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Sunday, February 01, 2004


What the hell is a vexillologist, Anyway? This is from 2 years ago, but it still raises an interesting point: Why did half of the states give up when creating a state flag and simply paste their State Seal on a blue field and call it a flag, like Nebraska did?
Schimek gave the committee members a color printout of some U.S. and Canadian flags. Almost half of the 50 states' flags have blue backgrounds with a seal in the middle - as Nebraska's does.

"You will notice if you look carefully a good many of these flags look alike," Schimek said.

Flags that are simple stand out, Schimek said.

"Like the Texas flag - it's very obvious," she said. "They're fairly simplistic in design, most of them that you remember."
The flag is only one of the many nightmares people in Nebraska wake up to each and every day, so is it any wonder they have some Texas envy?



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