'The US Treasury said it had finalized a 4-billion-dollar emergency
loan for troubled General Motors, the biggest US automaker. The department "today finalized the loan transaction for
GM and funded the first tranche of 4 billion dollars," said Treasury spokeswoman Brookly McLaughlin. The
loan is part of a 13.4-billion-dollar rescue package the US government approved this month for GM and Chrysler...The first
segment of the bailout, set to be funded before year's end, was to provide 4 billion dollars each to GM and to Chrysler,
the smallest of the Big Three US automakers. GM was to
receive an additional 5.4 billion dollars in mid-January and would be eligible for a further 4 billion dollars from February
pending congressional action. Treasury has also provided six billion dollars in aid to GMAC, GM's financial arm.'
Foreign Company Spent $1.4 Million in Third Quarter to Lobby Feds
'Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG spent nearly $1.4 million
lobbying the U.S. government in the third quarter, according to a recent disclosure form. Novartis lobbied on bills designed
to ensure the government has a sufficient stockpile of influenza vaccine in case of an outbreak, and that the government helps
pay for vaccines for seniors, children and uninsured adults. The company makes flu vaccine, as well as vaccines against rabies,
meningitis and several childhood illnesses.'
Money - not the will of the people - is the driving force behind
this system. This is but one of the many factions demanding its own share of the results of our sweat and blood. Greed
and corruption murdered the Republic and created the empire under which we live, but rightfully so, it will ultimately bring
an end to this yankee empire. Long live Dixie!
Feds Admit to Inability in Keeping Track of 'Bailout' Funds
'US government officials overseeing a $700 billion bailout have
acknowledged difficulties tracking the money and assessing the program's effectiveness. The information was contained
in a document, released Wednesday, of a December 10 meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Board. The panel, headed
by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, includes Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Securities and Exchange Commission
chief Christopher Cox...The officials also noted the "difficulties associated with monitoring the use of specific funds''
provided to individual financial institutions, according to the document...Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, the chairwoman
of a congressional oversight panel, has said she didn't understand why it's taken so long for the Bush administration
to explain its plan. The five-member panel...has criticized Treasury for not saying exactly what problems they're trying
to fix or how the investments will fix them.'
When the feds steal our money - I mean, when we pay federal taxes
- we're expected to answer for every little bit of income and every little expenditure, yet no one in the federal government
can tell us how or why, for that matter, our hard-earned money is being wasted on such policies. The answer is simple:
corrupt politicians setting up a pipeline of funds (with no strings attached) to those who have bought them their positions.
This is corporate welfare at best, though I would submit that socialism is a better description of this theft and corruption.
'US military commanders are planning to arm local militias to
combat Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Wednesday...The newspaper report said, however, that there
was "deep unease" among many Afghans that Pashtun-dominated militias could get out of control, terrorize local populations
and turn against the government.'
The hiring of mercenaries is a sure sign of a crumbling empire. In
past meddling, the feds armed local militias to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, and the Taliban and al-Qaida were created.
Everything the federal government touches - and not just abroad - turns into another, more deadly problem, 'requiring'
more meddling. The cycle repeats itself, and Southron lives and money are spent - all for the 'glory' of the
empire.
Embittered Yankee Columnist Wants to 'Punish' Dixie
'The unnecessarily long and painful path toward the approval
of government bridging loans for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC has exposed a new threat to Detroit. It's one that
Michigan consumers may want to keep in mind as they consider their expenditures, vacation options and even retirement plans.
The problem here centers on certain southern states -- Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and, in particular, Alabama -- where
certain bone-headed senators seem to have forgotten that the Civil War [sic] ended, with the appropriate outcome, almost 150
years ago...Apparently Alabama is quite a tourist destination for Michigan residents, so perhaps they will want to find other
places to spend their hard-earned dollars. The southern state is also heavily favored by retirees from Michigan, but maybe
that could change, too.'
Assuming that this individual was not already bitter out of 'virtue' of being
a yankee, he has become (further) embittered by the fact that politicians from Southron States hindered the 'holy
panacea' - the so-called 'bailout' for automakers. My goodness, please do excuse us Southrons for being
just about the only ones left in this dying empire who still believe in inalienable, God-given rights and limited government.
Oh yes, please do excuse us for possessing the moral fibre to reject the worship of money, the state, politicians, and
socialist 'cure-alls.' You see, folks, in our ancestors' time and today, the Southron nation
has always been the last true bulwark against this evil and nonsense. This individual notes 'our' scalawags
and the big-government programmes they've forced upon us here in Dixie, but that's precisely what makes them
scalawags; after all, they've learned from the 'best' up north!
There are, however, two things about
which this fellow is correct. First, the northern States and their federal government can keep
the blood money they call 'aid.' We never have and never will need it, as we Southrons know how to take
care of ourselves without the nanny state's 'help.' He also recommends that Michigan residents no longer
visit or retiree in Alabama, but why stop there? In order to truly 'punish' us, all yankees from the
other States and other outsiders hostile to our ways should refrain from stepping foot in any of the sovereign States of the
Southland. Better yet, those already here ought to leave, too - you know, just to make sure we 'suffer.'
Good Lord, what would Dixie be like without these invaders and occupiers? I know - we'll be free!
My friends, we still are that bulwark I mentioned, but it's, to say the least, still very much under attack. That
will only continue to further be the case. In order to see to it that it doesn't collapse - in order for the Southron
People to survive and prosper - we need the independent nation-state denied us for so very long. In the meantime, let
us all do what we can to make sure our enemies make good on this 'terrible' threat.
Patriots have managed to smuggle a secret recording out of
the city of corruption and evil. The recording is planned for future release as a 'public relations announcement'
once certain other plots have been carried out.
Article: 'Central Planning, Regionalism and Consolidation'
'Alexander Stephens was noted for his wisdom and intellect.
In his words are insights and lessons that apply to us today. In his time, the word ‘consolidation’ was used.
The modern term is ‘centralization’ or ‘central planning’. The growing centralization of government
agencies is a sign that liberty is decreasing and despotism is increasing on a daily basis.'
