Appalachian Intellectual. To me that means plain thinking. I am A Non Commissioned Officer in the Army Reserves. Let me say...My views expressed here are mine and not those of The U.S. Army, Army Reserve or my fellow brethren in The National Guard. This is entirely Sua Sponte. This is My Thinking. I'm single and in my mid 30's. Politicaly, I'm a Libertarian. (Again, Sua Sponte.I do not represent the Libertarian Party.)I love my native Appalachia, Rock n Roll and...I love God.
I started blogging for two reasons. I was concerned about the changes to the area I live in, Southern Appalachia and I was about to go to the war. I was in Iraq in 06 and 07 and now Kuwait in 11 and 12. Blogging was a means of documenting my experiences and hoping it would help gain clarity. I don't feel that way about it any more. It's said people write blogs because they are frustrated, that's why people read them too. That makes us sound apocalyptic. Are we? Let it be said, what I say here is of my own thinking. This is entirely Sua Sponte and not an official representation of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government as a whole.
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posted by Hill Billy Rave | Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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Those were the ads called up by your subject matter. Appear part nonsensical and part vaguely homoerotic. Just thought you'd like to know.
I don't fully trust judges, especially the ones allowed to make policy. I almost said "especially those allowed to make judgements", but that would have been kind of stupid.
I do, for the most part, trust judges more than the rest of the government. I like the idea of getting into a job based on your intellect and ability to reason. I especially like judgeships that are not elected positions, because then you can follow your conscience without worrying how it will play come re-election time.
Here in Hillsborough County, when voting for a judge, I choose the Hispanic woman. If there are no Hispanci women in that race, I vote for the Hispanic man. If no Hispanics whatsoever in the race, I vote for whichever name is not the incumbent. Not a perfect system I suppose, but it's MY system.
Homerotic...Hmmm....Salad Fingers?
Ed, Yes, the Supreme Court did do it right the other day, unless you are a Washington DC buerocrat or however it's spelled. But, we will prononce it that way.
I'd vote for Hispanic Women. You don't see them gawking at the dirt track races.
I have an album by Southern Culture on the Skids called "Dirt Track Date". Bought it in Australia, actually.
"Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night at the dirt track races it was Love at first sight".
Steve Earl
Now just a minute . . . what's wrong with a good old dirt track . . . going round in circles . . . been on one all my life . . . learned the definition of supid watchin' a race on a dirt track . . . two drivers stopped their cars and got out and started fist fightin' while the other cars continued to race around them at eighty and ninty miles and hour tryin' not to run over 'em . . . true dat'. . . never went back . . . my ex-wife's uncle had a car in that race . . . must be some somethin' to that the acorn droping on the tree or somethin' . . . . he raced sportsman at Daytona too . . . he was alright . . . the car was alright . . . just couldn't get a driver Bill
Bill your dirt track experience sounds like American Politics. It reminds me of over at Cherokee one night they had an Enduro race, no cautions, 100 or so laps, had a Bro'in Law in it. A car went down in a curve and a Cherokee boy popped out of the dirvers side off of the track and onto the wall. A girl came out behind himand he pulled her off of the track not five seconds before she would have been ran right over by another car that couldn't see her as he came around the curve.
But that is the truth to politics in this country.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bureaucrat
App, I just noticed something on my "on this day" box on my page, and thought you might like this....
State of Franklin: Information from Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/state-of-franklin?initiator=W_HIT
Stephanie, isn't amazing? A great portion of Southern Appalachia nearly became a State. Sometimes, I wish it had.
App, I confess I still don't understand why it didn't become a state in its own right...even after reading a couple of articles about the anniversary yesterday.
Maybe you can explain to me why it didn't become a State - it was certainly big enough, and had lots of natural resources.
Oh and by the way, the Galloway relatives we have in common - mine are US Galloways , not Scottish. My late uncle by marriage was from El Paso, TX so I have a bunch of (mostly in the military) Galloway cousins in CA. Blond and brown or hazel-eyed....any of your Galloway family have those looks?
Hope you had a good weekend :o)
Stephanie, it didn't become a State for political, and even some social reasons. I'm unsure of the history honestly. Honestly, it was because someone bucked the system.
My Galloways vary, but there is a common Cherokee look to them other than Scotch/Irish looks. In some of my relatives it's very obvious, and others you have to know what your looking for. There are so many Galloways in Transylvania county you can be a "Double Galloway", meaning a Galloway married a Galloway, I have an Aunt that is a Double Galloway. All decendants of those that fought in the Revelution. We had Ancestors at Cowpens. Revolting against tyrany is somewhat in my blood.
I imagine there is a story as
Thanks for your answer!
You know, I had kind of guessed the Cherokee part. I used to go out with someone (from South Dakota)who is 50% Lakota Sioux and 50% Norwegian.
You have similar cheekbones to him.
As for the Galloways, I think the blond came from my aunt who was a natural platinum blonde. The coloring in my family is a bit weird as the rest of them look more like me, as we have some Punjabi blood from the mid 1800's. The Raj and all that.
I'd guessed the Franklin State thing must have been very complicated, as I've read two articles and am none the wiser!
:o)
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