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YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE….The 1943 United States Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette…..that government officials cannot force anyone to participate in patriotic rituals….including the Pledge of Allegiance….no public school employee….no teacher, vice principal, coach or superintendent…..can legally force you to say the Pledge….they also cannot punish you for refusing to participate…. “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox, in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein”…..The Supreme Court of the United States 1943.
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AND YES SOME OF YOU ARE DISRESPECTING THE FLAG AND DON’T EVEN KNOW IT….U.S. Flag Code Chapter 10: Respecting the flag….
Chapter 10.176C….The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally but always aloft and free (and every Sunday before they kick the ball we see the National Football League disrespecting the flag)
Chapter 10.176D…..The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery
Chapter 10.176I…..The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any matter….It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like…or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard
Chapter 10.176J…..No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform….
Therefore…nothing in the Flag Code explicitly states that you have to stand…just that you “should”….all the other things listed above are considered disrespectful to the flag…..so where do you fit in?….the new polo shirt you just bought….the pillow grandma made for the sofa?….the cups and napkins you used at the last Fourth of July picnic?
HUGH M. HEFNER….Who was the founding father of Playboy magazine…..which I’m sure all of you read…..just for the articles…..and he was more than that….the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award was created to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the vital effort to protect and enhance First Amendment rights for Americans….he supported same-sex marriages and gay rights long before it was a popular thing to do…..he was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement….and constantly donated money to charities he deemed worthy.
WOMAN INJECTS HERSELF WITH 3.5 MILLION-YEAR-OLD BACTERIA TO STAY YOUNG….She’s a 45-year-old actress from Munich, Germany….who has been jabbing herself with Bacillus F….a bacteria from the Siberian permafrost….and it’s supposed to stop the effects of aging….Manoush….that’s her name…..describes herself as a human lab rat for being the first person in the world to do this…..she’s been doing it for the past three months and is already claiming it’s making her look and feel younger than her age…..Bacillus F was discovered by Russian scientists and they’re calling it a scientific sensation…saying it could be the key to eternal youth….no doctor is legally allowed to inject her so she’s doing it herself…..and receiving samples from the head of Geocryology Department at Moscow State University….which is run by Dr. Anatoli Brouchkov…..she’s already saying her skin is as soft as a baby’s bottom…. “You can’t really see it in the photos but if you see me in person you can see there are no marks or blemishes. I have never felt better. I have never slept better, deeper or longer. This is not going to make me look 20 years younger. But I think it will help me live to 80 or 90 and age as gracefully as I can in artificial health and beauty. There is no knowing what effects this may have in the long-term but no risk, no success”….to quote her…..Dr. Anatoli told her it’s better to take the drug orally….but she decided to inject it directly into her blood stream….I guess she thinks this her last shot at eternal youth….since she’s spend $50,000 bucks on plastic surgery over the past 20 years….the drug has been injected in mice and farm crops before…..and the results were encouraging….with the animals living longer than expected…..whatever lady….I’m accepting every wrinkle my body gives me….because I am not putting some 3.5 million-year-old germ in my body.