‘He was not an AMERICAN!’: Sheriff defies Obama’s order to lower flag for Mandela
Posted on | December 8, 2013 | 27 Comments
‘He was not an AMERICAN!’: Sheriff defies Obama’s order to lower flag for Mandela
bizpacreview.com | Nelson Mandela did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!
I found out that aside from Mandela’s passing, there were only 4 other cases in U.S. history when U.S. flags were ordered half staff in order of foreign leaders; Pop John Paul the II, Izhak Rabin’s assassination, Sadat’s assassination and passing of natural causes of King Hussein. Can someone find out, how long were U.S. flags half staff in those 4 occasions.
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December 8th, 2013 @ 9:12 am
I fly 2 american flags & 101st airborne flag
and I refuse to lower them for communist.
Combat Veteran
MBA
December 8th, 2013 @ 9:31 am
Obama didn’t order the flags flown at half-staff. You fell prey to another hoax.
December 8th, 2013 @ 10:19 am
Wonder if any flags will fly at half-staff when YOU’RE dead…
Nahhh… there’ll be fireworks!
December 8th, 2013 @ 11:29 am
it is not a hoax, it is widely covered in all the papers
December 8th, 2013 @ 11:40 am
All the flags one has seen today (Sunday) are at half mast.
Apparently a President DOES have the authority to order/request a non standard “half mast”…but..is BARRY really a CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT to do ANYTHING?
History will soon determine that once the Truth is revealed by Orly and others.
https://usflag.org/nffhalfstaff.html
December 8th, 2013 @ 1:28 pm
Newsmax is reporting that beloved Billie Graham’s health is worsening. One wonders that when he is no longer among us in the Nation which loves him, if Barry will order flags at half mast?
December 8th, 2013 @ 2:29 pm
For the Pope, flags at half staff for 6 days.
“April 2, 2005
President Bush Orders Flags Flown at Half Staff in Honor of Pope John Paul II
As a mark of respect for His Holiness Pope John Paul II, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half staff at the White House and on 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 on the day of his interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.”
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050402-3.html
“The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held on 8 April 2005, six days after his death on 2 April. ”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II#Rite_of_Interment
Presidents can order flags at half staff for other foreigners, not just leaders.
“January 1, 2005
Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis
As a mark of respect for the victims of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and the resulting Tsunamis, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on 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 from Monday, January 3, 2005, until sunset, Friday, January 7, 2005. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.”
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050101-2.html
December 8th, 2013 @ 2:34 pm
I, personally, would not consider such an order within his authority, or, within the authority of a legitimate president. I Would suggest a substantial addition to the height of all flag poles to accommodate the raising higher of the flag at obama’s demise; it what ever form it manifests.
December 8th, 2013 @ 2:53 pm
For Sadat…
On October 7, 1981, Ronald Reagan ordered flags at half staff until Sadat’s interment.
The funeral was October 10.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=ppotpus;cc=ppotpus;q1=Anwar%20%Sadat;rgn=full%20text;idno=4732220.1981.001;didno=4732220.1981.001;view=image;seq=00000928
https://middleeast.about.com/od/egypt/a/me081006a.htm
(this gets kind of confusing with time zones and the international date line. I don’t know why this is important anyway.)
December 8th, 2013 @ 3:04 pm
In case posters 2 and 3 cannot pull
up the link, here is the article;
plus, a photo of the sheriff was
enclosed on the original at RedFlagsNews.
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“For one South Carolina sheriff, defying President Obama’s order to lower the American flag to half-staff in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela is simple: Mandela “was not an American.”
Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark took to Facebook Friday to explain to seemingly supportive residents why he will not lower the flag at the Sheriff’s Office for Mandela, despite Obama’s Dec. 5 Presidential Proclamation:
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″
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. Our flag is at half staff today for a Deputy in the low country who died going to help his fellow Deputy. He deserves the honor. I have ordered that the flag here at my office back up after tomorrow’s mourning of Pearl Harbor Day!
Keep reading…
December 08, 2013 RedFlag
– See more at: https://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/sheriff-defies-obamas-order-to-lower-the-flag-to-half-staff-in-honor-of-mandela#sthash.CGMExpIF.dpuf
December 8th, 2013 @ 3:07 pm
For Yitzhak Rabin…
“Proclamation 6848
by Bill Clinton
As a mark of respect for the memory of Yitzhak Rabin and America’s support for peace in the Middle East, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff 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 his interment. 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.”
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proclamation_6848
“On 6 November 1995, a day after the murder, he was buried on Mount Herzl. Rabin’s funeral was attended by many world leaders, among them U.S. president Bill Clinton, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan. Clinton delivered a eulogy whose final words were in Hebrew – “Shalom, Haver” (Hebrew: שלום חבר, lit. Goodbye, Friend).”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin#Assassination_and_aftermath
(I am still confused about time zones and international date line differences.0
December 8th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
For King Hussein,
“Proclamation 7167
by Bill Clinton
Delivered on 7 February 1999.
As a mark of respect for the memory of King Hussein, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff 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 his interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff during this same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.”
