Marginally factual... None of my ancestors who fought in the War of Southern Independence were slave owner or supported the institution.
As for the Founding Fathers, they would applaud his rant. First Amendment... But they founded a Republic, not a Federal Democracy. So what if he was a Blue, I wasn't a Red. I'm LIBERTARIAN! So are a lot of my SOUTHERN friends. He also needs to remember WHERE the first permanent colonies in the hemisphere were founded. That's right, Florida. St. Augustine, July 5, 1565. Plymouth wasn't founded until 1620. Also, I had an ancestor building Louisiana as a major colony in 1650 while his ancestor was probably still pronging sheep in England. Remember my State has only existed 36 years less than his. It only took that long because his ancestors were too afraid to cross the Appalachian Mountains and had to rely on the Virginians to open the rest of the country. Our Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution with incredible humility. Even Thomas Paine has a tone of humility in his writings. All I can say about the taxes is http://www.fairtax.org/. If you don't like it, tough, I do! As for divorce rates, I think they can thank the CATHOLIC BISHOPS and the Irish for that. Just like New Orleans and St. Louise can thank the French. Remember, not all of the South is fundamentalist. Some of us are Roman Catholic. As for our convention, I'm not sure where the LIBERTARIAN party is holding the 2008 convention, but I know 2004 wasn't in New York, we were in Atlanta, Georgia. That was the Republicans. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com [snip] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136078 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
