woodguru

You have no skin in this game...STOP

You h**e laws done quickly, mob rules, blah blah blah

And it will never occur to you that when people on the wrong side of a despicable war fought for the wrong reasons they died, they lost, they go away, they do not get t*****rous losers memorialized for their great fights and heroism, they go away, it's over.

What do you think the south will rise again means when spoken by a r****t bigot?

Confederate crap is gone, done, over...it's bad despicable history. When this last fight is over and people don't have to be reminded of t*****rs it will be done, get over it.

If my ancestors fought to keep s***ery I would not cherish them as heroes, I'd acknowledge they fought a bad and ignorant fight that tore the country up, and the same thing will happen when this Trumpism crap is done.

Simple Sam Loc: USA

Countless posts and comments have been made on OPP about s***ery, but one quote has stayed with me, an old comment, but accurate "The biggest mistake our nation has ever made, more damaging than dropping bombs on Japan, was allowing the first black man to set foot on the New World, the land I call the Divided States of America." The writer went on, "Our nation has been divided by the b****s from the start and we will never be a one nation under God until they all leave." I mostly agree with this person, most b****s are whinny pathetic beggars that has an insatiable appetite for what other people have earned. Some have become true Americans and are very disappointed with people like you and the low life r****rs you support.

A short lesson for you, not that you have the intellect to understand, At the PEAK of s***ery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned s***es. What the revised history books omit, 3,000 b****s owned a total of 20,000 s***es the same year. So, are those black owners racial bigots too? How about the freed s***e who fought the Union beside Confederates, are they also t*****rs?

Exactly what did the Union know as honor, was it when they left women and children in the South starving because they stole everything? Or did they display honor as they raped women and children? Tell me about your progenitors honorable accomplishments and then tell me about your military experience defending our nation, our honor. Then I will tell you about my heritage and how I died while in service.

PLT Sarge Loc: Alabama

Never cared for chittlins, I guess from having to clean them when I was a kid kinda turned me against them. We raised and k**led two hogs every year. The first thing to be cooked in the cast iron pots over an open fire was cacklins. Now I could eat my weight in them. Reason I like pork rinds and beer now I reckon. Your right the oleanders will go first. Wish I could ask Mr. Morgan, helluva an actor.

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

I love his movies - Shawshank is my all time favorite. My only problem is, even tho I enjoy his movies - I have no need to know his politics. When actors get in the (almost always liberal progressive) politics mode, I lose my interest in their movies. Actually doesn't matter to me, conservative or liberal - they make their fortunes pretending to be someone they aren't. Just because they can remember and recite lines on a page, does not make them smarter than I am. And does not entice me to want to know their political leanings.
Just sayin...
Hope you are having a great week!!
SGM B out

DotsMan

I haven't had cracklins since I was 3 or 4 yrs old, 1946 or 47, from a cast iron kettle in the front yard. I ate so many that I got sick and threw up all over my bed that night. 70+ years ago and still haven't forgotten it.

PLT Sarge Loc: Alabama

Don't care for his politics either but that's on him. They are there to entertain us, I try to look over the rest. As far as my week SGM, every morning I quote Psalm 118:24. Today is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be happy in it. Had to many nights not knowing if I would have that.

Tug484

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PLT Sarge Loc: Alabama

This made me laugh, do you miss those hog k*****g days as much as I do? We were still doing it in the sixties. Hard times and hard work hog k*****gs. What made it good it was a Family event, like decoration. If the crop was bad the previous year uncles would go in on buying and raising the hogs. One of more chores was sloppin them. My Dad would always tell me the night before and I'd go to bed early. Wanted to be up in the morning with Papa when he put them down. Always seemed like the coldest day of January. Women and girls would get the pots boiling. Men would be cutting the meat. Dad or Papa would show me where and how to cut. How I learned to dress the squirrel, deer, rabbit, ground hogs and coons I k**led when I got older. Mom or Grandma would not cook anything that hadn't been dressed and washed in the branch. During cuttin the men would talk about things that happened during past hog days, sometimes ten or twenty years past. I learned a lot about Family. The women would be talking about Church stuff and planning they're next quilting bee. When the meat came out of the first boil, us boys would have to scrape the remaining hair off with drawing knives. Cold and hard work. But when that first batch of cracklins came off, it was worth it. One of the few times kids were allowed to eat first. Sorry I've rambled and bored you. Just remembering old times, good times. Part of what's wrong now days, no Family.

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

I guess you have a connection between Merkel & the Mississippi f**g, but I don't know what it is?

DotsMan

Not boring. The last time I took part in hog k*****g was about 1951, I was nine. We "young'ns" Got to do the scraping. Tho we didn't have the luxury of a sharp knife, we used a piece of glass from a broken fruit jar.
Mom and Dad decided to move to California in '54, it wasn't a bad place then but by the seventies it was time to leave. Packed up my wife, two kids(and one on the way) and all our belongings in a U-haul and moved to Oklahoma.

Tug484

My grandmother made cracklins and cracklin cornbread.
It was so good. I wish I had some.

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

Totally on him my brother. We used to go to a little church in western Nebraska years ago and we sang the 24th verse every Sunday morning. Late 70s, early 80s time frame.
Nice hearing from you.
SGM B out

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

You sound like "a hard put and desperate man, Josey Wales"! LOL!! You are right tho, those days were good for families. Us kids didn't realize it at the time and us kids in those days didn't realize how poor we were. Sure makes a man understand the importance of family. You are right about no family, mine is scattered from Hutchinson, KS to Kansas City, MO to Atlanta, GA. We miss them, but understand they have to be where their jobs take them. We used to have a houseful on weekends, those were the good days. :)

DotsMan

I know what you are saying. I'm #8 of ten children. Sadly #2 didn't survive his first day on earth. I don't remember my oldest brother living at home. He joined the Navy when I was 5 and my only sister quit school without finishing her senior year get married the same year. Didn't have indoor plumbing until we moved to Ca when I was 11 yrs old.
I think we learned a lot more about "sharing and caring" than today's one or two child families.
The "Dot" in my name on this site has blessed me with five fabulous children who have blessed us with 23 grand children who really love their "Papa". Can life get any better?
They are spread out from 1/4 mile away to California, Illinois and Florida.

SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now

You, my friend are a fortunate man, rich in the way that counts. 👍👍🇺🇸