Laos & Cambodia, Heaven and Earth

RED, WHITE, & BLUE these COLOURS DON'T RUN

Flag of Laos
White Moon
an object that travels all of Heaven

These two nations have been on similar historical tracks. Just recently they were drawn in and heavily bombed by the US during the Vietnam War of Independence.

Before then they were colonized by the French. Before then, they were subject to domination by the Siamese Kingdom.

But long, long before the arrival of the white people, Buddhism was the chief religion that held its sway.

Although both are dedicated Communists, most economists believe they are really 'In the Closet Capitalists' just like China, spiked with a splash Commie dictatorial bitters. It seems only North Korea and Cuba have kept the idea of a dry metallic workers paradise alive.

Flag of Cambodia
White Temple of Divine Nature
an object resting on the Earth
Laos and Cambodia are guarded by Thailand on the East and Vietnam on the West.

Although they are right next to each other Cambodian and Laotian are very different, they can not understand each other. Oddly Laotians can mostly understand their Thai neighbors.

The Mekong River runs along these nations and they are both of the Pacific Ocean, ruled by a perpetual summer interspersed with a rainy season. Rice paddies and tropical forests are abundant in both.

They are union of Heaven and Earth. The ancient temple of Cambodia rests solidly on the Earth while, the Moon of Laos glides across the Heavens during the day and night, and every so often she can eclipse the power of the Sun.

Aboriginal Aussies & Native Kiwis

Aboriginal Australian Flag
looks like a Sun in the Middle

The most popular flag of Native Australians is black and red with a yellow sun, while the Native New Zealander flag is black and red with a crescent moon like shapes.

New Zealand Maori Flag
reflective of a dynamic
white moon in constant motion

The Australian Aboriginal flag is static and masculine, centered like the constant Sun. While the New Zealand Maori flag is dynamic and feminine, off centered and like the ever changing moon.

The Marori and Aboriginals are peoples of the Southern Hemisphere that colonized these truly southern lands. Both peoples were forcibly adopted by the British Empire and were treated as disdainful second class citizens. It was not until after the Anglo-Saxon Cultural Revolution of the 1960s that Aussies and Kiwis made major changes in their attitudes towards their indigenious or rather 'first nation peoples.'

In the USA they call pre-European peoples Native Indian Americans, in Canada First Nation Peoples, in Australia Aboriginals, and finally in New Zealand Maori. It's sort of like the general definition of a Hurricane, Typhoon, and Cyclone. So what's the difference between these three types of storms? There are official differences but generally speaking they all mean the same thing.


These two flags represent the cosmic balance of the Sun and the Moon. And are posted here because tis' the season for 'Lunar Twilight.' During the day it is 2010, but at night is is 2009.

Why!? Well we are still in a transitional phase of the years. The current moon started it's brightening period (waxing) before the winter solstice and New Years Eve. Thus when you look up at the moon tonight or anytime before January 14, 2010, your looking at a moon that was created in 2009. Since the Moon is the 'ruler of night,' after the 2010 January Sun goes to bed, a 2009 Moon rules the sky! Thus the term Lunar Twilight.

Thus you still get a little more time to make amends and finish off promises of the heart you missed in 2009.

Lunar twilight lasts until the next moon. The first moon to be created in 2010 comes into existence on January 16, 2010!

But hold on to your garters, the East is still waiting until the next next moon to come into existence. AKA...Chinese New Years has yet to begin!!!

According the Chinese oriented Asians they year has not yet changed. It won't be next year, the year of the Tiger until Valentines Day February 14, 2010.

Until then, only then, Eastern and Western Cultures will both agree that the New Year has indeed started!

Tiger 2010!

Guinea & Mali, aka.. da' BIG GM

Flag of GUINEA
'left end of a rainbow'
Guinea is more East of Mali & G is before M

West African flags that look so much a like, on purpose. Both are French Speaking and have multitudes of Islamic Peoples. Yet are totally different nations as much as New Zealand and Australia. Actually much more different than those two southern nations born of the British Empire.

Flag of MALI
'right end of the rainbow'
Mali is WEST of Guinea and M follows G

Be sure not to confused Mali
with Malawi
(one French the other British).

Likewise do not confuse Guinea with Guinea-Bissau
(one French the other Portuguese).

Yin and Yang always has a tendency to make things sound confusing: like some fun geographic sniglet based"confusi-nyoms"

Balkan & Baltic
Malacca & Moluccas
Slovenia & Slovakia
Ohio & Iowa
Barents & Bearing Seas

Yemen and Egypt

FLAG OF EGYPT
with Eagle of Saladin




Egypt and Yemen are nation states at the 'bookends' of the Red Sea. You can think of the Red Sea as being a narrow version of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The Red Sea is equal latitudes between the the Mississippi Delta to the islands just north of South America, Trinidad and Tabago.

FLAG OF YEMEN

without Eagle of Saladin

Geographically Egypt and Yemen are at the collision points between Africa and Asia. Certainly in the near future a 'Chunnel' will connect Djbouti with Yemen by the year 2044.


Both of these nations states have Islam as their dominant faith. But Egypt is very famous for the Christian Coptic Branch yet Yemen was at one time famous in history for the Hebrew King Dhu Nuwas whose persecution of Christians led to his demise and an invasion from Ethiopia.


Egypt was of the first states liberated from European Hegemony in 1922 while Yemen was a divided nation like Korea (North Yemen and South Yemen) up until 1990. Yemen was the primary Middle Eastern State bitterly divided by the Cold War. But like West and East Germany, North and South Yemen were also united after the fall of the Berlin Wall, albeit less the media blitz and bonanza!

A long, long time ago when the earth was in a different part of the Galaxy far, far away....

