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Is Obama's face on U.S. flag illegal ?
WorldNetDaily ^ | October 14, 2009 | Chelsea Schilling

Posted on 10/14/2009 6:09:14 PM PDT by RobinMasters

At least 20 American flags with the stars removed from the blue field and President Barack Obama's face inserted are still available on numerous eBay auctions – but, according to a state code, the listings may violate the law.

WND found three auctions for dozens of defaced flags on the auction site – all located in the state of Washington and within one hour of one another: Castle Rock, Vancouver and Longview.

The listings were posted by ucandoit45, mekaitlyn-2008 and jaysterd.

The U.S. flag code does not specify penalties for desecration or misuse of the United States flag, but each state has its own laws for such issues. According to the Revised Code of Washington, the eBay items located in Washington may constitute improper use of an American flag:

RCW 9.86.020 Improper use of flag prohibited.

No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:

(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or authorized by any law of the United States or of this state; or

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; flagetiquette; symbol
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1 posted on 10/14/2009 6:09:14 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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To: ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93; traderrob6; OL Hickory; socialismisinsidious; trlambsr; Altera; ...

Ping.


2 posted on 10/14/2009 6:09:32 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

it should be....


3 posted on 10/14/2009 6:10:33 PM PDT by jp3 (BABIES, GUNS & JESUS...HOT DAMN!!)
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To: RobinMasters

It may be illegal but its not illegal enough to worry about. I see flags with Elvis, Harley Davison, Bart Simpson, and NASCAR stars on them.


4 posted on 10/14/2009 6:11:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: RobinMasters

Thanks for the heads up. But, more importantly, what are YOU going to do about it??


5 posted on 10/14/2009 6:12:50 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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To: RobinMasters

It ain’t an American flag if it isn’t THE American flag....


6 posted on 10/14/2009 6:13:33 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: RobinMasters

An apartment complex in Portland Oregon prohibited the flying of any flag in their complex (see numerous FR postings), I wonder what would happen if someone hung one of the obamanation flags there? I bet their heads would explode, they wouldn’t know what to do!


7 posted on 10/14/2009 6:13:48 PM PDT by joesjane (The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
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To: RobinMasters

That sounds a lot worse than burning a flag.


8 posted on 10/14/2009 6:14:44 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: cripplecreek

Me too. My Gadsden flag was bought from a vendor that was also selling American Flags with Marijuana Leaves on them.


9 posted on 10/14/2009 6:15:13 PM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: RobinMasters

Boycott the sellers.


10 posted on 10/14/2009 6:16:27 PM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: RobinMasters

Well, I’ve had it with the Native American image crap on US flags and other disgraceful things I’ve seen including the hippie chicken print. Illegal? Perhaps. Immoral (for an American), definitely.


11 posted on 10/14/2009 6:19:46 PM PDT by brushcop (SFC Sallie, CPL Long, LTHarris, SSG Brown, PVT Simmons KIA OIF lll&V, they died for you, honor them)
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To: RobinMasters
Oh Please.

Someone put The Joker on the flag.

We just have to hold him off for one more year, retake the House and Senate.

I think Obamah is more 'Change' than moderates and the uninformed expected.

I'm beginning Liz Cheney, along with Sarah Palin, is the one to "Take Back America!".

12 posted on 10/14/2009 6:19:53 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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13 posted on 10/14/2009 6:29:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: RobinMasters

14 posted on 10/14/2009 6:29:27 PM PDT by GBA
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"Is Obama's face on U.S. flag illegal ?"

Perhaps not illegal, but for sure disgusting.

15 posted on 10/14/2009 6:39:09 PM PDT by Behemoth the Cat
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To: RobinMasters

Flying it upside down, right under a Gadsden, might make an appropriate statement.


16 posted on 10/14/2009 6:57:37 PM PDT by LouD ("against all enemies, foreign and domestic...")
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To: RobinMasters

Stripes with a starless blue canton wouldn’t seem to constitute a US flag. So, neither would showing a Bummer image on top of said canton.


17 posted on 10/14/2009 7:11:00 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: RobinMasters
If it's anything other than the Stars and Stripes, then it's not a U.S. flag.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

Dated April 2008.

18 posted on 10/14/2009 7:26:59 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

ANYTHING with Big Ears face on it should be illegal!


19 posted on 10/14/2009 7:38:56 PM PDT by Never2baCrat
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To: RobinMasters
Remember what a big deal the Democrats/Liberals made over this? Where are the whinners now?


20 posted on 10/14/2009 8:20:09 PM PDT by shiva
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