Posted on 07/14/2005 6:10:21 AM PDT by robowombat
Well, if you want to get into that aspect of it can I call it "The War of White Southern Rich Men Wanting to Leave the Party Early (Regardless of What Everybody Else in the Region Might Have Liked) but Some of the People Who Started the Party Said NO! You Can't Leave Yet Because We Don't Want You To and We're Willing to Go to War Over It."?
And then a Southerner fired the first shot. There, is that better?
That is one picturesque description of how the party was surely disrupted. :)
I figured the roach was a regional specialty.
What NYC delis would you recommend? I might try one out the next time I'm up there.
I strongly prefer "the War of Southern Treason" for succinctness and accuracy.
I've traveled and known people from every state and the Southern people are the nicest, friendliest, and "wisest" of all. I have no time for anyone who thinks that they have to change to be like all the other uppity elite liberals.
He's found another be smug about folks outside of NYC thread I reckon.
He posted twice here after my question.
I see the boy (??) is on the Huge Confederate Flag thread
this morning. Some "things" are better left alone I guess.
I think he is a retired middle school science teacher, not a professor. But your point is well taken.
I've been to all 50 states and lived in six of them, North, South, and West. I prefer the South, and Texas in particular, for overall quality of life.
Nobody says Yeehaw Massachusetts because most people wouldn't want to live in that screwed up state.
That's a Ted Kennedy thang and y'all can keep it.
Southernors to this day have a love of their state like no other citizen of any other state does. If you can't handle that, then I suggest you turn away and ignore them.
We ain't going away
Personally, I find Jeff Foxworthy's "humor" offensive.
Within original shucks link there is link to article:
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/11/Pasco/Wise_up__Bias_against.shtml
Quotes from North Carolina wartime governor and Confederate supporter Zebulon Vance:
"Liberty and independence can only be gathered of blood and misery sustained and fostered by devoted patriotism and heroic manhood. This requires a deep hold on the popular heart, and our people will not pay this price."
"The great popular heart is not now and never has been in the war. It was a revolution of the politicians; not the people."
And you are right about the oppressive measures the Confederate authorities used against Southern Unionists. The neo-Confederates talk loud and long about the "oppressive" Lincoln's measures against the North, but never make a mention of the tyranny of Jefferson Davis's regime.
The truth is that there was never enough support for the Confederacy and Southern nationalism to sustain the rebellion against the hardship of winning independence. If the Southerners of the 1860s did not deem the cause worthy to continue the fight, how can so many today appear to wish to reverse the verdict of history?
Thankfully, we are one country and one people comprising numerous regions. Why would anyone wish to reject the greatest nation man has been blessed with?
good comment on Foxworthy and Georgia Tech. Smart.
But not of their country.
And we would prefer that you stay down there.
I've learned something by observing my mother-in-law - a nice lady but one who had to survive by scraping and fighting. She can tellyou to go to hell in a figurative sense but will say it by laughing and smiling, and you don't even realized that you've been insulted.
You are correct that polite Southerners are subtle in their approach of offending when they mean to offend.
I remember one man describing another man as "a shabby little man" which I thought was a wonderfully sly comment!
But not of the fast ball or the slider. Hence his current occupation as a freak show act for a Long Island class A ball club.
I suppose if I had dogs under my porch and my aunt was my mother in law or some such thing, I wouldn't be able to laugh off his "humor."
I, personally, can be self-effacing and laugh at myself, and Jeff Foxworthy helps me do that.
Jeff Foxworthy's word of the month: sensuous
His usage: Hon, senz-u-was up, git me another beer, will ya?
Now that's funny.
In my book John Rocker would not qualify as a polite Southerner - And while it certainly wasn't wise of him to have the courage to tell it like it is, I appreciated his courage.
Still, Rocker's 0-2 record and 6.50 ERA was a better performance than the CSA had in April, 1865.
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