Rebel flag shakes up assembly

showmenews.com ^ | Published Friday, February 3, 2006 | ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff

[Desron13]

A month passed between his first meeting with a recruiter and the day Lanman and his parents signed the waiver required of recruits younger than 18. Although his father left the decision to join the Marines to his son, Lanman’s mother made sure he understood the risks."

Not to boast, but I joined the Navy the same way.

“We talked a lot before he signed,” says Lorraine Lanman. “No matter how proud of him I was, I had to play devil’s advocate. But he told me, ‘Mom, if I don’t do this, I will always feel like I should have served...’ ”

Welcome my brother in arms.

[MikefromOhio]

So long as you aren't talking about a hellhole called Waynesboro, I agree with you.

Waynesboro is about the worst town I have ever been too or had the dishonor of living in.

Gettysburg is nice though.

[Clemenza]

Hint, the top flag is the spanish fag that flew over St. Augustine...)

Funny, don't seem to remember Pedro Almodovar flying over St. Augustine. ;-)

But you are correct. The Florida flag is based on the old Hapsburg Spanish flag.

[hookman]

More power to the kids! The school should have been teaching them what the civil war was really about instead of accusing them of a disruption.
...the flag of the state of Texas might have been more appropriate... Would this one have done the trick?...

[buccaneer81]

I'm referring mostly to their vowels, not their vocabulary.

Well, in Western PA that's what all the last names end with ;-) My ex-wife grew up in Beaver County. Purgatory.

[dakine]

Ever visit Chuck County?

[Clemenza]

[Dutchgirl]

the spanish fag ..there are times that spell check is NOT our friend...

[SC33]

"All of Ohio east of there and Western Pennsylvania is Appalachia. Big time."

I think the same could be said of Central PA.

[SC33]

Lol, I love how you get so worked up over Waynesboro. I believe I have read your posts on the subject on other threads. Admittedly, I know nothing about the town. My favorite areas of PA are Berks and Lancaster Counties. I just hope the Amish don't keep getting pushed off their land. For God sakes, leave them alone!!! They just want to live in peace.

[MikefromOhio]

yeah...

it's just one town.

Chambersburg isn't that bad. Anything to the west of Waynesboro isn't that bad.

There's just something about that crappy little town that didn't work.

Maybe it was the people marrying their cousins. I don't know. I just never liked it there and although I lived there for 14 years, my brother and I were always referred to as the "outsiders"....

[buccaneer81]

I think the same could be said of Central PA

Yup. Used to drive through there from Connecticut at least three times a year back in the '90s.

[SC33]

"Maybe it was the people marrying their cousins. I don't know. I just never liked it there and although I lived there for 14 years, my brother and I were always referred to as the "outsiders"...."

I feel your pain. I have been stuck in my fair share of towns I just wanted to escape from.

As for PA, it has that Appalachia feel. I actually like it, but alot of people do not.

[SC33]

What county is Waynesboro in, btw.?

[buccaneer81]

my brother and I were always referred to as the "outsiders"....

LOL! I married a girl from Beaver County in Western PA. I was called a "cakeeater." Go figure. The biggest compliment my in-laws gave me was that I was the "right religion" (Catholic). But in their estimation I was "too white."

[Diddle E. Squat]

"Me and Kevin, we don’t believe in slavery or anything else that goes along with the symbol," Lanman said.

The superior intellect of the white southern flag waver on display...

[SC33]

"His Appalachian drawl was so thick, you'd think he was from down in the Virginia/Kentucky coal country, but he was born and raised up around Happy Valley. I have no idea where that accent came from."

Though I'm sure you already knew this, PA is, or at least was, a huge coal mining state. It has a huge cultural influence on the state. I also read somewhere that it has the lowest level of outward migration, so most people who are from there, live there all their lives. I don't think there are too many people moving in anymore either, at least not to central and Western PA.

[MikefromOhio]

Franklin.

Interestingly enough, when we moved to Columbus, OH, we were about 3 miles outside of Franklin County in Ohio :)

[MikefromOhio]

yeah....

I don't know.

Waynesboro was something else. Literally the mullet was still in fashion there in 1997 when I left....

[LibKill]

Ahem.

We (southerns) lost that war.

It's kind of like wearing the headdress of an Apache Chief.

It makes you a loser by association.

Furl that Confederate Flag. It had its place in time but it is no more.

The only flags I desire now are the Flag of the State of Texas, the Star Spangled Banner, and the Standard of the USMC.