November 05, 2003

I was hoping you'd blog on that bullshit.

Thanks Acidman! I had been wanting to rant on that and you do it so well!

Bush was here in Birmingham for an hour on Monday in order to raise 1.75 million dollars. Fund raising is the only reason why the Repubs have to come here during the presidential campaign, since Alabamians will vote for him no matter what he says or does. I'm not suggesting they vote Democrat, but could we at least have some discourse? Maybe somebody could have a thought? Blind acceptance is dangerous.

What Democrats have visited Alabama, Sugarmama?

I tried to watch a Democratic Presidential candidate debate a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't stomach it; I got sick.

Dean isn't a Yankee. He's a Demobrat. There's a difference. A big difference.

Those people you saw running into burning buildings and putting up American flags by the millions, THOSE are Yankees.

The nine numbnuts you see trying to give our country away and pander to whatever lunatic will give them a vote, well, those are traitors.

Mr. Lion, you got me there. There's a BIG difference between those firemen and yankee politicians.

I apologize for painting with too broad a brush. And YOU KNOW that I seldom apologize for anything.

Those people you saw running into burning buildings and putting up American flags by the millions, THOSE are Yankees.

Hear! Hear!

Being a Yankee by accident of birth is no sin. Acting like an idiot carpetbagger is.

When you see graffiti that says: "Yankee Go Home" in Germany or France, they don't mean people from Illinois or Maine.

My favorite story:

When I first arrived in the U.S., I went to see a guy about a job in Texas. I told him I knew I was going to have a problem getting a job, depsite my quite-impressive resume -- because I was a foreigner.

He leaned back in his chair, put his cowboy boots up on the desk, and said:

"Look on the bright side, boy. You coulda been a Yankee."

As a former rebel, a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Master's degree from SOUTHERN Illinois University @ Carbondale, a former Californian and a current resident of Illinois, I can confidently state two things: The Democrats are losing everywhere (See the govenors of California, Kentucky and Mississippi for examples) and secondly, that I echo Acidman's commentary and applaud his cracker ass for making it easy for the rest of us to agree with him.

What I thought was funny (in a sad sort of way) was how Dean pretty much insulted the HAIL out of all of Florida Democrats that weren't L3s. You know.....the ones that put Jeb into office, and think that maybe a man that has been accused of abusing his wife, and some of her doctors have said that her injury was due to attempted strangulation, shouldn't be making the decision about whether she should live or die.

Oh gawd, and I was just starting to warm up to Howard the Duck. Dang, now I got to start all over. Geezzzzzzzzzzz louize!

Dean is what we call around ehre a Damyankee.

A Yankee is fine, that's jsut someone from up north. A Damyankee is someone who is convinced he superior to everyone down here, just because he came from up north.

There is a difference.

My definition of an idiot:

A southerner or a yankee that keeps on referring to each other as anything BUT an American. Displaying the confederate on your car is fine just as long as you know you're displaying the banner of losing team. It's not displayed out of pride, it's displayed out of rebellion and the refusal to accept progress. I don't know a single person from the south that displays that divisive symbol that doesn't hold non-southerners in some sort of contempt. Get over it already!

Tim (Valdosta, GA)

I do not like Dean for many of the reasons posted.
Tim has a good point about the confederate flag.
I was born and raised in Texas and just grew up saying my pledge to the American Flag.
We are all Americans and that idiot Dean & the democrats are sinking lower day by day.

I agree, we need a pejorative for the likes of Dean that doesn't simply (1) simultaneously diss everyone who happens to have been born in the wrong part of the country or (2) apply to all Americans in other parts of the world. I'm not sure what the right word for that is, but "Yankee" definitely ain't it. "Fuckwit" might be an acceptable substitute, assuming Misha hasn't trademarked it yet.

Governor Doc -- given his proclivities WRT freedom of speech, etc., he fits right in with Papa Doc and Baby Doc.

Thanks, Tim the Soldier, for your description of the sentiments behind many of those who flaunt the image of the confederate flag.

There is nothing wrong with honoring the dead or admiring their valor in combat. No army in WWII sacrficed more (or accomplished more with less resources) than the German army. But their monuments don't fly Nazi flags nor are those flags waived at memorial ceremonies.

I agree, the confederate flag is a symbol of rebellion and division (continuing to this day). It's a way of saying "Up yours, Yankee!" (Parentheticaly, I would add that it is also a symbol of historical treason - whatever the reasons for the treason. I won't go into the slavery and race issues because they are too obvious.).

I know there are those who would argue that flying the flag is just a celebration of Southern history and culture. Perhaps they are right. Maybe we Northerners just aren't proud enough to celebrate our history and could learn a thing or two from the defenders of the confederate flag. We could start with the display of flags throughout our state capitols memorializing Sherman's march through Georgia

Hey Tim the Soldier, I sport the Confederate flag. It is forever a part of my flesh (a tattoo in case your IQ is too low to realize the statement), forever my heritage. Not a hate symbol or whatever you want to call it. The 'losing team'? Whatever dude. I display it out of pride. I'm proud to be a Southerner (unlike yourself) and I'm damn proud to be American. On of my best friends is a Yankee from Pennsylvania..part of the bloodline of William Penn as a matter of fact. So take your opinion and shove it up your ass. You calling it a divisive symbol puts you on the same level as that dumb ass Dean. Guess you learned a new word during the Iowa fund raiser. You don't know what's coming out your ass to be words or farts. Americans are Americans ( I am also part Native American). It is stupid little terds like you who try to divide us. Go to hell.