tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post854547960303566205..comments2024-01-02T10:55:10.607-06:00Comments on Angry Astronomer: Nevada town bans foreign flagsJon Voiseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-73979182279205190032011-05-10T18:27:50.550-05:002011-05-10T18:27:50.550-05:00The issue is sovereignty; there's nothing like...The issue is sovereignty; there's nothing like compounding Constitutional ignorance. Stick to star-gazing.Rocketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-41797885717227210922006-11-23T06:41:00.000-06:002006-11-23T06:41:00.000-06:00What happens if someone flys a flag which USED to ...What happens if someone flys a flag which USED to belong to a country, but doesn't any more?<br />Or a flag which belongs to a country, but which is not internationally used?<br /><br />I can think, immediately, of two examples of the first, and three examples of the second:<br />ONE: The confederate flag, and the flag of Nazi Germany.<br />TWO: England, Scotland, Wales - as opposed to the "Union" flag.<br /><br />Could produce some interesting reactions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-59931817499654172712006-11-22T11:36:00.000-06:002006-11-22T11:36:00.000-06:00actually, the flag regulations do require that the...actually, the flag regulations do require that the US flag be flown higher than any foreign flag as a matter of national soveriegnty -- it doesn't say foreign flags may *not* be flown. i am very unhappy with the state of our union and the national zeitgeist these days, but the regulation is not unreasonable. perhaps the zeal with which it is enforced is unreasonable though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-12235328301290461222006-11-21T09:01:00.000-06:002006-11-21T09:01:00.000-06:00The issue is sovereignty; there's nothing like com...The issue is sovereignty; there's nothing like compounding Constitutional ignorance. Stick to star-gazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-25675548697533093002006-11-20T16:27:00.000-06:002006-11-20T16:27:00.000-06:00I used to fly a flag outside my house with a pictu...I used to fly a flag outside my house with a picture of a lighthouse on it. There's no room on the flagpost for two flags. Would be be illegal in Nevada? I'd have to see the text. I might have to run the text by my lawyer. I might have to get a law firm, and then run it by them.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03934169832326108710noreply@blogger.com