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Posted By Mike Orren in Square Pegs on January 20, 2009

Our pal Terry Heaton points to ironic flag placement from his neighbor, presumably somewhere in the mid-cities.

Discuss. Keep it clean.



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Scott Doyle, says:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips...

If someone could embed, that'd be splendiforous (the Man won't let me).

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Mike Orren, says:

Here ya go Scott:

<embed allowfullscreen="true" height="360" scriptaccess="always" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:151637:" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" wmode="window">

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Lisa Lawrence Merritt, says:

Let freedom ring!

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rnathanwhite, says:

Can you say redneck?

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Pavel Lishin, says:

I don't think that's technically ironic. Just moronic.

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alexander troup, says:

This is also a very pure and true statement,while the Confederate culture of 135 years ago was to also be a very Christian support system for the South, some things cant change...like my old Irish ancestors, they would bring up junk that I got rid of so I would not end up like them.....moronic and ignorant,and that was the last time I went to New York...it is difficult to forgive and to forget...let this day begin a new..until then..A/T, We are a free country when we release bad blood.

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xdavidwattsx, says:

Glad that guy isn't my neighbor.

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ch0, says:

Rot In Peace

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Jason Rice, says:

xdx - I wish he was in your neighborhood.

That'd be better than a Peckinpah double feature.

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xdavidwattsx, says:

Why do you hate me? Is it for the same reasons I hate you JR?

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Travis Bush, says:

I bet Stevie Wonder never thought he would see this day...

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Jason Rice, says:

::Why do you hate me?

Dude, I apparently HAVE to, until today that is, we were supposed to riot within 10 yards of each other. I think now we have to hug when we meet or something.

Hey! Not MY rules. Take it up with "The Man"

<font size="1">(anybody wanna cruise to xdx's neighborhood and prop up some flags?? teehee!)</font>

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xdavidwattsx, says:

Guess I forgot to tell you peeps I drive the General Lee.

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Mike Orren, says:

A studious reader sends the following:

<i>Dear Mr. Orren:

I saw the short item on a Confederate flag flown at half-mast in the mid-cities. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has a neo-Confederate presence. That is how I got start on my research which was eventually published by the Univ. of Texas.

http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpt...

You can read about neo-Confederate hysteria over Obama at:

http://www.dixienet.org/rebellion/reb... </i>

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alexander troup, says:

The Neo Stars and Bars is however in renovation, while with Jackson and Lee, these were the men who asked ,their favorite almighty, to let them win and they would realize the loss if it became.

This sense of High Christian moral value is one of Lee's important virtues as the Marble saint, while today, do the folks involved really know what they are doing and saying,

I love the South and belong, while we have to get along to become an even great presence that is now happening in the world..This the 21st century, and it is all over us, while old grudges should be resolved...if you really dig your culture and history...A/T, On Jackson and Lee.

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xdavidwattsx, says:

That awesome dixie site is blocked from my work.

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David Gouldin, says:

Try a <a href="http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy/">web proxy</a>?

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Scott Doyle, says:

Can't be bothered with such shenanigans, if it's important enough I'll look at it when I get home.

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Jason Rice, says:

Work even blocks all the proxies I can muster.

But, yeah! After pouncing on xdx yesterday, I couldn't help but ask "So which of the old Dixie states actually fell to Obamania?" figuring a chance to abuse a flag picture for fun and profit.

OMG! The Mideast news people are really -- I mean really taking the neo-secessionist jokes bloody serious!! And then I found some of the bloody neo-secessionist sites.

These people are scary. Hell ALL these people are scary. xdx!!! I'm scared! Hold me!

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Rawlins Gilliland, says:

Irony alert: How much you bet the (wild guess) middle-aged white guy whose home raises that flag *(which as a 7th generation Texan descendent of those who fought on both sides feels obligated to note; the Confederate flag was not a Southern flag flown in a war to preserve slavery but that's another day's history lesson*) half mast cannot even trace his American ancestors back far enough to have fought in the Civil War?

