National News Proposal would ban sale of imported flags

[jeezeweeze]

I like this. Its on their about flag store page

"We believe in selling only the highest quality American made flags. If you want to buy a USA flag made overseas, please go to our competitors websites. We have, and always will fully support the military of the USA. Many of our best customers are military men and women and their families. They hold a special place in our heart. God Bless the USA !"

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by ksgrainman

And IF it really makes any difference to any of you on the DB, you don;t have to have a foreign flag draped over your dead ass any longer. And no one had to even pass another touchy feel good law to get this done!!!


Flag Store USA - Buy American Made US Flags, Flagpoles, State Flags, Military Flags, International Flags, Historical Flags

HooooooooooaH

[wordsmythe]

My next question is... Are they made IN the U.S.A. or one of the "protectorates" where big business can still do pretty much whatever they want?

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by ksgrainman

Sen. Clinton has voted YES for all free trade agreements presented during her tenure in Congress, except for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in 2005. Sen. Clinton voted to extend "most favored nation trade status" to China despite the country's record of substantial human rights violations.

Just some more boring facts

Here are a few more there Grainy

2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Rights (Human Rights Watch World Report 2008, 31-1-2008)

Take a look and see where we and China are on that list.

US abuses against so-called “war on terror” detainees are a major concern; 275 detainees are still held at Guantanamo Bay without charge. Some of those remain after being cleared by the United States for release, because they cannot be sent home and no country will resettle them.

The United States continues to have the highest incarceration rate in the world, with black men incarcerated at more than six times the rate of white men.

Human Rights Watch has documented a number of elections manipulated through: outright fraud (Chad, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Uzbekistan); control of electoral machinery (Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Malaysia, Thailand, Zimbabwe); blocking or discouraging opposition candidates (Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Libya, Turkmenistan, Uganda); political violence (Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Lebanon); stifling the media and civil society (Russia, Tunisia); and undermining the rule of law (China, Pakistan).

Many of these tactics are illegal under domestic and international law, but rarely do outside powers call governments to account for it. Human Rights Watch said established democracies are often unwilling to do so for fear of losing access to resources or commercial opportunities, or because of the perceived requirements of fighting terrorism.

Human Rights Watch said the United States and the European Union should insist governments do more than hold a vote, and demand they uphold rights guaranteed by international law, including a free media, freedom of assembly, and a secret ballot.

“It seems Washington and European governments will accept even the most dubious election so long as the ‘victor’ is a strategic or commercial ally,” Roth said.

The United States and some allies have made it harder to demand other governments uphold human rights when they are committing abuses in the fight against terrorism. And when autocratic governments deflect criticism for violating human rights by pretending to be democrats, the global defense of rights is jeopardized, Human Rights Watch said.

[ksgrainman]

"Despite his public proclamations in support of civil and human rights, President Bill Clinton displayed a startling lack of will to preserve rights under attack, and in some cases took the lead in eliminating human rights protections."

Human Rights Watch


Thanks for the new site .

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

United States continues to have the highest incarceration rate in the world, with black men incarcerated at more than six times the rate of white men.

So what do you imply from that Wordy? Are we abusing black men?