Delaware Couple Desecrates US Flag At Inauguration
Jan 21, 2009 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