Obama: Wrap Me In An Upside Down Flag
By Uppity Woman on August 20, 2008 at 12:20 PM in Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention
Paganpower has a very sharp eye. Sharper than the eye of the Obama campaign. But then Paganpower is a patriot. You should stop by and say hello since I wouldn’t have even known about this without Paganpower.
Want a ticket to go see The One as he accepts his manipulated nomination?
Are you sure?
Here’s what that ticket looks like.
“Citizen of the World” Obama, wrapped in an upside down American flag.
But he can get away with this. He is, after all, The One. These things only matter when they are done by The One’s adversaries.
Not that most of his young followers would even notice. I recall seeing a comment at a forum once that said, “Patriotism is over-rated”. So no big deal, right? Small stuff compared to The One….
And Barack Obama wonders why people question his Patriotism, right?
You see, an upside down American Flag is said to be a signal of Distress. Seems about right when it comes to this guy. He is an ongoing signal of distress to the United States of America and the democracy it holds dear. Furthermore, it appears that The One’s display of the flag in this manner isn’t even legal. But no big deal. He’s The One.
§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.
- (b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
- (c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
- (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
- (e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
- (f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
- (g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
- (h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
- (i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
- (j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
- (k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Funny how a candidate and his campaign can be so very detailed in timing the chants of Oooooooooo Baaaaaaaaahhhhh Maaaaaaaaa.
Funny how they can time the I LOVE YOU BARACK! shout from the appropriate place in the crowd, so that Obama might shout I LOVE YOU RIGHT BACK!
Funny how every nuance, every detail that makes Barack Obama look like he is The One is never overlooked.
But they couldn’t figure out that they displayed the American Flag upside down.
Maybe this is just more the the Change We Can Believe In.
Oh Boy!!!!
Tubbs Jones has died….my prayers are with her family.Per CNN
Oh no!
One of the few that really worked for the benefit of others.
Announcement was made while she remains on life support. Not a good prognosis, for sure, but she is not dead as of this moment.
OH NO!! That is horrible! So sad! God bless her!
Now CNN is reporting that she is in critical conditions. WTF???
The media SUCKS!
real hope How can uou believe anything they say! They are all corporate controlled!
What the hell is wrong with these news groups???? She is or isn’t dead? How could they say she was DEAD when she wasn’t? STUPID ASSHOLES! Can’t they get something like this right? HOW OUTRAGEOUS!
With reporting like this no wonder we have to brush the MSM off! Jesus Christ!
Bill Sammon is on Fox praising Congresswoman Tubbs Jones (R.I.P.) but calling us PUMAs “dead-enders”. They never learn do they?
The Dead End is November 5th and it won’t be ours.
It was a Brain Aneurysm
NO. She is still on life support. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is less accurate than the Enquirer.
I think they might be keeping her on life support so family can say farewell, and perhaps sort out donor issues. It doesn’t look like she will recover.
The MSM is so accustomed to making thing up they can’t even get this right.
CRAP NEWS NONSTOP is WRONG … again … imagine that ….
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Are you people dumb? Thats not an upside down flag, its two different flags. Also, that flag code, not a binding law. Ever hear of Texas v. Johnson? Or United States vs. Eichman? Yeah, didn’t think so.
Ehemmm…..Jason…. Obama is photographed in front of a WRONG American Flag in the famous Opossum Seal photo as well….lol
You folks at the Gaza Indoctrination Ctr. just keep making stupid mistakes.
Good article Uppity. Saddened to hear about Rep. Tubbs-Jones. She was a dedicated servant to the Public Interest. A bright light extinguished to soon for us. My hope is that she didn’t suffer and that may provide some comfort to her family and friends. She obviously was loved and admired by many. She has left an historic legacy in Ohio and her shoes will be hard to fill.
Hey smartass, since your so smart, why havent you fought in other countries like our vets did? Our Flag, (not yours), means more than your brain can grasp to our Vets.
My husband (Navy Veteran) laughed his ass off at this one. Yeah, flying the flag upside down is a well-known distress signal.
I use flag stamps and put them on upside down all of the time…this country is truly in distress if the best we can put up for POTUS are Obama and McCain!
putting a stamp upside down on an envelope is the signal, “sealed with a kiss”.
I bet shain is thinking Ohhhhh Noooooo!!!
Why does he look so depressed? What happened to hope?
It changed.
Bravo! You took the words right out of my mouth!
I BELIEVE….
you’re correct!
They sleep in seperate rooms because of snoring and he stinks?
