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[Liz Phillippi]

I just wanted to share this info with the power hour.  I went to a recent event put on by the John Birch Society. And in the corner I noticed the gold fringed flag.  So I questioned them on it in an email the next day and the response in inadequate. 

I have pasted my correspondence below, I did reply again, but did not enclose that.
I see them as hypocritical now.

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Dear Ms. Phillippi;
Does a fringe on the decorated Christian flag mean the church is under the jurisdiction of martial law?
These side issues, real or not, are used to take people's eyes off the real danger. It is people, conspiring together that is our danger, not some fringed flag purchased by a 4-star hotel.
Sincerely,
Art Thompson
National Director of Field Operations 

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On 11/9/2002 at 12:17 PM liz wrote:

>I would like to make the following general comment:
>I was at the Putney presentation on November8, 2002 in Appleton WI. I
>am wondering why the military flag (Gold fringed) was being used by the
>JBS? We were asked to pledge allegiance to the flag. Which I am not
>going to do.
> I think this flag is contrary to the purposes of the JBS.
> I copied the following from and internet article just to inform you of
>the Gold fringed US flag.

>http://www.banned-books.com/truth-seeker/1994archive/121_5/ts215b.html
>"A gold fringed flag is a battle flag reserved to the General of the Army
>for use over military headquarters and to display at courts-martial. The
>Commander-In-Chief, as the civilian authority over a lawfully standing
>national militia or Army, may designate that flag's use elsewhere. This
>gives a president, when acting as Commander-In-Chief, power to place the
>government's battle flag wherever he wishes to establish jurisdiction of
>the military force"