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The cry of the loon:

Southern heritage groups called for an economic boycott of Atlanta yesterday, a day after Georgia voters overwhelmingly approved a state flag without the Confederate battle emblem.

"Large segments of the Georgia General Assembly have more regard for the Yankee dollars ... than they do for the wishes of their constituents," said Ray McBerry of the Georgia League of the South. "We encourage Southerners to cease doing business within the city-state of Atlanta."

With neither flag inciting strong emotions, many voters were swayed by aesthetics.

"It's a better-looking flag," John Buchner, a graduate student from Athens, said of the banner voters approved.

(via AP)

Man, I'm a Yankee and I wish I had some dollars....