To the wizards of the DNC:
Since you are handing out goodies for the homeless in Denver, I was thinking of dressing down and bundling up the grandkids for a trip to the zoo. While I`m there I might as well get a free haircut…….what`s that Hon……Oh yeah and my wife just informed me she wouldn`t mind one of those Spas. Nothing fancy. Just the slap & tickle kind. We don`t need anything fancy to eat… maybe a Happy meal at Mac`s. Looking forward to seeing you all. We won`t bother you as I know there will be a BIG game at Ivesco Field. Me and the young`uns will have rain gear, hope you all do. No need for a limo to meet us at the bus station… any regular taxi will do. Thanks for this and tell your leader to PLEASE PAY for this in advance because I`ve been stuck with his bills before.
HARP
Geez, although he bitches and moans about people questioning his patriotism, it’s like he does this stuff on purpose. You can’t tell me the design of these tickets was something left to a low-level intern whose work was never checked before the design went to the printer.
Thus, my only response can be: WTF, Obama, WTF?
The DNC WANTS to lose this election, guys. I mean, there can seriously be no other explanation.
I agree…it’s pretty obvious . It’s a Dem roll over like in congress…just on a bigger scale
Don’t mean to sound like a hack, but it goes back to George Soros and his billionaire boys club who bought out the DNC and met with Dean and Obama in 2004. This was the only way possible to win either way. My theory is they were afraid the GOP couldn’t possibly be elected again after Ws 8 year reign of terror, so they planted a few well chosen plants in the party…if Obama wins he will continue to protect their interest, and if the GOP wins they go on, business as usual…the one fly in the ointment may be McCain, I don’t think they thought there would be this much backlash over Obama. I truly think with all the media blitz and Hollywood A list endorsements coupled with the extremely low approval ratings of Bush, they thought we would eat up their candidate with a spoon…if you don’t buy my theory consider this, Soros hates Bill Clinton and wanted to see him removed from any influence within the party. Hillary didn’t show any potential a year ago to draw white blue collar males (no offense), MoveOn USED to be an organization that was favorable to the Clintons, in fact it was created for the Clintons, so what did Soros do/ He for all intents and purposes bought the organization and turned it into a weapon to use against the Clintons…yeah, I have too much time on my hands I guess, but I do pay attention to all sides of the political scene and although I’m no Monk I think there is at least a modicum of truth to this.
Does anyone know why Soros hates the Clintons?
Because he can’t run them. And because they aren’t interested in Neo Liberal Fascism.
Your forgot to highlight (d) the flag should not be used as wearing appearel.
Obama missteps every step he makes. It is more fun than the Olympics watching him implode and deconstruct.
His middle name is Hubris - not Hussein.
MSNBC (of all places) REPORTING:
Illinois to pursue release of Obama records
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26309921
There you have it.
Hell has OFFICIALLY frozen over.
I told everyone I know that the press was sitting on all of this untill after the nomination. They think I am crazy right now, but every election, I change the minds of many people around me as the find out that I was right.
This happens EVERY election. You would think that the Democrats would have figured this out already. The Press picks the weaker canidate, makes them seem holier than thou, then a couple of months before the election, they turn like a rabid dog on them.
Its insane to think that reporters and corporate news network executives that make MILLIONS of dollars would actually promote and WANT a liberal in office. LOL give me a break. Then they put that propaganda shit out there saying that the news networds are liberals to create a smoke screen so you can’t see them in the backrooms.
Wake up people.
well based on the TOTAL PASS they have given Obama, I can’t think of any other sane reason than the one you gave.
well think about it. The press sat on John Kerry’s past untill right before the election. We all knew about his activism during Vietnam, but the press never talked about it. The kept a silent lid on it untill right before the election.
What is going on in Ohio?
State official ends ’sleepover’ practice for voting machines
COLUMBUS — Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (D) issued a directive Tuesday, Aug. 19, that will end the practice of allowing poll workers to take voting machines home overnight in the days leading to Election Day.
That’s right: poll workers in 20 counties had been taking voting machines home — a practice quaintly referred to as “sleepovers.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/20/ddn082008sleepover.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16
Of Note: The Ohio Supreme Court Thursday denied a request by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to seal her videotaped deposition in a case filed by the Summit County Republican Party. (Not sure what this is about) Any Ohioans that can ad to this?
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Then we have this:
Ohio voting law may be a boon for Obama supporters
Ohio has created a window in the election calendar that would allow residents instant gratification — register one minutThe move will benefit Obama, who enjoys a 2-to-1 lead over McCain among 18- to 34-year-olds, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released last month. If Obama’s campaign were able to tap into college campuses with one-stop voting, it would add thousands of votes to his tally .
