Brit Hume: Flag-burning ban fails by one vote (to be discussed on the "All Star" panel)

FoxNewsChannel ^ | 6-27-06 | DTogo

[DTogo]

Brit Hume just mentioned it.

[Dimensio]

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?

[muawiyah]

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.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"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.

[Dimensio]

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.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"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.

[Walkin Man]

What's the White House got next to avoid talking about immigration?

Good question.

[muawiyah]

There really aren't.

[muawiyah]

They'd never get me for "attempted".

[ArrogantBustard]

Think, people.

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

[L.N. Smithee]

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.

[muawiyah]

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.

[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.

[L.N. Smithee]

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:

[sphinx]

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.

[muawiyah]

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.

[tarheelswamprat]

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?

[ArrogantBustard]

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.

[GoBucks2002]

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.

[muawiyah]

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

[JCEccles]

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."