Monday, January 21, 2013

Upside Down

The following is an excerpt from U.S. Law and was adopted in 1976:

THE FLAG CODE
Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress
Approved July 7, 1976

§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

By now, most Americans understand flying a U.S. flag with the "union" or in other words, the stars representing the States, at the bottom of the flag mast or more simply, flying the flag upside down is meant to signal distress. As stated above, the upside down flag is meant to signal "dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

So as not to diminish the true gravity this action is meant to signify, I will not be flying my flag upside down. However, we do face a grave threat to our lives and especially our property. The name of this threat as referenced when introduced at today's inaugural address: Barack H. Obama.

The subtext of his entire speech screamed of collectivism, fanatical support for junk science; i.e. man-caused global warming, and class warfare. He spoke of how we cannot abandon such programs as Social Security and others simply because people, rather than find ways to become truly independent, have instead become heavily dependent on the government.

It begs the question Barack: where in the Constitution does it guarantee, health care or financial support in perpetuity? Sorry, I hate to burst the starry eyed liberal bubble of ignorance but it's just not there.

If we are ever to regain the American edge, we have to begin scaling back the size, scope, scale and intrusiveness of the Federal Government. If there are anymore executive orders signed by this President that directly impact our freedoms as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, I may in-fact change my mind about the orientation of my flag.

If Barack's agenda was fully employed as he envisions it, the America we once knew will become a historical footnote. That America is still within reach but if we continue this rapid slide toward socialism, it will simply not be possible to turn the ship around. I know I heard him right when he used the word "collective" when explaining the effort to keep the nation moving forward.

We all knew he was a collectivist but for him to come right out in his inaugural address and say it was pretty stunning. This President is the greatest threat, foreign or domestic, this nation has ever faced. Fore fathers predicted this. This country will remain a free country until we destroy ourselves from within. Barack's agenda is designed to do just that and he will not stop; on the contrary, he must be stopped.

Congress must stand their ground and thwart any further collectivist actions initiated by this buffoon. The only thing standing between us and the destructive agenda of this President are a handful of Congressmen and Women. I hope they have the spine for they will be relentlessly attacked and vilified by complicit and totally incompetent quacks in charge of the dominant media.

The greatest evil propagated on this nation is the socialist media lead around by the nose by a socialist President. The only thing that comes close is the willful ignorance of a slovenly voter. I sincerely hope and pray I will never have to fly my flag upside down. The determining factor will be whether people in this country begin to comprehend the scope and scale of the damage being done by this President and choose to call for a stop to the destruction. So far, I am not encouraged.

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