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Georgia Issues New Confederate Flag License Plate

In Georgia, the state Department of Revenue’s Motor Vehicle Division approved of a new specialty license plate design that features the Confederate battle flag. Under state law, all license plate proposals are submitted to the Motor Vehicle division to screen out insensitive or offensive license plate designs.

[The design], proposed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, features a more prominent Confederate battle flag across the background, the emblem of the SOCV on the left side, and a dedication to the organization in a banner across the lower-center of the plate.

Maynard Eaton, spokesman for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, called the display “reprehensible” and added “we don’t have license plates saying ‘Black Power’.”

So I guess that glorifying a rebellion that led to the deaths of about a half a million Americans and honoring “confederate veterans” who fought to continue the enslavement of an entire race of human beings is not insensitive at all!!

Or perhaps it is only “insensitive” if you are a member of the race of human beings who were enslaved.

Of course, this honoring stuff is part of Georgia’s Southern heritage and has nothing at all to do with the actual war, why it was fought, and the racism that the flag has symbolized since the 1860s.

So if the “Sons of Nazi German Soldiers” wanted to have a license plate with a swastika, would that be okay? Surely those sons should have a chance to celebrate their heritage.

Or how about this: “Sons of the Guys Who Burned Atlanta” with an American flag and a logo showing screaming white people looking at their plantations on fire.

Stay classy, Georgia, and remove this license plate from your approved list.

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What would YOUR Olympic gold medal be for?

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Do you have anything expired (like an unplanned science project) in the back of your refrigerator?

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  Good morning Motley Meese! Hope your weekend was lovely.

I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in “Cheers & Jeers”.

OK, you’ve been warned – here is this week’s tomfoolery material that I posted.

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A look at the different levels of needs/wants people have for Pope Francis’ tenure, following the jump.

The President’s Weekly Address post is also the Weekend Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comment threads.

From the White House – Weekly Address

In this week’s address, President Obama says this is a year of action, and he will do everything he can to restore opportunity for all. The President already lifted the wages for federal contract workers, and he calls on the American people to tell Congress to finish the job by boosting the federal minimum wage for all workers to $10.10 and give America a raise.

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Interrogatories

Did you have a favorite Beatle? Which one?

Do you still keep the phone book around since the advent of the internet? Back in the olden days when phone books were actually useful, did you use the phone book, or call Information?

When walking or driving past lit windows at night, can you resist looking in?

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I'm Christian, and I'll be your server this evening, unless you're gay.

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Florida has just approved the “Mom, She’s Looking At Me” law, which permits an 8 year old to shoot his sister in the back of a station wagon

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There's an old saying in politics: If you're explaining Donald Trump and Ted Nugent, you're not actually in politics.

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New Georgia license plate features Confederate flag, “but not for racist reasons. It’s just to honor men who died protecting black slavery.”

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 21, 2014

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