Spain - football and flag


	Spain - football and flag

nzclipfreak

7-2-2008 5:28 AM

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spain, football, europe, sport, nationalism, society

nzclipfreak says:

Something I didn't know about the Spanish flag and an interesting commentary on contemporary Spain

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/773d1ff4-2a3c-4c9f-943e-03ee99b0c36a/9DDC67D8-691D-43BE-801D-4C753A5C6B43/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-reign-of-spain-european-champions-of-nearly-everything-857602.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-reign-of-spain-european-champions-of-nearly-everything-857602.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.independent.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-reign-of-spain-european-champions-of-nearly-everything-857602.html"><P>Spain is enjoying a moment of glory. Last night's triumphal homecoming of Euro 2008's conquering heroes revealed everything that is good about Spaniards today, their spontaneity, their gregarious sociability, their unbridled – sometimes excessive – lust for partying. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-reign-of-spain-european-champions-of-nearly-everything-857602.html">The squad overthrew an inferiority complex to become the beautiful killing 
  machine that entranced the world. "We tried to be German, we tried to 
  be Italian and it was all fake. We triumphed when we became true to 
  ourselves, a bunch of small blokes running around making art out of the game 
  we loved," said one veteran yesterday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-reign-of-spain-european-champions-of-nearly-everything-857602.html">the flag. It has long been seen by many as an arrogant 
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