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Maine opens contest to design a new state flag based on an old classic
The Associated Press via ABC News ^
| June 14, 2024
| The Associated Press
Posted on 06/22/2024 12:16:27 PM PDT by fwdude
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All this unnecessary endeavors to delete two white men on the current state flag which has existed for over 100 years.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:16:27 PM PDT
by
fwdude
To: fwdude
I’m waiting for them to decide we need a new US flag.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:20:56 PM PDT
by
TexasKamaAina
(The time is out of joint. - Hamlet)
To: fwdude
Minnesota has already done it. Irony is that states don't get much whiter than Minnesota.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:21:11 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: fwdude
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:21:40 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: fwdude
Isn’t the Pine Tree flag a hate symbol or a symbol of INSURRECTION? I’m pretty sure that’s we’ve been told.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:21:43 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
( )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Yes, I had Minnesota in mind as another state which changed their state flag because of “whiteness.“ Thanks for mentioning it.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:22:14 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( )
To: hanamizu
Yes, the article mentions that since the “Alito incident“ that flag design is now become “controversial.“ That’s fine, I love seeing them tie themselves into knots with their insane ideology.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:23:51 PM PDT
by
fwdude
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To: fwdude
How about a Somali smoking a joint on a white flag?
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:36:50 PM PDT
by
Thapsus_epiphany
(Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
To: hanamizu
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:44:47 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: fwdude
It’s called “internalized racism”, which is considered a sign of mental sickness and being oppressed unless whites are the ones hating themselves.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:45:14 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
To: fwdude
A extra-large big blue star with rounded points and a smaller Charlie Brown tree in the center. Fits their limp attitude (tree) with an over large ego (star) to fit their eco activism.
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:46:02 PM PDT
by
Liaison
(TANSTAAFL)
To: fwdude
Maine has RCV for a reason...
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: fwdude
The new flag of Minnesota.
To: MinorityRepublican
Oh yes. Got rid of the white man AND the Indian. Excuse me, “native American.“
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posted on
06/22/2024 12:54:00 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( )
To: fwdude
What the hell is the problem with the the old flag? Look what the morons in Minnesota did to theirs. They’re officially an African colony now with that old rag.
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posted on
06/22/2024 1:02:28 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
To: MinorityRepublican
Always post that with Somalia’s flag…. Birds of a feather.
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posted on
06/22/2024 1:13:39 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fwdude
Bellows brushed aside a reporter's question about the flags' similarities at a news conference. “This is a debate delightfully free of partisan politics, and one that every Maine voter can weigh in on at the ballot box this fall,” she said in a statement. I remember that name around here. Same gal who decreed that there should be no Trump on the Maine ballot.
Follow the license plate story and the weird thing is that it also comes in a design-free option. Not even so much as a lone pine. Why? 🤔
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s chickadee and pine cone license plates are poised to fly away, replaced by a retro design inspired by the original state flag which has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. The proposed plate borrows from Maine’s first flag, with a blue north star and stylized green pine tree against a cream-colored background.
“After 24 years, it’s time for a new design,” said Rep. Lynne Williams, D-Bar Harbor, who sponsored the proposal.
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee voted unanimously Thursday in favor of the new plates while ordering up tweaks to their appearance. Motorists will be able to pick between the standard pine-and-star plate, or a plain version with no artwork. They’ll go into circulation in 2025 and 2026.
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posted on
06/22/2024 1:24:55 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
Leftists taking away our traditional flag. Just like toppling monuments
To: Chickensoup
>>>
The legislature of 1919 decided that the design of the seal should no longer vary, and the design is still used today.
<<<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Maine
Somebody’s probably working on that.
Erasing it from the flag is a start.
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posted on
06/22/2024 1:51:52 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: fwdude
Very little change needed.
As I observe it, the current Maine flag has a moose in the center.
They need only add a...
...flying squirrel to complete the picture.
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posted on
06/22/2024 2:04:02 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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