chuckle at. EV I would assume is also Elrod from above. This time we get a link to the Whitehouse. Thanks EV or Elrod or whomever you really are, but I and most true patriots already know the URL for the Whitehouse.

Anyway, I agree the Bush Campaign shouldn't 'autograph' the flag, but this discussion was about a bill to prevent such things, not a chance for the extreme left to dig at the President or call those of us with stones enough to serve this nation and protect their freedom of speech "pussies".

Thanks for your visit, and the laugh EV.

And remember, if you can't get the round peg in the square hole, you just need to hit it a little harder with your skull.

SlagleRock Out!

Since I was an ignorant troll who could not stay on subject my comments have been deleted and I have been banned from this site.

For a brief (albeit very brief) moment I thought that EV was open to intelligent discussion; clearly that thought vanished when he turned to name calling.

Come on EV my 6 year old could do better than the "doodie head" routine.

That said, I guess I'll have to stick to talking to Americans that are pro America and leave the name calling to EV and the toddler alliance of the universe.

Thanks for your time EV; you are almost as much fun as a barrel of monkeys.

SlagleRock Out!