Gettin’ Our Scots-Irish Up

NRO ^ | November 15, 2004 | Mackubin T. Owens

[NeoCaveman]

BTTT

[American72]

PING for the Scots-Irish

[elbucko]

I ain't rich, But Lord I'm free..

A concept that socialists cannot comprehend.

[NeoCaveman]

I ain't rich, But Lord I'm free..
A concept that socialists cannot comprehend.

And they can never understand it because the very basis of Marxist theory is that everything is economics.

[elbucko]

The election results reflect the decision of the right wing to cultivate and exploit ignorance in the citizenry.

Nooo, I don't think so. I'm willing to wager that there is more poverty and hate, more extremes of income and a higher cost of everything in the "Blue States".

[investigateworld]

Excellent post.

[elbucko]

And they can never understand it because the very basis of Marxist theory is that everything is economics.

Yes. Had the socialists written the Declaration of Independence, they would have substituted the "pursuit of Happiness" with the pursuit of "identical possessions" and in doing so lost the very soul of the American Revolution.

[Tamar1973]

I'm willing to wager that there is more poverty and hate, more extremes of income and a higher cost of everything in the "Blue States".

Definetly more crime in the Blue States, too. There were 32 drive by shootings so far in Santa Rosa CA this year, for example, which is a town of 150,000, which is smaller than Colorado Springs, CO, for example.

32 drive-bys this year: In Santa Rosa, shootings are rising at an alarming rate, leaving lasting scars for victims and the community

[billhilly]

Thanks for this post. It really finds a receptive ear from me. My grandfathers were both Scots and by the time I came along just about 67 years ago, both families had found their way, a few generations earlier, to Western Kentucky. Country music has been a big part of my life, and this article missed some of the best, as well as included some of the best. Ray Price's Burning Memories comes to mind, as well as his pionering "big sound" recordings with lots of strings.

Naturally, I spent time in the military, as did two of my three brothers. It was the thing to do. I would disagree with the author about the greatest country song, although he did mention both George Jones and "He stopped loving her today."

[Tax-chick]

[think Charlie Daniels: "The Devil came Down to Georgia"],

The Devil WENT Down to Georgia.

[Tax-chick]

latest favorite, Gretchen Philips, the redneck woman

Gretchen WILSON

[deaconjim]

I'm married to one 'straight off the boat'. Wouldn't change a thing!

[Muleteam1]

There's no music prettier than the haunting sounds of a good Scotch fiddler. Download some today.

Muleteam1

[utahagen]

I'm of Scot-Irish ancestry myself and just this weekend, I bought this book for my father for Christmas. Delighted to read a good review.

[Tax-chick]

There's nothing like a "ghost of Hank Williams" song.

A real country fan would have mentioned David Allan Coe's "The Ride." Alan Jackson is SO mainstream ...

[elbucko]

Definitely more crime in the Blue States, too.

No doubt. I'm just South of Santa Rosa, CA (I used to play in bagpipe competition at the fairgrounds there in the 80's) and it's blue here in LA. Blue is an indication of the quality of urban and suburban life going down, except for gated communities, of which there are many. The blue states are a pathological demographic that needs to be studied, rather than held up as example.

[VOA]

bump

[TADSLOS]

[investigateworld]

Hey, lighten up there just doing the shootings that Americans won't do. (LOL!!!)
But series, I traced my roots back to Northern Ireland, where the country music as we know it started, then onto Scotland.
Seems the clanna made a stop in Holland, after leaving France (oh the shame)