Confederate Remains Discovered Under Football Stadium Reburied
'Hundreds of human remains found under a college football stadium
have been reburied at the site and a plaque will be unveiled next week honoring those buried there.... Some remains discovered
during the renovations were of Confederate war dead. Those remains were removed several years ago and reburied in Magnolia
Cemetery.'
Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez used strong words in his
recent denunciation of the Federal Empire: "The Yankee ambassador to Caracas has 72 hours to leave Venezuela, in solidarity
with Bolivia, with the Bolivian people, and with the Bolivian government," Mr Chavez said. "Go to hell 100 times,"
he said.'
While Chavez is a repressive dictator, he certainly despises the Empire - and it would seem, Yankees
too! LOL! Patrick Dubby, the expelled Federal Ambassador, is in fact a Yankee from Maine.
'Having been prepared by some of McCain’s top foreign
policy advisers, she articulated a similar worldview as her ticketmate. But she appeared to dispense with some of the caution
more seasoned politicians offer when asked about international affairs issues where words are closely parsed both here and
abroad.'
Apparently abandoning her former more independent conservative stances, Sarah Palin now is repeating
virtually the same militaristic, interventionist lines that McCain, Rice and Bush have been spitting out in recent years.
The recent ABC interview revealed this newer version of Palin that is truly sad to see.
Here
are some of Palin's more regrettable words from the interview with Charlie Gibson:
GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?
PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.
GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus.
PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed
us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO.
Putin
thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but...
GIBSON:
And under the NATO treaty, wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?
PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another
country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help.
SC Democrat Conley Defends Sarah Palin Against Partisan Attacks
'The South Carolina Democratic Party establishment's reaction
to a previous press release, where Bob Conley accused the state's top party leadership of supporting a far left agenda,
was dismissive of Bob Conley. Carol Fowler, in particular, denied the party leadership was pursuing a far left agenda and
accused Bob Conley of being "inexperienced" in his appraisal of their intentions.'
Neo-Con Republican Leadership Wary of Palin on Foreign Policy
'In state after state, rally after rally, Sarah Palin is generating
record levels of enthusiasm among the Republican base.... The acclaim for the vice-presidential nominee is all but deafening
within the GOP, except in one small but influential corner: the party’s foreign policy establishment. Among that mandarin
class, the response to Palin’s nomination has been underwhelming, marked by distinctly faint praise or flat out silence.'
Condi Rice and other neo-conservative leaders in the GOP seem concerned that one of their fellow rabid warmongers
was not chosen by McCain. This is not really an 'experience' issue - but rather one which seems to smack of ideological
differences.
'According to a Zogby poll conducted in July, more than 20%
of U.S. adults -- one in five, about the same number of American Colonists who supported revolt against England in 1775 --
agreed that "any state or region has the right to peaceably secede from the United States and become an independent republic."
Some 18% "would support a secessionist effort in my state." The motivation of these quiet revolutionaries? As many
as 44% of those polled agreed that "the United States' system is broken and cannot be fixed by traditional two-party
politics and elections."'
Much to the delight of millions of liberty-loving folks, secession continues
to move more and more into the political and social mainstream. How much longer will Washington, DC be able to maintain control
over 300 million people? Probably not very long at all. When empires over-extend and ruin their own financial basis they are
doomed to break up.
Article: 'Libertarians could do worse than Sarah Palin'
'Palin's taken a lot of heat, for example, for her (relatively
loose) ties with the Alaska Independence Party, an organization that favors a vote on whether the state should secede from
the union. Palin has also been friendly with the state's Libertarian Party. Palin's willingness to engage pro-liberty,
deeply anti-federal political organizations—even fringe ones—is refreshing. But it's wholly at odds with John
McCain's "country first" nationalist fervor.'
Secessionists Battle Socialist Government in Bolivia
'Since last week, anti-government demonstrators have been blocking
roads and occupying buildings in eastern regions, which are home to Bolivia's important natural gas reserves. But Tuesday saw an escalation of their action and some of the worst violence
in the country for several months.'
