Comments on: Declaring Your Indepdendence http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: robhatch.com » Blog Archive » Conscious Consumption http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-49059 robhatch.com » Blog Archive » Conscious Consumption Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:16:52 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-49059 [...] Chris Brogan’s post about Declaring Your Independence he talks about diversifying our media consumption. While he takes a shot at mainstream media that I [...] [...] Chris Brogan’s post about Declaring Your Independence he talks about diversifying our media consumption. While he takes a shot at mainstream media that I [...]

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48495 Cameron Reilly Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:04:27 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48495 Jon & Chris, there isn't any speculation involved. The US flag was almost IDENTICAL to the BEIC flag. This can't be taken lightly. Especially in those days of yore, a flag was a symbol - of who you were as a people and what you stood for. And the Founding Fathers of the United States selected, as their first flag, the flag of the British East India Company, an extremely corrupt and malignant organisation. It begs the question - why? One minute they are dumping BEIC's tea into the water, the next they are taking their flag as their own? You can't easily dismiss it. Jon & Chris, there isn’t any speculation involved. The US flag was almost IDENTICAL to the BEIC flag. This can’t be taken lightly. Especially in those days of yore, a flag was a symbol – of who you were as a people and what you stood for. And the Founding Fathers of the United States selected, as their first flag, the flag of the British East India Company, an extremely corrupt and malignant organisation. It begs the question – why? One minute they are dumping BEIC’s tea into the water, the next they are taking their flag as their own? You can’t easily dismiss it.

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-236346 Cameron Reilly Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-236346 Jon & Chris, there isn't any speculation involved. The US flag was almost IDENTICAL to the BEIC flag. This can't be taken lightly. Especially in those days of yore, a flag was a symbol - of who you were as a people and what you stood for. And the Founding Fathers of the United States selected, as their first flag, the flag of the British East India Company, an extremely corrupt and malignant organisation. It begs the question - why? One minute they are dumping BEIC's tea into the water, the next they are taking their flag as their own? You can't easily dismiss it. Jon & Chris, there isn’t any speculation involved. The US flag was almost IDENTICAL to the BEIC flag. This can’t be taken lightly. Especially in those days of yore, a flag was a symbol – of who you were as a people and what you stood for. And the Founding Fathers of the United States selected, as their first flag, the flag of the British East India Company, an extremely corrupt and malignant organisation. It begs the question – why? One minute they are dumping BEIC’s tea into the water, the next they are taking their flag as their own? You can’t easily dismiss it.

]]> By: e-amadis.com » Declaring Your Indepdendence http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48461 e-amadis.com » Declaring Your Indepdendence Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:22:34 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48461 [...] you said it CB… [...] [...] you said it CB… [...]

]]> By: The Matrix Lives Your Life http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48301 The Matrix Lives Your Life Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:32:56 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48301 [...] difference between reading something like my declare your independence post and actually DOING SOMETHING about it is vast. The reason we love action movies is because we [...] [...] difference between reading something like my declare your independence post and actually DOING SOMETHING about it is vast. The reason we love action movies is because we [...]

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48281 Chris Cree Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:09:14 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48281 Jon & Cameron, that was exactly the point I was trying to make with my "uncertain flag anecdote" comment. Had I said "speculative flag anecdote" perhaps I would have been more clear. I was in a hurry to get to a 4th of July party. :) Besides which, even if it is true, it is hardly proof that the East India Company was driving the bus of the revolution. They were chaotic times. With no official flag existing people wanted to show their defiance by flying something, anything, other than the Union Jack. Being a land of merchants and traders perhaps someone had a BEIC flag (which apparently wasn't allowed to be flown outside the Indian Ocean) handy and hoisted it to thumb their noses at the British in Boston. Because the article Carmeron pointed to is speculative itself there is no way of knowing for sure. Jon & Cameron, that was exactly the point I was trying to make with my “uncertain flag anecdote” comment. Had I said “speculative flag anecdote” perhaps I would have been more clear.

