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Well, you'd be wrong. I spent a miserable year of my life living in Georgia while in the military. I found the weather atrocious, the life style about 25 years behind the rest of the country, and the people either dumb crackers, racists, or both. There were white areas of the town where our black soldiers were told not to visit because their safety couldn't be guaranteed.
So you can take your south and place it where the sun don't shine.
I spent a few years living in the Norfolk area. Doesn't make me an expert on the state of Virginia.
I've noticed alot of people from the North that may not have roots in the south have been flying the Rebel Flag and even the Stars and Bars. It seems like alot more Northeners are taking pride in the South or Confederate States. To me, I don't really mind it. I think alot of northeners may like the flag because they see it as a conservative symbol or a symbol of keeping America the way it was. Just wondering what you think about it?
My dad flys both the Rebel Flag and Stars and Bars infront of our house and he always gets very nasty reactions for it and alot of people questioning why. He has to explain that we have ancestors that fought for the South that came from Arkansas and from Southern Illinois. Then the usual reaction is a crazy look and a "oook...it's 2009 ya know?"
Anyone else in the same situation?
Great Post oldtimebanjo and most welcome
We have noticed the same type of incidents way up here on the East Coast ! Confederate Flags flying on pickup trucks, waving on poles with the American Flag, and worn as a patch on various jackets and hats !
There certainly appears to be a most welcome trend being set these days ... Southern Pride being publically displayed ! Yes friends Southern Heritage is indeed worthy of display in todays America just as it was so long ago in the "Old South" !
It's good to know that American's are exercising their right to display what they are so extremely proud of ... especially if their distant relatives were directly involved in this most interesting phase of American History.
That Old Confederate Flag was most appealing as it magnificiently waved from the back of that brand new Chevy Pickup truck last week !
This may be just the beginning phase of restoring some of the national pride and honor that this nation has all but flushed down the toliet.
Being Proud of ones "Heritage" is a good thing ... and don't ever allow some PC "Looney Tune" to tell you any different !
An over-reaching govenrment in your world being any government that doesn't recognize and cater to the natural superiority of white folks, right?
Ya know, that's twice this week someone has presumed to know me......
Almost every post of your's contains the word "white" or "black".
Are you, yourself, a racist? It's okay to admit it.
When the Fed is doing more for big corporations and unions than they are for the People, THAT'S when they over-reach their leash.
Social programs?
I'm all for 'em. Hell, my tax dollars pay for it so why not?
I'm not okay with someone with no idea how to run a business is going to tax me even more to pay for even more people. We can make cuts before we raise taxes, can't we, instead of spending gobs of money for nothing.
(you would be very surprised to learn some of my situation)
Being Proud of ones "Heritage" is a good thing ... and don't ever allow some PC "Looney Tune" to tell you any different !
Thanks / Lamar
Now wait a second. I'm a multi-generational native Californian proud of my heritage but I don't fly the original or current California bear flag here in VA and I've never seen anyone else do it either. Just curious why it's only Southern heritage that seems to bring out this "pride". Maybe it has to be the flag of an entity that fought against the United States?
Ya know, that's twice this week someone has presumed to know me......
Almost every post of your's contains the word "white" or "black".
Are you, yourself, a racist? It's okay to admit it.
When the Fed is doing more for big corporations and unions than they are for the People, THAT'S when they over-reach their leash.
Social programs?
I'm all for 'em. Hell, my tax dollars pay for it so why not?
I'm not okay with someone with no idea how to run a business is going to tax me even more to pay for even more people. We can make cuts before we raise taxes, can't we, instead of spending gobs of money for nothing.
(you would be very surprised to learn some of my situation)
He sounds like a Scottish ******...I don't see why he's got an axe to grind, but it seems that he does.
I might suggest that you have your parents drive you to Oceanside, CA - specifically to the gates of Camp Pendleton.
While you cannot go onto the base, if you sit outside the base, I GUARANTEE you will see Marines, driving off base, flying the "Stars and Bars" from their vehicles.
Then, I would suggest you go down to downtown Oceanside and you will see vehicles with those same flags - and go up to those drivers and call them Traitors - go ahead and do it. Then, try to "tear up" those flags.
I can GUARANTEE you that you will learn a life lesson.
OBTW - my daughter, who is Black, has her "stars and bars" flags and towels -
Now wait a second. I'm a multi-generational native Californian proud of my heritage but I don't fly the original or current California bear flag here in VA and I've never seen anyone else do it either. Just curious why it's only Southern heritage that seems to bring out this "pride". Maybe it has to be the flag of an entity that fought against the United States?
Well, there doesn't seem to be alot of "northern pride" except maybe in a few areas. One of the reasons why southerners have so much pride might be because if it weren't for us the rest of the country would try to destroy all history of the south and wipe us out? Also, most southerners are of scotch-irish descent. People who have had to fight their whole lives to be what they are, so there's a good reason to have pride in where you came from and where your history lies.
Ya know, that's twice this week someone has presumed to know me......
Almost every post of your's contains the word "white" or "black".
Are you, yourself, a racist? It's okay to admit it.
When the Fed is doing more for big corporations and unions than they are for the People, THAT'S when they over-reach their leash.
Social programs?
I'm all for 'em. Hell, my tax dollars pay for it so why not?
I'm not okay with someone with no idea how to run a business is going to tax me even more to pay for even more people. We can make cuts before we raise taxes, can't we, instead of spending gobs of money for nothing.
(you would be very surprised to learn some of my situation)
Well, no, actually the Federal government over-reaches its leash when it grasps power involvement in areas specifically not granted to it in the Constitution.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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