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12508.html
Soooooooooo this is what he meant when he said, “don’t worry, I’ll win”…… this thing stinks like two day old dead fish!
Yeh, the news is ablaze tonight with comments about Hillary and they all sounded like they were choking on them like it was really hard for them to “eat their words.” It is only going to get better in the next few days. They think they had this election pegged but I think they are starting to believe that only Hillary and her supporters can make the difference and believe me, we are! It’s not over til it’s over as they say.
But are they reporting on the air?
Surely this is a joke. WTF? Would McCain need any other image to crash the O!?
When will this man realize that he is surrounded by professional Democratic Party crashers?
What is so funy is that the morons head of the DNC, think that this silly shit is working with people anymore. The flashy advertisement and “change” we can believe in, is gettting old.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it,
And if I might add, standing on it, like Bill Ayers for example.
Yes, MissE–I was thinking the same thing. The image of Obama’s good buddy, Bill Ayers standing on the flag, came immediately to mind.
What a pair!
Prepare for phony press releases for Obama (because these supporters are not happy with Obama and his campaign at the moment.)
This is funny. The progressives have to PROP Obama up too.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/20/113037/934/497/571051
slinkerwink–one of the worst trolls on dkos ever.
now that dkos has lost all credibility, what do they think will happen?
so they can create their own bubble of la la land
Awwwwww poor widdle boyz.
The picture only depicts that he’s really distressed right now– what to speak he’s number is shrinking!
Fall Obama…Fall…
Just on Fox News … 3 Journalist - one being Bob Beckel are saying they believe it will be Hillary for VP!!!! They ar saying that is the only way he can win this. If he had a bigger lead over McCain - then probably not, but if he wants to win this election … It has to be Hillary!!
He won’t pick Hillary. The people who voted for Obama in the first place did so because they were either ignorant or hatefull towards Hillary, or they just thought it would be cool to have a black president.
I still think he is going to pick Deval Patrick. It would be a PERFECT opportunity to scream racist once more, as people ask him why he is picking another mixed canidate instead of a white one.
Hillary has already shot him down when he crowned himself.
Michele “damn america” obama would rather die than have Hillary as vp. She hates our gal.
Hillary has left his building.
Not true. Obama supporters don’t hate Hillary. We were not happy when she went negative during the campaign when she got behind. But we don’t hate her.
no, idiot. MICHELLE hates the clintons. Snce she’s got Soetoro’s balls in a vice, she won’t ever let HRC on the ticket, even if it means losing. That’s what false pride and arrogance does to you.
ha ha, michelle. time to start hating whitey again.
So all that slit her throat and throw her in the river was just “not happy” talk.
I still have that mybarackobama page somewhere.
Uppity,
Please do Kelvin the honor of showing him the page so we can watch him run off with his tail between his arse!
Oh so it was Hillary who went negative was it dear Kelvin?
Who won the Iowa caucus and took the stage to the strains of Jay’Z’s song “99 problems” right when the song says: “I’ve got 99 problems but a bitch aint one.”?
Who had his toady Donna Brazile go on national TV to claim that Bill Clinton called Obama’s campaign a “fairytale” when that is not what he said?
Who had his toady, former AA Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder, go out and say that women are not “cut out” to be President?
Who had his toady Jesse Jackson Jr III say that there is no way for a black man to argue against a “white woman”?
Who had his toady Jesse Jackson Jr III go out after the New Hampshire primary and say: Hillary cried before the primary but did she cry after Katrina? [ A side note there dear Kelvin. Obama and his wife have given NOTHING to any charity affiliated with Katria or the Gulf Coast. NOTHING. Nor did he attend the State of the Black Union, nor did he attend MLK Jr's memorial!]
Take your “negativity” and “F-off. Obama supporters like you must be shitting a brick right now with the state of this idiot’s candidacy!
Don’t waste your time Kelvin. We didn’t fall off the back of a moving truck.
Funny, half the reason I’ve grown fond of Senator Clinton is because of how she handled the primaries. She softened my heart when she did the interview with O’Reilly. BO doesn’t have the balls to go on O’Reilly; and he wants the most important job in the world? Pleeezzz.
Bullshit.
That’s why you use all that misogynistic language against her.
That’s why Obama played “99 Problems But a Bitch Ain’t One of ‘Em.”
That’s why he flipped the bird.
Take your hate elsewhere. Your pathetic little protests are unconvincing, and demonstrate your abject fear that the whole mess–and it is that–is unravelling right before your eyes.
You’re an idiot, and so are your cultist pals. You’ve fucked up the Democratic Party, perhaps irretrievably. Hope that shit keeps you warm at night, jerks.
