Daily Loaf

This week, we named the ginormous Confederate flag at I-4 and I-75 as one of the Top 10 Stories of the Year. Got some flack for it, too, along with columnist Daniel Ruth.

Here’s an interesting take from a writer at the Miami New Times, another alt-weekly:

This whole idea of succession is kind of inspiring though. Not that I think South Florida should leave the union, but how about just this stupid, stupid state? The North can have their rifles, and belt buckles, and Amendment 2s, and Charlie Crists, and we can have all of the non-Disney tourism.

So where would that leave us?

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Rough weekend for Sarah Palin. First, the Troopergate report concluded Palin abused her power as governor. Then the VILF was greeted by a wave of boos in Philly while dropping the puck at Saturday’s game against the Rangers. The lunatics still love her, though.

• Busy week ahead for McCain: Preps a can of whoop-ass for Wednesday night, then plans to square things with Dave on Thursday.
• The Clintons stump for Obama with Joe Biden in Pennsylvania.
• Strange tales from a Tampa McCain/Palin meet-up.
• A little good news: The price of gas is plunging.
• Rays vs Sox today at 4:30 p.m. If you missed game 2 Saturday, you missed one of the greatest sporting events in Tampa history.
• For those who thought the old stars and bars at the I-4/I-75 junction wasn’t quite big enough …
• The Bucs look strong while beating the snot out of the Panthers.
• R.I.P.: Dennis the manatee.

Well, I’ll be …

Looks like our friends in the Sons of Confederate Veterans Tampa chapter have moved a little out of the 19th century and gotten themselves a website for their huge flag at I-75 and I-4.

They have a list of news articles, an easy paypal donation form and even a nifty slideshow.

(By the way, if you were driving north of Tampa this weekend, you might have seen the flag being flown again. Although the project is not yet completed, the Confederate folks raised the flag in honor of their fallen Jewish, New Jersey-native supporter, Bart Siegel. For more info on the SCV flag project, check out a CL interview with Marion Lambert.)