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Regarding in part Terry Manning’s article “Flag represents the good, the bad, and the ugly,” I am admittedly torn too, the national flag and the multitude of meanings in its time, its place.   

In my younger life on Laurel Bay and other military and public places, I considered the national flag as customary and, with prejudice, renown.  And while all in my young eyes was real or seemed so, true to the time, the place, I never considered anything more, anything different, until now.     

One of the most notable and noble  accounts of a flag is at a veteran’s, military funeral; one that suggest the sacred, it is touching, moving and heart-felt, the somber presence of one passing, the attention to patriotism, service, or sacrifice.  Yes, I am moved by the presentation of the flag, the protocol, words of appreciation…of a grateful nation…honorable and faithful service.   

But in/at this age, the time and place, arises is an increasing awareness that “a grateful nation” is not our nation or nationality when considering that international laws and dictates drive (are driving) policy; or that sovereignty, flag and all, is undergoing a coup of sort where, to draw on a film, The Patriot, presents the paradox of a thousand tyrants one mile away versus one tyrant a thousand miles away. And though the U.S. flag dips to no man or king, there is doubt…, to believe that the interest of the public is subordinated to that of international governances.  
f/as U.S. governance is going (or goes) international, the “Redesigning [of] America’s Flag” and any other efforts of flag and all might even cast doubt on the stars and stripes forever.  Sure, it is hard to conceive, and especially how it could (can) without violence, resistance, or “insurrection” as called,  but could (can) this happen here amid all else that is changing worldwide, or changed, without any chance of going back to the way it was? 

Though known more for his children’s books, E.B White seemed convinced that world government was the way forward in the aftermath of two world wars; the best course for peace while giving tribute to the U.S. for its relevant good under the title:  “The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters”. 
&quot;The United States is regarded by people everywhere as a dream come true, a sort of world state in miniature. Here dwell the world&#039;s emigrants under one law…experiment of mixed races and mixed creeds, has turned out [better] than bad, more right than wrong, more kind than cruel, and more sinned against than sinning. This is the world&#039;s hope and its chance.&quot;

And while his words or sentiments may seem idealistic, there was that time and place (the onset of atomic age) that seemingly influenced more international peace however exclusive of the domestic,  racial strife languishing long after the supposed emancipation of the American Civil War and, in some degree alive now among other matters that, by design or not, divide and disempower society.  

And more, E.B White expanding on his beliefs and the benefit of world government,       
&quot;The only condition more appalling, less practical, than world government is the lack of it in this atomic age. Most of the scientists who produced the bomb admit that. Nationalism and the split atom cannot coexist in the planet.&quot;       
Or to put international peace and order for the preservation of the world above national or civil rights, liberties are whatever else we assume to possess until we discover, for good or bad, that we don’t.   

But beyond E.B. White and his ideas and expressions of global governance is other notable references to a world order.   From Wikipedia, &quot;new world order&quot; or similar language was used in the period toward the end of the First World War in relation to Woodrow Wilson&#039;s vision for international peace.  Flash forward to the 1990s, and Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush used the term to try to define the nature of the post-Cold War era and the spirit of great power cooperation that they hoped might materialize. Then there was the hallmark speech, “Toward a New World Order”, delivered by Bush on September 11, 1990; here, a relevant segment.     
&quot;A new partnership of nations has begun, and we stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective—a new world order—can emerge: A new era—freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, east and west, north, and south, can prosper and live in harmony.&quot;

And while the president’s words or sentiments may seem idealistic too (the world as less than at peace among other open issues of conflict, contention), what remains for the possibility of an international governance or world order when considering the words attributed to Mayer Amschel Rothschild.  
&quot;In the present critical stage of American development I would call your attention to the following maxim of the &quot; money lenders &quot; of the Old World : Let us control the money of a country, and we care not who makes its laws”.

And let us control the money of the world, and we care not for/of flag and all. 

Whether the current flag is retained, the protocol and presentation of the flag persevered, or all that is considered sacred under the stars and stripes held in the highest regard, respect, sovereignty and the interest of the public continues to trend downward against international interests and intervention, our governance or authority shifting upward and outward, all ideas of peace or order left to the technocracy and its monetary control, that ship of state full steam ahead, destination global.";}i:7;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"11";s:4:"slug";s:12:"verification";s:4:"name";s:12:"Verification";s:4:"type";s:12:"verification";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}i:8;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"12";s:4:"slug";s:27:"please-enter-any-two-digits";s:4:"name";s:27:"Please enter any two digits";s:4:"type";s:6:"secret";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:2:"11";s:5:"value";s:2:"12";}i:9;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"13";s:4:"slug";s:6:"submit";s:4:"name";s:6:"Submit";s:4:"type";s:6:"submit";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:2:"11";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}}