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jtmbls, says:

One more reason to avoid HEB.

Huh...Dixie site NOT blocked from my work...hmmm...???

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Scott Doyle, says:

Who cares? He's entitled to his ridiculous flag and obviously is an attention-whore. Stop feeding the little beast and move on.

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David Gouldin, says:

Rawlins, as an 8th generation Texan and descendent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_McKinney">one of the writers</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_declaration_of_independence">Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, I wholeheartedly agree about the oversimplification of the reasons for secession.

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jtmbls, says:

But can we really let this thread go out without the obvious and obligatory mullet joke?

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jtmbls, says:

Awww...Collin’s namesake...How cute! But it didn’t say anything at all about strawberries.

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Alex Bentley, says:

jtmbls, you can't give Jason an opening like that...

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Jason Rice, says:

Huh? What? Who me?

oh!

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jtmbls, says:

Shoulda known better...

redapes ROCK!

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Lisa Lawrence Merritt, says:

Good Gawd *Y'ALL*!!!!

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Colleen Walsh, says:

It's heritage, not hate guys!

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Colleen Walsh, says:

Or just hate.

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Joel Woiton, says:

When I see the rebel flag at half mast, then I assume there has been some death to the Ol' South heritage. That's a good thing to me.

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alexander troup, says:

I grew up in the events of this Southern Yankee city, And Dallas also represent the West and Hispanic ancestor and French folks who came here in the 1850's and were forced to serve in the South, while hate is a big sponge...it will suck up any kind of liguid or vibrations..

And the Southern reflection as of recent, will have some fried chicken boiling in grease...of ignornace and seperation.....it has to, then it will heal again...after the meat has been plucked off the bones of indiffrence, until then. A/T, Use hate as asphalt and drive over it..and drive on..

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Pavel Lishin, says:

How about "hateritage"?

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Jason Rice, says:

::hateritage

Oooh! The Domain is available!

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jtmbls, says:

We totally need that website! A special interest group watchdog!

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Jason Rice, says:

Yeah, but how do you make money hating haters.

Dang, where's a business plan when you need one?

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Travis Bush, says:

You could always sell them confederate flags...it keeps the ire up and makes you some sweet sweet cash..

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jtmbls, says:

We could pilfer their business plan. http://www.opensecrets.org/

I would think that providing such a service to the busy average American -Summarizing the issues and keeping people abreast of who’s who, and what’s what - ought to be worth something. Then again, what do I know?

We could always sell confederate fish with mullets.

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Jason Rice, says:

::Summarizing the issues and keeping people abreast of who’s who

Oooooh! With a membership talk-back forum!

Now THAT would be so...

um...<font size="1"> sorry. nevermind</font>

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David Goodspeed, says:

So you all are saying I have to hang an ugly flag in my front yard just to demonstrate my lack of enthusiasm with the incoming administration? Whew, thank goodness Hootie just came on Grand Ole Opry. Talk about change...

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Clay213, says:

Are you guys all feeling better after reaffirming your own enlightenment?

Pardon me for finding this all trite and boring.

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Jason Rice, says:

Always a ray of sunshine, erudite and informative.

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xdavidwattsx, says:

Shut it, Clay. Hold me Jason!

Oh, and can you guys start saying half staff already? We're not on a bloody ship!

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jtmbls, says:

That's why we're here clay, just to trite and bore you.

Um, why does that sound dirty??

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Clay213, says:

Everyone keep patting yourselves on the backs!

A few more comments and this will have attained circle jerk level.

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Travis Bush, says:

I assume you are in the center of said circle jerk Clay...hope you got your raincoat on!

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xdavidwattsx, says:

Clay 4 Obama!

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Clay213, says:

Clay 4 more worthwhile news and comments

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Jason Rice, says:

To criticize is to volunteer.

One link to an animal cruelty page isn't likely to get you up the Pulitzer ladder very fast.

