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| STATE FLAG OF TENNESSEE |
Geography is everything. Geography effects the economy, culture, and eventually the political situation. Just ask anyone from Tennessee.
Thus these flags unite certain states that have a 'Tennessee Outlook.' What I means, is that they match in geographic terms in similar manners to Tennessee. By which, their southern counties are all on par with Africa. It is a fact that most of the Southern Counties of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are totally at the same latitude of Africa. Legally speaking these southern counties see eye to eye with Africa and do not match in climate with the continental realm of Europe. Yet none of the
Tennessee Tilt states reach into the purely European Sphere of geography. In a ways these states are the natural counter balance to states with a
Virginia Tilt.
All the northern counties with
Tennessee Tilts are on par at the narrow intercontinental gap where Africa and Europe are parallel - between 36 degrees north and 37 degrees and nearly a third somethin' north.
The
Tennessee Tilt flags are based upon the state flag of Tennessee. Tennessee is a state that was a most divided by geography by east to west, north to south, and mountain to lower valley. Tennessee folk understands how the lay of the land played a pivotal role in shaping the course of politics. Just ask any Tennessee Student of History about the US Civil war and you'll get an in depth speech how the land spoke though the people, as to which sides their ancestors a been fightin' on.
The Texas-Tennessee Tilt Flag
Tennessee like Texas is geographically speaking much like Africa when it comes to latitude.
The Arkansas-Tennessee Tilt Flag
Also note that Arkansas is the 'fraternal twin of Tennessee.' Both states have mountains and low valleys. Also note during the US Civil war the more mountainous a county was in Arkansas the less likely to lean towards the Confederacy. Since Arkansas goes a bit more Southern than Tennessee it had an equally much heavier pro-Confederate tilt.
The North Carolina-Tennessee Tilt Flag
Didja' ever notice Texas and North Carolina have similar flags? And on top of that they both have Tennessee Tilts. North Carolina Tilt don't sound so nice and a Carolina Tilt is too confusing since South Carolina is 100% all on par with the continent of Africa, and hases a total incapacity to see it geographically speaking like they do in Europe.
The Oklahoma-Tennessee Tilt Flag
Only the added colour of blue to cancel the sameness is in honor of Tennessee. Also the red background harkens back to Oklahoma's original flag that was red with white at its center. They changed it because it looked too commie-like. Ironically just as the commies in Russia were keen on movin' people who were in the way of national objectives, many a Oklahoma family was forced to reside in this state at gunpoint. Nonetheless Oklahoma and Tennessee are sisters of similar geography.
The New Mexico-Tennessee Tilt Flag
A nice blend of the New Mexico Flag with the flag of Tennessee. It preserves the essential elements, yet looks like something thing entirely new.
The Arizona-Tennessee Tilt Flag
Finally the Arizona-Tennessee Tilt flag. Although Arizona is a longs way off from Tennessee it certainly has a southern hitch abouts its self.
The Year of the Ox comes one every twelve years, just like all the other signs of the Eastern Zodiac. It is the one sign that has a perfect match with the Western Zodiac under the month of Taurus. Likewise the attributes of these signs are similar. The flag for the Year of the Ox uses a brownish background and has a western symbol for the animal.
The Eastern Zodiac begins with the Year of the Rat or in this case the Year of the Rodent. The Western Symbol for the Year of the Rat is essentially a Roman Number Three on its side, however the symbol is directly based upon the Chinese upper radical but has the 'hands touching.'
But if there is a Land of the Rising Sun shouldn't their be Land of the Setting Sun? Thinks about it for a wee moment....What nation fits into this balanced paradigm? Perhaps England ye'be thinking? Nay England already has or had th' title of that sun which never sat still on her empire or somethin' of that sort. Rather Erin fits the bill perfectly. Ireland like Japan hath no land claim on the continent proper. Both are positioned at the far ends of the landmass and finally both by all accident have flags with suns on it. 
The Year of the Pig is the final sign of Chinese Astrology, before the cycle repeats it self. In the West and America the Greco-Roman Zodiac plays a dominant role in newspapers and enthusiasts of things groovy and cosmic, but in the East another Zodiac from China fills the same void. Like the traditional Western Zodiac the Eastern Zodiac is divided into twelve teams that repeat themselves every twelve years instead of every twelve months. 
In the closing sequence which predates 75 years plus, the Star Wars classic celebratory scene. In the upper left hand corner we can see a varied collection of flags.
In the American-Visual Arts Epic Poem of Star Trek a unique flag appears in the 700th official canonized broadcast - the flag of the Terran Empire.
In the first illustration of Carl Jung's personal, mystical and poetic confession The Red Book: Liber Novus a ship with a red flag appears near a harbor. Liber Novus is a hand written book by one of the leading and pioneering scientists to explore the human mind from a modern point of view.
The mast head pennant is usually flown from the tallest sail point of a war ship. But in the Care Bear's 1985 movie, this special war ensign was made a new into a caring ensign. Although the Care Bear's originate in the imaginations of America Care Bear's are a non-partisan elite corps of non commissioned caring spirits that help kids from all nations and of all religions. Whenever kids are in trouble they send unlimited beams of caring energy for kids who need it the most. 
Finally the Arizona-Tennessee Tilt flag. Although Arizona is a longs way off from Tennessee it certainly has a southern hitch abouts its self. 
