Big Dipper, kitchen utensil overhead, or peace symbol?

Does the Alaska/Palin state flag have a peace sign on it?

The Big Dipper is part of Ursus Major but I could never see a great bear up there. It's easy to see a dipper or a pan. "Follow the drinking gourd" the old song said, so that escaping slaves knew which way to go at night.

But now I can see a peace sign over my head instead of a kitchen utensil, keeping us in our place. Maybe the bear has a peace sign in his mouth, or on her butt, I can't tell.

You use the five main stars at the big end, connect spokes from the star at the base of the handle to the other four around it, and join the four outside stars with a 'circle'.

I got the image below from speciesmusic.org, a site dedicated to raising money for endangered species and projects that aim to help them while offering musicians a way to get their music heard and sold.



Try it on the Alaska state flag:



Species Music is in the running for a grant for some high powered help from Free Range Studios, famous creators of The Meatrix and Grocery Store Wars. The Free Range Utopia Grants help turn socially conscious dreams into realities.

They're taking votes from the public so you can give your favorite cause or causes a big boost if they get the votes. There are two categories, socially responsible businesses and non-profits working for social change. They'll pick the winners of the two grants (donating their services) from among the top 20 vote-getters.

There are a number of good projects to vote for, from animal shelters and factory farming to chimpanzees and polar bears as well as human rights, resource management, health, media reform, and all sorts of stuff. One of the previous winners was Green For All, founded by Van Jones.



The site is incomplete but I think the idea is to give musicians and donators choices as to where the funds go.



I'm no musician but Species Music might be a good way for musicians of all shapes, sizes, and skill levels to spread their music while helping the planet. So if you know any musicians...

The voting ends this Monday, November 30. There's a simple sign-up to make sure we're not voting twice.

The Great Species Music Challenge gets my votes. It sounds like a great way to get the creative juices flowing on one of the planet's most challenging and serious problems.

Go here http://youtopia.uservoice.com/pages/33735-animals-animal-rights to vote at the Free Range site.

And maybe that kitchen utensil will turn into a peace sign soon. As for those extra stars from the handle that point North- maybe the peace sign has a fuse.

Those stars. All named by Arabs.

You should be afraid.

:rofl:

Right out in the open, too.