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Brit Hume: Flag-burning ban fails by one vote (to be discussed on the "All Star" panel)
FoxNewsChannel ^ | 6-27-06 | DTogo

Posted on 06/27/2006 3:49:32 PM PDT by DTogo

Brit Hume just mentioned it.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Announcements; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; clintonistas; congress; flag; flagburning
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To: TexasTaysor
When people don't have any more respect for our flag than is shown in this statement, that's why I think there should be an amendment to protect the flag.

Do you believe that criminal penalties for showing disrespect will foster respect? Also, how have you ascertained a lack of respect in the previous poster's statement?
101 posted on 06/27/2006 5:20:57 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: Soul Seeker

Sometimes McConnell thinks his people were all Confederates ~ but they weren't. Actually, none of them were Confederates. Most of 'em were carpetbaggers. I know them well from the family genealogy.


102 posted on 06/27/2006 5:21:04 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: muawiyah
"Some of you Souvrn'rs still pushin' for the pre-eminence of property rights over everything else."

You're right. It's silly of me to care about property rights over a symbol. What was I thinking?

"Look, you lost the war, the slaves got freed, and it's time to get over it and move on."

You sure like to assume things. I'll let you dig some more.
103 posted on 06/27/2006 5:21:53 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman (Gas up your tanks!!)
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To: muawiyah
Once again ~ the USSC made their decision in the face of the flag in question having been the property of the federal government (as a material item). It was stolen from a post office.

Are you saying that the court ruled that stealing a US flag is legal? Please cite the section of the ruling that supports such a thing if this your claim.
104 posted on 06/27/2006 5:22:21 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: muawiyah
"Once again ~ the USSC made their decision in the face of the flag in question having been the property of the federal government (as a material item). It was stolen from a post office.

The USSC didn't particularly care who owned it ~ they wanted it burned."

The person who stole it should be charged with theft and destruction of property, NOT under an invented, unconstitutional law called flag-burning.
105 posted on 06/27/2006 5:23:48 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman (Gas up your tanks!!)
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To: Shermy
What's the White House got next to avoid talking about immigration?

Good question.

106 posted on 06/27/2006 5:25:22 PM PDT by Walkin Man
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To: DTogo

There really aren't.


107 posted on 06/27/2006 5:26:10 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: Cobra64

They'd never get me for "attempted".


108 posted on 06/27/2006 5:27:11 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: 1rudeboy
Think, people.

Hah! On this topic? That'll be the day ...

109 posted on 06/27/2006 5:27:17 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
A victory for private property rights and the 1st amendment.

Absolutely. Touch a flag that belongs to me, and you and I have problems. Buy your own flag and burn it, I don't care. All that does is prove you're an ass.

110 posted on 06/27/2006 5:27:39 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (New popular baby names for daughters of liberals: Fallujah, Haditha, Murtha)
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To: glorgau
No, soldiers die for each other ~ country is a very secondary consideration.

That's where flags become very, very important. It's "their flag" out on that battlefield. Not yours.

They may loan it to you but you can never own it.

111 posted on 06/27/2006 5:28:29 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: Reagan Man
Scalia makes mistakes every now and then. Probably has immigrant parents rather than Revolutionary War veterans in his background. Else he'd be more respectful.

Eventually he'll come around or its back to Reggio de Calabria for him.

112 posted on 06/27/2006 5:30:28 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: Perdogg
What about a "paper" flag? all of these issues are unresolved and would have to be resolved by the courts.

Here's a famous example of the burning of a paper flag:


113 posted on 06/27/2006 5:33:31 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (New popular baby names for daughters of liberals: Fallujah, Haditha, Murtha)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
A victory for private property rights and the 1st amendment.

Some victory. As the law now stands, they can take your house to give to a politically connected developer or throw you in jail for making a political contribution, but your right to burn the flag or consume pornography are well protected.

Hate speech is probably trickier: you can be sanctioned for saying anything disagreeable about most religions, but you can count on absolute protection for the most vile treatment of anything Christian.

114 posted on 06/27/2006 5:34:52 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Perdogg
When USSC ruled in favor of flag burning, they necessarily ruled against anyone else even trying to stop it.

You, as a patriotic American citizen, could be charged with assault and battery for trying to save the flag.

That hardly seems like a decision that lessened the power of government.

115 posted on 06/27/2006 5:36:18 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: Shermy; DTogo
Gay Marriage flunked out, now amending the First Amendment to allow burning of flags failed. What's the White House got next to avoid talking about immigration?

Perhaps something about prayer in schools, or maybe the Ten Commandments?

116 posted on 06/27/2006 5:36:41 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: muawiyah
Scalia makes mistakes every now and then. Probably has immigrant parents rather than Revolutionary War veterans in his background. Else he'd be more respectful.

Eventually he'll come around or its back to Reggio de Calabria for him.

That is one of the most foul, disgusting, bigoted, unAmerican posts I have EVER seen on this forum. It is beneath contempt. As for the person who made that post ... I have nothing further to say. Personal attacks are forbidden on this forum.

117 posted on 06/27/2006 5:37:53 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: DTogo

Two Republican in the UseLess Senseless voted against the bill.
And it was not any of the usual RINO suspects. It was Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Robert Bennett of Utah.

I am starting to think the Republicans have an intentional plan to gum up the works so they can make it look like they're trying, but, oh, darn, we didn't have the votes, so the liberals get their way again....

Chafee and Specter had taken enough heat lately. Voinovich sunk the estate tax so he did his "good deed" for the year. DeWine has too tough a re-election fight. So it's McConnell's and Bennett's turn to crap on the will of the voters.


118 posted on 06/27/2006 5:38:00 PM PDT by GoBucks2002
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To: CarolinaGuitarman

I've encountered you in the past. Many of your opinions are obviously well grounded in the Ante Bellum Souf'


119 posted on 06/27/2006 5:38:25 PM PDT by muawiyah (-)
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To: sphinx; CarolinaGuitarman
If a high school valedictorian mentions God in a personal speech, "free speech" enthusiasts such as Carolina Guitarman are the first to demand that the state crush her under foot.

An atheist is free to burn the American flag at a high school graduation ceremony in Carolina Guitarman's bizarro world, but a Christian believer is not allowed to assaul the tender sensibilities of the crowd with the word "God."

120 posted on 06/27/2006 5:39:24 PM PDT by JCEccles
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