Check the polls on the way out the door (which if you move swiftly enough, won’t hit you on your flabby ass)…that crabby old Republican bastard is spanking your snobby, snotty Closet Republican candidate. If Hillary were running, she’d have wiped the floor with the McCain by now.
We will remember in November. And we’ll blame you in January.
HRC only responded in kind, asshat. You, Kelvin, are a consummate idiot.
They sure do come up with doozy excuses - must have a comedy writer on staff.
I believe they said something to the effect that it was literary license and it isn’t the flag. The stars were part of his shirt.
it sure as hell looks like a flag to me. So they apparently really mulled over how to disgrace the American flag wo getting into trouble. WHY would you do that anyway?? Patriotism is over rated? Do students not have to study History in school anymore?? The sole principle of this country is FREEDOM. Thousands of patriotic Americans past and present, have fought and died for that including the stupid little Obamamites.
The reverse image (it’s a holograph) of the ticket does not show BO or his shirt.
This is just one more sign that he disrepects the flag and what it stands for. One spokesman did say it was a flag but was just unfurling in the wind???
If so, and assuming it was displayed correctly, how does the blue field blow in the wind in that manner?
Somebody else said it was supposed to be a hologram when you turned it. Barky at one turn, the flag at the other.
Obama as a hologram. How appropriate.
You aren’t supposed to WEAR the flag either. And that is what he seems to be doing.
OR, as Bush does, use it as a decorative device or in lieu of bunting. Fifty flags on a stage? Flag Etiquette NO NO.
Bush does it anyway–it’s stupid.
ONE FLAG. Just ONE. That’s all that’s needed. If you need more Red, White and Blue, you use bunting.
The people saying that this pass with Obama on it is just “representational” of the flag are full of crap. There is another category of pass, probably for the people with less exclusive access, without Obama’s mug on it, that is more flag like…and has the blue field IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE.
This is not the end of the world. No one gets “punished” for improper flag display (at least in the civilian community). What this does point out, though–to paraphrase a certain rap song Obama likes–he’s got
“300 Advisors and A Competent Worker Ain’t One of ‘Em.”
How hard is it to google flag display, really? This isn’t the seventies, when campaign staffers had to go to ….LIBRARIES!!!! And search through….BOOKS….to find the ANSWERS!!! And then, feeding five cent coins into the machine, XEROX the applicable pages to bring back to the campaign HQ! No, this would have taken pulling up google and typing FLAG DISPLAY.
Idiot-Easy. Yet they couldn’t manage it.
This man’s “powers of delegation” are even worse than his judgment or ability to lead.
He simply…..SUCKS.
He looks like a wittle, baby… how appropriate, somebody get the wittle baby his bottle… wah, wah
lol! obambi wike a wittle baby…I just had to repeat..LOL!
Breaking News!
Obama’s VP choice.
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Hey, I just heard Obama on CNN. He was speaking in Virginia.
He told the audience we have 48 states in the continental United States! WOW!
Last time he said he had traveled to 57 states. And that he had been to all but one of the states.
He has apparently brushed up on his geography and now he is making sure we know about it!
This is actually true. The continental United States refers to the mainland which doesn’t include Alaska (49th state) and Hawaii (50th state).
Are you really college educated?
I would have never known if you hadn’t told me.
Chuckle…. The things you learn at NQ.
Amen to that!
Another school gets dumbed down.
Strange. Everyone I know in Alaska refer to the “LOWER 48 STATES” but include themselves in the Contiental USA. I refer to Alaska as our refrig .:)
your correct, last i checked Alaska is on the same contient, unless it broke off and we had some huge quake in California.
Maybe Educated for Hillary learned his/her geography from Barrak
Diploma ordered online from Gaza.
No, sorry Sweetie … its contiguous … you better ask for that “word a day calendar” for 2009 if you’re going to pretend to a college degree …. hahahahahahahaha … what a dope.
Soetoro’sObama’s own words:Kerry flew an upside down flag on his book. And look where it got him. SO Obama lets his fly on a ticket to lose.
Ah - a good omen - for us! PUMA!
Kerry has been flying upside down for some time now
As good of an omen as when Carter got the nom, and the balloons didn’t drop.
Are you not aware that The One and his campaign are in distress. He is down in the poles
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Something is brewing.
hahaha
in PA - a serious battleground state!
Yeah something’s brewing alright, some STRONG Nobama coffee
I would love for Dean, Pelosi, and Obama to be there in the same room, and me to be a fly on the wall, when it is announced that Hillary is running with John McCain.