'A Southern Tradition: Restraining Bad Government'
2008 NC League of the South Conference Dr Clyde Wilson (presented
by Dr Minsel) 'A Southern Tradition: Restraining Bad Government' (Duration: 12:23 m) video link
Obama to 'Stay the Course' (and Then Some) in Economy, Furthering Collapse
'Barack Obama is expected to spend so much propping up the world's
biggest economy in 2009 that the national debt will balloon by an astonishing $2 trillion (£1.36 billion). It is $2
trillion that the US Government will try to fund by selling Treasury bonds...Many economists, think-tanks and independent
financial watchdogs believe that the combined cost of industry bailouts, soaring unemployment benefits, declining tax revenues,
new fiscal stimulus packages and the $500 billion public infrastructure splurge will stymie Mr Obama's plans to overhaul
the American healthcare system and invest billions in alternative energy...America is already estimated to have a $12 trillion
debt pile - roughly 70 per cent of gross domestic product. America's annual deficit has now hit the highest level since
the Second World War, running at an equivalent of about 7 per cent of GDP, surpassing the previous record in the early Reagan
years of 6.5 per cent.'
“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market
system,” President Bush told CNN, defending his offer of $17 billion in loans to the Big Three “to make sure the
economy doesn’t collapse.” ... Bush may believe he has sinned against free-market principles, but he is following
the path of his great free-market predecessor. Ronald Reagan, too, was not prepared to see Japan take down the U.S. auto industry,
or steel industry, or computer chip industry, or Harley-Davidson.'
Normally I love Pat. But here he gets it
totally wrong.
First of all, Bush's statement he is abandoning free-market principles to somehow "save"
the free-market is ridiculous. No government can "save" the free-market except by staying out of it. Any time government
interferes in the market it screws things up.
Secondly, Ronald Reagan was not at all a "great free-market
predecessor." Under Reagan the government ballooned. There was nothing free-market about Reagan except for his rhetoric.
And thirdly, it is not foreign countries which "take down" US industries - it is the government that does
that. By regulating, favouring this and that company over its rivals, destroying the dollar, unbalancing the market and stealing
nearly half of the peoples' money from them... this is how government destroys industries. Japan or China are not the
threat to our industries... Washington, DC is.
Poll: Three out of four Americans glad to see Bush go
'Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a new CNN/Opinion
Research Corporation survey released Friday say they're glad President Bush is going, with 23 percent indicating they'll
miss him.'
'On October 13, Neel Kashkari, an interim assistant secretary
of the U.S. Treasury, sought to ease concerns about how the just-enacted $700 billion financial bailout plan would be implemented.
“We are committed to transparency and oversight in all aspects of the program,” Kashkari said, “and have
already taken several important steps in this area.” Four days later, the Treasury Department announced one of the first
major contracts of the bailout plan: The Bank of New York Mellon would oversee the auction and tracking of distressed assets,
one of the biggest contracts in the package. But when the department posted notice of the contract, it blacked out how much
the company would be paid.'
'New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last
week, the government said today, as layoffs spread throughout the economy, more evidence the labor market is weakening as
the recession deepens. The Labor Department reported that initial requests for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted
586,000 in the week ending Dec. 20, from an upwardly revised figure of 556,000 the previous week. That's much more than
the 560,000 economists had expected. That's also the highest
level of claims since November 1982, though the work force has grown by about half since then.'
We owe our
'thanks' to the federal government for this economic downturn. Government meddling has caused this mess, so
who in their right mind would honestly believe that even more is the answer? It's the answer for virtually every
politician, as they are looking after the big-business interests that bought them their positions of power. As I've
said before, the 'well-connected' members of the criminal enterprise known as the federal government take care of
their own. Isn't it high time that the Southron People live in an independent nation, with a limited government
that does not attack our lives, liberty, and prosperity every chance it has?
Dr Hill, President of the League of the South, speaks
for about an hour in Griffin, GA. SLMN has added the audio of this speech (top of the page) to our site, making it easy to download and enjoy any time.
'It seems that the oft-desired “coming together”
means not any new, warm embrace, but an unconditional surrender, in which conservatives are expected to wave the white flag.....'
'Leaders of Germany's Protestant and Catholic churches warned
Friday that "money has become God" and called for a return to nonmaterialistic values and urged bank managers to
be more prudent during their Christmas messages. Bishop Wolfgang Huber, who represents 25 million Protestants in Germany,
criticized the strong profit-driven focus and "culture of greed" of individual bank managers and executives...Banks
needed to give more priority to "sustainable value-building" rather than to short-term financial gain and hefty
bonuses for its managers, Huber said. "Money has become akin to God in the current situation," Huber told daily
Berliner Zeitung...Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, said a banker was "the custodian for
money that doesn't belong to him and with which he has to work said Wednesday. "It's devastating that this ethos
can simply disappear and that people can trade with things that don't exist."'
Like the PalmettoPatriot,
I, too, hope that y'all had a wonderful Christmas. With this in mind, we Southrons have watched in dismay and horror
as Christmas has in many cases been turned into a secular, materialistic holiday by others. Though this news item comes
from Germany, I could not help but find its content applicable to our own situation. There is the Christian
worldview of the Southland, and then there's the materialistic, self-worshipping, empire-worshipping, yankee worldview
being forced upon us. Linked to this, in the article one can also find a critique of corrupt banking practises, such
as the fiat currency of the Federal Reserve - worthless 'wealth' that does not exist. With every fibre
of our being, let us resist this and every other attack on our God, on us, and on our ways!
Feds Claim to Urge 'Restraint' Among Pakistan & India
'U.S. officials watched with growing concern Friday as reports
suggested Pakistan was massing troops to the India border. Such a move raises double-barreled worries: A possible confrontation
between two nuclear powers and a shift by the Pakistani military away from battling the Taliban along its western Afghan edge.
"We hope that both sides will avoid taking steps that will unnecessarily raise tensions during these already tense times,"
said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.'
So the federal government is 'concerned' by this?
Well its officials ought to be concerned, but these developments should come as no surprise, as it is has been destabilising
the region and the world and continues to do so with its meddling. Mr Johndroe and the White House claim that they want
to avoid anything that 'unnecessarily [raises] tensions,' but don't the constant US military incursions into
Pakistan and the backing of India do just that?
'Agrarianism posits that the practices associated with the agricultural
life are particularly—and in some cases uniquely—well-suited to yield important personal, social, and political
goods. The precise character of these goods—and the respective roles of government, society, and individuals in procuring
them—varies according to which school of agrarian thought one wishes to consider. The first school important to postwar
conservatives is that promoted, in various degrees, by the “Old Whig,” antifederalist American founders....'
'Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — the son of one president
and the brother of another — has been working the phones since Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) announced earlier this
month that he won’t seek reelection in 2010. Sources say Bush hasn’t made up his mind about running for Martinez’
seat, but that he’s getting green lights from would-be contributors and blessings from Republican Party leaders. Strategists
and political observers take it as a sign that Bush will run.'
If this surprises anyone... you must be new
to the game.
Another fantastic, hard-hitting speech at Mises Institute Supporters
Summit, San Francisco, California; February 9-10, 1996. A historical perspective in these evil days of massive government
theft and growth would be to our benefit. Enjoy!
'Bobby Jindal is seen by many in his party as the Next Big Thing,
a political comer who at 37 offers competence, reform and a fresh face for a Republican Party in dire need of all three. But
even as he basks in the media glow from his maiden foray to Iowa last month, Jindal is far from a sure thing in 2012.'
US Army asks for more cannon fodder for the Empire
'The Army needs to add at least 30,000 active-duty soldiers
to its ranks to fulfill its responsibilities around the world without becoming stretched dangerously thin, senior Army officials
warn. "You can't do what we've been tasked to do with the number of people we have," Undersecretary of the
Army Nelson Ford said in an interview last week. "You can see a point where it's going to be very difficult to cope."
Already, the Army lacks a strategic reserve of brigades trained and ready for major combat, officials said, and units being
deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving new soldiers at the last minute, meaning they have insufficient time to train
together before crossing into the war zone. But the demand for soldiers extends beyond those countries, with the Pentagon
creating new missions that require troops trained in cyber-warfare, homeland defense, intelligence-gathering and other areas,
Ford said. "We have five to 10 new missions, and we are already stretched now."'
'Unwilling to shortchange his students or to pay for the copies
himself, the visionary teacher found an alternative: he began to sell advertisements on his test papers. According to USA
Today, he charged $10 per ad on quizzes, $20 per ad on chapter tests, and $30 per ad on semester finals. Within a few
days he had over 75 email requests for ads! Farber has already generated $350 in ad revenue. The article also states that
approximately 67% of the ad sales are inspirational messages, paid for by parents. Others are from local businesses.'
Bush May Pardon Members of Administration, Other 'Well-Connected' Criminals
'When it comes to clemency, presidents have absolute power; Congress
and the courts cannot overrule them. President Bush issued 19 pardons Tuesday, and now there's intense speculation that
he might issue last-minute pardons to officials of his own administration...Liberals - and some conservatives - wonder whether
pre-emptive pardons are in store for administration officials who pushed the constitutional envelope but who haven't been
charged with anything. Nadler ticks through his list of what administration officials did: "Claimed immense monarchical
powers for the executive; engaged in torture and warrantless and illegal wiretapping; they claimed the power to hold any American
citizen in jail forever with no hearing, no warrants."'
In fact, Bush has already pardoned a number of individuals found guilty of aiding and abetting illegals and other
wealthy, 'well-connected' criminals found guilty of such 'white-collar' crimes as embezzlement and fraud.
'Our' rulers are looking after each other; isn't it time that we Southrons have an independent country of
our own, with a government that genuinely cares about and defends our rights, the innocent, and the just?
Obama to be sworn in as elected-Emperor on the Lincoln Bible
'Obama will be the first president, other than Lincoln himself, to use the emancipator's Bible when being sworn into
the White House, the committee said. The Lincoln Bible will be made available by the Library of Congress, where it resides.'
The 'Emancipator' who liberated over half a million Americans of their lives and utterly destroyed forever
the former voluntary Union of our Founders - this is Obama's inspiration for his reign. Bad news for freedom-loving peoples
everywhere!
Click the link above, and listen to the audio files. Much of what is said, are the exact same issues
that Southrons are talking about in Dixie. If you are not familiar with Cornwall, it is an occupied nation of the United Kingdom,
and is located at the furthest southwestern corner from England, and directly south from Wales.
The people of
Cornwall were originally Brythonic Celts, and much of that bloodline there remains the same. Though, like Dixie, the Celtic
bloodline in Cornwall has absorbed other bloodlines. But, the only thing to strongly disagree with in the audio broadcast
revolving Cornwall, is the "identity" issue.
I am strict about what the identity of a Southron American
is. I have not completely established a standard, but I am very close in knowing what a Southron American is. I find it to
be greatly offensive when someone not of our heritage, claims to be of our heritage. It is the same as many people who are
now pre-dominantly White, claiming to be Native Americans.
I do not believe that birthplace completely defines
the Southron identity. I do not believe even the birthplace and settlement of one's grandparents in the South, completely
defines that identity. The "genealogical" aspect must be determined by whether a person's ancestors
were already established in Dixie, before the War For Southern Independence had ever occurred.
The "philosophical"
aspect must be determined by one's social and political beliefs and practices. A person may meet all criteria for eligibility
to be considered a Southron American, but it would be oppressive if that person's own beliefs and practices are actually
anti-Southron, and pro-imperialist.
Also to be examined, would be the role in which that person's ancestors
had partaken during the War For Southern Independence, and what percentage of that person's ancestors actually fought
for, or supported, the Confederate States. This is where my own criteria is at risk, being that I am actually only 3/4's
Southron American, due to recent migration of my great grandmother from England, who settled in the North.
Eligibility
cannot be judged upon a single requirement, but by an analysis of all requirements that are presented. For example, I believe
it to be mandatory that a person must not have political and social perspectives that harm the traditions, values, and sentiments
of Dixie. An opposition to local rights, and support of centralization, would automatically void eligibility.
The
reason for such standards, is simply to respect native Southron Americans, and the established identity of Dixie by the Confederate
people and their pro-Southron descendants. Though, if permission is granted to allow non-Southron persons, or individuals
born of non-Southron parents, to be identified as Southron Americans, the result would be an eventual complete "revision"
of what that South actually is.
Those who wish to call Dixie their homeland, though whom do not meet genealogical
requirements, shall have a respectable terminology for their allegiance to Dixie, while respecting the terminology of the
identity to the native Southron people. Technically they will be deemed as implants within the South, but shall be given a
respectful and positive term for their identity, as opposed to the identity of anti-Southron implants.
