Msg # 408   
Date: 05 Aug 92  23:33:19
From: Christopher Baker
  To: All
Subj: Yet another 'religious' proclamation by George Bush
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Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 114, Friday, June 13, 1992

Presidential Documents

Title 3--                   Proclamation 6444 of June 10, 1992

The President               Flag Day and National Flag Week, 1992

                            By the President of the United States of America

                            A Proclamation

                            "I have seen the glories of art and
                            architecture," said Senator George Frisbie Hoar
[a little jingoism          over a century ago, "...and the fill moon rise
from 100 years ago          over Mount Blanc; but the fairest vision on
just to get things          which these eyes ever looked was the flag of my
going?]                     country in a foreign land." As the great emblem
                            of the United States, the Stars and Stripes has
                            symbolized freedom and security to millions of
                            people around the world. To the U.S. citizen
                            abroad, Old Glory has offered comfort and
                            reassurance, calling to mind the love of liberty
                            that unites all Americans, wherever we may be.
                            To the service member standing watch at some
                            distant, lonely post, the flag has recalled the
                            pride and support of our Nation--as well as the
[none of which could        example of earlier patriots who likewise labored
have been atheists          and sacrificed in the defense of liberty. While
since atheists cannot       the flag has inspired deeper feelings of
be patriots, eh George?]    patriotism and duty among generations of
                            Americans, it has also moved the hearts of
[no doubt the dead and      countless other peoples, who have seen in its
maimed of our kinder,       bright hues and gentle folds the shining promise
gentler incursions?]        of freedom--and the character of a Nation whose
                            might and strength have been devoted to the
[absolutely George!]        service of justice and humanity.

                            Generations of American children have learned to
[have been coerced?]        show respect for the flag by reciting the Pledge
                            of Allegiance, which is 100 years old this year.
[a simple advertising       As we celebrate the centennial of this simple yet
gimmick to sell more        stirring promise, we know that it is much, much
flags now deified?]         more than a mnemonic verse for school boys and
                            girls. Rather, it is--as its author Francis
                            Bellamy, had hoped it would be--an ageless creed
[George works in this       that embodies "the fundamental idea of patriotic
'fundamental'ism every      citizenship, comprehending in broadest lines the
proclamation he makes]      spirit of our history and the deepest aim of our
                            National life." When we recite the Pledge and
                            and promise our allegiance to this "one Nation,
[God inserted by his        under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
fellow Republicans in       for all," we reaffirm both the unity of our
1954 only]                  people and what President Eisenhower aptly
                            described as "the transcendence of religious
[Dwight was a willing       faith in America's heritage and future." As the
tool of the Christian       Pledge of Allegiance states so eloquently, we
reconstructionists]         Americans believe in Almighty God, the Source of
                            of all life and liberty; we believe in the
[God's influence is so      inherent and unalienable rights and dignity of
clearly demonstrated by     each human being; and we believe in equal
the dead in our wake]       opportunity, as well as equal protection of the
                            law, for every citizen. Those are the convictions
[but not atheists since     that must ever be our guide, our hope, and our
we are not citizens?]       example to the world.

                            To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the
                            Congress, by a joint resolution approved August
                            3, 1949 (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of
[they didn't request a      each year as Flag Day. The Congress also
puling paean to your        requested the President, by joint resolution
precious Jesus fantasy      approved June 9, 1966 (80 Stat. 194), to issue
did they George?]           annually a proclamation designating the week in
                            which June 14 occurs as National Flag Week.

                            NOW, THEREFOR, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the
                            United States of America, do hereby proclaim
                            June 14, 1992, as Flag Day and the week beginning
                            June 14, 1992, as National Flag Week. I direct
[aren't flags standard      the appropriate officials of the government to
form for government         display the flag of the United States on all
buildings George?]          government buildings during that week. I urge all
                            Americans to observe Flag Day, June 14, and Flag
[i fly mine. i paid over    Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their
$75 dollars for it.]        homes and other suitable places.

                            I also urge the American people to celebrate
                            those days from Flag Day through Independence
                            Day, also set aside by the Congress (89 Stat.
                            211) as a time to honor America, by having public
                            gatherings and activities at which they can honor
                            our country in an appropriate manner, including
[let's leave out the        publically reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. On
vile and anti-commie        June 14, communities across the United States
'under God' crap though]    will join in a special "Pause for the Pledge of
                            Allegiance" program in honor of the 100th
                            anniversary of this tribute to our flag.

                            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
                            this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
                            nineteen hundred and ninety-two, and of the
                            Independence of the United States of America the
                            two hundred and sixteenth.

                                              George Bush

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Pastor George never misses an opportunity to reaffirm the continued
deification of these United States of America. it's a good thing he'll be
checking out of the White House next year.

of course, his replacement, Bill Clinton, may not be much relief in the
deification effort since he comes from a state which has in its Constitution
a clause that specifically forbids anyone who denies the existence of God
from holding any public office. he also consults his Baptist minister before
he gives an opinion on something like abortion.

we should all be nervous. [sigh]

TTFN.
Chris

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