[kiryandil]

The Spiveys on this thread are absolute foamers - we're just talking about honoring a great American, when suddenly Spivey #1 shows up with spittle flying out of his mouth, ranting about "Lost Causers".

I'm a Yankee, and none of my grandparents even arrived in this country until after 1900.

I just respect American history, and great Americans.

I don't wipe my @ss with their memory, unlike the Spiveys of Free Republic.

I ran across this quote in my travels:

[Robert Edward] Lee, despite facing constant shortages of men and supplies, meets the overwhelming forces of the Northern States and defeats them in battle after battle. Yet after each defeat the Northerners simply recruit new soldiers, resupply their vast armies, and come after Lee's valiant but shrinking forces again and again. In the end not even Lee's tactical genius can save the outnumbered and outgunned Confederates from eventual defeat.

Thank you for being an American, General Lee.

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, in my case, I was born in Pennsylvania and most of my ancestors were not here until 1880 at the earliest. Some of my ancestors on my father's side also were mistreated too, my great grandmother was a Russian Jew who suffered under the pogroms twice until she made it over here. BTW, the South also had many prominent Jews and a rich Jewish history until the Klan got fired up. I know, slavery was a part of the war but it was just a part, not the whole picture.

If you think about it, if the "Spiveys" (I'd ping them all but I just added "All" in the To: line) were British, circa 1770/1780, they would use the same logic where the Founding Fathers and the people who fought for the American Revolution as traitors. I guess is some cases, it is all relative, I'm sure the world would be different if we lost the Revolution, the Confederates have won or the Soviets made it to the Moon first, the question if it being better or worse off well, that's speculation.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes this thread is a memorial to a great Southern leader and hero. So all of us in the South are happy to reflect on that and thank God that most of these hysterical nut jobs that have shown up probably don’t have an extra can of chili in the pantry and will be in the first die off when the SHTF. LOL!