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To: Rebeleye
In the video, Wills climbs out of the car driven by the Dukes of Hazard, which has the flag painted on its roof. Eager to avoid the perennial controversy that surrounds the Southern Cross, organizers blurred it from view in commercials that aired after Wednesday.

I'm sorry, the confederate flag is not the Southern Cross; a beautiful constellation not viewable in the northern latitudes.

DTOM

6 posted on 07/12/2004 7:58:19 AM PDT by Ace's Dad ("There are more important things: Friendship, Bravery...")
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To: Ace's Dad
I'm sorry, the confederate flag is not the Southern Cross

It's not a 'symbol of hate' either, but our PC infected officials don't concern themselves with pesky little things like FACTS!

10 posted on 07/12/2004 8:14:14 AM PDT by MamaTexan (Freedom is NEVER negotiable!)
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To: Ace's Dad
I'm sorry, the confederate flag is not the Southern Cross; a beautiful constellation not viewable in the northern latitudes.

Astronomical gazing aside, the Confederate Naval Jack, based on the St. Andrew's Cross (rectangular version of the "Battle Flag", with thirteen stars aligned on two crossed bars of blue on a field of red) is indeed known as the Southern Cross. Even newspapers in the South sometimes mess that up, calling it the "Stars and Bars", which was the CSA national flag.

14 posted on 07/12/2004 8:35:16 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Diplomats. The best diplomat I know of is a fully loaded phaser bank" - Cdr. Montgomery Scott)
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