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Mississippi lawmakers not erasing Confederate emblem on flag
Associated Press ^
| Feb 23, 2016 6:47 PM EST
| Emily Wagster Pettus
Posted on 02/23/2016 5:48:54 PM PST by Olog-hai
Mississippi legislators this year won't attempt to redesign the last state flag that features the Confederate battle emblem because leaders say they can't find a majority to remove the symbol from the 122-year-old banner.
Tuesday was the deadline for legislative committees to act on general bills, and flag proposals are among hundreds of measures that died without being brought up for debate.
Some bills proposed redesigning the flag to remove the rebel cross, while others would have stripped state money from colleges and local governments that refuse to fly the current banner. One bill offered separate-but-equal flags, keeping the current one and having a second with a magnolia tree.
"I'm not saying that all of them are necessarily bad ideas, but we don't have a consensus on any of them," said Republican Rep. Jason White, chairman of the House committee in charge of the flag bills. ...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: confederateflag; dixie; liberalagenda; naacp; stateflag
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:48:54 PM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Obama will be throwing a fit.
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:53:20 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
To: stocksthatgoup
Maybe he’ll have a conniption..
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:56:12 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Olog-hai
Good for them. Take that Barry!
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:00:04 PM PST
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
To: Olog-hai
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02/23/2016 6:08:32 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Olog-hai; WKB; .45 Long Colt; paintriot; Lil Flower; Malichi; WXRGina; duffee; wardaddy; ...
MISSISSIPPI PING LIST!
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02/23/2016 6:10:17 PM PST
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onyx
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To: stocksthatgoup
It’s none of n0bamas business.
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02/23/2016 6:16:15 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: onyx
To: onyx
Please put me on your ping list. Thanks!
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02/23/2016 6:19:22 PM PST
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Olog-hai
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02/23/2016 6:22:20 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: Olog-hai
In yo face, crybabies!!! Grow up!
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02/23/2016 6:24:22 PM PST
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FlingWingFlyer
(The Supreme Court is a joke being played on the American people.)
To: onyx
To: .45 Long Colt
Praise God, the investigators and the Grand Jury.
That poor girl suffered a horrible, unspeakable death by this monster.
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02/23/2016 6:49:09 PM PST
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onyx
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02/23/2016 6:51:13 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: onyx
WooHoo!!! Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits!
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02/23/2016 7:23:40 PM PST
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houeto
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To: onyx; .45 Long Colt
I agree with .45! THAT is surely ping worthy!
May we kill him and the Lord read his heart.
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02/23/2016 7:28:39 PM PST
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houeto
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02/23/2016 7:29:24 PM PST
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houeto
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To: Olog-hai
Didn’t the people of Mississippi vote overwhelmingly to keep the flag as is earlier this century? Didn’t a quarter of blacks vote to keep,it?
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02/23/2016 7:48:09 PM PST
by
Aetius
To: onyx
I have to say, I am glad.
We voted to keep that flag in 02, if memory serves.
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02/23/2016 7:49:04 PM PST
by
Tupelo
(Honest men go to Washington, but honest men do not stay in Washington.)
To: houeto; .45 Long Colt
I just don't have time to post the article.
I'm watching our FReepathon thread and trying to keep abreast of the NV voting results and my biggest difficulty is my puppy Louie!
He hates for me to use my laptop computer when he's awake and wants to play!
It's taken me over 10 minutes to compose this reply to you!
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02/23/2016 8:00:47 PM PST
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onyx
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