Georgia Flag Will Not Carry Rebel Battle Flag

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[lugsoul]

Georgia flag will not carry Dixie cross Friday, April 25, 2003 Posted: 10:30 PM EDT (0230 GMT)

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The Georgia Legislature voted Friday to change the state flag to a version that echoes the Confederate battle emblem, but without the familiar Dixie cross that had led black lawmakers to promise an economic boycott.

Lawmakers agreed to quash any possibility of a referendum on reviving the Confederate battle emblem, which black lawmakers called a symbol of oppression and which had been a part of the bill.

If the measure is approved by Gov. Sonny Perdue, Georgia voters next March will choose between the temporary flag and the current Georgia flag.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

There was a very strong belief that race mixing (intermarrying) was fundamentally wrong and it was even told to me when I questioned the segregation issue that that was a big part of it. I do not condemn them for their stand. They were doing what they believed was right. The truth is somewhere between the two extremes, but I cannot fault them on taking a stand.

Adolph Hitler didn't believe that Jews were truely human beings or deserved to mix with German society, and the German people had a very strong belief in that as well. I guess you don't fault them for having those beliefs, either?

Beliefs formed out of ignorance which oppress an entire race of fellow humans because of their race are objectively abhorrent. There is no such thing as the "freedom" to strip political and economic rights from a racial or religious minority in the United States because a stupid, undereducated, parochial, tyrannical and moblike majority wants to in the guise of their so-called, fetid heritage.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

There was a very strong belief that race mixing (intermarrying) was fundamentally wrong and it was even told to me when I questioned the segregation issue that that was a big part of it. I do not condemn them for their stand. They were doing what they believed was right. The truth is somewhere between the two extremes, but I cannot fault them on taking a stand.

Adolph Hitler didn't believe that Jews were truely human beings or deserved to mix with German society, and the German people had a very strong belief in that as well. I guess you don't fault them for having those beliefs, either?

Beliefs formed out of ignorance which oppress an entire race of fellow humans because of their race are objectively abhorrent. There is no such thing as the "freedom" to strip political and economic rights from a racial or religious minority in the United States because a stupid, undereducated, parochial, tyrannical and moblike majority wants to in the guise of their so-called, fetid heritage.

[familyofman]

I like the (middle)original. It's boring - just like a state flag should be. What happened when they went and changed it - the earth shook.

[stand watie]

yet ANOTHER sillly, self-righteous post!

free dixie,sw

[Savage Beast]

Georgia needs to hire an expert in design to create a flag of beautiful symbolism. Will Georgia devise something tasteful, beautiful, and of deep symbolic meaning? Noooooooooooooooo. Just hope for the least tacky.

[Savage Beast]

Uhhhhhh... Why should a state flag be boring?

[stand watie]

i have a GREAT DEAL of animosity for compromisers with the LEFT, the power-hungry race-baiters and the PC-morons.

when the almighty $ is what's most important, we all lose, including the employees.

coca-cola, john deere,hallmark,delta, home depot, wal-mart and numerous other big corporations care NOTHING about TRUTH; money is EVERTHING to them. that's why they do ANYTHING the leftists want;they'd rather have good PR than be known for principle too. that corporate attitude will come back to bite them in the long run.

sorry you disageee.

FRee dixie,sw

[lugsoul]

Seems you missed the point. My question was about all those "common Georgians" you express concern about who put food on the table and feed their families with their paycheck from such companies. Isn't maintaining those jobs in Georgia in the interest of those Georgians? Or do you think those employers should have no opinion when it comes to matters of politics that affect their bottom line?

[stand watie]

BTW, do you approve of these corporations SELLING OUT to nambla, sarah brady, the answer crowd,the million moms march,jesse jackson, the PRO-abortion fanatics & the "hollywood crowd"????

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

i believe that the corporate officers should in every case say to the left:

GET LOST. our business is widgets & we do NOT pay tribute to your organization or group, period. if you don't like that, take your business elsewhere.

in the long run, everybody who does that WINS.

FRee dixie,sw

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Only in Moronville (population you) would the most important consideration of a business not be about providing a living for employees and profit for shareholders, but instead be about perpetuating and strengthening a history that never was.

Under the "sage" leadership of individuals such as yourself, the South would go the way of the Third World.

[stand watie]

ah chancellor,

i can ALWAYS count on you showing up with an ignorant, off-point,hatefilled, stupid comment!

go back to DU, where you belong.

FRee dixie,sw

[familyofman]

"Why should a state flag be boring?"

Because that's the way they have always been. Plus, you don't get all the high blood pressure that results from trying to spice one up. Next you'll have all the states re-doing their flags & we'll end up with a Pollacking (artist) of flags.

[stand watie]

hatefilled STUPIDITY posted TWICE does not become smart.

free dixie,sw

[lugsoul]

What a SILLY post.

List the concessions each of these corporations has made to NAMBLA.

Ditto ANSWER.

Ditto the Million Moms.

I'm sure I'll be waiting a long time for a substantive response.

What does sugar water have to do with abortion?

It must be nice to post without any regard for fact.

What does lumber have to do with man-boy sex?

[lugsoul]

"What does lumber have to do with man-boy sex?"

Oops

[stand watie]

ALL of those groups have been supported with corporate $$$$$$ and/or gifts in kind from at least one of the major corporations.

in some cases ALL of them, for example: the million commie mommies march & rainbow-push.

i do NOT have time today to go look up a list, but it is public knowledge.

over 50 major corporations gave money to the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition before the war in Iraq started;how many of those do you think are sorry now?

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

and i ask you again, do YOU approve of paying off the leftists to get good PR?

is TRUTH/HONOR important in your world?

if you ran coca-cola, would YOU tell jesse jackson to get lost or would you pay him, when he told you that he'd organize a boycott against coke and/or go on TV to accuse you of racism???

FRee dixie,sw

[lugsoul]

"public knowledge" - I'm calling COMPLETE BOVINE EXCREMENT on this one. Document ONE donation to NAMBLA from any of the named companies. Just ONE. If it is such public knowledge, it should be pretty easy to do. But you can't.

Ditto ANSWER.

Just dogmatic spew with no basis in fact. Your agenda would do nothing for Georgia but put in on a fiscal par with Alabama.

[lugsoul]

There was pretty good evidence that CCE was engaged in fairly widespread race discrimination - which led to the Jesse / Willie Gary lawsuit crap. Do you condone that behavior?

One company and one of the leftie causes you named? Anything else, or will you continue to slander those companies?