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January is the birthday month of War Between the States Generals; James Longstreet born on January 8, 1821, Thomas Jonathan ‘Stonewall’ Jackson born on January 21, 1824, George Pickett born on January 28, 1825 and Thursday, January 19, 2012, is the 205th birthday of General Robert E. Lee.

John B. Gordon, born February 6, 1832, was an orator, lawyer, statesman, soldier, publisher and governor of the State of Georgia.

Liberal vs. Conservative vs. Southerner Scenario: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock 45 and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do? Liberal Answer: Well, that's not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to...

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Southerner? Here is a little test that will help you decide. The answer can be found by posing the following question: You're walking down a deserted street with your wifeand two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you,screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises theknife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. Whatdo you do? ............................................................... THINK CAREFULLY AND THEN...

Subject: Democrat vs Republican vs Southerner How do you tell the difference between Democrats, Republicans, and Southerners?

Dear Senator kerry: The news that you have finally decided on a vice-presidential candidate has percolated down to me and Boudreau and the rest of the guys at Daryl's Bait Shop here in Lagniappe, Louisiana. I can tell you confidentially that none of us were whooping and cheering, "Glory be! Kerry picked a Southerner for VP." To begin with, we are American, first, last, and always, and we believe the rumors that the War Between the States been over for a considerable quantity of time. Second, there is a kind of cold calculating condescension involved here which leaves a bad...

YOU'RE READING this newspaper in Virginia, which, by most accounts, means you're in the South. If you drive about an hour down Interstate 95, you hit Richmond, once the capital of the Confederacy. So you would think that living in Virginia, being a Virginian, would make you a Southerner.Not so, it seems. At least, not for everyone. A recent study by Vanderbilt University professor Larry Griffin and graduate student Ashley Thompson found that an average of only 64 percent of survey respondents in the years 1991 to 2001 said they considered themselves Southerners.The Vanderbilt researchers analyzed data from telephone polls...

"In a letter soliciting Southern Democrats to join his new 'campaign advisory committee,'" Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., "asserts that he is a different kind of Southerner than" former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R- Miss., newsobserver.com reports. Different kind of Southerner means:1) Lives in multi-million dollar house in Georgetown. 2) Votes in line with Ted Kennedy. 3) Gets most of his campaign money from California. 4) Boycotts states that fly the Confederate flag. 5) Jokes that he will make Jeff Gordon Secretary of State. 6) Hires Los Angeles joke writer to develop jokes for the Gridiron Dinner, which explains #5.

What we call today "liberalism" was born in New England. In 1864, Orestes Brownson, a New Englander himself, wrote an essay contrasting Southern and Northern societies. His description of the New Englander describes exactly the modern liberal."The New Englander," Brownson wrote, "has excellent points, but is restless in body and mind, always scheming, always in motion, never satisfied with what he has, and always seeking to make all the world like himself, or as uneasy as himself."This desire to make everyone like himself is a major characteristic of the modern liberal. This is what paradoxically leads him to be anti-democratic,...