tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post114684662499795824..comments2023-10-17T04:29:38.465-07:00Comments on Notions' Oceans: Whom Defeat Could Not DishonorParkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578760060845449671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post-1147800338975235022006-05-16T10:25:00.000-07:002006-05-16T10:25:00.000-07:00No. We call him other things.No. We call him other things.Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922786452973982414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post-1146856804392368802006-05-05T12:20:00.000-07:002006-05-05T12:20:00.000-07:00And to talk to Georgians and South Carolinians (or...And to talk to Georgians and South Carolinians (or read the headlines, for that matter), they are still fighting, as if they never got word of the peace signed in Virginia. <BR/><BR/>Do people call your brother "General" in casual society?Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14424507380058902673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post-1146855316854770862006-05-05T11:55:00.000-07:002006-05-05T11:55:00.000-07:00For years I lived in north Florida, which was cult...For years I lived in north Florida, which was culturally south Georgia. Took many trips through Georgia, and dealt with many Georgians who came through Florida. <BR/><BR/>Despite my Virginian chauvinism (or perhaps because of it) I was always annoyed that Sherman hadn't done a better job. <BR/><BR/>It was the Georgians and South Carolinians who started the damn war, and then left it to VirginiansClemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922786452973982414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post-1146850835915457742006-05-05T10:40:00.000-07:002006-05-05T10:40:00.000-07:00Well, sure there is the romance for the good ol' d...Well, sure there is the romance for the good ol' days of mint juleps on the porch and all that, before the Lincoln's Grand Old Party burned down the South, but 1) the barbecue & ball scene in Gone with the Wind was only every day reality for 1/2 of 1% of the population; even those were on the brink of economic collapse and the rest were subsistence farmers and 2) no one supports Lincoln's Grand Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14424507380058902673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411023.post-1146848195569960382006-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:002006-05-05T09:56:00.000-07:00I grew up not far from you - in Loudon. 'Mosby's C...I grew up not far from you - in Loudon. 'Mosby's Confederacy' - I even named my cat Mosby. I grew up saluting the Confederate flag and singing Dixie (its easier to sing than the Star Spangled Banner - in whichever language). One of my brothers is now a General in the Confederate Army. <BR/><BR/>I grew up however, and rejected the Lost Cause. It was lost before it started. A modern nation state Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922786452973982414noreply@blogger.com