Re: Flag at half-staff at my electric company!
- From: "Mark" <markpippin@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Apr 2005 18:48:05 -0700
30 seconds of research yielded this story and many like it. Is that
too much to ask?
http://www.catholic.org/cathcom/national_story.php?id=13595
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050402-3.html
JATO wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:24:06 -0500, ROM58@xxxxxxxxx (ROM SPACE KNIGHT
NURSE)
> wrote:
>
> >I know it's not exactly government, but aren't electric companies
> >publicly-owned utilities? I said to the clerk behind the counter
that I
> >thought this violated the separation of church and State, because it
was
> >recognizing a religion. She said, "guess we didn't think of that." I
> >didn't stop at the Post Office today, but if they're flying a flag
at
> >half-mast then I'm going to believe Catholicism is the new State
> >Religion and I just am finding it out.
> >
> >All hail Georgito Busholini, our beloved El Douche`, and his brave
> >Oilshirts----Today Iraq, Tomorrow Ethiopia, Corsica, Tunis!!!
>
> The answer to this is very simple. Unless the President ordered the
flag to
> flown at half staff they are in violation of the law see below.
>
> The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the
peak for
> an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag
should be
> again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. On
Memorial Day
> the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then
raised to
> the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be
flown at
> half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States
> Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as
a mark
> of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other
officials or
> foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff
according to
> Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized
> customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event of the
death
> of a present or former official of the government of any State,
territory,
> or possession of the United States, the Governor of that State,
territory,
> or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at
> half-staff. The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the
death of
> the President or a former President; 10 days from the day of death of
the
> Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the
United
> States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day
of
> death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a
> Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice
President,
> or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day
of
> death and the following day for a Member of Congress. The flag shall
be
> flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day
is also
> Armed Forces Day. As used in this subsection -
>
> the term "half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is
one-half
> the distance between the top and bottom of the staff;
>
> the term "executive or military department" means any agency listed
under
> sections 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and
>
> the term "Member of Congress" means a Senator, a Representative, a
> Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
>
>
>
> -JATO
> http://jatobservatory.org
.
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