Florida crackers fly their flag high

Just because one can do something doesn’t mean one should.

The i's are dotted, t's are crossed and a 139-foot flagpole is ready to fly the Stars and Bars over one of the busiest highway interchanges in Florida.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans in Tampa plan soon to raise what they claim is the world's largest Confederate flag on a private triangle of land tucked near where Interstates 75 and 4 meet. The flag measures 50 feet by 30 feet.

I don’t know about you but to me, nothing says “Welcome to the Sunshine State” like 1,500 square feet of fluttering racial agitation. I will bet that when the Florida Commission on Tourism found out about this little plan, the whole lot had to be put on suicide watch.