'Friends of Bobby Tillett' have let SLMN know that there
is a coming Confederate Flag Rally against BJ's Wholesale in Jacksonville, FL. Folks will be meeting up at 7664 Normandy
Village Parkway right behind K-Mart on Saturday, September 13 at 5:30pm. For more information on the event please
contact: Kathy at 904-545-3558 or Dawn & Bobby at 904-294-0932.
Obama Pulling Out of Georgia, Focusing on North Carolina
'Obama recently stopped running ads in Georgia, a state the
campaign originally identified as a potential battleground. Some Georgia field staff was moved into North Carolina....'
'...[R]ednecks have never had so many friends or so much attention
as in 2008. Contrary to the stereotype, we are not all tobacco chewing, guffawing Southerners, but are scattered from coast
to coast. Over 50% of us live in the "cultural south", which is to say places with white Southern Scots-Irish values
- redneck values.... Ultimately, the Scots Irish have had more of an effect on the American ethos than any other immigrant
group.'
This article, at times very unflattering and at other times very revealing, is part of a growing awareness
among Southrons in particular and Scots-Irish (Ulster-Scots) related folks across America. There are of course much better
terms to designate our people than 'rednecks' but the article is still worth checking out.
'A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Tuesday morning indicates that 62 percent of men questioned have a favorable
opinion of the Alaska governor, nine points higher than women.... The gender gap is also apparent when it comes to whether
Palin is qualified to serve as president if needed. Fifty-seven percent of male respondents in the poll said Palin was qualified,
14 points higher than women.'
SA: 'Why Ron Paul Didn’t Get Invited to the Party'
'When Republican delegate Cyndi Mosteller was asked why Joe
Lieberman was speaking at the Republican Convention, she answered, “Because he understands the importance of 9/11. This
is a big-tent party.” But apparently the tent wasn’t large enough for Republican congressman and presidential
candidate Ron Paul....'
Increasingly, the Word is going forth, y'all. One of the ways
the Word goes forth is on blogs that folks across Dixie read. Check out our video as it appears on the Texas League of the
South blog - which we highly recommend checking out as well. They have some really excellent articles that are sure to interest
patriots.
'North Carolina has emerged as one of the Democrats’ major
Senate battlegrounds, and the party’s Senate campaign committee has been unleashing a series of ads scrutinizing GOP
Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s effectiveness.'
'Our rulers have no past and no sense of a posterity to be cared
for. American society, as such, no longer exists as a political reference point. No wonder the living American people
are being openly displaced by aliens with the connivance of the entire national establishment. You will have a hard
time preserving something that doesn’t exist.'
This question as to how large a country can be is not a new one
- it was debated extensively back and forth by the Federalists and Anti-federalists in the early days of American independence
from Great Britain. Men like James Madison in his Federalist paper No. 10 followed the basic premises of English political
theorist Thomas Hobbes in the promotion of a strong central government - supposedly as the best way of ensuring our liberties.
Others like Patrick Henry and George Mason followed the likes of the French philosopher Montesquieu and argued that a large,
centralised country would be a threat to our liberties. Empires could stretch forever, but free republic had their natural
limits. For such men the choice between tyranny and liberty was clear and freedom was a thing most promoted in small, free
republics.
The Pennsylvanian Anti-Federalist who called himself "Centinel," (the writers of these publications
used pseudonyms) summed up the position of his often berated side in the debate...
'It is the opinion of the
greatest writers, that a very extensive country cannot be governed on democratical principles, on any other plan than a confederation
of a number of small republics, possessing all the powers of internal government, but united in the management of their foreign
and general concerns. … [A]nything short of despotism could not bind so great a country under one government.'
One of the trends we see in the world today is towards the creation of smaller and smaller countries, something Patrick
Henry and George Mason would surely have hailed. There are far more self-governing countries in the world today than just
30 or 40 years ago. Several large former empires have broken-up, leaving the nations they formerly controlled to now rule
themselves. Under varying names, decentralisation has also become increasingly common within countries - such as in the UK,
Spain and Canada, just to name a few.
