To: WOBBLY BOB
As a Texan, I want to know what the heck folks in Minneapolis are doing celebrating Juneteenth. ‘Tain’t their holiday.
Any excuse for a party, I guess.
11 posted on
06/21/2008 7:31:45 PM PDT by
Jedidah
To: Jedidah
Any excuse for a party, I guess. Any excuse for a shooting, it would seem. ;-)
19 posted on
06/21/2008 7:36:37 PM PDT by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: Jedidah
As a Texan, I want to know what the heck folks in Minneapolis are doing celebrating Juneteenth. ‘Tain’t their holiday.I was wondering the same thing.
20 posted on
06/21/2008 7:37:12 PM PDT by
theymakemesick
(The war on drugs benefits government agencies, politicians and drug dealers, they don't want to win.)
To: Jedidah
OK, sorry. I plead ignorance.
I just looked “Juneteeth” up on Wikipedia and found that it’s apparently gone national.
Terrible holiday. . . where I grew up it was just an excuse for certain folks to get drunk. Don’t get me wrong: emancipation is certainly cause for celebration — but it took TWO YEARS for slaves in Texas to find out they were free! I think I’d be aggravated.
Whatever — you learn something new every day.
21 posted on
06/21/2008 7:38:47 PM PDT by
Jedidah
To: Jedidah
As a Texan, I want to know what the heck folks in Minneapolis are doing celebrating Juneteenth. ‘Tain’t their holiday. Any excuse for a party, I guess.
Or an excuse to make money, lol.
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