Phase-In of SC Anti-Illegal Law to Begin the First of Next Month
'The first phase of a new state law designed to prevent the
hiring of illegal immigrants by government entities takes effect Jan. 1. Other phases that apply to private businesses will
get underway in mid-2009. Over the next year and a half, South Carolina gradually will begin pushing all employers to use
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's e-verify program, a Web-based system run by the federal government. Employers
put pertinent employee information into the system, including name, Social Security number and birth date. The system scans
millions of records from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security and tells the employer
if the new hire is authorized to work or if their paperwork and documents need further review.'
While the sovereign
States of the Southland do not require any 'help' from the federal government, here we see the Palmetto State addressing
the problems created and subsequently furthered even more by the federal government. This, my friends, is the trend,
a trend only likely to strengthen as this empire continues to crumble: the reclamation of legitimacy and power by the Southron
people and their local and State governments. Congratulations, South Carolina - let's not stop there!
Michigan-Based Auto Subsidiary Allowed to Settle Corruption Case
'A Michigan-based company has agreed to pay the U.S. government
$1.7 million to settle civil allegations that it paid kickbacks to win a military subcontract, the Department of Justice said
Tuesday. Spartan Chassis, a subsidiary of Spartan Motors Inc. of Charlotte, allegedly paid about $100,000 to an employee of
military contractor Force Protection so the company would buy truck chassis from Spartan for use in building military vehicles.'
Why should our hard-earned dollars, taken from us by the federal government, be used to reward companies like this
particular one, engaging in such corrupt practices?
With 'Convenient' Change in Its Structure, American Express to Receive Bailout Funds
'American Express has received preliminary approval to obtain
$US3.39 billion ($A4.95 billion) in capital as part of the US government's $US700 billion bank investment program. Primarily
a credit card lender, American Express changed its structure to become a bank holding company last month. The change in status
allows American Express to tap a wide array of government funding and lending programs, including the bank investment program.'
'At each of the defining crises in American history, a major
expansion of federal authority was necessary to overcome a division between North and South that threatened the future of
the U.S. as a democratic, middle-class nation. The division between slave and free states was overcome by the defeat of the
Confederacy and the Reconstruction amendments that abolished slavery and established national citizenship for the first time.
During the New Deal era, the enormous gap between the agrarian South and West and the industrial Northeast was overcome by
federal programs like rural electrification and highway building, federal regulation, and federal social insurance...The non-Southern
states, through their representatives in Congress and the executive branch, and with the help of enlightened Southerners,
need to use the power of the federal government to put a stop to the Southern conservative race-to-the-bottom strategy once
and for all. Call it the Third Reconstruction.'
In the above excerpt alone, this individual spews a whole mess
of filthy inaccuracies (historical and otherwise), so many that I have neither the time nor the desire to address them all.
Haven't we all heard enough of this kind of nonsense - not just from this particular imperialist? They
wish for us to believe that everything our ancestors did and everything we continue to do as traditional, unreconstructed
Southrons is 'evil;' that everyone on the face of this earth 'must' become a yankee; and that we would
be 'helpless' without their evil, heavy-handed rule. Although we were conquered and remain nothing
more than a colony in this so-called 'union,' the yankees have somehow continually painted us as the
scapegoat for, well, anything and everything possible. Make no mistake, y'all; the 'reconstruction'
of our beloved Dixie has never ended, nor will it as long as we remain in this empire.
'All' they ask is
that we renounce God, worship them and their empire, pay taxes to finance their
interests and ventures, fight and die in their wars, accept socialism, remain silent,
and do nothing - while they profit, deny us our rights, culturally 'cleanse' our homeland, and destroy us.
The yankees want to know when we'll all become just like them. Do y'all know what I'd like to ask?
When will they and their God-less empire get out of Dixie and let us live in peace and prosperity as Southrons?
God alone knows the answer, but it is our duty in the meantime to do what we can to liberate our homeland.
I am reminded of Michaels Collins in Ireland's own struggle for independence. In the case of Ireland at
that time and Dixie today, he was correct when he said that 'Our only weapon is our refusal.' Refuse to
give our occupiers what they seek to demand, steal, and otherwise gain from us; refuse to give them our consent; refuse
to back down; refuse to be subjugated! Southrons, this is a tremendously powerful weapon - please, use it!
Feds Lavished with Extravagant Gifts by Foreign Officials
'While Bush himself didn't fare nearly as well, Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice raked in at least $316,000 in gem-encrusted baubles from the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia alone,
making her one of top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and government and their aides
in 2007...From the same Arab leaders, Bush received just over $100,000 in gifts in 2007, the list shows. The source of gifts
to U.S. intelligence officials is classified, but CIA chief Michael Hayden took in $8,000 in gifts, including a sword, fountain
pen and silk rug, in 2007.'
Let us bear in mind that these are 'only' the gifts the feds have received
from officials of the named countries. I don't believe there are enough digits on most calculators to take
account of the value of the gifts 'our' rulers have received from other countries, not to mention that which
they have given themselves - at our expense. In this time of economic downturn (caused by these very individuals),
it's wonderful to know that federal officials have managed to capitalise on their positions of power by squandering
our money and by being bought by other (hostile) governments.
Jim Rogers: Commodities are the way to go in a Depression
'Virtually the only asset class I know where the fundamentals
are not impaired - in fact, where they are actually improving - is commodities. Farmers cannot get a loan to buy fertilizer
right now. Nobody's going to get a loan to open a zinc or a lead mine. Meanwhile, every day the supply of commodities
shrinks more and more. Nobody can invest in productive capacity, even if he wants to. You're going to see gigantic shortages
developing over the next few years. The inventories of food worldwide are already at the lowest levels they've been in
50 years. This may turn into the Great Depression II. But if and when we come out of this, commodities are going to lead the
way, just as they did in the 1970s when everything was a disaster and commodities went through the roof.'
'Just two months after the twin towers fell, the armies of the
Northern Alliance marched into Kabul. The Taliban fled. The triumph was total in the “splendid little war” that
had cost one U.S. casualty. Or so it seemed. Yet, last month, the war against the Taliban entered its eighth year, the second
longest war in our history, and America and NATO have never been nearer to strategic defeat.'
The Tapeworm Also Known as the Federal Bureaucracy
'None of us has heard our Senators or Representatives, when
forced to speak about the federal budget in relation to number of federal employees, identify the total number of people actually
on the government payroll. They always want to make us believe they are talking about federal civil service employees only.
