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SoCalDem

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Sun Aug-10-03 08:32 PM
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Is today a Rebel holiday??

There are 3 new rebel flags flying in our neighborhood today.. It's a first.. We have had the USA flag off and on since 9/11 but these took me by surprise.. At 3 different houses..:shrug:

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sasquatch

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Sun Aug-10-03 08:41 PM
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1. Beware of Freepers

They have infitrated your neighborhood. Get a gun and learn how to use it ;-)

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DUreader

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Sun Aug-10-03 08:55 PM
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2. VJ day?

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inthecorneroverhere

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Sun Aug-10-03 08:55 PM
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3. not that ah know of

There is no major Confederate anniversary during this part of August. I even looked here: http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/wbts-calendar.html

What ah think it's got to do with, is something, ah, local, with California politics. What exactly, ah do not know.

Ah wouldn't just assume it was freepers, automatically. It could be local folks angry at the power of Hollywood and against Arnold S. On the other hand, it could indeed be against Grey Davis.

Don't make assumptions, but it's obvious someone's not too happy with something.

Rebel flag - t'isn't indigeneous to California. Arizona was the furthest state out west t'side with the Confederacy....

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SoCalDem

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Sun Aug-10-03 08:58 PM
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4. exactly.. These are the first I have EVER seen here

One of our neighbors has a large fish banner and another has a multicolored kite flying from the deck, but I have never seen stars & bars here before.. not even on licenplate holders..:(

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Bossy Monkey

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Sun Aug-10-03 10:33 PM
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5. It's the anniversary of MO joining the Union as a slave state

Edited on Sun Aug-10-03 10:33 PM by undisclosedlocation

but it's a nasty wrench to the arm of coincidence that you would have 3 Missourians on your block all of whom felt the need to honor their state by trumpeting its slave-owning past. And since MO never seceded, celebrating same with rebel flags would be pretty weird as well.

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Bossy Monkey

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Sun Aug-10-03 10:40 PM
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6. PS There's a big re-enactment at Gettysburg this weekend

even though the actual battle apparently happened in early July. Maybe these people are hard-core re-enactors; a lot of otherwise normal people get bitten by the bug.

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Syrinx

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Sun Aug-10-03 11:08 PM
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7. Just did a little googling

August 10, 1861 was the "Battle Of Wilson's Creek." :shrug:

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