Granted, I didn't get through my morning coffee today. But something really confused me on the ride to work. I live about 20 miles south of University of South Florida. Everyday I drive on I-75 I experience an incredible irony: flying directly opposite to the Martin Luther King St. highway exit is a huge, billowing confederate flag. The flag pole resides on a small trailer park protected by a security fence. A few weeks ago Meg and I were treated to a surreal scene: a group of elderly women sitting around on a Sunday mending the confederate flag.
Today, however, a different flag appeared on the pole: a flag of the 13 original colonies, the Betsy Ross flag.
I have never heard of any connection between the confederate flag and the Betsy Ross flag. Some needs to explain this to me. Slowly. Since I still haven't had that coffee.
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Weird. Explain to me after you have your coffee... I dare you to just drop in on the ladies and say, "Hey ladies--what's with the flags?"
It'd be weird enough if you saw this in South Carolina or one of the states that was one of the original thirteen colonies -- but I'm like 90% sure (tho' I didn't google it) that Florida wasn't one of the 13.
Actually it was a bunch of redneck men mending the flag if my memory serves me right. They were quite dainty with their mending, so I can see where the confusion might set in...
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