Delaware Couple Desecrates US Flag At Inauguration
by Big Dog on Jan 21, 2009 at 22:15 Political
Are there any law enforcement officers from the DC area who are willing to uphold the law? There are some people who were in DC that should be fined. I am not talking about the pigs who left tons of trash all over the place. I have been to a number of events in DC and we cleaned up after ourselves. I guess that is what happens when we get those who care for the environment so much in one place.
In any event, the people who need to be fined and/or jailed are Jim and Mary Ann Kelly of Newark Delaware. They took an American Flag to DC and they had everyone who passed by sign it. Their desire is to have it put in the Smithsonian. They claim they love their country and they never want to forget this day [inauguration of Obama].
That is all well and good but the only thing that should be placed somewhere are these two morons. If they love their country so much why did they break the law and desecrate the Flag?
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words “flag, standard, colors, or ensign”, as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America. 4USC Chapter 1 ss 3 [emphasis mine]
These two were in the District of Columbia and they definitely caused a mark or words to be put on the Flag. There is no doubt that they violated the United States Code and there is no doubt as to what the punishment is. They have admitted guilt and they have displayed the Flag for all to bear witness to their crime. This crime comes on the heels of the incident in Baltimore where people displayed the Flag with Obama’s picture on it.
I am not surprised. Liberals have no respect for the Flag though it is suddenly cool for them to display it. They do not know how to respect it or how to take care of it.
However, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
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Tags: 4 usc, DC, delaware, Flag, lawbreaker
Guess Bush should have been arrested also, since he desecrated the flag himself by writing on it.
http://emeraldcityguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/bushflag.jpg
I think I made that point. No one is above the law. But, if Bush was not in DC then he did not break the law, he just exercised bad form.
Somebody put a snake on this flag: http://www.ushistory.org/Betsy/images/f_snake.gif
What a disgrace to America!!
Someone wrote on this U.S. flag as well:
http://www.flagsandsilver.com/images/410_GEORGE_BUSH_DEFACING_AMERICAN_FLAG.jpg
Let me help you guys out.
Adam, That is NOT an American Flag. It does not meet the definition of the Flag as it is missing the Field and the Stars. The Navy Jack is a recognized flag and it is not recognized as our National Flag.
Randy, If George Bush was in DC when he did that then he and the person who handed it to him should have been fined or jailed or both (who places or causes to be placed so they are both guilty). Since the USC applies to DC, if Bush was not in DC he did not break the law. He exercised bad form and desecrated the Flag. Where he was makes the difference between a crime and a wrong act. No one is above the law and if he was wrong then he was wrong. You guys seem to think we believe GWB can do no wrong. We know he does both as opposed to you guys who think he never did anything right.
Now, it might be easier to get Bush prosecuted for this than the moonbats from Delaware given the tone in DC. Plus, moonbats don’t peruse lawbreaking moonbats. They are only interested in pursuing Republicans.
Does this answer your feeble attempt? Right is right and wrong is wrong no matter who did it.
Adam, learn your history and learn to interpret the law before you make absurd statements. But to help you once again, the Navy Jack is a flag that is different than the US Flag to which this code applies.
It is your general statement that “liberals” have no respect for the flag and do not know how to respect or take care of it that is the problem. If you are going to say that then you really need to include George W. Bush in that statement, not just “liberals”, whether he broke the law or not.
No malice was intended (by Bush or the couple), and no one got hurt. I think a warning is sufficient. I think your problem is more that the couple is “liberal” than what was done to the flag. That is why we are seeing a long ranting post about the “liberals” and a simple ‘bad form’ in the comments section about W..
You’re telling me the snake didn’t eat the stars off there? What kind of American would let a snake any where near our flag?
George Bush is certainly no conservative.
In general, liberals have less respect for the flag and the rule of law. IN GENERAL.
Look at the jail population and their political registration and ideology.
In general, liberals believe that the Constitution is a living document that can be interpreted for the moment. Abortion is not mentioned but it is a “Constitutional” right…
In General, you will not find conservatives burning flags and desecrating them, in general.
I have been to the rallies. Libs are burning and stepping on the flag and conservatives are holding it in high regard.
In general.
Not all libs are that way and I know some very patriotic ones, but in general, it is this way.
The couple probably intended no malice but neither does the speeder or guy who drinks and drives but they broke the law nontheless.