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Aristus

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6. If the jelly-bellied Olde Country Buffet crowd ever had to pull a Valley Forge in support

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:33 AM

Jun 2014

of whatever ideals they espouse, they'd go over to the enemy in a heartbeat rather than miss a meal.

They have about as much revolution in them as Louis XVI...

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BBC World Service News: Gadsen flag used by extreme right wing groups. [View all] mwooldri Jun 2014 OP

It seems to me to also be a gun group's attempts upaloopa Jun 2014 #1

If the jelly-bellied Olde Country Buffet crowd ever had to pull a Valley Forge in support Aristus Jun 2014 #6

The truth is that during Valey Forge..... Bonhomme Richard Jun 2014 #8

I agree. Aristus Jun 2014 #10

That's an interesting assessment. Orrex Jun 2014 #12

Believe they are their direct descendents. It accounts for their wealth and staying power. freshwest Jun 2014 #38

Hey! We like Country Buffet! DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 #34

Disturbing our major outlets are tiptoeing around this so delicately. DirkGently Jun 2014 #2

"It makes me think that the US mainstream news media won't go there... and go to state this truth." theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #3

Mainstream news media smallcat88 Jun 2014 #4

They have that flag on license plates here in VA. FSogol Jun 2014 #5

seriously? LiberalLovinLug Jun 2014 #19

Yes. I see them here in Virginia every day. LiberalLoner Jun 2014 #23

Yup, seen them too here in NC. mwooldri Jun 2014 #24

Went to college in Richmond abelenkpe Jun 2014 #30

They have specialty plates in Missouri, too: Gore1FL Jun 2014 #32

Used to be a perfectly respectable DirkGently Jun 2014 #35

That's a sort of vanity plate, specifically chosen, right? Because it seems the official state plate Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2014 #36

Yes, they cost $20 more than the traditional plates. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #37

Yeah, they're ugliness is on full display.. Cha Jun 2014 #40

Domestic Terrorism Iliyah Jun 2014 #7

I learned far more of Mexican Energy Policy in a week of news nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #9

We are children. We (as a nation) react to stimuli..not reason. n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2014 #14

I give the reader a tad more credit nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #18

I have something to cheer you up.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #11

I can't find the link, but there was a really interesting poll floating around here a few weeks back Victor_c3 Jun 2014 #20

The media were puzzled by that and totally ignoring actual history.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #28

Gadsen flag endorsed by socialist Ben Franklin and Gadsen was a proto-union supporter. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #13

Which it is why it's the 21st Century swastika. mwooldri Jun 2014 #15

And occasionally, some well-meaning naif tries to "reclaim" it nxylas Jun 2014 #25

There is an individual in Edmonton, Alberta named Manwoman Maedhros Jun 2014 #27

I did notice CNN has 'gone there' online, in a op-ed: muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #16

The right-wing (GOP) M.O. is to appropriate symbols/buzzwords SoCalDem Jun 2014 #17

Real news comes from the foreign press. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #21

I have the Gadsen flag symbol on a hat Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #22

I wonder if there is some custom Gadsen toilet paper? GusBob Jun 2014 #26

Don't wipe on me? FSogol Jun 2014 #31

That'd be appropriate! And hey, it's YELLOW already! calimary Jun 2014 #33

G-A-D-S-D-E-N johnp3907 Jun 2014 #29

Yes, we deserve Real News.. everyone does. the Gadsen flag "fixed".. Cha Jun 2014 #39

I don't follow the Twitter world, thanks for this corrected flag :) nt mwooldri Jun 2014 #41

I don't do twitter myself but thankfully they post them online so Cha Jun 2014 #42