Saturday, January 13, 2007

10 things you didn't know about the confederate flag.


1. The confederate flag was designed to appeal to the lower intellect. It's true, the designer decided that to have a flag, the x should be on it since most of the south was functionally illiterate and signed their names with an "X", this would resonate as their identity. It is the equivalent of having 300,000 inbred signatures on one flag. (It's a fact, I looked it up on some Internet site of urban folklore, trust me.)

2. The confederate flag still flies in many southern townships and villages. However it has become a warning sign to travelers of an economically depressed area with much violent activity. Something you will not find on your GPS navigation system, a kind of semaphore
warning to anyone with a GED or higher education.

3. If you see this symbol on a T-shirt; or sticker on a truck or vehicle, it means speak slowly and use small words to the person who is sporting this symbol. These people have pride and do not want to be treated as less than human, so in order to communicate with this species one must give them a sporting chance. It is only fair.

4. The stars on the flag represent how many teeth the average rebel had in his head.(I think it still is accurate to this day.)

5.When the Flag was positioned upside down for distress, (a code for help, kid of a s.o.s. of the day) fellow soldiers would often walk into an ambush because the flag looked the same upside down as right side up. (Source...the "Is Jeff Foxworthy our Messiah?" website)

6. A confederate tattoo on a prospective date signifies a lifetime of Spam and trailer park life if marriage is eventually reached.

7. One should not adorn a Harley Davidson with the image of the confederate flag, it is offensive to the 10 percent of Yankees in Milwaukee that assembled it, and to the 90 percent ofMexican citizens down in Mexico City that built the parts.

8. The symbol itself is bad luck, it is synonymous with the Detroit Lions symbol, signifying the eternal loser. I knew this senator who had one hanging in his office and it had so much bad mojo that he isn't a senator anymore. Allen was his name I think.

9. The symbol on the General Lee Car from the Dukes of Hazzard T.V. series was a jinx. Tom Wopat and that other guy lost all acting ability once they took on the series. So much was the curse of the flag that it still haunts them, to this day that cursed flag has deprived them of any talent so much so they have not had work since the series. One tried to make it as a singer but even that fate was cursed, he ended up being as bad a country singer as Toby Keith.

10. Finally, the irony of the rebel yell...."The South's gonna do it again!" Now if "it" means become dependent on federal tax dollars from N.Y., Mi, Illinois, and California, then that is true. However, if "it" means going to take over the federal government, not pay taxes and re-introduce slavery as a way of labor; well then I suggest you take your confederate flag and go to D.C., not the capitol bldg., but to the outskirts of the city and fly your flag and see if you find any detractors to your cause. We up North here realize that the south is trying to go back to it's old tricks with slave labor, but you call it a guest worker program.