South Carolina Sheriff Defies Obama, Refuses To Lower Flag For Mandela Because He's Not 'Murkan

[Cali_Democrat]

South Carolina Sheriff Refuses To Lower Flag For Mandela
Hunter 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).

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/south-carolina-sheriff-vows-not-to-lower-flag-for-mandela

[madrchsod]

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]

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]

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]

4. Imagine a news item with this guy and Nelson Mandela in the same story. (nt)

[struggle4progress]

5. "I got my name in the newspaper !!1!1"

[Coyotl]

6. I guess he wants to broadcast his racism. Good luck next election, good old boy!

[Cerridwen]

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.