Scott Walker's Flag Day Faux Pas

Scott Walker, who likes to pride himself on having been an Eagle Scout, must not have had gotten his merit badge on the American Flag. On Tuesday, Flag Day, Walker put up this tweet to honor Old Glory:

The problem is the flag has only 48 stars:

All Gov. Scott Walker wanted to do was celebrate Flag Day.

But his first attempt to mark the occasion Tuesday fell flat because the image the Republican posted on Twitter was of an American flag with just 48 stars.

Walker deleted the post within minutes, but screen shots of it circulated across social media.

Maybe Walker has something against Hawaii and Alaska. I could see Hawaii, since that is President Obama's home state, but Alaska? Maybe it reminds him on how Sarah Palin dogged him out and threw her support behind Donald T. Rump.

Sadly, this isn't the Eagle Scout's first flag faux pas either.

Last year, while unofficially campaigning for president, he bragged on how he could fold a flag, just like he learned in the scouts. Except that he was doing it wrong then too.

And this guy wanted to be president? Really?

Walker's Flag Fail

Scott Walker, the self proclaimed Eagle Scout, took to Facebook to show what a good scout he was by demonstrating how to fold the American flag:

Many people have already said that the problem is that they are holding the flag upside down and that the field of stars should be on top.

However, this video shows that the field should be visible on both sides.



Either way, the old boy scout has got it wrong, which is par for Walker.

You'll excuse me now if I don't hold my breath for the right wing to question Walker's patriotism like they did to Obama for not wearing a flag lapel pin.

Scott Walker's Wisconsin

By Jeff Simpson

"No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America." Section 8
"The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing." Section 8j

This video shows Scott Walker's Wisconsin, and the contempt that the republican party have towards the people,  more than any other to date.....






A Vietnam Veteran, being arrested for standing QUIETLY in the middle of the People's house, who while being arrested, accidentally dropped his flag and the police officer who is arresting him for using his first amendment rights, stomps all over the American Flag.  

This is what Scott Walker has brought to WI!

 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.^[1]

Is there anything besides money that the current Wisconsin republicans respect? 

Another Romney Faux Pas Flagged

Four years ago, the right wing was having holy hissy fits because then candidate Barack Obama didn't have an American flag lapel pin. This was proof positive in their bigoted minds that he wasn't really American.

Four years later and you don't hear a peep from them about Mitt Romney committing a real violation of flag etiquette:

True flag etiquette is pretty clear on the issue (emphasis mine):

Displaying the Flag Indoors

When on display, the flag is accorded the place of honor, always positioned to its own right. Place it to the right of the speaker or staging area or sanctuary. Other flags should be to the left.

The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of states, localities, or societies are grouped for display.

When one flag is used with the flag of the United States of America and the staffs are crossed, the flag of the United States is placed on its own right with its staff in front of the other flag.

When displaying the flag against a wall, vertically or horizontally, the flag's union (stars) should be at the top, to the flag's own right, and to the observer's left.

It's pretty obvious that Romney thinks himself bigger than the country.  What do you think  would happen if we were foolish enough to let him win the election.

Let's put it this way: Imagine Scott Walker with a suit that fits and orange skin.

When Romney was in Milwaukee on Friday, he made a statement which one might consider a threat to the United States:

Romney said that Obama “promised to be a post-partisan president, but he became the most partisan” and that his bitter relations with the House GOP could threaten the economy. As his chief example, he pointed to a crisis created entirely by his own party’s choice — Republican lawmakers’ ongoing threat to reject a debt ceiling increase. Economists warn that a failure to pass such a measure would have immediate and catastrophic consequences for the recovery.

“You know that if the President is re-elected, he will still be unable to work with the people in Congress,” Romney said. “He has ignored them, attacked them, blamed them. The debt ceiling will come up again, and shutdown and default will be threatened, chilling the economy.”

At first, I thought it was just that much more hyperbole, but it's obvious that Romney holds the country in disdain and is only interested in amassing more fortune for himself and his cronies.