[Rhodes22-list] Enemy of the State?

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Upgrade to a better scotch and you won't babble, you'll become enlightened.
Go to a high-end liquor store and look for Dalmore Cigar Malt.  Even better
yet, sip it with a good cigar.  Just be sure to record all your thoughts or
you'll have to repeat the experience because you forgot all the good ideas
you had.

Brad


On 8/6/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>
> 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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