[Rhodes22-list] Enemy of the State?

[Slim]

Hank,

When I'm drunk, I don't google, I babble.  Thanks for digging that up for
me.  I knew someone on this list would have the right answer.

Slim

On 8/5/06 10:14 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> You really are drunk.  5 minutes on Google came up with the following.
> 
> Hank
> 
>> From http://www.usflag.org/colors.html
> 
> The quote below concerning *gold fringe on the Flag* is from the book "So
> Proudly We Hail, The History of the United States Flag" Smithsonian
> Institute Press 1981, by Wiliam R. Furlong and Byron McCandless. "The
> placing of a fringe on Our Flag is optional with the person of organization,
> and no Act of Congress or Executive Order either prohibits the practice,
> according to the Institute of Hearaldry. Fringe is used on indoor flags
> only, as fringe on flags on outdoor flags would deteriorate rapidly. The
> fringe on a Flag is considered and 'honorable enrichment only', and its
> official use by the US Army dates from 1895.. A 1925 Attorney General's
> Opinion states: 'the fringe does not appear to be regarded as an integral
> part of the Flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an
> unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. An external
> fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs
> printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under law, such
> additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is not
> necessarily true of the fringe.'"
> 
> On 8/5/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've had too much to drink tonight but here goes:
>> 
>> We all know the American flag has its 13 stripes and its 50 stars on a
>> field
>> of blue, but did you know that the design and specifications of the flag
>> are
>> an act of congress?  Yes--it's legislated that the flag be exactly such
>> and
>> such and that all its qualities and proportions are exactly
>> specified.  Any
>> deviation from that and it ceases to be the official flag of the United
>> States of America.  Presumably, all countries do this.
>> 
>> The United States military, however, operates under a different
>> flag.  They
>> put a gold fringe around their flag.  So do many police forces.  This is
>> not
>> insignificant!  They are not displaying the flag of the United States of
>> America!  By an act of congress, you can't alter the specs of the flag in
>> any way and still call it the official flag of the USA.  There ain't no
>> gold
>> fringe on Old Glory!
>> 
>> So what gives?  It would seem the military operates under a separate
>> sovereignty and a flag of their own.  First I'd like to know why, and
>> second
>> I would like to know if this "nation" is friend or foe.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
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