Tomorrow is Flag Day. Will you be burning a flag tomorrow Jack? Just askin'...
Tomorrow is Flag Day. Will you be burning a flag tomorrow Jack? Just askin'...
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Granule (06-13-2019), Truth Detector (06-13-2019)
Truth Detector (06-13-2019)
The Flags are almost identical.
The EIC was a Global Trading Entity with Shareholders.
"The design of the flag is strikingly similar to the flag of the British East India Company (EIC). Indeed, certain EIC designs in use since 1707 (when the canton was changed from the flag of England to that of the Kingdom of Great Britain) were nearly identical, but the number of stripes varied from 9 to 15. That EIC flags could be well have been known by the U.S. colonists has been the basis of a theory of the origin of the national flag's design.[6]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Union_Flag
They are similar, but if the flag is a coincidence or a knock-off, what is the significance??
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
"Upon receiving Royal Assent to trade in the Indian Ocean by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, the English East India Company adopted a flag of thirteen red and white stripes with the flag of England in canton.[1] It was reported that the number of stripes was chosen because many of the East India Company's shareholders were Freemasons, and the number thirteen is considered powerful in freemasonry.[2] However, different reports gave varying initial numbers of stripes.[citation needed]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_o..._India_Company
"The flag of the East India Company is considered to have inspired the Grand Union Flag, the first flag of the United States, as the two flags were of the same design.[3] This connection is attributed to numerous sources. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania once gave a speech endorsing the adoption of the Company's flag by the United States as their national flag. He said to George Washington of Virginia, "While the field of your flag must be new in the details of its design, it need not be entirely new in its elements. There is already in use a flag, I refer to the flag of the East India Company."[9] This was a way of symbolising American loyalty to the Crown as well as the United States' aspirations to be self-governing, as was the East India Company. Some colonists also felt that the Company could be a powerful ally in the American War of Independence, as they shared similar aims and grievances against the British government tax policies. Colonists therefore flew the Company's flag, to endorse the Company.[10]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_o..._India_Company
Bill (06-13-2019)
If you want to take this a step further.
Which is better, having a Global Trading Entity that is composed of the Wealthy of every nationality, race, ethnic group, religion. (let's call it 'America Corporation')
or a Global Trading Entity that is composed of the same but has a significant 'Government' component as a Shareholder. (let's call it 'China Corporation')
The Founders didn't like the EIC. It would certainly be amusing if they got that careless.
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
Has everyone noticed how the EIC has been popping-up as the villains in everything from the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels to Taboo?
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
THE UNITED STATES (in capitals) isn't a country; it's a corporation! ... The corporation was created for the District of Columbia, aka Washington, D.C. (not even a state), via the Act of 1871. THE UNITED STATES corporation operates under private international law with their own corporate constitution.
I'm not sure that is true.
The EIC was founded by wealthy Merchants of London. Probably similar in viewpoint as the Founding Fathers.
Up until the time of 1773, the EIC couldn't directly unload their foreign cargo in the Colonies, it had to be sold to Merchants in England first, then resold to the Colonies with a 3 pence tax added. Both the EIC and the Colonies felt the 3 pence tax was unfair.
Bookmarks