More surprising is how applicable they are today…everything Rhett and the others talked against regarding the Yankee empire has come true, and then some.

I just got done reading Sam Dickson’s “Shattering the Icon of Abraham Lincoln” which should be required reading in all Southern Schools. I’m going to have my kids read it and we’ll be discussing it, too.

Hey, seriously, cool picture.

I wish I could use pictures of my old former self.

I don’t even recognize the person staring back at me in the mirror anymore!

You weren’t smokin’ any of that ganja weed over in Spain were ya’?

Not to change the subject, but I like the “New/Old” picture Michael.

I hope you’ve got a sense of humor because I have to ask ya’ if that’s a picture from back in your hippie days

This begs the question, is this a confederation of 50 States or a group of provinces under a central government? To wit, courtesy of the Oxford Dictionary Online:

state

Pronunciation: /steɪt/
noun
– a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government:
Germany, Italy, and other European states
– an organized political community or area forming part of a federal republic:
the German state of Bavaria
(the States)informal term for United States.
– the civil government of a country:
services provided by the state

or

province

Pronunciation: /ˈprɒvɪns/
noun
– a principal administrative division of a country or empire:
Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province
(the Province) British Northern Ireland:
all-party talks on the future of the Province
Christian Church a district under an archbishop or a metropolitan.
Roman History a territory outside Italy under a Roman governor.
– (the provinces) British the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture:
I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train

Makes one wonder nowadays.

How prophetic was that quote?!?!