Which State Has The Best Flag?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Out of the following...

New Mexico -

Colorado -

Arizona -

Nevada -

South Carolina -

Missouri -

California -

Alaska -

Hawaii -

Rhode Island -

[maddiejoan]

1. New York

Gotta problem wit 'dat?

[Ryano42]

2. ZIa!

My homestate, my birthstate...the Land of Entrapment, NEW MEXICO! :D

Entrapment because I moved away twice and still ended up coming back!

[Cabcere]

3. Clearly, this one:

:D I mean, really, how can you argue with a flag that's basically telling tyrants to suck it? :P :headbang:

[underpants]

6. AND

Boobie!!!!

[Cabcere]

29. Hehe, I was wondering who was going to be the first to point that out

but yes. Boobie. Seriously, what more could an American citizen want? :P :rofl: :hi:

[trotsky]

36. LMAO n/t

[Blue_Tires]

9. (salutes)

[Cabcere]

30. Back at ya!

:patriot: :hi:

[Ian David]

37. And it has a wardrobe malfunction! n/t

[madinmaryland]

4. Maryland!

The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert and Crossland families. Maryland was founded as an English colony in 1634 by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. The black and Gold designs belong to the Calvert family. The red and white design belongs to the Crossland family.

[Snarkturian Clone]

11. My favorite as well NT

[Neshanic]

45. Another agree. It is the best looking flag.

[EOTE]

71. How could you leave off Maryland?

There's a definite reason it's my avatar.

[minerva50]

55. It wasn't adopted until after the civil war.

It kind of represented a re-uniting of the warring factions as well, since Confederate Maryland troops had used the Crossland design, while Union troops used the Calvert.

[girl gone mad]

60. That would be my vote, too.

Good simple design, bold colors.

[newmajority]

70. Was that Calvert guy a member of Stryper?

[bdamomma]

5. RI

HOPE, appropriate word for this time too.

[zorahopkins]

7. Maryland

Maryland's flag is the best.

(And, no I don't live in Maryland!)

[TheUniverse]

8. I hope Colbert doesn't see this but...

I like the California flag with its big grizzly on it.

[Cabcere]

31. Well, what else would you expect

from that lair of liberalism? I think a Godless Killing Machine (TM) fits California perfectly.

:rofl: :hug: :hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Ohio.

[Dukkha]

32. second Ohio

the only pennant flag in the world

[-..__...]

58. Is the flag of Nepal considered a pennant?

[MrCoffee]

12. Out of those - New Mexico. My favorite, though, is Texas

[bmbmd]

41. Of course it is Texas.

Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says so.

[girl gone mad]

62. I like Texas, too.

And I loved it when I had to take Texas History in middle school and we were required to draw and color it. Looking at some of the ones above, we sure dodged a bullet. :)

[SharonAnn]

13. Tennessee. I know it's not in your list, but it's the best flag. Ask any

graphic designer.

[Wcross]

34. Tennessee! n/t

[hugo_from_TN]

44. Correct!

[TransitJohn]

14. New Mexico out of those choices.

But I'm partial to my state's.

[karlrschneider]

15. It's a trick question!

:shrug:

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

16. How could yo uleave MD off the list..

[ThomWV]

18. Their flag looks like an Inn's place mat in a fantasy Disney Revolutionary War movie set

Really, all jumbled up with the archaic coat of arms crap and all that busy looking little squares in god-awful colors. Lord Calvert's style is no longer in fashion and that flag reflects why.

[Norrin Radd]

17. Cascadia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Flag_of_Cascadia.svg

or the one at this webpage:

http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/

[Arugula Latte]

24. Yes! I love that one!

:woohoo:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

48. The ritual sacrifice of the Bud.

[jmowreader]

64. No, no, a thousand times no!!!

Any proposed nation that would make the fucking Geoduck Clam (quite possibly the ugliest animal in history) the State Beast does not deserve to exist.

[Echo In Light]

19. "A flag is a symbol, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded" - George Carlin

[zorahopkins]

20. Heavy Symbolism Here

"To reach a suns rays of glowing bronze grace leaves the lake and rises toward empyrean sun. The swans array, the crane stands veiled grace. Tunnement to the omen of the object form. And lighten pon day as scintillate rays augurate arrival of a serephic form"

That's some heavy symbolism.