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Jason Rice, says:

To that end, anybody actually dig through the Dixie Papers above. Actually an interesting reminder of the Federalist vs. Jefferson Republican legacy. I didn't find him nearly as melanin baiting as I expected. Thoughts?

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Scott Doyle, says:

<i>Yeah, but how do you make money hating haters.

Dang, where's a business plan when you need one?</i> <br> <br> <style type="text/css">.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}</style><div class="cc_box" style="position:relative"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com" style="display:inline; float:left; width:60px; height:31px;" target="_blank"><div class="cc_home" style='float:left; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px; width:60px; height:31px; background:url("http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-out.png");'></div></a><div style="font:bold 10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; float:left; width:299px; height:31px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow:hidden; color:#707070; position:relative;"><div class="cc_show" style="position:relative; background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:3px; height:14px; padding-top:2px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Chappelle's Show</a></div><div class="cc_title" style="font-size:11px; color:#868686; background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:3px; padding-top:1px; line-height:14px; height:21px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=24419&amp;title=the-playa-haters-ball" target="_blank">The Playa Hater's Ball</a></div></div><embed allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="autoPlay=false" height="301" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:24419" style="float:left; clear:left;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" wmode="window"><div class="cc_links" style="float:left; clear:left; width:358px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-top:0px; font:10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; color:#b9b9b9; background-color:#f5f5f5;"><div style="width:177px; float:left; padding-left:3px;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/murphy/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Charlie Murphy Clips</a><br><a href="http://shop.comedycentral.com/The-Best-of-Chappelle-s-Show-DVDs_stcVVproductId11214697VVcatId426836VVviewprod.htm" target="_blank">Buy Chappelle's Show DVDs</a></div><div style="width:177px; float:left;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/videos/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Black Comedy</a><br><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11909&amp;title=hes-rick-james" target="_blank">True Hollywood Stories</a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <br> <br> Aaaaaaaaaaaaand the follow-up botched skit:

<style type="text/css">.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}</style><div class="cc_box" style="position:relative"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com" style="display:inline; float:left; width:60px; height:31px;" target="_blank"><div class="cc_home" style='float:left; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px; width:60px; height:31px; background:url("http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-out.png");'></div></a><div style="font:bold 10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; float:left; width:299px; height:31px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-width:1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow:hidden; color:#707070; position:relative;"><div class="cc_show" style="position:relative; background-color:#e5e5e5;padding-left:3px; height:14px; padding-top:2px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Chappelle's Show</a></div><div class="cc_title" style="font-size:11px; color:#868686; background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:3px; padding-top:1px; line-height:14px; height:21px; overflow:hidden;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11920&amp;title=the-time-haters" target="_blank">The Time Haters</a></div></div><embed allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="autoPlay=false" height="301" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:11920" style="float:left; clear:left;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" wmode="window"><div class="cc_links" style="float:left; clear:left; width:358px; border:solid 1px #cfcfcf; border-top:0px; font:10px Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; color:#b9b9b9; background-color:#f5f5f5;"><div style="width:177px; float:left; padding-left:3px;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/murphy/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Charlie Murphy Clips</a><br><a href="http://shop.comedycentral.com/The-Best-of-Chappelle-s-Show-DVDs_stcVVproductId11214697VVcatId426836VVviewprod.htm" target="_blank">Buy Chappelle's Show DVDs</a></div><div style="width:177px; float:left;"><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/videos/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Black Comedy</a><br><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11909&amp;title=hes-rick-james" target="_blank">True Hollywood Stories</a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <br> <br> Concur that Clay needs to dial up some newsworthy shizzle if he's gonna QQ.

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Jason Rice, says:

Botched - yeah, but freakin' brilliant reuse.

Makes me almost want to watch TV.

Nah.

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alexander troup, says:

Oh well, James West is comming to the rescue to arrest Dr Loveless, and this is the recent updated James West fighting confederate skinheads, by Will Smith...A/T, Crackers and Hardtack.

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