Canadian-USA United 48 Parallel Latitude Flag

The Canadian-USA United 48 Parallel Flag is a geographic flag.  It represents the area where Canada and the United States of America are parallel along the Lower 48 US states.  It can be flown anywhere in Canada and the USA that is in between the most southern point of Canada and most northern point of the United 48 in Minnesota.

11 US states are totally parallel to Canada's Latitude: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. 9 US states just have a thin northern slice parallel to Canada: California, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Finally 5 US states are mostly parallel to Canada: New York, Michigan, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Wyoming.

Canadian Belt Flag

A flag for the Latitude of Canada north of the 48 United Continental. The colours of the flag are based upon the previous colours of the maple leaf.  Bet you didn't know that the maple leaf wasn't always red, eh? Before the adoption of the modern flag, Canada was previously represented by a yellow or green or red maple leaf.  Bet you didn't know that, eh?

All American Belt Flag

A new geographic flag for the United States - The All American Belt Flag.  The All American Belt Flag represents the latitudes of the US that are totally south of Canada and totally north of Mexico.  Meaning that this region of the US can not see it the Canadian Way nor the Mexican Way.  They have their gaze set to the USA Way.

For the record 14 states totally reside in this area and can be trusted as true core red blooded Americans: This includes Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.  Likewise Washington, DC naturally resides in this area.

An honorable mention goes to California for it is the only state to span the entire area, and can tango toe to toe with Mexico and Canada.  Californians are the only ones who can geographically swing it like a Canadian and a Mexican.  California covers all the bases within the All American Latitude: between the most southern continental point of Canada at 41 Degrees 57 Minutes North to the northern most point in Mexico at 32 Degrees, 34 Minutes North.

Mason-Dixon Line Heritage Flag for 39 Degrees 43 Minutes North

Nearly 100 years before the outbreak of the US Civil War, a border survey between Maryland and Pennsylvania would echo across time.  This echo would serve as the semi-official demarcation between the North and South.

Little did Mr. Mason, Chuck and Mr. Dixon, Jerry know that this border established under King George III would serve as a quasi-cultural border of men and women yet to be born a century later.  These names from Oakridge-Lynch and Cockfield, England would become warped with a totally different connotation, beyond their wildest expectations.  History has a way of doing that with new ideas, a moment here, an exaggeration there.  Given enough time, it becomes established, and may even become something completely new.

It was nearly 150 years ago that the war between the US States was reaching its climactic end, so in honor of this closing act, "The Mason-Dixon Line Heritage Flag".  The Mason-Dixon flag is a mixture of a heritage and geographic flag.  Its design elements should be obvious, as a mash up of Union and Rebel flags.  The five stars on the quarters of blue represent the modern free soil states that cross the extended Mason-Dixon line: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.  The four stars along the blue diagonal represent the four states that allowed for the wicked right of a person to own another person: Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia.  Finally the central star represents the first state of the English Colonies that would be broken in half: Virginia. Until 1863 Virgina crossed the extended Mason-Dixon line.  

Thus any state mentioned above, has legal rights to fly this flag at 39 Degrees 43 Minutes North, that's 15 in all. 
 

UN flag from Idiocracy 2006

In the "Time Masheen" ride in Idiocracy an inaccurate revisionist view of the U.N., pronounced uun, has several flags in front of the building.  History has become so distorted in this future that people actually think dinosaurs and people lived simultaneously.

Several national flags can be seen in front of the UN, including a backwards Pakistan, upside down Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Panama, Palau, and the United States.  However at least six flags are wrongly placed that represent the powerful companies that dominate the future in the 26th century, including Carl's Jr.

Congress Flag Uniforms from Idiocracy

In the year 2505 members of US congress in the "House of Representin" can be easily identified by the state flags on the backs of their uniforms.  Apparently in the year 2505 Georgia reverted to 1956 design that featured the Confederate battle flag.  When this film was created in 2005, Georgia had already discarded use of this flag.  Nonetheless, it is good idea that congress should wear a uniform in addition to a name tag, and stripes to show how long they have been in office.


  

Courtroom Flags in Idiocracy 2006

 Idiocracy is a special mix of sci-fi, comedy, and satire.  A cryogenic experiment goes horribly wrong and accidentally sends a man from 2005 into the year 2505.  It's a mix of live action Futurama meets Beavis and Butthead. 

In this future, natural selection has started to favor the less than civil of society, fast food consumer culture and Jerry Springer types. Subsequently a man with average intelligence from 2005 is seen as pompous, effeminate, and the most intelligent person on the planet.

Notice the close up of courtroom flags that expound on certain consumer products.