okay...i'll check back when i get home. thanks, all. i'm getting more and more curious...hope i can find this corner.

its a promo for young jeezy's new album. its coming out on sept 2 08. he has the black flag in his new video

An album, movie, or TV show release date seems like the most likely candidate for this advertisement.

The Republican National Convention runs from September 1-4 though.

okay my best guess:
Rage Against The Machine is getting back together and anouncing something big on that day.
they used the exact same flag design to help promote the album
Evil Empire
i was gonna post this earlier but i was worried about how it might scare some people.

Frankly, the way things are going in this country, the first thing I thought of is a not so subtle declaration of civil war.

Pretty sure this is something political. I saw a sticker like that on a car here in Charleston, WV right beside an Obama '08 sticker. Well thats my 2 cents!

I was going to say, September 2nd is the second day of the Republican National Convention, and also the first day after Labor Day.

Could be warning of a protest? A dramatic demonstration by black block anarchist types? They always hit the Republican Convention harder than the Dem's .. heheh. Heck, I'd go protest if it was closer.

But anyways, thats all I can think of, something to do with the 2nd day of the convention. The black symbolizes negativity, but also anarchy (because it is symbolic of the 'black block' anarchist protester group), and strangely, unity but not american unity, some other form of unity?

I dont know..

Well, first off, whoever made up that flag can't count, as there are only 41 stars not 50. And for some reason my web browser won't view the 2nd image.

The flag has 41 stars, and 12 stripes, if that helps anyone.
So we lost 9 states and 1 of the original colonies.

Just wait for the numerologists-or-whatever to chime in..

It's probably nothing sinister.