.....Old Gods ruled the earth like none such time before. As the original Hebrew Books point out Egypt was a land full of enchanting and strong willed Pharaohs, while the lovely pagan Queen of Sheeba came form Yemen.

Kiribati with Antigua & Barbuda

FLAG OF KIRIBATI: Nation of the first sun
with two extra time zones that reach into
the future. The nation of the 1st New Years


These two nations are on opposite oceans and worlds away yet their flags look similar. Blue and white represents the waters that surround their lands. Antigua & Barbuda are in the Atlantic Ocean, specifically the Caribbean just east of Puerto Rico. While Kiribati is in the South Pacific, south of Hawaii. The flag of A&B has what could be a rising or setting sun. Coincidentally when the sun rises over A&B at 6:01am, tomorrow has already begun in Kiribati, for it is 12:01am the next day.

Kiribati lies in a strange time zone that is actually 25 hours ahead of Alaska. The Eastern Part of Kiribati is officially the first nation to see the new day and the new year!

Flag of Antigua & Barbuda: a rising
sun on her shores indicates a new
day has officially started on earth

Once again the uncanny symmetry of flags reveals itself!

Happy New Year to all, may 2010 be the year where we undo this horrible economic trend!

Fiji and Tuvalu: Polyglot, Polynesian, Polyfaith,

Flag of FIJI

Two nations to first celebrate the new years are Fiji and Tuvalu. Spattered in the South Pacific. Fiji is Yang - larger, loud, and diverse. Fiji's ethnic diversity is due to the UK's Colonial Policy of transporting foreign labor to the island, mostly from India. Thus Islam and Hinduism has found a beach head in the South Pacific.

But Tuvalu is typical Polynesia that is mostly Protestant or Catholic due to British and French influence. Tuvalu is not as renowned, not as loud and more serene. Thus Tuvalu is - Yin. Yin and Yang are the Chinese way of describing balance to the system of ideas. In the West it is sort of like duality and dichotomies.

But just in case you didn't notice, a nation with a UK Union Jack typically means a strong connection England. From one island nation to the other -the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line link up London and Fiji. The Prime Meridian's opposite line - 180 degrees longitude- crosses into Fiji.

Usually when one travels east you go into the future. But for Fiji and Tuvalu -you go into the past of the previous day. And on New Years Day you can travel go into the previous year.

Fiji and Tuvalu demonstrate that time travel is possible. They illustrate that time is simply a construct of the human mind in ideas. Tuvalu and Fiji are nations that sit along the edges of yesterday and tomorrow.

Flag of TUVALU

Both of their flags have a sky blue background and kept the Union Jack as their Canton, thus they share the colours of Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand.

As Tuvalu is Polynesian Fiji is certainly Polyfaithic.

Christmas - Holiday Card 2009

Flag of Maine in Christmas Style

For this year's 2009 Christmas Season, I used the flags of Maine and Wisconsin to illustrate my newly coined 'flag symmetry' concept.

First of all the men are now wearing Santa hats, the star on the crest was brightened, and the shield was modified. The tree was decorated as a Christmas Tree and the moose was given a bright red nose. Finally, it's night with a fresh sprinkling of snow.

Both Wisconsin and Maine have sailors on their flags. The sailor is the supporter on the left for Wisconsin and for Maine, the seaman is on the right. They represent sailors of the salt and fresh waters. Maine has a scenic Atlantic Coast line, while Wisconsin has two Great Lake coast lines: Lake Superior & Lake Michigan. Because of this, both states are littered with beautiful light houses. Famously Maine has Acadia National Park, while in Wisconsin there is Apostles Islands state park.

Holiday flag of Wisconsin

To the right the flag of Wisconsin has been 'North Polarized.' The four quadrants are replaced with spiritual icons that peoples across the world can appreciate. In the lower left corner is a Menorah.

In the lower right corner is a crescent moon with two stars; one for Shiites and the other for Sunnis on a background of Islamic Green. It purposefully makes a smiley face in honor of the occasions when both schools of Islam get along.

In the upper left is a star for anyone of any faith who enjoys Christmas & loves Christmas Cookies. In the upper right is the Taoist (Yin Yang) Icon of Harmony and behind it is the 'Ohmmm' of the Hindu-Buddeic Tradition written in Sanskrit.

Normal Flags of Maine and Wisconsin Seals
compared to North Polarized versions

MAINE & WISCONSIN

The badger has her nose lit with a green light. If you didn't know, female badgers can light up their noses during the winter in various colours. They can sense when a camera is around so don't even try to take a picture if you see it. The sailor is wearing an Elf Hat, and the miner on is actually wearing a Sikh Turban with a glowing jewel that the Ghost of Christmas Past gave him.

Geographically Wisconsin & Maine are similar states full of pine sap and forest critters. The four seasons line pierces them both, at 45 degrees north. This is the midway point between the north pole and equator. Thus on Christmas Night Santa usually takes a reindeer bathroom break in Portland and Milwaukee when he is crisscrossing the earth.

But the most amazing coincidence only found in great fiction and surreal cosmic alignments are two different rivers of the same name that make up their boarders. On Maine's eastern side is the St. Croix River and on Wisconsin's western side is another St. Croix River. They are totally two different St. Croix Rivers.

Paul Bunyan is a legend in both states and rightfully so. Many states claim to be Bunyan's birth place but the Society of Paul Bunyan has declared that Bunyan was born in Bangor, Maine and buried near Rib Mountain at Wausau, Wisconsin.

Finally Maine and Wisconsin represent the proverbial union of 'Surf & Turf,' or rather lobster and steak.

Merry Christmas & a Ho Ho Ho!!!

link to X-mas Holiday Card 2010
link to X-mas Holiday Card 2008