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oh, I get it, that's why the American blacks resent the CSA flag, but not
the American flag, right? they got it all wrong, right?  they really hate
the American flag, right.  kluckers like you need to get educated and
realize that the CONFEDERACY WILL NEVER RISE AGAIN.  so get used to it.

--rj



"Cowboy67" <cowboy67111NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ba63ca$f1ld$1@news3.infoave.net...
> the us is a sovereign independent nation that WAS beat up by viet nam. why
> the flag?
>
> the CSA flag is not any worse than the american flag we have now. It stood
> for the same thing! Racism? Nope! States rights? Yes! Slavery was around a
> lot longer than the CSA battle flag has been, and guess what flag was
flying
> the whole time during slavery. Yep, you got it DUMB FUCK, the ole flag we
> all know today. That's right, now put your argument to rest, cause now you
> have nothing to stand on. Oh, did I forget to call you DUMB FUCK?
>
>
> "Rob Jones" <RJones@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:vcci13ojm2phba@corp.supernews.com...
> > hey shit for brains, Viet nam is a sovereign, independent nation that
was
> > NOT defeated by the good ole' U.S. of A.   that's why they continue to
fly
> > their flag. we did not defeat them or restructure they government.
(unlike
> > Iraq which we have defeated and have removed any sighs of Saddam's
regime)
> > we fly our Flag because no one has invaded our land and defeated us. if
> they
> > had, we would not be flying our flag(unless they allowed it, of course)
> I
> > shouldn't have to explain the obvious. you should get out and read more.
> >
> > --rj
> >
> >
> >
> > "Cowboy67" <cowboy67111NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:ba1jbd$ctfo$1@news3.infoave.net...
> > > if that were the case, shouldn't we take down the American flag due to
> the
> > > loss of Viet nam? we lost. we shouldn't fly the flag. isn't that right
> dim
> > > wit? let's see, we have states that fly all the flags of countries
that
> > lost
> > > their land in the us. Florida flies France, Spain,Britain, us and csa.
> > alot
> > > of state flags, Alabama, were csa battle flags. so get real dim wit.
the
> > guv
> > > is as much an idiot as u.
> > > "Rob Jones" <RJones@msn.com> wrote in message
> > > news:vc0286r6eh2c3@corp.supernews.com...
> > > > no he did the right thing. see the way it works is that the loser of
> the
> > > > Civil War (that's the south) should not be allowed to fly their
flag.
> > > since
> > > > when can the loser of a War fly their own flag?  get over it. the
> Civil
> > > War
> > > > is settled and the South needs to get educated and move on.( or
> continue
> > > > down the same dead end road they've been on)
> > > >
> > > > --rj
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Brojack" <brojack99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:cd6f2cf5.0305120802.476af0e9@posting.google.com...
> > > > > Gov. Sonny Perdue of Georgia is a wimp!! He bowed down to the
> darkies
> > > > > and change the flag to leave out the Conferate part. Dam wimp.
Right
> > > > > now, we got a border-line racist in the White House, and he is
> packing
> > > > > the courts. All Sonny had to do is wait. We are going to roll back
> all
> > > > > the Civil Rights Shit, all the Voting Right Shit, and Roe vs
Wade..
> > > > > You watch.. Bush is packing the courts. And do be suprised if you
> > > > > don't see BORK nominated to the Supreme Court.
> > > > >
> > > > > And the Affirmative Action is going to be history.. It is a done
> > > > > deal...
> > > > >
> > > > > Brojack
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/910979.asp?0dm=N24FN
> > > > >
> > > > > The new Georgia state flag and the U.S. flag wave by Miss Liberty
on
> > > > > the Capitol in Atlanta.
> > > > >
> > > > > Governor signs bill to replace Georgia's flag
> > > > >
> > > > > Dixie cross of stars removed
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ASSOCIATED PRESS
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >       ATLANTA, May 8 -  Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill Thursday
to
> > > > > replace the unpopular 2-year-old state flag with a simpler design
> that
> > > > > does not include a Confederate battle emblem.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  'I've never seen anybody flying it! You ever seen it on a boat?
You
> > > > > ever seen it at a football game? Nobody flies this thing!'
> > > > > - GEORGIA REP. LARRY WALKER
> > > > >          THE NEW FLAG, inspired by a national Confederate flag but
> > > > > without the divisive Dixie cross of stars, was raised over the
> Capitol
> > > > > for the first time shortly after the governor signed the bill.
