[Rhodes22-list] Enemy of the State?

[Slim]

Thanks, Brad.  I like the Dalmore but favor the Macalens.  But tonight it's
Dewars.  I haven't had a good idea since I poured my last drink.

Slim 

On 8/6/06 4:43 AM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> Upgrade to a better scotch and you won't babble, you'll become enlightened.
> Go to a high-end liquor store and look for Dalmore Cigar Malt.  Even better
> yet, sip it with a good cigar.  Just be sure to record all your thoughts or
> you'll have to repeat the experience because you forgot all the good ideas
> you had.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On 8/6/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hank,
>> 
>> When I'm drunk, I don't google, I babble.  Thanks for digging that up for
>> me.  I knew someone on this list would have the right answer.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 8/5/06 10:14 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Slim,
>>> 
>>> You really are drunk.  5 minutes on Google came up with the following.
>>> 
>>> Hank
>>> 
>>>> From http://www.usflag.org/colors.html
>>> 
>>> The quote below concerning *gold fringe on the Flag* is from the book
>> "So
>>> Proudly We Hail, The History of the United States Flag" Smithsonian
>>> Institute Press 1981, by Wiliam R. Furlong and Byron McCandless. "The
>>> placing of a fringe on Our Flag is optional with the person of
>> organization,
>>> and no Act of Congress or Executive Order either prohibits the practice,
>>> according to the Institute of Hearaldry. Fringe is used on indoor flags
>>> only, as fringe on flags on outdoor flags would deteriorate rapidly. The
>>> fringe on a Flag is considered and 'honorable enrichment only', and its
>>> official use by the US Army dates from 1895.. A 1925 Attorney General's
>>> Opinion states: 'the fringe does not appear to be regarded as an
>> integral
>>> part of the Flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an
>>> unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. An external
>>> fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs
>>> printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under law,
>> such
>>> additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is
>> not
>>> necessarily true of the fringe.'"
>>> 
>>> On 8/5/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I've had too much to drink tonight but here goes:
>>>> 
>>>> We all know the American flag has its 13 stripes and its 50 stars on a
>>>> field
>>>> of blue, but did you know that the design and specifications of the
>> flag
>>>> are
>>>> an act of congress?  Yes--it's legislated that the flag be exactly such
>>>> and
>>>> such and that all its qualities and proportions are exactly
>>>> specified.  Any
>>>> deviation from that and it ceases to be the official flag of the United
>>>> States of America.  Presumably, all countries do this.
>>>> 
>>>> The United States military, however, operates under a different
>>>> flag.  They
>>>> put a gold fringe around their flag.  So do many police forces.  This
>> is
>>>> not
>>>> insignificant!  They are not displaying the flag of the United States
>> of
>>>> America!  By an act of congress, you can't alter the specs of the flag
>> in
>>>> any way and still call it the official flag of the USA.  There ain't no
>>>> gold
>>>> fringe on Old Glory!
>>>> 
>>>> So what gives?  It would seem the military operates under a separate
>>>> sovereignty and a flag of their own.  First I'd like to know why, and
>>>> second
>>>> I would like to know if this "nation" is friend or foe.
>>>> 
>>>> Slim
>>>> 
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