Osler's Razor

How can you not love the Texas flag?  It's simple, attractive, and represents something about the state (the "Lone Star").  I'm not crazy about having a pledge to a state flag, but the flag itself is pretty great.

Contrast that with what Minnesota has to offer:


What a terrible mess!  Elected one of the "Ten worst flags" by the North American Vexillological Association, it is cluttered with three different dates, a motto in French, 87 circles and 19 stars, a flower, and the horrifying scene of a Native American watching his land get plowed under by a white farmer.  Yikes!  Desecration of this flag is a misdemeanor under state law; really, it should be a civic duty.

Of course, when I lived there, Texas seemed to be going for the "Minnesota Flag Effect" with their license plates, which were littered with images of a cowboy, an oil derrick, the Space Shuttle, a cow, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and a bunch of other stuff.