4th of July

Sorry about the audio.. and a special thanks to TheRealWeeklyNews for sharing my video with his viewers. - -

If you clicked on this video because you saw a flag being burned, and you thought this was some sort of anti American video, then I have a surprise for you.

This video is dedicated to all of the plastic patriots that think by simply sticking a small flag on their car antenna or a sticker on their bumper somehow makes them patriotic. If you're going to think that an act of symbolism makes you patriotic, then you should at least know the rules of that symbol.

Originally I was going to recite all of the flag rules, but for the sake of time and continuity, I will cover the rules that I see most often violated by these so called patriots.

Firstly, the flag is NOT to be used as an advertisement. It is NOT to be written on, or have ANY symbols placed on it. It is not to be printed on napkins, paper plates or any object that is designed to be quickly discarded.

For those of you who wish that burning the flag would be made illegal, keep in mind that the flag IS supposed to be burned when it becomes old or worn out.

When it is displayed on a car, boat, train or any other vehicle, it is NOT to be draped over the hood, the sides or back of the vehicle. It is to be flown from a staff that is secured to the chassis, or clamped to the right fender.

It is NOT to be painted on the sides of things like trash receptacles or dumpsters, or to be used as a container of any kind. It is also NOT to be wrapped around a person. These things are all just as disrespectful as it would be to put it on the floor and walk on it.

The complete list of flag rules can be found at this address:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title4/chapter1_.html

Personally, I don't care what you do with it because I don't think waving a piece of cloth is what defines a persons patriotism. Patriotism has to do with upholding the laws of the constitution and the ideals of the preamble and the declaration of independence. Patriotism is not blindly following your temporarily appointed government managers, that is called Nationalism.

To all of my friends and fellow patriots, Happy 4th of July.

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[relyh]

Link is broken. :/

[onlywhenprovoked]

@relyh government website.... figures lol