The American flag is hideous!

Is it time for the empire to create a new flag with a better design?

I’m likely to catch a lot of heat for this article, but there’s something that has been in the back of my mind for a long time:

The American flag is hideous!

Don’t believe me? Here, take a look for yourself:

Now, I know a lot of people will hate reading this article, and will prattle on about “old glory” and how “people died for that flag” and all the usual “patriotic” clap-trap that comes up every time somebody says something negative about the flag. Well, you are all entitled to your opinions, but so am I, and I think the flag is flat out ugly in terms of its design.

Consider this: The flag has 50 stars all crammed into the upper left corner, with a blue background, and then a bunch of red and white stripes. The flag, in all its ugliness, truly represents the giant shopping mall that is America. In other words, it’s tacky, and it has no taste.

But what makes it so awful is that it is based on an older flag called the Grand Union Flag that had the Union Jack in the same place as the star…