[Echo In Light]

21. Artistic expression/psychedelia which contains symbolism. Big difference

[zorahopkins]

23. "Artistic Expression is a symbol, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded"

With apologies to George Carlin.

[Echo In Light]

25. ??? ... No fault of mine if you're unable to discern {or appreciate} the differences

[zorahopkins]

26. ??.. And It's No Fault Of Mine If You Are

And it is no fault of mine if you are unable to appreciate the symbols contained in flags.

I actually appreciate the symbols contained in art and in flags.

I think my life is richer because of it.

[Echo In Light]

27. At an early age I came to see the flag as a symbol of jingoism used to aid in fostering...

Irrational attitudes of submission to authority. I've always been an anti-authoritarian, artistic/musician type who doesn't run in circles that contain people who get all revved up over flags and what they represent. Then again, I see patriotism as a form of imposed ignorance.

[Individualist]

35. This is a flag I like

The Gadsden flag-

[Echo In Light]

69. I find this one to be applicable...

[blondeatlast]

43. And smug to boot. nt

[spoony]

53. Yeah like stupid novelists and artists

People who have no appreciation for symbols are either dim or nihilists.

[BB1]

22. Missourah!

Not only do I like the bears, but the three bands of color are the same as those in the flags of The Netherlands and Luxembourg (although the latter has a paler shade of blue).

And I lived in Missouri for a year, does that make me biassed?

[Maine-ah]

39. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

it speaks the truth.

[npincus]

28. New Jersey- ain't she a beaut?

[RedShoesBlueState]

33. You missed Maryland

Maryland's flag is quite beautiful, as flags go:

[lumberjack_jeff]

38. The only one you don't have to guess where it belongs.

George WASHINGTON? Get it?

[Blue_In_AK]

40. Alaska, of course

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.


The flag song makes me cry every time I hear it. Shit, I'm crying right now just reading it.

http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/aktraditions/alaskaflag2.html

[madokie]

42. I like ours better

[americanstranger]

46. Iraq!

Oh, wait. They're not a state, and they don't have a flag, either. Never mind.

- as

[Wizard777]

47. Hands down it's Maryland.

It's a graphic arts master piece.

[minerva50]

54. HEAR! HEAR!

Maryland is hands down the best. Traditional heraldry still rules.

[Wizard777]

56. Not only that. It's totally awesome if you look at it while your tripping on LSD.

Every trip needs black light posters and a Maryland flag.

:wow: :crazy: :headbang:

[Oak2004]

49. The best state flag is not an official flag

The Green Mountain Boys flag flew over the Battle of Ticonderoga and over the independent nation of Vermont (before statehood and the adoption of a much more boring blue flag-with-state-seal design). Among many other locations, it still flies proudly over my computer desk :)

[Arctic Dave]

50. To all my fellow Alaskans

:toast: May your nights be warm and your beers cold

[CRK7376]

51. You left out

North Carolina in your survey.....NC has the best state flag. Mine fly atop our firebase in Afghanistan along with my US flag....

[marmar]

52. The great state of Michigan....

Hail to the Victors!

[ChazII]

57. I need to vote for Arizona. n/t

[StarryNite]

66. Yup! That starburst is

hard to beat.

[KamaAina]

59. Five flippin' votes for ku'u hae Hawai'i?

"my Hawaiian flag"?! It flew proudly over an independent monarchy for three-quarters of a century, until some renegade sugar planters, abetted by U.S. Marines, intervened. Compare to, say, Texas at eleven whole years.

[mdmc]

61. LIVE FREE OR DIE

NH:kick:

[StarryNite]

63. Arizona

Hands down!

[Jack_DeLeon]

65. Texas...

but since its not there I'm going with New Mexico.

[Recursion]

67. DC! The Bars and Mullets!

Fessy of five, argent and gules, in chief, three mullets of the second.

George Washington's coat of arms, essentially.

[krispos42]

68. Out of these, Arizona

with South Carolina running a close second.


However, out of all the states I pick Texas. Big, bold, and simple.

[ChazII]

72. Nice to see

that folks like the Arizona flag.