Well, here are the facts. There are 2,900,000+ civil service employees working in Washington D.C. and all over the remainder
of the country, and in some cases, the extended world. Those are the folks our Congressmen usually want to make us believe
is the total. But, they are leaving out a few others that we (you and I) pay for as well. There are 7,950,000 government civilian
contractor employees, almost 3,000,000 government grant workers, 1,500,000 in the military, and approximately 750,000 in the
U.S. Postal Service. That's a total on the taxpayer payroll of 16,100,000 federal employees and others we pay for every
day! Now are you shocked?!...According to the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, the average American in the private
sector (us) can earn as much as $53,288 per year when we put in all the pay and benefits we receive. This is including all
the American private sector … rich and poor. Federal employees, with everyone thrown in the mix, average $106,871 in
compensation and benefits.'
'The northernmost city
in Kentucky really is Dayton (across the river from Cincinnati), but one can say that about the Ohio Dayton, too. Though it
might more properly be called the northernmost city in the southern Appalachians, due to the huge demographic influence from
not only eastern Kentucky, but West Virginia, western Virginia, and eastern Tennessee...The Appalachian migration was in enough
volume to alter the character of Dayton from a Midwestern metropolis to one more akin to the Upper South, as the culture and
values of that region came to influence this area. Examples range from things as mundane as the popularity of country music,
stock car racing, and vacations in Gatlinburg or the Gulf Coast, to foodways, to changes in accent/dialect, to the various
forms of evangelical Christianity setting the religious and moral tone.'
This is a right neat article, one which I'd highly recommend taking a look at. Let us always remember our
Southron brethren everywhere - all of them.
Feds to Provide $17.4 Billion in Loans to Auto Industry
'The US government will provide $17.4bn (£11.6bn) in loans
to troubled US carmakers GM, Chrysler and Ford. President George W Bush said allowing the US car industry to fail would not
be "a responsible course of action". Carmakers will get $13.4bn in short-term financing from the $700bn Wall Street
bail-out, and another $4bn will be provided later.'
Actually, the most responsible course of action would be
to allow the market to correct itself by ending all local, State, and federal meddling in the economy. Let us not forget
the myriad interventionist actions in the economy and abroad, for example, deemed 'responsible'
by Bush. 'Bailouts,' 'tax breaks,' 'government-subsidised loans' - three different
ways of saying exactly the same thing: the theft and waste of our money by an over-centralised, corrupt, and oppressive government.
When the government and the 'mainstream' media - oh, please excuse me for repeating myself - express
concern over the 'strength of the economy,' it has nothing to do with how well (or poorly) we, the 'humble
servants of the almighty federal government,' are faring.
Instead, it directly relates to how fat the
pockets can become of those who have bought them their positions of power. We're to believe that the world
will end if the federal government does not throw hundreds of billions of dollars to its cronies. We must not be
fooled by these scare tactics! This system amounts to nothing more than a perpetual shakedown by thugs
- in this case, the thugs of the government and giant, globalist businesses (really the same thing) - from which
we Southrons must free ourselves in order to survive, defend our God-given rights, and prosper.
Obama's 'Economic Stimulus' Plan to Waste $775 Billion
'President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is preparing
a stimulus plan worth up to 775 billion dollars in a bid to jolt the world's biggest economy, the Wall Street Journal
reported Friday. Obama's team is looking to craft a package worth between 675 and 775 billion dollars over two years,
but it could build substantially as it moves through the legislative process, the daily said, citing officials close to the
situation...The plan, according to the newspaper, includes a tax cut intended to immediately inject the economy with up to
100 billion dollars, and some 100 billion dollars in aid for state governments...The Journal noted that a coalition of labor
unions and liberal organizations are pushing to get the package into Congressional negotiations even before Obama takes office
on January 20.'
´Last week a federal judge decided that South Carolina’s
plans to issue a cross featuring a cross and the words “I believe” amounted to government sponsorship of religion.´
I am a product of the only part of the US to be invaded, conquered, and occupied by armed forces of the
US. My section of the US underwent ten years of the worst form of occupation by armed troops. Even today stories handed down
within families, from generation to generation, and a number of books have been written about the atrocities committed by
those troops while here in the former Confederate States of America. If you care to read an excellent account of some of those
war crimes, I recommend a book by Walter Brian Cisco titled: "War Crimes Against Southern Civilians." Some of the
crimes he writes about in the book took place in my hometown.
It seems to me that what we
have is a Federal Government out of control. That means the constitution is being trampled, shredded, and maybe, as some claim,
it is already dead!
For decades we have warned that a federal government big enough to give
you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have… including your freedom. And now it is happening.
I repeat my question asked above: Are you worried yet?
Feds Criticised for Incompetence in Iraq War and 'Reconstruction'
'An unpublished federal draft report depicts the US-led reconstruction
of Iraq as a US$100 billion ($182 billion) failure doomed by bureaucratic infighting, ignorance of basic elements of Iraqi
society and waves of violence there, The New York Times reported...Among the draft report's conclusions is that some five
years after its largest foreign reconstruction project since the Marshall Plan following World War II, the US government still
does not have the policies, technical capacity or organizational structure needed for a project even approaching this one's
scale, the newspaper said. It found that the reconstruction effort did little more than restore what had been destroyed during
the US invasion and subsequent looting...Partisan politics also figured in...'
First Southern National Congress a Resounding Success
'In his opening Charge to the Delegates, Chairman Thomas Moore
observed, "We Southerners are well acquainted with the attacks on our symbols, our heroes, our heritage. This is bad
enough, but it only highlights the deeper attack on our liberty, our prosperity, and our very identity as a People. An authentic
Southern voice is suppressed by a hostile culture, and our elected leaders have either failed us or actively betrayed us.
The U.S. Government no longer represents the people's interests; it represents the interests of the highest bidder, the
big corporations and money power. We Southerners have been among the most loyal and patriotic Americans, but in sadness we
must acknowledge that Washington, DC has forfeited its moral authority by its folly and its unlawful acts. Now the people
of the South who still love liberty and justice have no choice but to withdraw their consent from this corrupt Regime. However,
withdrawing our consent is not enough. We must have alternative, legitimate institutions to which we can transfer our consent.
