Happy Ground Hog Day!

February 2! Ground Hog Day! Again!
It Never ENDS!!

Watch the 1993 movie starring Billy Murray in Ground Hog Day. A new American tradition. Think of it as a combo of It's a Wonderful Life meets the Twilight Zone, with a splash of Ghost Busters. In the movie he ends up getting stuck in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania during the Ground Hog Celebration and magically repeats the entire day over and over again until he .... you'll just have to watch it!

It's the essential appetizer before for Valentines Day!

In honor of this most wondonerifically snggabalistic nard-knocker funky holiday. I have created the Pennsylvania Ground Hog Flag. In case you didn't know it's modeled after the California Republic flag! Blue and Yellow are PA's colors!

Here is the California Flag

Just to balance the equation here is Pennsylvania's Partner State flag Michigan all decked out in Kali style

Slovakia & Slovenia; so similar yet so different

Flag of Slovenia

Take the flag of Russia and add a little something extra, or rather turn the Serbian flag upside down smack a cool shield of arms on it. Walla' you get Slovenia & Slovakia.

Here are two nations that came to be after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as outbound allies to the ill fated socialist experiment that went so horrible wrong. Czechoslovakia broke apart rather peacefully to give us wonderful Slovakia while Yugoslavia violently imploded to give us pleasant Slovenia.

Both of these nations are mostly Catholic, but all kinds of religious & other social groupings still exist. Besides Slovenia is right next to Italy...waddaya' expect!?

Although their flags are strikingly similar neither Slovenians nor Slovakians can understand each other. However Slovakians can get by with Czech, and Slovenians can get by with 'Serbo-Croati-Bosnian'.

Flag of Slovenia
Historically Hungary played a dominant role in their society until the Turks beat em' up. Since then they have gone on a wild political ride as the Western World made peace with itself. Now they are happy quaint friendly European nations that everyone should visit.

Slovenia has one colour that Slovakia does not have: three charming yellow stars above the white alps.

New UK Flag Proposal with Wales Aspect

The flag of the United Kingdom is a composite of flags: Scotland, England, & Ireland. However there is no official incorporation of Wales. Why are the Welsh ignored?

Well.... in honor of things Welsh, here is a flag that adds a smattern' of Welsh green!

New Union Flag with Welsh Colours
















Amazingly Wales was the first kingdom united with England yet no major effort was ever made to incorporate Welsh identity in the famous UK flag!

Ecuador & Colombia

Flag of Ecuador

From the ashes of a super 'United States of South America' we have two magnificent remnants: Ecuador & Colombia. In the United States of America the union was held together but in South and Central America the rebellious spirit of the states triumphed over the will of preserving the union of Grand Colombia.

They are nominally united in language, ethnic, and spirit; Spanish, Mestizo, and Catholic. But yet totally divided by politics, much like Canada & the United States, or rather New York and South Carolina.

Flag of Columbia

Ecuador straddles two hemispheres since the equator crosses her lands, as it does as does Colombia!

They also have muy similar Coat of Arms. There is the grand CONDOR on the crest with the head tilted to the left. A repeat of the national flags in the supporter positions. Both have ships on the water, Colombia has two since she touches the Atlantic and Pacific.

Coat of Arms for Ecuador

Coat of Arms for Colombia

El Salvador and Nicaragua: i muy muy similar!

El Salvador
If you thought that the Aussie and Kiwi flags were similar...take a look here!

El Salvador and Nicaragua not only have similar flags but similar coats of arms. This is partly due to when they were united in the very short lived in the 'United Central American States.'

Unity can sometimes be a very difficult thing.

Nicaragua

Close up of El Salvador
Coat of Arms

Close up of Nicaragua

Coat of Arms

Both have the triangle, glowing liberty cap, rainbow, and five islands.

Guinea-Bissau & Benin

Flag of Guinea-Bissau



Guinea-Bissau & Benin are at the ends and beginnings of the bulge of Atlantic Black West Africa. Their flags are tri-coloured with a T division.

Flag of Benin

The actual shape of these nations are a result of natural convenience and the imperial imprint of Western Europe; namely France, Germany, Portugal and the UK! Due to these nearly arbitrary divisions, tribal peoples have been divided for some greater purpose. It is from these nations that most of the African American peoples in the USA, Canada, Jamaica, and elsewhere can trace their heritage.

I'm totally for African-American people getting government subsidised genetic heritage testing so they can see where their stolen heritage comes from. It is the right thing to do. Just imagine if you didn't know if you had Irish, French, Italian or German heritage? What if you didn't know if you were Korean, Japanese or Cambodian? Or perhaps you had no idea if you have Iraqi, Persian, Israeli, or Yemeni blood? Additionally all the persons in the genetics industry would totally appreciate the government spending. Money come money go. We spend money to see whats on the dark side of the moon, let's spend money so our African-American Brothers and Sisters can know their heritage. It's the righteous, moral, and absolutely fun thing to do.

So who should foot the bill? USA, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and the UK. Japan, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia should participate voluntarily if only to get a boost in the fields of genetic research.

In any case, if you have a free moment and cash to burn, you should visit these wonderful beaches, friendly people, and happy sunshine. Benin and Guinea Bissau are action packed with tons smiles for everyone!

Good Flag, Bad Flag: rejected titles

Original Cover

Nice Flag, Naughty Flag

Blessed Flag, Sinful Flag

Sweet Flag, Stinky Flag

Wow Flag, Whacked Flag

Fantastic Flag, Horrible Flag

Outstanding Flag, Regular Flag

Fabulous Flag, Fiendish Flag

Obtuse Flag, Acute Flag

Righteous Flag, Wrongful Flag

Phat Flag, Drawn Flag

Heavenly Flag, Devilish Flag

Mighty Flag, Wimpy Flag

Limited Teen Addition
with introduction by Britney Spears

Happy Flag, Sad Flag

Angry Flag, Peaceful Flag

Boring Flag, Exciting Flag

Smart Flag, Dumb Flag

Gnarly Flag, Gnarly...... Not Flag

Cool Flag, Crappy Flag

Excellent Flag, Blows Flag

Super Flag, Sucks Flag

Bodacious Banner, Bungled Banner

.....Yin and Yang are like totally everywhere!!!!