Confederacy of the determined - (Southern heritage buffs vow "Confederate History Month")

WASHINGTON TIMES.COM ^ | APRIL 24, 2005 | Christina Bellantoni

[CHARLITE]

Southern heritage buffs vow to use the Virginia gubernatorial election as a platform for designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.

The four candidates have differing views on the Confederacy, an issue that has been debated for years in the commonwealth.

"We're not just a few people making a lot of noise," said Brag Bowling, a spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the oldest hereditary organization for male descendents of Confederate soldiers. "This is not a racial thing; it is good for Virginia. We're going to keep pushing this until we get it."

Each candidate recently shared his thoughts on what Mr. Bowling called a "litmus test for all politicians." Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine would not support a Confederate History and Heritage Month. Former state Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore would support something that recognizes everyone who lived during the Civil War.

Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. and Warrenton Mayor George B. Fitch would support a Confederate History and Heritage Month. Many past Virginia governors honored the Civil War or the Confederacy.

In 1990, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first black governor, a Democrat and a grandson of slaves, issued a proclamation praising both sides of the war and remembering "those who sacrificed in this great struggle."

Former Govs. George Allen and James S. Gilmore III, both Republicans, issued Confederate History Month proclamations. In 2000, Mr. Gilmore replaced that proclamation with one commemorating both sides of the Civil War -- a move that enraged the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, has refused to issue a gubernatorial decree on either side of the Civil War.

Mr. Kaine, another Democrat, would decline to issue a Confederate History and Heritage Month proclamation if he is elected governor, said his campaign spokeswoman, Delacey Skinner.

[stand watie]

as i've said numerous times before:

SHHHHHHHH! don't confuse the "useful idiots" with INconvienient FACTS!

rotflmRao!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

rotflmRao!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

why not ask them yourself, when you come to NYC to throw cream-pies & shout epithets at H K Edgerton, the members of the Black Confederate Soldier's Memorial Assn & a BUNCH og BLACK CSA re-enactors, when we march on NYC this fall???? (that will look FINE on national TV!)

i'm SURE that they will be GLAD to talk to another HATER.

as i've said numerous times: "Scratch a damnyankee & RACIST blood will pour from the wound".

[stand watie]

SHHHHHHHHH! don't confuse the damnyankee IDIOTS with FACTS!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

and your REPUTABLE, PRIMARY SOURCE for this allegation is????

come on admit you LIED (as you are just REPEATING common GOSSIP) about this too, just as you did when you (and a bunch of other DAMNyankee DUMMIES) said about what happened to our group at Ground Zero.

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

btw, when are you going to print the letters from our lay-pastor about what REALLY happened to our prayer group????

he e-mailed me a couple of sdays ago & said that he has sent you THREE missives, which haven't appeared here on FR.

[stand watie]

btw, when are you going to print the letters from our lay-pastor about what REALLY happened to our prayer group in NYC????

he e-mailed me a couple of days ago & said that he has sent you THREE missives, which haven't appeared here on FR.

free dixie,sw

[M. Espinola]

"i don't know about him, but i consider the KKK a domestic terrorist group."

Well, well, we agree.

"furthermore, they are as DUMB & filled with HATRED as the DAMNyankees (a small but LOUD-mouthed minority of northerners) are. the 2 groups are 2 sides of the same coin = HATERS/BIGOTS."

You lost me here, no idea what that ranting is all about.

[M. Espinola]

For the love of Mike you are too much -lolol

In terms of Mr. Edgerton; some friends will inform him with tangle proof of the backgrounds concerning the disreputable bunch he has chosen to asscociate with. I firmly believe after a in depth review of the voluminous documentation he will be alarmed and disassociate form the likes of neo-confederate rabble rouser's.

As for you and coming up here and marching. I will believe it when I see it, due to the fact of the string of other inventions & very tall tails you have stated on here.

Do you really like cream pies? My favourite is Boston Cream Pie, but in no way would that be wasted on your loud mouth _LOL maybe blueberry would be better.

[M. Espinola]

"i note that you do NOT have the GUTS to re-post the full text of your RACIST comments from # 645."

I already did dipstick. Maybe you need some new glasses?

[M. Espinola]

"otoh, i personally wish that he had NOT taken $$$$$$ as a lawyer for representing the klan.

"Kirk feels strongly that EVERYONE, even RACIST IDIOTS like the KKK, deserves effective legal counsel, when facing charges in court. he is, fwiw, NOT alone among lawyers in that belief. the ACLU & SPLC members feel the same (that's ONE reason i'm NOT a lawyer, as i could NOT represent persons whom i KNOW to be GUILTY of horrid crimes!)."

Yet you still have the nerve to come on here supporting him. Why not go all the way and throw support in the direction for those commie scum suckers in the ACLU while you are at it. No lawyer is forced to represent as legal council for the likes of of Klan or those hate groups at his wedding.

How do you, in good conscience, continue defending this rat bum, when you are fully cognizant of his past & present unsavory activities ?

[4CJ]

You will need to translate that last post into readable English. Maybe you are accustomed to dribbling out 'English' in that broken down manner, but I am not.

It's commonly known as a QUOTE.

[4CJ]

Region by region, Israel's best friends live in the South -- but guess who the neocons can't stand, and rag on constantly?

BUMP!

[N. Beaujon]

My ancestor, a grizzled veteran of many campaigns, snuck up behind the Officers horse, hooked a glowing coal from the fire, lifted the horses' tail and stuffed it into the equine's rectum!

That's MY FAMILY! We are so proud!

Your "family" is an ignorant disgrace.

[N. Beaujon]

The Politically Correct Northerners will never allow us to honor our war-dead.

You can honor your war dead all you want. Don't expect the rest of the nation to pander to your craven cause.

[4CJ]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

[RightWinger]

You can honor your war dead all you want. Don't expect the rest of the nation to pander to your craven cause.

Nobody's asking you to pander, just asking you to have the common decency to keep quiet when you're at the memorial service of someone else's relatives.

[Modernman]

btw, when are you going to print the letters from our lay-pastor about what REALLY happened to our prayer group???? he e-mailed me a couple of sdays ago & said that he has sent you THREE missives, which haven't appeared here on FR.

I have not received any such e-mails.

[Modernman]

just out of curiosity, do you REALLY believe any of the PRO-lincoln & PRO-DAMNyankee BILGE you post??

Let me be clear: I think Lincoln is in the top 5 when it comes to American Presidents. I think that the Union cause in the Civil War was just. I think that the main reason the South attempted to secede was due to slavery and the economic system in the South that was based on slavery. I think that, despite the bravery and honor of many Southern soldiers in th Civil War, they were fighting for an evil cause.

[Modernman]

the same thing that the ACLU was doing there.= being a LAWYER.

Perhaps. But we know a man by the company he keeps. The ACLU was there because they believe in free speech for everyone, including Klan members. Why was Kirk there?

if Kirk was at a contractor's convention, would that make him a BUILDING???

No. it would make him contractor or someone who is involved in the contracting business.