This is the principle behind the SNC."'
´In particular, the Institute called for "enhanced
protection against local government . . . by enacting local constitutions" and for counties to replace land
use with "privately enforced restrictive covenants." Is the Goldwater Institute advocating HOA independence
from constitutional restraints, and the establishment of a New America of independent principalities by secession?´
John C Calhoun on the theft of property by the Government Class
As we now see one class of favoured people (the auto industry) demanding
the right to plunder from the rest of the population in order to prevent their own economic suffering, it is a good time to
look at just a short bit of the great Southron political philosopher John C Calhoun's thoughts on the subject. Calhoun
argued there are ultimately two classes of people in society: 1) those who use government to take from others
in order to improve their own situation, and 2) those who are plundered in order to provide for the other class.
'If we suppose the entire currency to be in the hands of one portion of
the community, and the property in the hands of the other portion, the former, by having the currency in their possession
might control the value of all the property of the community, and possess themselves of it at their pleasure.'
(John C Calhoun, 21 March 1834, The Papers of John C. Calhoun, University
of South Carolina Press, 1979)
'The Law is one of the most important books ever written on
the uses and abuses of law. While short, The Law has proven itself time and time again to be life changing to those who read
it. Walter Williams an economics professor at George Mason University put it thusly:
'I must have been forty years old before reading Frederic Bastiat's
classic The Law. An anonymous person, to whom I shall eternally be in debt, mailed me an unsolicited copy. After reading the
book, I was convinced that a liberal-arts education without an encounter with Bastiat is incomplete. Reading Bastiat made
me keenly aware of all the time wasted, along with the frustrations of going down one blind alley after another, organizing
my philosophy of life. The Law did not produce a philosophical conversion for me as much as it created order in my thinking
about liberty and just human conduct.'
Northern hatred at South for stopping auto bailout
Well, the thieves lost round one of the latest auto industry bailout!
And there is an incredible amount of hatred at the South today because the people resisted being fleeced any further to prop-up
failing Northern companies. Reading some of the commentary especially coming out of Michigan these days one definitely realises
that the folks there expect the rest of America to come to bail them out whenever they make bad business decisions...
'I mean that a handful of senators from former Confederate states could so summarily sign a death warrant for
the Michigan economy. A bunch of self-serving Republicans who will now go around blaming the United Auto Workers for killing
the auto industry rescue plan.'
'Festering animosity between the United Auto Workers and Southern
senators who torpedoed the auto industry bailout bill erupted into full-fledged name calling Friday as union officials accused
the lawmakers of trying to break the union on behalf of foreign automakers.... Republicans in several Western states —
where unions are often shunned — joined the Southerners in opposition.'
'The Beltway Right is still venting its collective spleen over Bill
Kristol’s latest Times op-ed in which he argues, rather elliptically, that the conservative movement
and GOP should get rid of its “small government,” “rugged individualism” talk, which scares people,
and instead spend their years in exile developing a governing philosophy for the modern welfare state—not too big, not
too small, just right.'
'U.S. Vice Adm. Bill Gortney told reporters that striking pirate
camps in lawless Somalia could open a can of worms. It is difficult to identify pirates, and the potential for killing innocent
civilians "cannot be overestimated," Gortney said. There is a huge risk to any U.S. forces involved, whether small
commando units or larger operations. And U.S. commanders still have sour memories of the humiliating "Blackhawk Down"
outcome of U.S. military intervention in Somalia more than a decade ago.'
Early Southron Experiment in Self-Determination: Republic of Wataugan
'The articles were the first constitution west of the Appalachians,
and the first written constitution formed by native-born Americans. They created a separate state, The Republic of Wataugan,
was ascension of a very real independence. The Articles was a forerunner to several Associations that followed The Cumberland
Compact (1780) and The Constitution of Franklin (1785).'
Southern National Congress meets in North Carolina
'A Congress composed of Southerners gathered for the first time since the last meeting of the Confederate Congress
in early 1865. December 5-7, 2008, the First Southern National Congress was convened in Hendersonville, North Carolina, after
a rather protracted delay of 143 years.
Members of the League of the South and other Southern Nationalists spearheaded
this momentous gathering of States. It took them three years of labor and planning to bring this to fruition. They had to
determine the type of individuals that should become delegates to this Congress in addition to formulating five different
petitions of grievances. A suitable venue also had to be selected for this gathering of Southerners.'
Hassan is one of more than a dozen young men of Somali descent --
many U.S. citizens -- to have disappeared from Minneapolis over the past six months, according to federal law enforcement
authorities. Authorities say young men have also disappeared in Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Maine; and Columbus, Ohio."A
number of young Somali men have traveled from throughout the United States to include Minneapolis to Somalia, potentially
to fight," said FBI Special Agent E.K. Wilson.´
Proposed 'Bailout' Includes Pay Raise for Federal Judges
'If the $14 billion bailout plan for U.S. automakers passes,
it will help more than just Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Federal judges would get a pay raise, as well. The raise -
an annual cost of living adjustment, or COLA - would bring U.S. District court judges up to par with members of Congress,
who will receive an almost $5,000 boost on Jan. 1. District judges and lawmakers now earn $169,300 a year but are expected
to be awarded a 2.8 percent raise next year, said Dick Carelli, a spokesman for the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts.'
Activist judges have been one of the driving forces behind the unconstitutional, illegitimate
expansion of federal power (including socialist legislation such as this), but this is simply a coincidence...right?
LRC interviews writer Greg Perry: Arm yoursef and learn to shoot
Mr Perry is an expert in arms and here speaks of the gun sales boom
following Obama's victory as well as many practical things that people can do to prepare themselves for unexpected situations.
'We all know about the Confederate states leaving the Union.
But that was far from the only secessionist movement in American history. Here are some rebellious regions you won't find
in too many history books.'
Some of this is less than serious, but it is positive to see secession moving more
and more into the popular mainstream of thought and press in America.
Annual Burning of Lundy in Londonderry December 2008 (video)
'From BBC Northern Ireland: Apprentice march without incident
The date of the parade was moved to the first Saturday in December The Apprentice Boys of Derrys' annual
Lundy's Day parade has taken place in Londonderry without incident.
About 1,500 Apprentice Boys and 22 bands
took part in the commemoration of the shutting of the gates during the Siege of Derry 319 years ago.