I was in a hurry to get to a 4th of July party. :)

Besides which, even if it is true, it is hardly proof that the East India Company was driving the bus of the revolution. They were chaotic times. With no official flag existing people wanted to show their defiance by flying something, anything, other than the Union Jack.

Being a land of merchants and traders perhaps someone had a BEIC flag (which apparently wasn’t allowed to be flown outside the Indian Ocean) handy and hoisted it to thumb their noses at the British in Boston.

Because the article Carmeron pointed to is speculative itself there is no way of knowing for sure.

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-236345 Chris Cree Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:09:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-236345 Jon & Cameron, that was exactly the point I was trying to make with my "uncertain flag anecdote" comment. Had I said "speculative flag anecdote" perhaps I would have been more clear. I was in a hurry to get to a 4th of July party. :) Besides which, even if it is true, it is hardly proof that the East India Company was driving the bus of the revolution. They were chaotic times. With no official flag existing people wanted to show their defiance by flying something, anything, other than the Union Jack. Being a land of merchants and traders perhaps someone had a BEIC flag (which apparently wasn't allowed to be flown outside the Indian Ocean) handy and hoisted it to thumb their noses at the British in Boston. Because the article Carmeron pointed to is speculative itself there is no way of knowing for sure. Jon & Cameron, that was exactly the point I was trying to make with my “uncertain flag anecdote” comment. Had I said “speculative flag anecdote” perhaps I would have been more clear.

I was in a hurry to get to a 4th of July party. :)

Besides which, even if it is true, it is hardly proof that the East India Company was driving the bus of the revolution. They were chaotic times. With no official flag existing people wanted to show their defiance by flying something, anything, other than the Union Jack.

Being a land of merchants and traders perhaps someone had a BEIC flag (which apparently wasn’t allowed to be flown outside the Indian Ocean) handy and hoisted it to thumb their noses at the British in Boston.

Because the article Carmeron pointed to is speculative itself there is no way of knowing for sure.

]]> By: Jon http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48142 Jon Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:15:18 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48142 Cameron, I'm basing this solely on the Wikipedia entry you cite, but it seems you might want to read that source a bit more carefully. The entry states that the Grand Union flag was *possibly inspired* by the BEIC flag, not that it was a part-and-parcel adoption of said flag (and the implied corporate sponsorship). An interesting bit of trivia, sure, but it's hardly proof or even significant evidence that the American fight for independence was motivated by a corporation. Cameron,

I’m basing this solely on the Wikipedia entry you cite, but it seems you might want to read that source a bit more carefully.

The entry states that the Grand Union flag was *possibly inspired* by the BEIC flag, not that it was a part-and-parcel adoption of said flag (and the implied corporate sponsorship).

An interesting bit of trivia, sure, but it’s hardly proof or even significant evidence that the American fight for independence was motivated by a corporation.

]]> By: Jon http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-236344 Jon Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:15:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-236344 Cameron, I'm basing this solely on the Wikipedia entry you cite, but it seems you might want to read that source a bit more carefully. The entry states that the Grand Union flag was *possibly inspired* by the BEIC flag, not that it was a part-and-parcel adoption of said flag (and the implied corporate sponsorship). An interesting bit of trivia, sure, but it's hardly proof or even significant evidence that the American fight for independence was motivated by a corporation. Cameron,

I’m basing this solely on the Wikipedia entry you cite, but it seems you might want to read that source a bit more carefully.

The entry states that the Grand Union flag was *possibly inspired* by the BEIC flag, not that it was a part-and-parcel adoption of said flag (and the implied corporate sponsorship).

An interesting bit of trivia, sure, but it’s hardly proof or even significant evidence that the American fight for independence was motivated by a corporation.

]]> By: RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » Chris Brogan: Declaring Your Independence http://www.chrisbrogan.com/declaring-your-indepdendence/comment-page-1/#comment-48129 RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » Chris Brogan: Declaring Your Independence Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:12:30 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/declaring-your-indepdendence/#comment-48129 [...] Via: [chrisbrogan.com] - Declaring Your Independence [...] [...] Via: [chrisbrogan.com] – Declaring Your Independence [...]

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