{"id":787,"date":"2026-04-14T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/?p=787"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:01:32","slug":"proposed-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/proposed-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One evening I got a crazy idea, and as such things go with me, I lost sleep because my brain wouldn&#8217;t rest until I had completed it. It&#8217;s a satire on all the &#8220;patriotic&#8221; flags with black and blue lines. Interesting that these unapproved alterations of our national symbol is considered more patriotic than the flag itself. Placing police love above national pride sits poorly with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus born the idea to completely alter the current flag and propose one that honors more of America than just the police. If the sight of this proposed flag and description of the meanings behind it is upsetting, then blind dogma prevents understanding of the deeper intent. Explaining it here would only spoil any potential future enlightenment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Description of the proposed new flag for America:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with \u2028the standard flag shape.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a field of black \u2028in the upper left to represent \u2028America\u2019s new frontier: \u201cSpace\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add 13 blank stripes \u2028to represent \u2028the 13 original colonies \u2028that came together \u2028to birth a new nation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the black field, add 50 stars \u2028formed as a globe to represent \u2028the 50 states \u2028united as one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a ring of 16 planets \u2028surrounded the stars to represent \u2028America&#8217;s 16 territories \u2028from Puerto Rico and Guam \u2028to Midway Atoll \u2028and Wake Island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe blue \u2028to represent \u2028our loyal police \u2028who keep the peace \u2028and morally enforce just laws.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe red \u2028to represent \u2028our courageous firefighters, paramedics and rescue forces \u2028who risk their lives \u2028to save others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe green \u2028to represent \u2028our compassionate medics \u2028who fight every day\u2028 to save lives \u2028and improve health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe lime \u2028to represent \u2028our intelligent scientists\u2028 who surpass the bounds \u2028of knowledge \u2028to seek new truths \u2028for the advancement \u2028of humanity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe pink \u2028to represent \u2028our kind educators\u2028 who give of themselves \u2028so that others may gain \u2028a greater understanding \u2028of the world around them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe brown \u2028to represent \u2028our reliable farmers \u2028who work the fields \u2028and pastures \u2028that keep our nation fed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe purple \u2028to represent \u2028our valiant military \u2028with a joint mission\u2028 to defend democracy \u2028throughout the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe azure \u2028to represent \u2028our diligent guardians \u2028who patrol our borders\u2028 across land and sea \u2028to keep our country safe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe orange \u2028to represent \u2028our vital utilities, \u2028technicians who provide\u2028 everything \u2028from clean water \u2028and safe electricity \u2028to the Internet \u2028and telecommunications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe violet \u2028to represent \u2028our faithful religions \u2028that may practice \u2028in freedom\u2028 without the fear \u2028of persecution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe yellow \u2028to represent \u2028our creative youth\u2028 who are our future, continuing our goal\u2028 to be more perfect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe cyan \u2028to represent \u2028our calm parks\u2028 that protect nature \u2028in all its wonder \u2028so future generations may\u2028 appreciate the nation\u2019s \u2028natural beauty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Color one stripe magenta \u2028to represent \u2028our diligent bureaucrats \u2028and lawyers who unceasingly devise policies, forms and procedures \u2028without which life would be too free and easy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One evening I got a crazy idea, and as such things go with me, I lost sleep because my brain wouldn&#8217;t rest until I had completed it. It&#8217;s a satire on all the &#8220;patriotic&#8221; flags with black and blue lines. Interesting that these unapproved alterations of our national symbol is considered more patriotic than the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creativity","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedragoncorps.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}