The parade
is one of the two main events in the Apprentice Boys' calendar commemorating the siege of Derry.
Members marched
in and around the city centre before an effigy of the traitor Lundy was burnt.
In line with previous years, the
Apprentice Boys have moved the march to the first Saturday in December to accommodate the business community but there are
still concerns among traders about the impact on Christmas shopping, particularly during this difficult period for the economy.
The Apprentice Boys governor, Jim Brownlee, said: "We are quite happy to sit down with the traders to discuss
their concerns and hopefully develop together an outworking of commemoration, trade, tolerance, all of that.
"Working
together is the only way forward that's what we would like to do."
A senior police officer described
the day as a major success.
Robert Lundy was a governor of city who advocated surrendering to the advancing troops
of James II in 1689.'
'As the GOP wrestles with criticism that it is in danger of
becoming a regional party rooted in the South, rather than one with broad appeal across the nation, the contest for chairman
is shaping up in no small part as a referendum on just how much Southern flavor the party should have at the top in the wake
of a sound electoral defeat in every other region of the country.'
Republic of West Florida: the first 'Lone Star State'
'After the revolutionaries had declared the independence of the Republic of West Florida, they adopted a national flag
with a single large white star centered on a blue background (Arthur 1935, 102). Thus, West Florida became the original Lone
Star State.'
'President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic
agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest new investment in roads and bridges since President Dwight D. Eisenhower built the
Interstate system in the late 1950s, and tying his key initiatives – education, energy, health care –back to jobs
in a package that has the makings of a smaller and modern version of FDR's New Deal marriage of job creation with infrastructure
upgrades.'
Of course, this is exactly the opposite of what is needed: savings, reallocation of capital and
labour to productive sectors, and the exodus of government from the once-Free Market. Rather than take people out of the market
in order to build government roads and rather than steal money from some people in order to give it to others, prosperity
requires economic freedom. The last thing we need or can afford now is yet another disastrous New Deal.
According to MSNBC, here are the unemployment percentages for the
Southron States for October. The statistics for November will be out in a couple weeks...
Confederate vet John Wesley Colquett honoured in Alabama
'A memorial service was held in honor of Confederate Veteran
John Wesley Colquett on Saturday, November 15, at his grave site in the historic Bullock Community Cemetery, located adjacent
to the Friendship Baptist Church in the Southern area of Crenshaw County.... In addition to the grave of John Wesley Colquett,
there are 18 others in this cemetery for Confederate Veterans. A local citizen of the area, Louise Marler, placed Confederate
Battle Flags at the graves of each of these prior to the dedication ceremony.'
'A senior Democratic leadership aide tells CNN that Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid has asked Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd and his staff to work this weekend to prepare several options
on how to help auto companies, plans Democratic will consider first thing Monday morning.'
Wave your flags...
and pass the dough. Be a good servant - the mob and their handlers demand us to pay up. Isn't this a wonderful regime?
'In a dramatic indication of the worsening situation in the
economy, the US jobless rate rose to a 15-year high of 6.7% from 6.5% in October. Since these latest figures were compiled,
further jobs losses have been announced, including big cuts at AT&T.'
Further economic gifts from our masters
at the Federal Reserve. Thank you Big Government - you make this misery possible!
Igor Panarin, a Russian professor of economics, discusses the fall
and break-up of the Feds' Empire. More and more people are talking about the inevitable collapse of a destructive and
failed system.
University closes doors to Confederate remembrance
'Every January for 20 years, Hopkins has rented a room in Shriver
Hall to the Sons of Confederate Veterans for a reception after their celebration of Southern Civil War rebel leaders Robert
E. Lee and Thomas Jackson in Wyman Park. This January, however, Hopkins is ending this practice.'
More discrimination
against Southron culture and history. Why not just remove all references to that time period from our children's school
books, TV and elsewhere and we can all just pretend that it never happened? Ignorance is bliss!
Some people have confused the well-being of the GOP with 'conservative values'....
'Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ reelection this
week was a tremendous victory for the people of Georgia. Voters went to the polls on Tuesday and selected a strong leader
prepared to deal with both the domestic and the foreign challenges our nation faces in the months and years to come. Chambliss
won his election because he represents the core values of Georgians and voters recognized the very real differences between
the candidates.'
Are socialism and warmongering the 'core values of Georgians'? How about theft of
the public treasury in order to prop up government favoured-businesses? Is that one of the GOP's 'core values'?
When a Chambliss 'win' is touted by the supposed advocates of the Free Market and liberty as something wonderful you
know we are in big trouble!
'It is easy to criticize the US healthcare system, but we should
be clear on one thing: it is not "free market" or "private" healthcare. A free market in healthcare would
be more efficient and innovative, and offer better quality products and services, with lower prices than is currently the
case.'
Pope reminds Classical Liberals of their Catholic roots
'The Pope urges Europe to return to its classical liberal principles,
which emphasize individualism and freedom over the socialist scheme now employed by the State. Indeed, an extremely important
contribution of the Church toward classical liberalism, which should not be ignored by today's libertarians, is that it
is responsible for introducing the ideas of individualism to Europe. It is also a force in direct opposition to the authority
of the State and stresses that the individuals' alliance should be with God, not with government.'
Celtic Confederate: 'An amendment that would save us all'
I know this amendment will never be passed, but it is a great idea (in my opinion), and could be adopted
by specific, various forms of governments, within the future.
What this amendment does, is
protects our liberties from our own selves, by regulating our rights to vote. I am honest in my belief, that majority of Americans
place their votes through irrational means, which becomes oppressive to us all.
For example,
in the case of two candidates running for a specific position, I have come to learn over the years that people will simply
vote for one candidate, without studying that peron's policies, because of the voters' strong opposition
towards the other candidate.
This is immoral. And, the continuation of such actions, further
allows the permission of evil to reign within our governing councils. I believe this is the main contributor that will lead
to the internal collapse of the United States. We get what we put out, and what we allow ourselves to tolerate. We recieve
what we deserve.
Our citizens have formed a practice out of voting for the lesser of evils,
to oppose the greater evil. But, the only result, is that our citizens have slowly permitted evil, while almost never seeking
to support a candidate that stands on the side of good. And so, evil only becomes our inevitable result.