America is of course a giant land. It stretches from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, nearly a continent in size. And it is now home to more than 300 million people – a sum our Founds probably
would not have been able to fathom. I’ve traveled probably more than most and yet I’ve been able to see really
just a small bit of the US. Comparing it to other countries – let’s take Austria, an old power that was formerly
master of a great empire in Europe. Well, Austria is only about the size of tiny Maine in America. Even France, which used
to rule vast sections of the world and is which is very large for a European country, is still smaller than the State of Texas.
South Carolina, 40th in size out of 50 States, is actually the same size as the country of Ireland - or twice that of Switzerland.
For me, this increasingly begs the question – what is a country? Is it a shape on a map that’s colored
in a different shade from the other shapes on that map? Maybe this was the way it was first presented to you in school.
Is it an abstract idea like ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ as most political leaders today present
it to increasingly diverse and broader audiences?
Is it colors on a rectangular piece of cloth laid-out slightly
different from the colored clothes of other peoples?
Or, is it the scent in the air of where you grew up? Is it
taste of the food you love; the sound of the music you hear; the people who sound familiar to you? Is your country a near-continent
of 300 million people or is it where you live, where you work, your friends, family, the ways of your community and all the
millions of small things that makes home unique and wonderful?
Local patriotism and loyalty is a beautiful thing
– especially in the modern world when the forces of global homogenization are so strong. In a world where everyone eats
McDonald's, a little Southern BBQ is a good thing, is it not? In a world where everyone buys the same mass-produced music,
isn’t the real, down-home stuff special? A locally-flavoured dialect is surely priceless in a world of bland, neutral
TV-like speech – at least to my way of thinking, which I would say is rooted in traditional Southern agrarianism.
The English Christian writer G. K. Chesterton said that local patriotism is in fact the only true patriotism. How
can one feel the same about a distant and different place, people and way of life as one does about your own home, neighborhood,
town and county? Where culture, land and history is similar, then natural, organic bonds arise – that is one thing.
But where there is no cultural similarity, no shared passion and experience and identity – then there is surely no real
‘country.'
'Journalist and MSNBC commentator Tucker Carlson emceed Ron
Paul's Rally for the Republic' and here is interviewed about Ron Paul, the rally, libertarianism and the future. Check
it out below!
Dick Cheney Twists Facts, Accuses Russia of 'Brutality'
Ignoring the belligerent record of his own Administration and severely
twisting facts in the matter, 'Vice President Dick Cheney harshly criticized Russia's military incursion into Georgia
on Saturday, calling the action "an affront to civilized standards."'
Had Cheney and company
not recently invaded two sovereign countries and killed well over 100,000 people in those lands he would undoubtedly be in
a better position to cast the first stone. In fact, Cheney's own rhetoric against Russia is the best argument against
his position on Iraq and Afghanistan, etc.
Boycotting Oprah - Right Call for the Wrong Reasons
'The Florida Federation of Republican Women made the decision
to boycott the Oprah Winfrey Show Saturday, after the media mogul refused to have Gov. Sarah Palin as a guest on her show
until after the election wraps up.'
If tens of thousands of people started refusing to watch Oprah's program
that would be a very positive development indeed. However, the call is being made for the wrong reasons. They should boycott
her show and those like it for being rubbish - not for Oprah having a political position.
'US mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are set to be
put under government control in an attempt to rescue the firms, media reports say. Top bosses would be removed under the US
Treasury plans - which could see the US's largest ever financial bail-out. The takeover of the shareholder-owned
companies, which hold or guarantee half the country's mortgage debt, could be announced by the US Treasury on Sunday.'
One might easily confuse these sort of policies with those of Venezuelan socialist strongman Hugo Chavez. At least
Chavez has the decency to openly proclaim his socialist revolution. Meanwhile the blow-hards in Washington, DC talk about
liberty, freedom and the rest, while offering... socialism.
'A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Tuesday morning indicates that 62 percent of men questioned have a favorable
opinion of the Alaska governor, nine points higher than women.... The gender gap is also apparent when it comes to whether
Palin is qualified to serve as president if needed. Fifty-seven percent of male respondents in the poll said Palin was qualified,
14 points higher than women.'
