Posted on 10/03/2007 5:33:07 PM PDT by SandRat
I was a Navy SEAL who first fought in the American Civil War, where I sabatoged Stellar Destroyers with Tholium Bombs. After that, I was transferred to the Panama Canal, where I landed on Omaha Beach with the rest of the Israeli Defence Force. It was on that bloody beach that Robert the Bruce knighted me General, and I learned how to cavalry charge a submarine.
"Robert the Bruce knighted me General"
Man, you are really old.. :)
They were protesting a tax, not repelling an invasion. At Lexington and Concord they were repelling an invasion. And they shot people.
Of course, I don't advocate killing illegal aliens. But when you invoke the rhetoric of war, and you use that to excuse lawless acts, the logical end result is violence; that is how wars are fought and invasions repelled.
Aren’t nearly all flags all-weather flags these days? I don’t remember the last time I saw a flag, at least not one designed for outdoor display, that wasn’t made of artificial fabric and sturdy stitching. It won’t mildew. and won’t tatter in anything less than gale-force winds.
No, we have been trying to find one that’s as good as our previous one....(without having to spend a fortune). We purchased our most recent flag from the VFW (we thought ,hey that would be an awesome place to buy one...never thought about it before), it was an all weather flag, but it only lasted 2 yrs! The stars are still in mint condition, but the trim on the border of the entire flag is thread bare..
ps: but the trim on the border of the entire flag is thread bare..AND the entire flag is faded. (we brought it in on a regular basis too)
The physical act of burning a flag is the same act, regardless of which flag or whose flag it is. There are laws restricting outdoor burning, and laws against destroying someone else’s property, endangering others or inciting a riot. There are also laws against harassment and terroristic threats. All f those laws could apply to many instances of flag-burning.
But when you start passing laws based solely on the symbolic content of the act, the First Amendment becomes an issue. If I burn a US flag, a Nazi flag, a copy of the Bible, a copy of the Constitution and a copy of Where’s Waldo side by side, they’re all subject to the same penalties.
With some exceptions, of course. Time, place and manner count for a lot — Rallying Klan members have the right to burn a cross on private property as long as they obey environmental laws and have the permission of the property owner. But if they burn a cross on someone’s lawn, the nearly inescapable conclusion is that it’s a threat.
If you want to put it in military terms, the influx of illegal aliens is an infiltration, not an invasion.
Um, how shall I put this? Wrong.
The USC is the United States Code. It is the body of Federal Law, usually referenced as the USCA, or United States Code, Annotated, which is the standard legal reference and includes footnotes on the current judicial interpretations of each provision. The states follow a similar model -- for example the laws of Georgia are compiled in SCOGA -- the State Code of Georgia, Annotated.
The USC is enforced by the FBI, BATFE, USCG, ICE, TSA, EPA, OSHA, IRS, and the rest of the fed alphabet soup, whether you choose to work for or do business with the federal government or not.
That's really rough on the poor horses, but it's still not as strenuous as the air cavalry.
Actually complete and correct. The CFE applies to the USA, and to your dealings with it.
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