{"id":9155,"date":"2012-09-08T11:24:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=9155"},"modified":"2012-09-08T11:24:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T18:24:28","slug":"american-flag-on-the-ground-prior-to-obamas-event-stars-stripes-disgraced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/american-flag-on-the-ground-prior-to-obamas-event-stars-stripes-disgraced\/","title":{"rendered":"American Flag On The Ground Prior To Obama&#8217;s Event &#8211; Stars &#038; Stripes Disgraced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35m7AS3r9V4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"us flag on ground university iowa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/418916_10151127161968847_1679988287_n3-620x292.jpg?resize=372%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"175\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>University of Iowa denies imperial regime campaign mishandled the large American flag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/nothing-improper-occurred-college-spokesman-now-denies-flag-mistreated-at-obama-event-but-experts-say-otherwise\/\">The Blaze<\/a>:<br \/>\n&#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There was no violations of flag etiquette,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore told TheBlaze.<\/p>\n<p>The school had earlier apologized for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153show of disrespect\u00e2\u20ac\u009d via a posting on their Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if placing the flag on the ground was standard procedure, Moore replied, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, there was a protective plastic sheet under the flag and a frame so despite the appearances of the photo, the flag was not touching the ground.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>But that still could be an issue. According to U.S. flag code, the national colors should never touch \u00e2\u20ac\u009danything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When asked about this violation, Moore insisted that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153this is the protocol this crew follows all the time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/nothing-improper-occurred-college-spokesman-now-denies-flag-mistreated-at-obama-event-but-experts-say-otherwise\/\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Iowa denies imperial regime campaign mishandled the large American flag. The Blaze: &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There was no violations of flag etiquette,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore told TheBlaze. The school had earlier apologized for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1075,549,169],"tags":[13780,18358,1328,1437,242,10416,18362,18363,3232,18359,18360,18365,6537,18367,2662,18361,18366,18364],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}