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Is Obama's Great Seal Illegal?
The Blog--WeeklyStandard ^
| Friday, June 20, 2008
| Posted by: John McCormack
Posted on 06/20/2008 7:51:48 PM PDT by Snoopers-868th
18 USC Sec. 713 ... (a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(b) Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: megalomaniac; michelleisugly; obama; seal; veropossumus
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To: Southerngl
It is only illegal for someone other than the consumer to remove them........
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:06:36 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: Southerngl
Yes !!! I win, now what do I win? I’d suggest putting obama’s seal on the tracks to get squashed but we all know it would only derail the train.
To: Blood of Tyrants
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Do BOTH !
Do it here, Do it now - we'll all pay less.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:49 PM PDT
by
Wil H
To: Snoopers-868th
Come on there are plenty of real things to get him on it looks silly attacking his “seal”. I’m sure I’ve seen President’s day adversments that “violated” the same “law”.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:08:52 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Hey Barack, you're ugly and your wife smells.)
To: driftdiver
Or get pinged off the tracks and fly through your head like a bullet.
To: neodad
I’m gonna go rip the tag off mine right now.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:09:50 PM PDT
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
To: Snoopers-868th
I’m surprised it doesn’t say “In allah we trust”.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:09:58 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Ask me again tomorrow.)
To: yldstrk
No one is going to mistake the campaign materials as coming from the Office of the President, so it isn't illegal. However, I think it should have an Al Gore quote on it somewhere, since Al Gore is now a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Maybe something like
E Pluribus Unum, out of one, many! - Al Gore
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:10:11 PM PDT
by
Maurice Tift
(You can't stop the signal, Mal. You can never stop the signal.)
To: Southerngl
It’s a trick. That’s how they getcha.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:11:26 PM PDT
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
To: Maurice Tift
It’s illegal alright. He’s acting like he’s an official something or other and he ain’t. You are entitled to your esteemed opinion tho as am I entitled tomine.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:13:50 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: Maurice Tift
cutco scissors cut pennies in half!
Now if we could cut gas prices in half!@
To: neodad
I fold dollar bills so that George looks like a mushroom.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:14:10 PM PDT
by
littlehouse36
(Imagine: an endless sprawl of government offices.)
To: rottndog
not to worry!
it looks like english china.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:15:26 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: rottndog
The audacity....
Just wow.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:15:35 PM PDT
by
littlehouse36
(Imagine: an endless sprawl of government offices.)
To: driftdiver
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (If all else fails, play dead).
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:15:55 PM PDT
by
seowulf
To: Snoopers-868th
I like the creative Obama seal but I’d enjoy seeing one with him standing behind it where it reads, “No, no, no, God DXXX America!”
I believe that would be more accurate.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:16:29 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: yldstrk
He is an imposter. Elevating himself visually as POTUS. I so hope he loses and has to eat his arrogance.
To: cripplecreek
I write on dollar bills.
I build fine scale airplane models. And am now glad that I decided not to buy the decals to finish my SH-3 as a VH-3 "Marine One". Of course, I may be in a *bit* of trouble for the decals I bought and used to build an S-3B as "Navy One". Then again, maybe not - the POTUS Seal was only on the instruction sheet, not on a decal for application to the plane. So I think it's the decal manufacturer that's goin' to jail.
To: rottndog
I think the Obama seal is ok, as long as he replaces the standard American Eagle with this one...
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:18:17 PM PDT
by
ETL
To: Snoopers-868th
It's interesting that Obama replaced the shield with 13 stripes with his own logo.
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posted on
06/20/2008 8:19:01 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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