Oh yes it is. There are 51 sovereign jurisdictions in the United States: Each of the 50 states plus the United States as a whole.
I like the Ohio flag. Of course, there’s a natural bias for me.
I think New Mexico and Alaska’s flags are absolutely beautiful in their simplicity, and are probably the best of the lot. New Mexico’s flag is just as good as any of the Japanese prefecture flags.
Every state flag that consists of the state seal pasted onto a piece of cloth sucks donkey balls.
No, they aren’t. That ship sailed with the Civil War; the states cannot secede, and therefore do not possess sovereignty.
Then you need to go to law school, because the first thing that every damn law student in the United States is told upon entering a constitutional law class is that the U.S. states are sovereign. It’s the basis of constitutional law in this country.
Well I don’t like to kiss and tell…but let’s just say that the Big O has worked hard for my vote. Very hard.
It’s a symbol of liberty, often planted on a Liberty Pole flagstaff.
There was one in NYC at the time, the brits kept knocking it down, the Sons of Liberty kept putting it back up.
I should also point out the colors are the colors of the Dutch, orange and blue (and white), the same as the Mets.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ny^r.html
It’s an updated version of the Third New York Regiment’s flag, as flown in the Revolution against Gentleman Johnny. So consider it a battle flag, rather than a ‘seal on a flag’.
Alaska has the willow ptarmigan, which is mighty tasty.
Awesome! Thanks! Very interesting.
That Army seal is something else - I noticed that there are two images of the flags-and-cap-on-a-liberty pole in the seal. And cannonballs with handles! Also, the armor looks like it has boobs.
Double nitpick: it isn’t a flag, its a burgee.
Doesn’t it have to be on a boat to be a burgee?
And we get the mafia-inspired decapitated horse’s head! NJ’s flag is rockin’!
Wassamatta, you don’t like amusement parks?
I have to agree, it is not a nice looking flag.
I am also disappointed that **aruvqan **never showed back up. I read through the entire thread looking for a follow-up post.
Nice Op Liberal.
Yes, would someone PLEASE scare up aruvqan and haul him back here??
You rang? Kentucky: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. We’re also very huggy. Hug your pioneer today.
I suspect that aruvqan has crawled under the couch and died of embarassment.
Frankly, no. I miss the lovely citrus groves that Disney chopped down in order to further screw up the beautiful state of Florida. Of course I do understand that most of the citrus grove owners walked away with more money than they would have ever made from citrus crops; it still pisses me off. What really pisses me off is that I didn’t own a citrus grove.
But, I dislike amusement parks quite a lot.
Thank you. Your kindness is both unexpected and appreciated.
It’s very pro-gay, what with the favorable depiction of two men holding hands and almost hugging. Go Kentucky!
Yeah, you know what? The damn thing is recursive: the emblem includes a depiction of the Army Flag, but the Army Flag is basically the seal and/or emblem on a bedsheet–so, on the white flag on the emblem, you can see two flags, one of which is clearly the U.S. flag (you can see the stars and stripes), the other of which (the dark shape) is presumably the Army flag, and if you could just see the details on it…
Duuuuude.
Oh, and you know, looking at “Flags of the World”, there’s all sorts of specialized flags: ensigns and jacks and flags for harbor pilots and special flags for various officials, but I don’t actually see any “fucking flags”. You’d think a useful concept like that would have caught on more. They could display it over the White House or on Air Force One or on the Presidential limo, as needed.
“If this flag is a-flyin’, don’t come a-pryin’.”
