We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:56:03 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... Time to add a new caveat, because from email it's not clear to some folks (mind you, if you don't read this it won't matter...) Being an open post, people (collectively, the Denizens) other than I post in the H&I. They sign their work (most of the time) - keep that in mind when you want... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:19:26 -0600 As a native of the town when the teacher, Freshwater, teaches, he will surely have the support of the citizens of that town. It is still very much like it was when I was a kid - religious, patriotic, very supportive of taking care of their own, very quick to step up to the plate when needed. They exemplify the old line issues that this country has had for generations. I still remember when I was just about to graduate from high school. They wanted a new high school and a new YMCA and it was time for the Community Chest (what United Givers Fund was called then). They raised it by cash donations in 2 weeks to pay for all 3 of them - and this is a town which is half farm and half blue collar. No bonds floated for anything. Times have changed but I would almost bet they could come close to doing that same thing now. It is only the ed establishment and their allies that are pushing this. The regular citizens are stepping right up for him. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72288 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72288 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:58:41 -0600 My branch of the Tuttles has been a peckish bunch. The pink part of the clan duked it out with the red side in the 1630s, then kissed and made up in about 1645. That started the tradition of brother/cousin vs. brother/cousin that lasted through all the scraps east of the Mississippi until Shiloh. We decided we were entirely too effective at killing each other and have stuck to duking it out with "enemies foreign" ever since... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72271 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72271 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:34:52 -0600 forebear who bore arms in the Orphan Brigade. And have several other family members who fought for the Lost Cause. Of course, there's a Rodgers Ranger in there who took the King's Shilling, and later at least one who stood in the Continental Line, and one who mustered with the Georgia Militia during that war. We didn't galvanize until 1898, when many Confederates took service under the stars and stripes, and we had someone in service for everything since then, until I retired in 2K. The younger generation has yet to feel the Call.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72248 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72248 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:22:10 -0600 --I suppose that this is inane a thing to say as "I hate you and don't like what you think or say," but... Y'all are alright. I like this blog. Can't really forgive you for being Federalists ;], but I suppose that, under scrutiny, Confederacy based on State's Rights is a Proven Failure. Keep The Faith. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72246 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/hi_fires_21_apr_1.html#comment-72246 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:12:50 -0600