As a Proud American, I'm Very Happy to See the Confederate Flag Flying at the South Carolina State Capitol Today..

LooseGoose wrote:Benjy Sarlin ‏@BenjySarlin 3m3 minutes ago
Benjy Sarlin retweeted Kotaku
This is getting ridiculous
Benjy Sarlin added,

Kotaku @Kotaku
Apple is yanking Civil War games from the App Store... because they use the Confederate flag: http://bit.ly/1SNoA1F

Giant Moose wrote:Personally, I want to bring back the Know Nothing Party.

CheesySpartan wrote:

http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/forget-the-confederate-flag-the-minnesota-flags-racist-too

Oh no Bob!  It looks like you have more work to do...

CORNER BLITZ wrote:

CheesySpartan wrote:

http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/forget-the-confederate-flag-the-minnesota-flags-racist-too

Oh no Bob!  It looks like you have more work to do...

Lol


This one though... http://boingboing.net/2015/07/07/mayor-says-town-seal-depicting.html

CheesySpartan wrote:

http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/forget-the-confederate-flag-the-minnesota-flags-racist-too

Oh no Bob! It looks like you have more work to do...

LooseGoose wrote:Dan Gainor ‏@dangainor 3h3 hours ago
#GOP governor signs bill to take down #ConfederateFlag put up by Democrats. Media turn it into victory for? Democrats. #journalism

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:Dan Gainor ‏@dangainor 3h3 hours ago
#GOP governor signs bill to take down #ConfederateFlag put up by Democrats. Media turn it into victory for? Democrats. #journalism

definitely a step in the right direction. Glad to see the racist South getting more and more marginalized.

NigelUno wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:definitely a step in the right direction. Glad to see the racist South getting more and more marginalized.

9 pens to sign. Gotta love politics.

NigelUno wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
definitely a step in the right direction. Glad to see the racist South getting more and more marginalized.

9 pens to sign.  Gotta love politics.  

Blanch32 wrote:

NigelUno wrote:

9 pens to sign. Gotta love politics.

Not bad actually. At one of my last companies, 9 signatures was close to the min to make any sort of change, and no I'm not joking

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

NigelUno wrote:

9 pens to sign.  Gotta love politics.  

I know... I read that. The symbolism of it is kinda cool.. and I hate to be cynical, but I have to believe that the GOP knows that this would be a lightning rod issue for them in an upcoming presidential election year. Which is why I suspect Nikki "I'm Brown, Too" Haley did a 180 in the span of a couple of days.

regardless of the reason, she did the right thing - which is good.

NigelUno wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I know... I read that. The symbolism of it is kinda cool.. and I hate to be cynical, but I have to believe that the GOP knows that this would be a lightning rod issue for them in an upcoming presidential election year. Which is why I suspect Nikki "I'm Brown, Too" Haley did a 180 in the span of a couple of days.

regardless of the reason, she did the right thing - which is good.

It's called grandstanding. The symbolism of it is made up hucksterism.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

NigelUno wrote:

It's called grandstanding. The symbolism of it is made up hucksterism.

I know.. and, as I mentioned, it's likely all rooted in the 2016 election - but, regardless, it's still the right thing to do. And I suspect most people with a cerebral cortex understands the political grandstanding.

DWags wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I and I hate to be cynical,

r.

Bob?

Robert J Sakimano wrote:can only imagine the outrage and anger this image creates in certain people..

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:can only imagine the outrage and anger this image creates in certain people..

No outrage here but a good chuckle as the networks broke there for live special reports......that's just fucking crazy overkill.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:
No outrage here but a good chuckle as the networks broke there for live special reports......that's just fucking crazy overkill.

sorry that they broke in during your morning episode of Jerry Springer to cover a historical achievement in the civil rights movement.

if it makes you feel any better, the baby wasn't his.

goodbar wrote:can we just take this goddamn thing down and get back to the ebola??

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
sorry that they broke in during your morning episode of Jerry Springer to cover a historical achievement in the civil rights movement.

if it makes you feel any better, the baby wasn't his.

Sorry to disappoint you man but not watching Springer.   I'm tuned into the American Heroes Channel watching documentaries of when this country was great at kicking the ass off anyone we didn't like.   You're too young to remember those days before we turned into a buncha vaginas freaking out over old flags.

