Don't you wish we had a better shape? I am not talking about your waistline or silhouette or mine. I am talking about the physical shape of our nation, the shape it makes on maps. And don't get me started on the shape of my state. I mean, a fingerless glove? How are we going to lead the nation with a shape like that?
Ok, leaving aside the state, what is the shape we should have if we are going to lead the world? That is what we want to do, right? Lead the world? Ok, the earth, I mean. I guess it could be a circle, a perfect circle. That would be distinctive and maybe inspirational. I don't know, though. In no time, our detractors and maybe even countries that like us would think a circle is indicative of zero. Sometimes we are said to have no discipline, or no history, or no patience. Maybe we are low on maturity and even wisdom. Scratch the circle.
What about a five-pointed star? It's true that quite a few nations beside the USA use stars but it looks like many of the Commonwealth nations (related to Britain) use 7-pointed stars. Well, of course, making the USA contiguous states into a five-star shape will be a large engineering project. I doubt if we want to go to the bother of moving Alaska, Hawaii and other US territories, so let's just stick to the main 48. Our graphic designers could get to work laying out the best way to lay a five-pointed star onto the current shape. It is roughly a rectangle in landscape mode as depicted on many maps.
Let's each kick in a dollar or so and maybe get the project started. It will need some careful and sensitive political shepherding but in the long run, it could unite us into greatness.
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Bill
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