Along with this, people also vote for the individual that seems to be "one of their own". Again, their
policies are not studied, and Americans then continue to tolerate evil, rather than strictly protesting the existence of any
evil candidates, which Christian Americans are expected to execute as their duty. Christians are not being Christians,
and non-Christian believers of liberty, are doing their duties, neither.
Something else that
Americans base their votes upon, other than policies, would be character, race, religion, birthplace, fame, or propaganda.
The most important aspect is ignored, and the small minds of people take to the voting polls, to practically destroy our country,
while the mindset is that they are committing a good deed if they vote.
My conclusion, is
that there must be a new United States Constitutional amendment which requires a citizen to pass a basic exam in reference
to economics, politics, foreign policy, liberty, local rights, trade, currency, and so forth.
I
do not believe this amendment would be a violation of our rights, but rather the current manner in which many Americans vote,
is actually a violation of our rights. The intelligent, moral minority, suffers from the presence of a less intelligent, less
moral, less concerned majority.
While our current law is regulated by a person's age,
and background, the new amendment will not define whether a person is "mature" or not, by their age, but simply
by their knowledge, basic level of morality, and understanding.
Everyone will
have the "right" to vote, if their background meets the requirements, and if they simply do their homework and pass
the exam to be eligible to vote. As long as we allow the less intelligent portion of society to vote, the more downhill our
rights and our country will proceed.
This amendment will be a threat to the mainstream Federalist
Democrats and Republicans, because the citizens will begin to learn about the value of liberty, the consequences of lenient
foreign policy, the dangers of Federal Reserve Notes, and so on. Unfortunately, that is why the Federalists will not allow
this to pass at the national level.
People will begin to flock to such parties as the Libertarian
Party, and the Constitution Party, in desertion of the Republican and Democrat parties. And, even if such parties as those
third parties, then become infiltrated by con-artists and political gangsters in the future, the people will atleast have
the "knowledge" to identify and condmen such political criminals.
All in all, this
amendment can end globalization, Constitutional treason, and can restore local right and power back to the people. If towns
would begin to adopt this amendment, and if state governments then chose to do the same, then the power of the Federal government
will shrink, as the power of the people will be restored.
'...Republicans are gushing over Obama’s national security
team, and his anti-war supporters are less-than-pleased over some of his cabinet picks.'
Just as we have been
saying all along, there will be no significant reduction in DC's aggression abroad under 'liberal' Obama.
The War Party marches on.
'The incoming regime is already posing a threat to healthcare
freedoms, educational freedoms, and economic freedoms. A centralized government, with centralized control is a threat to all,
both Southron and non-Southron.'
Socialist Explanations for $1 Trillion Federal Deficit
'Budget hawks were aghast when the federal deficit hit a record
$455 billion in fiscal 2008, more than double the previous year. That figure could double again in 2009, to $1 trillion, but
even balanced budget advocates are saying that may be the price we have to pay to revive the failing economy. President-elect
Barack Obama, at a news conference Monday, served notice that "we're going to see a substantial deficit next year,
bigger than we've seen in a very long time." But he stressed that, before putting Washington's financial house
in order, "we've got to first focus on getting the economy back on track. We've got to first focus on making
sure that we're creating those 2.5 million jobs." While nobody likes a deficit, many economists agree that heavy
spending by the federal government - on food stamps or unemployment benefits or public works projects - may be necessary to
keep economies moving in times of recession or war. The problem is that this time Washington was racking up massive deficits
even before the current economic downturn.'
The feds can continue to dig themselves (along with all of us living
under their rule) deeper by expanding the socialist policies that caused this mess to begin with, but of course, they're
only going to make matters much worse. This system is so broken that its 'solution' to every problem is its
cause! Don't be deceived by the talking heads - there is another, much more beneficial, common-sense way.
We do have a choice, so why not choose survival, liberty, and prosperity? Why not choose an
independent Dixie?
Will Napolitano Be Replaced with a Pro-Life Governor?
'One by one, the [Arizona] Legislature has approved bills barring
the use of state funds for abortion, requiring that prospective patients be notified of the pain their fetus would endure
and otherwise making the procedure less accessible to women and minors. And, one by one, Gov. Janet Napolitano has vetoed
them - sometimes the same provisions more than once in a legislative session. Along the way, the two-term Democrat has earned
a reputation as a staunch defender of abortion rights. Since taking office in 2003, Napolitano has vetoed at least nine measures
limiting abortion. But opponents of the procedure are hopeful the legislative blockade will soon be at an end. Napolitano
is expected to join the incoming Obama administration as secretary of Homeland Security. In her place would step Republican
Secretary of State Jan Brewer, an abortion opponent more in line with GOP legislative leaders...political observers believe
Napolitano's departure could mean...tougher medical standards for facilities that perform abortion[,] stricter requirements
for minors seeking an abortion[, and] additional limitations on late-term abortion.'
What about banning this
so-called 'procedure' altogether? Far too many politicians out there claim to be pro-life, yet at the end of
the day, they're perfectly content with allowing the murder of the unborn to continue. How many 'conservatives' claim
to be so fervently against abortion yet stop short of condemning and seeking to end it altogether? We need
truly conservative servant leaders; we need those who will not merely pay lip service to their traditional, conservative constituencies
for votes; we need those who actually have the courage to stand up for and do the right thing.
Regardless of who becomes Arizona's next governor, I hope and pray that they will be a truly pro-life governor
- in their words and in their deeds - like all individuals in servant leadership roles.
Publisher Offended by Bradford Exchange Advertisement
From History Magazine, 'North and South Clash Again'
'Mr. Grosvenor said he
became aware of the advertisement, placed by the Bradford Exchange collectibles company, just before the magazine's deadline
and that he had to walk a fine line between generating revenue and maintaining editorial tone. But one of the contributors
to the magazine, the historian James M. McPherson, said that the line had been crossed.
Mr. McPherson, a history
professor at Princeton and author of "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," said that many saw the
Confederate flag as an incendiary symbol of slavery and that he would have protested the ad had he been aware of it before
publication.'
'Obama will be the first president, other than Lincoln himself, to use the emancipator's Bible when being sworn into
the White House, the committee said. The Lincoln Bible will be made available by the Library of Congress, where it resides.'
'After the revolutionaries had declared the independence of the Republic of West Florida, they adopted a national flag
with a single large white star centered on a blue background (Arthur 1935, 102). Thus, West Florida became the original Lone
Star State.'