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
sorry that they broke in during your morning episode of Jerry Springer to cover a historical achievement in the civil rights movement.

if it makes you feel any better, the baby wasn't his.

Sorry to disappoint you man but not watching Springer.   I'm tuned into the American Heroes Channel watching documentaries of when this country was great at kicking the ass off anyone we didn't like.   You're too young to remember those days before we turned into a buncha vaginas freaking out over old flags.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:
Sorry to disappoint you man but not watching Springer.   I'm tuned into the American Heroes Channel watching documentaries of when this country was great at kicking the ass off anyone we didn't like.   You're too young to remember those days before we turned into a buncha vaginas freaking out over old flags.

so you're saying the "American Heroes Channel" you were watching broke away from it's programming to show a pivotal moment in American civil rights history, the Confederate Flag being removed from state grounds?

cool - any channel called the "American Heroes Chanel" should do that.. I'm not surprised you would whine about it, though.

LooseGoose wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
so you're saying the "American Heroes Channel" you were watching broke away from it's programming to show a pivotal moment in American civil rights history, the Confederate Flag being removed from state grounds?

cool - any channel called the "American Heroes Chanel" should do that.. I'm not surprised you would whine about it, though.

Nah, saw the networks did so on the interwebz.   AHC knows better than to offend their loyal viewers with that kind of pap.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Anthony Hervey was killed Sunday when the 2005 Ford Explorer he was driving left the roadway and overturned on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette County.

LooseGoose wrote:Black Mississippi flag supporter dies in traffic accident

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Anthony Hervey was killed Sunday when the 2005 Ford Explorer he was driving left the roadway and overturned on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette County.

 

He must have been inconvenient to have around about now.....

Turtleneck wrote:I love when people assert a sample size of one to make their point.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The President’s Oklahoma visit sparked controversy all over the state.
Supporters of the confederate flag have their own message to send to President Obama.
In Durant, Okla. Wednesday morning, trucks lined up awaiting his arrival, and now supporters are in Bricktown.
Supporters want to let the President know the Confederate flag, they say, stands for heritage, not hate. The organizer of the event is someone you might not expect to see standing behind this cause.
It is a red, white and blue that, for many, carries a message of hate… but that’s not the point these folks want to get across.
“We don’t believe it’s a symbol of racism,” Andrew Duncomb, an organizer in Oklahoma City who calls himself “the Black Rebel” says.
“Hell, I’m just out here supporting my flag, not racists, I don’t want no [sic] problems with anybody,” a supporter said.

Turtleneck wrote:Whatever, Loose. We all know you fought in the Civil War for the south. You gave it away in your thread about remembering when we put a man on the moon, which happened just before the Civil War.

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Whatever, Loose. We all know you fought in the Civil War for the south. You gave it away in your thread about remembering when we put a man on the moon, which happened just before the Civil War.

Good god man I double my examples to you to escape the small sample size problem and you're still testy.

Just accept the fact that Blacks fought for the South vs the snooty Northerners and all will be well.   And remember my friend, all lives matter.

LooseGoose wrote:Black Mississippi flag supporter dies in traffic accident

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident.

The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Anthony Hervey was killed Sunday when the 2005 Ford Explorer he was driving left the roadway and overturned on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette County.

 

He must have been inconvenient to have around about now.....

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:I love when people assert a sample size of one to make their point.

lol, I was funning around....and it's more than one my friend.

Oklahoma black man leads presidential protest by waving Confederate Flag

OKLAHOMA CITY — The President’s Oklahoma visit sparked controversy all over the state.
Supporters of the confederate flag have their own message to send to President Obama.
In Durant, Okla. Wednesday morning, trucks lined up awaiting his arrival, and now supporters are in Bricktown.
Supporters want to let the President know the Confederate flag, they say, stands for heritage, not hate. The organizer of the event is someone you might not expect to see standing behind this cause.
It is a red, white and blue that, for many, carries a message of hate… but that’s not the point these folks want to get across.
“We don’t believe it’s a symbol of racism,” Andrew Duncomb, an organizer in Oklahoma City who calls himself “the Black Rebel” says.
“Hell, I’m just out here supporting my flag, not racists, I don’t want no [sic] problems with anybody,” a supporter said.