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Negotiators approve flag compromise (GA State Flag)
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 04/04/03 | Jim Galloway

Posted on 04/04/2003 11:09:24 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa

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This is a bad flag also.
1 posted on 04/04/2003 11:09:25 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
No no no. Looks too much like Confederate flag, it's got God on it, that's a no go in itself. Maybe just a plain ol' white flag.
2 posted on 04/04/2003 11:11:16 AM PST by ladtx ("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
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To: WhiskeyPapa
I'd expect to see litigation from the ACLU over the word God in a state flag.
3 posted on 04/04/2003 11:14:40 AM PST by curmudgeonII
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To: WhiskeyPapa

Georgia introduced this new state flag on January 31, 2001 following
objections to the previous design's emphasis on the Confederate Battle
Flag.

It never ends folks.

PC KILLS Historical accuracy


4 posted on 04/04/2003 11:27:27 AM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: WhiskeyPapa
This is a compromise, as someone states? ROTFL This is what is commonly called a surrender.
5 posted on 04/04/2003 11:28:44 AM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: ladtx
Why white? You're racist!
6 posted on 04/04/2003 11:28:46 AM PST by itzmygun
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See from your homepage you're from WV. My Mama live SW of Charleston and my brother lives in Parkersburg.
7 posted on 04/04/2003 11:33:58 AM PST by ladtx ("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
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To: DoughtyOne
This is a compromise, as someone states? ROTFL This is what is commonly called a surrender.

Replacing the current flag with a copy of the rebel flag is about as bad as they can get; of course most people are completely ignorant of the "first national."

Walt

8 posted on 04/04/2003 11:38:13 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa (Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
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Now why would any body think the new flag reminds them of the old Stars and bars? Actually, since most of the people complaining are probably victims of the public education system, they won't know what the Stars and Bars looked like:

Confederate Stars and Bars
The First Official Flag of the Confederacy.

Although less well known than the "Confederate Battle Flags", the Stars and Bars was used as the official flag of the Confederacy from March 1861 to May of 1863.

9 posted on 04/04/2003 11:39:54 AM PST by Michael.SF. ('Lack of concensus is no excuse for lack of leadership' - M. Thatcher)
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Sounds like I'm ignorant of it as well. Give us a brief background. Thanks.
10 posted on 04/04/2003 11:40:53 AM PST by DoughtyOne
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Sounds like I'm ignorant of it as well. Give us a brief background. Thanks.

The first flag of the so-called CSA looked just like this proposed flag except where the state seal is now were seven stars in a circle. It was adopted before the last 4 states approved secession documents.

Walt

11 posted on 04/04/2003 11:45:47 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa (Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
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It's not a bad flag but I would prefer our old State flag the way it was before this nonsense started with King Roy. However I would accept the majority decision of the people of the state of Georgia if & when we the people get to vote on the issue.
12 posted on 04/04/2003 11:48:51 AM PST by HELLRAISER II
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Do you mean the old state flag, or the 1956-2001 state flag?
13 posted on 04/04/2003 11:51:46 AM PST by lugsoul
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To: ladtx
One color you won't see a good ol'boy from Georgia flying is a White flag.
14 posted on 04/04/2003 11:52:07 AM PST by HELLRAISER II
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So what you're saying is that this flag should be as much or more offensive than the one they are trying to abolish? Interesting. Thank you.
15 posted on 04/04/2003 11:52:53 AM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: HELLRAISER II
Don't want to step on any toes here. But, from one southern boy to another, if you're gonna change from the flag you have, which is a perfectly good flag, then it might as well be a white flag.
16 posted on 04/04/2003 11:54:27 AM PST by ladtx ("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
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One thing that ya'll are right on is the God issue, it amazes me that a Country made from such Religious convictions have fallen into such God hating people. What in the hell happened?
17 posted on 04/04/2003 11:56:47 AM PST by HELLRAISER II
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To: DoughtyOne
So what you're saying is that this flag should be as much or more offensive than the one they are trying to abolish? Interesting. Thank you.

Yes; this flag is just a little bit less "in your face", but it is, or should be, just as offensive.

It will be a disgrace for Georgia if they pass it.

Walt

18 posted on 04/04/2003 12:00:22 PM PST by WhiskeyPapa (Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
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To: ladtx
You bring up a valid point and one that I'll try to explain my point of view. First off I never surendered the way I felt about the flag, that was King Roy & his Kangaroo Court that pathetically gave into minority pressures. I will alway's love our prior flag and I want it back, but if we get to vote on it and we as a state vote against it. Well i'll live with it because we made our decision, not a bunch of politicians. But in my opinion, that's not waving a white flag that's America at it's best.
19 posted on 04/04/2003 12:01:29 PM PST by HELLRAISER II
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To: WhiskeyPapa
The mention of God is a smart political move. It will flush out the ACLU types in Georgia, exposing the left as it really is.
20 posted on 04/04/2003 12:02:13 PM PST by flying Elvis
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