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Eight new Oklahoma license tags themes available forĀ order [including "Don't Tread on Me"]
Tulsa World ^ | 6/20/2011 | RANDY KREHBIEL

Posted on 06/20/2011 11:56:04 AM PDT by Pharmboy

An old symbol with renewed popularity among tea partiers and other conservatives could soon appear on Oklahoma license plates.

The Revolutionary War era Gadsden Flag, featuring a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow field and the words "Don't Tread on Me," was among the eight special tag themes approved by the Legislature this year. A specific design for the tag won't be approved until the minimum 100 orders are received by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

The Gadsden Flag has been much in evidence at tea party events over the past few years, but Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said he did not have the tea party in mind when he proposed the tag.

"People may interpret this as something for the tea party, but really it is for constitutional conservatives," Terrill said.

Oklahoma has more than 230 special tags promoting schools, organizations and causes ranging from adoption to the Zeta Phi Beta social sorority.

Tags cost $15 more than the usual taxes and fees, except for those providing financial support to the organization depicted. Those tags cost an additional $35.

No group or organization will receive financial benefit from the Gadsden tag, or from three others approved this year: BMW Club of America, Ovarian Cancer and Deer Creek School District.

Tags approved this year that do include a financial support component are Pancreatic Cancer Research, Alzheimer's Research, Hospice and Palliative Care and Juvenile Diabetes Research.

Each new design has 180 days from the effective date of the authorizing legislation - in this case, Nov. 1 - to attract at least 100 orders.

The most popular special tag is the University of Oklahoma with 6,136 issued last year, followed by Wildlife Conservation with 4,781.

Contact a tag agent or the Oklahoma Tax Commission at (405) 521-3221 or tulsaworld.com/otc for information about ordering special tags.

Some special tags

D-Day Survivor, Gold Star Parent/Spouse, Silver Star, Oklahoma Military Academy Alumni, Support Education, Amateur Radio, Animal Friendly, Buffalo Soldier, Ducks Unlimited, In God We Trust, NASCAR, Oklahoma City Bombing Victims and Survivors, Tulsa Zoo, Honorary Consul.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20110620_16_A1_Anolds285521


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; donttreadonme; gadsdenflag; licenseplates; oklahoma
Wow. I wish we had that option in Maryland.
1 posted on 06/20/2011 11:56:07 AM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: NonValueAdded; neverdem; thefactor; blam; SunkenCiv; Joe Brower

Wish-I-could-register-a-car-in-Oklahoma ping...


2 posted on 06/20/2011 11:58:21 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy

That Gadsden Flag tag is going to attract a lot of attention from state law enforcement and the Feds! LOL!


3 posted on 06/20/2011 11:58:21 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Pharmboy

Better watch it - CARE will sue, as will ACLU...


4 posted on 06/20/2011 11:59:37 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
And, every car with those tags needs something like this on the window also...


5 posted on 06/20/2011 12:00:23 PM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: choctaw man

OOPS...Better watch it - CAIR will sue, as will ACLU...


6 posted on 06/20/2011 12:00:42 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Pharmboy
"People may interpret this as something for the tea party, but really it is for constitutional conservatives," Terrill said.

...and the difference is???

7 posted on 06/20/2011 12:02:17 PM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy

Life member.


8 posted on 06/20/2011 12:06:45 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Me too...since 1975.


9 posted on 06/20/2011 12:12:09 PM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy
NRA is also a special tag: http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp079.html



10 posted on 06/20/2011 12:19:03 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Pharmboy
One that is badly needed:

Driver only has $20 of ammunition.

11 posted on 06/20/2011 12:22:19 PM PDT by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: Pharmboy

I was going to get the Alzheimer’s flag but forgot.


12 posted on 06/20/2011 12:28:40 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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The difference is that the TEA partiers are late to the party. This started in earnest when Trent Lott decided to share power with the Demonrats.


13 posted on 06/20/2011 1:18:27 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Pharmboy; Jack Hydrazine
Add a Bracken Flag sticker to your collection.
14 posted on 06/20/2011 1:43:35 PM PDT by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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To: EdReform

My son gave me that sticker a few years ago, but I didn’t know what it was called. Thanks.


15 posted on 06/20/2011 1:50:39 PM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: gundog
Yes...good point; certainly some of them were late to the party...
16 posted on 06/20/2011 3:19:19 PM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I like something like this....
17 posted on 06/21/2011 4:48:15 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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