Flags, why we fly them???

People fly flags for any occasion it seems, graduations, weddings, babies, rooting for your favorite team etc.  Each nation has their own flag and they display it proudly.  I have two flag poles in my yard.  One in the front, one in the back. I fly the one in the back for safety reasons.  If I am going to be in the pool,  I fly one color, going to be in the pool drinking another color and just being in the pool after drinking (LOL) another color.  The neighbors actually watch for it.  They know when it is best to come over HAHA.  Growing up in Virginia I never heard about the confederate flag being a symbol of hate.  It was the flag of the southern states during the civil war between the states.  I am not going to get into the controversy of should it fly should it be not flown, or is it history or hate? Everyone including me have a view on that.  I cannot understand why some states took it off their flag because it offended people.  I know that must have been a trying time back then, no Ben I was not there.  But I just don’t get the big deal.  North won, south lost, let them fly there flag!  Can you imagine how much money was wasted redesigning a new state flag to get the confederate portion of the flag removed?  Holy cow, if I had half of that money, I would stop writing blogs and be drinking strawberry daiquiri’s on the beach somewhere. It even made the news last night in Delaware about people flying the flag or should it be flown.  We need to relax, we have gotten to be a nation that is uptight over our own history.  Sure we have made mistakes, hell only been around a couple of hundred years.  The main thing to remember is if you fly any of the chosen flags make sure it is under the American flag.  North, South, Black, White, gay or not gay, we are all Americans.  I’m Ron Allen and I approve this message!  Until Next time!