Glenn Beck: Iranian-Owned eBay,Bans selling american flag

http://americasnewstoday.com/stories/GLeNNBeCk-08142008-eBAYAMeRiCANFLAGs.html

A Waterbury, Conn., antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions he placed on who can buy the flags.

Mark Albino, owner of C&M Antiques and Collectibles in Waterbury, prohibits sales to buyers in the Middle East, France and Californians, unless they are in the military in that state.

Albino, 43, of Plymouth, served eight years in the Navy, including five years of active duty.

"I refuse to be a party to anyone desecrating or burning the U.S. flag," he said. "Too many good people have died defending that flag."

Albino said has been selling vintage American flags on eBay for years. He said he is a designated eBay power seller, which means his auctions have resulted in sales of at least $76,000 over the past 30 days.

He has somewhere between 250 and 800 auctions under way on the online commercial site on any given day, but will not longer be able to peddle vintage flags.

Albino said that every flag he has ever sold on eBay has contained a disclaimer outlining the restrictions:

"Please note that this flag is not for sale to anyone residing in any country in the Middle East, France, and the state of California (unless you can show proof of serving in the U.S. military) or to any person in any country not allied to the USA. I reserve the right not to sell this flag to anyone I deem may be disrespectful to it. God bless America and its true allies."

Albino said he has been running an average of about 15 vintage flag auctions per year on eBay and has sold somewhere between 75 and 100 flags on the site over the past five years. He acquires the flags primarily through estate auctions.

Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. The company was founded by Pierre M. Omidyar, an (French-born) Iranian entrepreneur.

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[australiap]

THAT WAS BULLSHIT , BULLSHIT

[bobbobdobbs]

Beck is a complete liar. I can't believe the idiots eat that sh-t up.... He also says "the health bill says you have to file a 1099 if you sell more than $600 on ebay." which is of course ANOTHER complete Beck lie... He's purposefully lying to get people to oppose something for FALSE reasons... Not reality at all! He's scaring people out of something good with lies! Evil evil EVIL man....

[towritelove12345]

@fdama Yeah I do that with the Iran flag and iraq flag too.

[fdama]

So what? I wipe my ass with the American flag every morning.

[withtheoldbreed]

Guess that means they can't burn them. He'll why wouldn't they hate us, we overthrew an elected gov back in 53 and put a dictator in charge. They overthrew the dictator we set up, and got hijacked by another dictator.

[Nuttymutts]

This guy blows donkey dicks! Fucking idiot!!

[GrayWulf316]

what i dont get is why would california not want an american flag on police cars and fire trucks and public schools last i checked california was still part of the union man we keep letting outsiders bitch till they get there way it will be illegal to be a patriot

[GSheppo92]

Hahaha this is so bias and right wing, how can this be shown on American TV?

[blabblab1212]

This shouldn't surprise you. Ebay has been fucking sellers for years. Plus they condescend to their sellers while forgetting that sellers built the company for them.