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proclamation_7167
“King Hussein’s funeral was held on 8 February 1999…”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan#Death
December 8th, 2013 @ 5:00 pm
so it was 1 day. Why are we flying flags half staff for 10 days for Mandela?
December 8th, 2013 @ 5:02 pm
so, with King Hussein and Rabin the flage was half staff only 1 day. Why it was ordered half staff for 10 days in honor of Mandela?
December 8th, 2013 @ 5:09 pm
Yep, Bob! When Orly is dead, there will be fireworks and dancing in the streets.
It is time she is liquidated like the Wicked Witch of the West!
December 8th, 2013 @ 6:22 pm
Sorry, I omitted the date for Clinton’s proclamation for Rabin. That was November 4 1995, and specified “until his interment” which was November 6 1995, the day after his murder. Again, the time zone/international date line difference could confuse the time.
On 7 February 1999, King Hussein died.
King Hussein’s funeral was held on 8 February 1999. US flags at half staff “until his interment”.
Both Rabin and Hussein were buried the day after they died, it appears.
Mandela died Thursday December 5, 2013
Obama’s proclamation was also December 05, 2013, and specified “until sunset, December 9, 2013” That is only 5 days.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/05/presidential-proclamation-death-nelson-mandela
Tuesday December 10 will be a Memorial Service.
“Mandela’s body will lie in state in an open casket at the Union Buildings, the official seat of the South African government, from Wednesday through Friday…
More than 60 heads of state have confirmed that they will attend services for Nelson Mandela in South Africa next week, the country’s foreign ministry tells Reuters.
The South African government says that includes all living American presidents — except George H.W. Bush — as well as 26 members of Congress.
https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/08/249581279/large-contingent-of-heads-of-state-expected-at-mandelas-funeral
Yesterday was “Pearl Harbor Day”
December 05, 2013
Presidential Proclamation — National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2013
…..”The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 7, 2013, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this solemn day of remembrance and to honor our military, past and present, with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I urge all Federal agencies and interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff this December 7 in honor of those American patriots who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/05/presidential-proclamation-national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day-2013
December 8th, 2013 @ 6:23 pm
Orly. It is because he was an African criminal and a murderer just like Barry.
December 8th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
I see it nowhere stated that Obama ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff for Mandela. Someone is playing with your news feed.
December 8th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm
https://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2013/12/oh-happy-day-house-judiciary-has-begun-impeachment-proceedings-bye-bye-obama-video-2457152.html
December 9th, 2013 @ 4:23 am
I deal with reality…when I saw the 50’flag
at flying at half mast yesterday, I trust my
eyes & not what someone tells me. If one likes
being communist, then there are plenty of other
country(s)where one can live.
December 9th, 2013 @ 7:28 am
It will be racist to equally keep the flag down for just one day.
Communist, racists, Marxists do not want equality they want Special treatment for your race, gender and politic.
Over the years you see how social justice has destroyed the judicial system.
Law abiding citizens can’t expect equal justice. If you are here illegally, you will have free care, free food, free housing. O’s uncle received social justice: rewarding those who break the law. If you are a liar, a fraud and break the law you can be Presidente!
December 9th, 2013 @ 7:40 am
See how they’re getting along in South Africa after apartheid ended.
(watch the video, if you can);
Google: Nov. 7, 2013 Trajectory of South Africa’s Descent Steepens
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1317489390www.moonbattery.com/?p=38987
What happens when they run out of white people.
Stop Farm Attacks & Murders in South Africa | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/StopFarmAttacksMudersInSouthAfrica – View by Ixquick Proxy – Highlight
… 208 White South Africans have been murdered by black attackers so far this year! (…that I know of…) …
December 9th, 2013 @ 8:04 am
Why raise or lower the flag of the “United States of America” for anyone, other than an American citizen that has given all to promote and defend true American principles?
December 9th, 2013 @ 9:35 am
this video is not clear,I do not see any record of such proceedings
December 9th, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
Dr. Taitz,
The two links that Mr. Welder posted
do have photos of the tortured
and beaten victims .. all whites
in South Africa, along with their
accounts of what took place.
The blacks are getting away with murder,
beatings, torture of not only younger
whites but the elderly, as well.
What is going on, unchecked, is horrific.
Farm owners seem to be the main target.
If you go back to the links given,
you can see what is happening in South
Africa and their President Zuma does
nothing to help the white people.
We are now seeing a similar depravity
here in America, with what is called
a ‘knockdown punch’… Fox News showed
this today, a man attacked from behind
by what appears to be a gang of blacks,
simply walking along, minding his own
business. One came up from behind,
bashed him in the head, then others
proceeded to beat the poor guy.
This is an updated, sadistic trend
in the jungle world of lower-class blacks.
December 10th, 2013 @ 4:49 am
Day 3, the 50′ flag is still at half mast…
The AMVET’s have not lower their American Flag
whith MIA Flag below it.
Ok post #15, your remark & attitude about Orly
is why American(s) go into Combat.
December 11th, 2013 @ 4:13 am
Day 4, the 50′ flag has risen this morning.
I wonder why it could not go for the full
10 days? Maybe too many customers asked too
many questions?