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The Maple Leaf Forever? Flag designs that we didn’t pick
National Post ^
| June 30, 2014
| Tristin Hopper
Posted on 07/01/2014 1:45:16 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
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To: Squawk 8888
It's also very interesting how the flag of Panama came about. The U.S. intervention (naval support etc) came earlier than expected, and the pro-independence/pro USA faction needed to come up with a flag literally overnight, that could be seen on govt buildings across the country the very next morning. It needed to be explained in a simple telegraph message. The wife of a Panamanian official came up with the simple design. Literally overnight, Panama had a new flag.
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07/01/2014 5:05:54 AM PDT
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Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Ouderkirk
Had to Google it- I can understand the appeal.
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07/01/2014 5:12:33 AM PDT
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Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
The appeal is.... that you had to Google it.
I once had a manager who told me that the secret to his success was that he was able to tell people to go to hell, but that he was able to do so with them genuinely looking forward to the trip.
That is sort of the case with the Bonnie Blue. It’s not as well known as the Stars & Bars but has the same meaning. Your average 80IQ ghetto rat simply has not the education to even know what it is.
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07/01/2014 8:33:06 AM PDT
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Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: Ouderkirk
Mr. GG2 agrees with you. Although I’m a stars and bars girl. :-)
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07/01/2014 8:37:58 AM PDT
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Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Squawk 8888
Happy Canada Day! Me, I’m all for this new-age diversity inclusiveness stuff, and while it would be presumptuous to suggest improvements in our neighbor’s flag, well...it’s just that not every province has maple trees. But every province does have hockey sticks. Just sayin’.
To: Georgia Girl 2
Nothing better than stars and bars.
To: Squawk 8888
I actually like the aesthetics of this one...
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07/01/2014 5:27:57 PM PDT
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Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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