> > > > >        "The flag the General Assembly adopted honors Georgia's
> past,"
> > > > > Perdue said before signing the bill. "It is also a flag that will
> > > > > allow us to move forward together."
> > > > >        The flag displays the state's coat of arms and the words
"In
> > > > > God We Trust" on a blue corner in the top left, with three
> > > > > red-and-white stripes to the right.
> > > > >        The 2001 flag was called a political masterstroke when it
was
> > > > > adopted, replacing a divisive banner dominated by the Confederate
> > > > > battle cross.
> > > > >        But the closing hours of Georgia's shortest-lived flag
> brought
> > > > > little in the way of fond farewells. Even some of the architects
of
> > > > > the 2001 flag gave it a curt obituary.
> > > > >
> > > > > NO "DREAM FLAG"
> > > > >        "In no way am I sad that flag is being retired," joked Rep.
> > > > > Tyrone Brooks, a black Atlanta Democrat who led the charge to
adopt
> it
> > > > > two years ago. "It's not exactly, you know, anybody's dream flag."
> > > > >        The brief-flying state flag was a compromise intended to
> shrink
> > > > > the Confederate emblem but incorporate the symbol in a
mini-montage
> of
> > > > > old Georgia flags.
> > > > >        The result was what many considered a visual train wreck of
> > > > > words, seals and stars.
> > > > >        The flag was voted the nation's ugliest by a group of flag
> > > > > experts just five months after it was adopted. Southern heritage
> > > > > groups started calling it a "rag." Schoolchildren couldn't draw
it.
> > > > > Around the Capitol, it was commonly referred to as looking like a
> > > > > place mat from a Denny's restaurant.
> > > > >        As lawmakers wrangled for months over changing the state
flag
> > > > > this winter and spring, a rural Democrat summed up Georgia's
> > > > > frustration with the 2001 banner.
> > > > >        "I've never seen anybody flying it!" cried Rep. Larry
Walker,
> > > > > of Perry, south of Macon. "You ever seen it on a boat? You ever
seen
> > > > > it at a football game? Nobody flies this thing!"
> > > > >        Georgia's latest flag saga started last summer, when a
rural
> > > > > Republican - Perdue - started talking about it in his underdog
> > > > > campaign to oust Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes. His promise of a
> > > > > statewide vote on the flag figured prominently in his surprise
> victory
> > > > > in November.
> > > > >        Perdue originally wanted a vote on the 1956 flag with its
> > > > > dominant Dixie "X" - adopted by an all-white
> > > > >
> > > > >          Legislature at the height of Southern resistance to
> > > > > integration.
> > > > >        But after months of arguing, lawmakers decided to quash any
> > > > > chance of the Confederate emblem's revival and drew a new flag
> > > > > instead. Perdue agreed to the compromise.
> > > > >        Civil rights groups had threatened an economic boycott if
> > > > > Georgia revived the Dixie cross, which many blacks lawmakers call
a
> > > > > symbol of oppression. Southern heritage advocates, on the other
> hand,
> > > > > called the new flag a betrayal.
> > > > >
> > > > > REFERENDUM NEXT YEAR
> > > > >        Georgia voters will still get a referendum next year - to
> pick
> > > > > between the new three-stripe flag and the 2001 flag. Few give the
> 2001
> > > > > flag any chance to win.
> > > > >        "It's a flag that Georgians didn't warm up to," said Merle
> > > > > Black, a political scientist at Emory University. "They just
didn't
> > > > > embrace it. Very few people ever bought that flag except the ones
> that
> > > > > had to, schools and so on."
> > > > >        Perdue said he was not completely satisfied with the bill
> > > > > because it did not give people a chance to vote on restoring the
> 1956
> > > > > state flag.
> > > > >        "While this bill does not include everything I asked for in
> my
> > > > > plan, I will respect the decision of the elected representatives
of
> > > > > the people of Georgia," Perdue said.
> > > > >        Even critics of the 2001 flag's design acknowledge that it
> > > > > served its purpose as a transition piece that made the replacement
> of
> > > > > the 1956 flag possible.
> > > > >        And Barnes, whose official portrait in the Capitol shows
him
> in
> > > > > front of the 2001 flag, he has no regrets.
> > > > >        "The important thing was to remove the Confederate emblem
> from
> > > > > its position of prominence," said Bobby Kahn, Barnes' chief of
> staff.
> > > > > "That was the important step. And we're still proud of that."
> > > >
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