# Obama has his own fucking flag!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513 "2008-10-18T10:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/41 "2008-10-18T15:18:12Z")
> [@Ponder\_Stibbons](#): > > Uh, guys, I don’t think the “O” is for Obama _or_ Oprah … I heard someone refer to Obama as the “Big O” on TV once. Just once. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/42 "2008-10-18T15:25:59Z")
My current favourite Digg comment is one that claims that any display of boneheadedness by the right is actually reverse psychology propaganda from the left. That includes folk shouting ‘traitor’ at rallies, the guy in Ohio who has an effigy of Obama hanging from a noose and, presumably, the people who complained about Obama having a flag. They are all plants that no free thinking adult would be dumb enough to fall for. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/43 "2008-10-18T15:43:37Z")
> [@Ponder\_Stibbons](#): > > _:: Looks at thread title::_ > > So let me see I’ve got this straight. Whenever we see [that flag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ohio) outside of Obama’s door, he is absolutely _not_ to be disturbed, regardless of whatever sounds security may think they hear. > > Uh, guys, I don’t think the “O” is for Obama _or_ Oprah … And as we all know, once you go Barrack, you never go back. The Big O indeed. This guy \*should \*have a fucking flag. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/44 "2008-10-18T16:45:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Nah, Maryland’s is worse, because _nobody_ should put that color combination together on one flag. Even when I was a kid, I thought it was garish. > > But Mississippi has a lock on the worst-flag award, now that they’re the only state that blatantly incorporates the Confederate Battle Flag into their state flag. (A couple of other Southern states’ flags hint at it, but MS doesn’t just hint.) I have to say I thought New Mexico’s was rather unpretty as well. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/45 "2008-10-18T16:50:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Nah, Maryland’s is worse, because _nobody_ should put that color combination together on one flag. Even when I was a kid, I thought it was garish. Holy optical illusion, Batman! It looks more like Escher’s Nascar flag. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/46 "2008-10-18T17:06:33Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > It _is_ a really nice flag for a state flag, though. 00s redesign? And it’s more of an ensign in shape, too. It has always reminded me of the swallow tail guidon flown by the 7th Calvary at the Little Big Horn. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/47 "2008-10-18T17:20:40Z")
This is the funniest thread in a long time, and the biggest whoosh I’ve ever witnessed. **aruvqan** and\*\* Liberal\*\*, thank you both! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/48 "2008-10-18T17:24:07Z")
The whoosh… it was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/49 "2008-10-18T17:25:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Nah, Maryland’s is worse, because _nobody_ should put that color combination together on one flag. Even when I was a kid, I thought it was garish. Them’s fightin’ words. (_spits on palms_) > [@Biggirl](#): > > Holy optical illusion, Batman! It looks more like Escher’s Nascar flag. How now, varlet! Thou darest defame the ancient and honorable [coats of the houses Calvert and Crossland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Maryland#Design)? (_readies his épée and six-guns_) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/50 "2008-10-18T17:26:40Z")
Epic whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/51 "2008-10-18T17:35:35Z")
After reading **aruvqan’s** post, all my windows blew out. That whoosh broke the sound barrier. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/52 "2008-10-18T17:38:19Z")
This is the best thread I’ve read on here in a long time. I can’t stop laughing. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/53 "2008-10-18T17:54:29Z")
You know you’re in real right wing nutjob territory when Michelle Malkin is acting as the voice of reason. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/54 "2008-10-18T17:56:23Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > You know you’re in real right wing nutjob territory when Michelle Malkin is acting as the voice of reason. Well, to be fair, the Ohio flag isn’t nearly as offensive and anti-American as Rachael Ray’s scarf. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/55 "2008-10-18T17:58:17Z")
> [@Claptree](#): > > I have to say I thought New Mexico’s was rather unpretty as well. What? Our flag is awesome! We even modeled our rugby jerseys after it, as we play in the state capitol. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/56 "2008-10-18T17:59:55Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > And as we all know, once you go Barrack, you never go back. The Big O indeed. This guy \*should \*have a fucking flag. Has anyone here seen his “O” face? ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/57 "2008-10-18T18:05:36Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > What? Our flag is awesome! We even modeled our rugby jerseys after it, as we play in the state capitol. Don’t mind him, **Santo** , he probably comes from one of the “state seal on a blue field” states. :rolleyes: The dull half of America, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/58 "2008-10-18T18:21:02Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Since the link you gave comes out at the top with the picture of the flag and the explaination of the fact it is the fucking state flag of ohio, you are notably dumber than a box of rocks. At least I’m not voting to put a terrorist in the White House. Now who’s dumb? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/59 "2008-10-18T18:26:07Z")
Thank the million little gods that he wasn’t speaking in California. Goddamn liberal bear sympathisers. And yeah, that was a classic whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/60 "2008-10-18T18:27:38Z")
Ladies and doods, I give you the [ugliest](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst035.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.50states.com/flag/print/miflag.htm&h=256&w=384&sz=15&tbnid=PxpiSCNJ7ckJ::&tbnh=82&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmichigan%2Bstate%2Bflag&usg=__vyy_70t5ee8Z-J6WlIb7LIjrXYg=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1) state flag in the union. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513.md?page=4)