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The answer is Congress.

Congress thinks the American flag is imporant because it represent the nation. I love to read sex stories!!!

It represents the sky, the flag itself shows the big dipper and the north star in the night sky.

Burning flags, with ceremony, is called retiring American flags when they are ripped or torn or simply ragged, this ceremony is performed by the Boy Scouts of America as a sign of respect to the flag.

Without ceremony, it is usually an act of rebellion and/or disrespect to the country or organization that the flag represents.

I am not sure which transcript you are seeking, but I wonder if it's the one from September 7, 2008-- the one that is an internet hoax about Barack Obama. There is a myth that says Mr. Obama was on Meet the Press that day and he insulted the flag. But he was not on the program on that date, nor did he insult the flag when he first did appear on the program in December. Meet the Press transcripts can often be found on their website, and some of the interviews are still found on YouTube. But you won't find this one, however, since it never happened.

The US flag has 50 stars that represent the 50 states .

no......he didnt betsy ross did do not believe any other answer i am a collige student

You don't.

According to the United States Flag Code:

"The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise."

"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning."

However, simply touching the ground does not make a flag unfitting--it simply means that it should be moved so that it does not touch the ground.

Why was the flag removed from casket unfolded and refolded and carried to the back.

I searched the two stores by home and no flag. Odd!

Red= The armymens blood from the war,

White= Courage from the armymen and

Blue= Justice from the armymen because they won the war!!

There is no prohibition for Jehovah's Witnesse touching a flag, they are not superstitious and do not believe it will harm them in any way. However while Jehovah's Witnesses show no disrespect to either a nation's flag or its people they do not swear or pledge an oath of loyalty to anyone or anything but God. - Compare Exodus 20:4-6; 1 John 5:21.

They view the act of Saluting a flag as both an act of nationalism and idolitary due to the strong links between flags and anthems are worship.

** "Early flags were almost purely of a religious character. . . . The aid of religion seems ever to have been sought to give sanctity to national flags." (Italics ours.)-Encyclopædia Britannica.

** "Their refusal did not mean that they were unpatriotic or that they did not love their country. It simply meant that, as they read the Scriptures, the flag salute violated the Biblical injunction against bowing down to a graven image." -- Professor Mason stated in his book Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law:

** The Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) points out that the Early Puritans refused to salute their National flag "not from any disloyalty to the mother country, but from a conscientious objection to what they deemed an idolatrous symbol."

**"The flag, like the cross, is sacred. . . . The rules and regulations relative to human attitude toward national standards use strong, expressive words, as, 'Service to the Flag,' . . . 'Reverence for the Flag,' 'Devotion to the Flag.'"-The Encyclopedia Americana (1942), Volume 11, page 316.

The official name is simply, "The Flag of the United States of America." Nicknames included The Star Spangled Banner, Old Glory, and the Stars and Stripes.

The American Flag flown upside down is a cry for help. It was mainly used on boats before the era of radio.

The last two US states were Alaska (49) and Hawaii (50) in 1959.

100 years earlier, in 1859, there were 33, after the addition of Oregon on February 14, 1859.

In 1908, 100 years before 2008, there were 46 states. Oklahoma was admitted in 1907.

In 1910, 100 years before 2010, there were still 46 states. Two years later, the total reached 48.

In 1912, 100 years before 2012, the last two contiguous states were added, Arizona and New Mexico.

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Proper flag etiquette is that when an object is stationary the union is in the upper left corner. When an object is apt to be in motion (such as an airplane or person) the union leads in the direction of travel. Therefore, if the patch is on the left shoulder, or left side of the tail, the union is in the upper left. Conversely, if on the right side, the union goes to the upper right.

This is an unwritten rule, aside from the military context of formal regulation as in AR670-1. Many police officers are veterans, and the progressive ones realize the importance of portraying the flag as moving forward; forward progress, moving forward, leading, etc.

the first star represents pennsylvainia

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and they want you to buy something from them usually!

There are persons in every country who do not respect death. While there are undoubtedly people in America who do not respect death(Life?) - the answer is that they will have their own reasons for doing so. There is no answer to the generic question because not all Americans fall into this category.

It was a gradual process, starting even before the United States was an independent country.

Look up the "Virginia House of Burgesses" to find out more about colonial-era democracy.

At the time that the Constitution was drafted and approved, (1789) "democracy" applied only to some white adult males. To vote, one had to own a certain amount of property; an even greater amount of property was needed in order to be elected to office.

Look up "Andrew Jackson" and "Jacksonian Democracy" to find out more about the gradual removal of these property requirements.

A major defect to democracy in the States was slavery, which was legal in most of the original 13 states. This issue was addressed internally in the northern states (e.g. New York state outlawed slavery via "post nati emancipation"), but the southern states, with some minor exceptions, (look up "1832 Virginia slavery debate") voted to keep slavery.

The Civil War, 1861-1865, and the 13th amendment to the Constitution, finally ended slavery.

In 1920, the last major barrier to full democracy was removed when women were enfranchised at the federal level. They had already been given the vote in many states before this time. The native American Indians were the last group to be given the vote.

In the period from the 1930's to the 1970's, African-Americans fought for the actual, practical right to vote. Technically, they were enfranchised, but many official and unofficial rules prevented them from voting. The American Civil Rights movement, lead by Dr. Martin Luther King, advanced voting rights and other rights for American blacks.

Today, democracy is still being tested and making advances as well as sometimes going backwards. The "signing statements" used by the current U.S. president are viewed by some legal scholars as threatening the legislative and judicial branches of government. The Patriot Act and other legal initiatives after "9/11" may have a negative impact on "democracy" -- but we will be able to see this more clearly only after the historical dust has settled, in twenty or thirty years.

"Democracy" is very much a "work in progress" -- as founding father Benjamin Franklin answered a woman who asked what kind of a government had been designed in the Constitution:

"A democracy, madam, if you can keep it."