Somehow there must be a bit of irony and ideology in your flag story Don…maybe you were drinking while eating cow? ...it's really difficult to tell. Regardless…for the true patriots here, the symbolism is much less cynical.
Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, reporting to Congress on the Seal, stated: "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice." Also this from a book about the flag published in 1977 by the House of Representatives... "The star is a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun." http://www.usflag.org/colors.html IF one is in fact a patriot, this will be well known. Of course, today’s dumbing down of US citizens produces a simple polarization…of ‘right’ & ‘left’…and all of the associated ignorant oversimplifications and we/them ‘ism this implies. As to red & blue states, we know how that worked out, don’t we? Lest one forgets, here is the map on that one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoO14Yt9rqw “And being measurable is difficult. to remain so requires me to do a whole lot of nothing. Not solving the various problems plaguing me and going out of my way to complain about things i can't control.” – DJ Repeat after me: “God, grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things that I can; And the wisdom to know the difference.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer On Mar 22, 10:44 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > There are some good ones here. If no one else does I'll post some > fiery Paine later to vent my frustrations. Was at dinner at a steak > house last night and I told the table about my idea for the new > American flag. What we'll do after all the red states secede is > we'll just turn that square red and put a hammer and sickle in it. > The rest of the wussy blue states stay white on a field of blue. > Strips don't change. > > And being measurable is difficult. to remain so requires me to do a > whole lot of nothing. Not solving the various problems plaguing me > and going out of my way to complain about things i can't control. > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:07 PM, frantheman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 22 Mrz., 04:23, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You > >> have to catch it yourself." > >> ---Benjamin Franklin > > > "It's simple to be happy. It's hard to be simple." > > ---Eckart von Hirschhausen > > > :-) > > > Francis > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
