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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSouth Carolina Sheriff Defies Obama, Refuses To Lower Flag For Mandela Because He's Not 'Murkan
South Carolina Sheriff Refuses To Lower Flag For MandelaHunter Walker December 6, 2013, 4:31 PM EST5224
Rick Clark, the sheriff of Pickens County, S.C., vowed on Friday to defy President Obama's order that U.S. flags be lowered to half staff in honor of deceased South African leader Nelson Mandela.
Clark made his promise in a Facebook post to keep flying the flag at the Pickens County Sheriff's Office at full height.
"I usually don't post political items, but today is different. I received this notification today, 'As a mark of respect for the memory of Nelson Mandela, the President orders that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff effective immediately until sunset, December 9, 2013,'" Clark wrote. "Nelson Mandela did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!! The flag should be lowered at our Embassy in S. Africa, but not here."
Clark said the flags at the Sheriff's Office were at half staff Friday to mourn a deceased deputy. Clark said the flag would remain at half mast Saturday to mark Pearl Harbor Day. After that, he said, he "ordered that the flag here at my office back up" (sic).
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South Carolina Sheriff Defies Obama, Refuses To Lower Flag For Mandela Because He's Not 'Murkan (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2013
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madrchsod
(58,162 posts)1. well good for him...now he`s famous for standing up to obama
i bet he'll be the sheriff of picken`s county till the day he decides to retire.
bask in your glory rick...fame is so short lived
indepat
(20,899 posts)2. We are eaten up with so many dip-shit-heads who like nothing this President does. May
they all soon depart these shores, never to return, that or go straight to hell.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)3. The sheriff is showing off
Obama can't force flags at half-staff beyond the federal agencies, federal buildings, military, embassies, or any office of the federal government. State and local governments, businesses, private individuals, etc.. who fly flags can ignore such order if they want to.
So the sheriff is defying an order that can't be enforced anyway. He just wants to look cool, I guess.
enough
(13,306 posts)4. Imagine a news item with this guy and Nelson Mandela in the same story. (nt)
struggle4progress
(118,566 posts)5. "I got my name in the newspaper !!1!1"
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)6. I guess he wants to broadcast his racism. Good luck next election, good old boy!
Cerridwen
(13,260 posts)7. I belive the Presidential Proclamation applies only to federal facilities
and federal buildings, etc.
As a mark of respect for the memory of Nelson Mandela, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, December 9, 2013. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/05/presidential-proclamation-death-nelson-mandela?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+whitehouse%2Fiphone_newsroom+%28iPhone+Newsroom%29
The guy's a liar.