by Sadie5 11 Replies latest jw friends
Many Richmond residents are not happy about a statue of Lincoln being placed in their city.
http://kotv.com/pages/viewpage.asp?id=43633
I was born and raised in the North, now live in the South and can still see some deep rooted feelings towards Northeners or Yankees as they call us.
You are correct, Sadie. I am a northerner too, and have travelled widely through the south part of the USA. It seemed to me that the main reason the southerners showed any hospitality to us at all were because we brought Yankee dollars into their economy!!
I remember touring the Stone Mountain monument as a child, which from what I remember seems to be a shrine to the Confederacy (the 19th-century anti-federation secession movement in the southern states). They sat all of us tourists down and recreated some of the Civil War battles using a large relief-map under glass, and recounted to us how IF certain things had broken their way, the South could have won the civil war!!
They're still fighting the civil war down south, even though 138 years have passed. It made quite an impression on my young mind when I learned that.
I was born and raised in the deep south, but I've never felt any resentment toward yankees northerners. I just think they talk funny!
They're still fighting the civil war down south, even though 138 years have passed.
Damn, 138 years is a long time to hold a grudge.
I was born in the north, raised in the south, so I've heard all sides of these issues. Having said that it is time to put the old Confedercy where it belongs, in museums and history books. I have never heard anyone living advocate slavery or seperating from the union. To worship an idea that died over a century ago is pure idiocy. Besides, if we went back to the old ways we wouldn't have the great teams the Dallas Cowboys produced in recent history.
Damn, 138 years is a long time to hold a grudge.
So true. That's even longer than the NT grudge against the Jews, when it says "his blood be upon our children and our children's children." (Assuming it literally stops there)
I heard something else that puts a little perspective on war and grudges. They say that some Arabs still pray to avenge the conquests through Arab territory by Alexander the Great. (333 BC)
Gamaliel
Yeah, I agree! It will be Texas vs Marquet in the final. I'll dance with Cinderilla and pick the North to win again.
caveman
It ain't over! The south will riiiiiiise again!!!
Better dig out your great-grandfather's confederate money, 'cause it will soon have full face value!
Not only do Yankees talk funny, they don't eat grits. Now that's weird. You eat corn, you drink corn squeezings, you eat corn dogs, so why don't you eat grits? Grits IS groceries, y'know, and it's made outta corn. You gotta put lots of butter on it and lots of pepper, salt to taste. Some people like to mush up an easy-over egg into their grits. I like my grits neat.
And collard greens??? What's WRONG with you people? Anybody who can eat a rutabega turnip oughta be able to eat collard greens.
And make sure you get your barbeque SLICED. Chopped barbeque is a rip-off.
And know this, since it is the Holy of Holies in southern cookery: Never forget it: Barbeque ALWAYS involves a PIG. No cows need apply. No chickens. No goats. No lamb. Barbeque is PIG sure as you're born.
Anything else you'd like to know about southern cooking you just ask. I can cook that deep south heart attack food right along with the rest of 'em, and the best of 'em.
And I don't fight the War of the Northern Agression any more. Gave that up long time ago. It would have been a disaster if the south had won. We would never be the nation we are today, and the rednecks should stop and think about that.
francois
Weyall aaah nevaah!! Still faaahtin' thayat theyer wowar!!
Still, tomorrow's another day!
Expatbrit
Besides, if we went back to the old ways we wouldn't have the great teams the Dallas Cowboys produced in recent history.
Um Bug- Um- just whatcha trying to say there sweetie?
I KNOW you couldn't possibly mean that the Dallas Cowboys are a great team themselves in recent history so are ya tryin to say that they are "producing" other great teams like in a factory or somethin?
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BTW- get over it you guys down there in the south - WE WON !!
XW of the "Yankee Cheesehead" class
