Sons of Wank-archy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 15th, 2010 5:50 am by HL
Sons of Wank-archy
Some historical reenactments are just a sign there is no need for reenactments, the idiots are still among us.
Not the show about bikers on FX, pic via SoxyLady at flickr.com
On December 20th in Charleston, South Carolina, the “Sons of Confederate Veterans” will hold a celebratory “Secession Ball” to mark the 150th Anniversary of the state seceding.
…ball attendees, who will pay $100 a ticket, will don formal, period dress, eat and dance the Virginia Reel as a band plays “Dixie.” The evening’s highlight will be a play reenacting the signing of South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession 150 years ago, which severed the state’s ties with the Union and paved the way for the Civil War.
Okay, first, they’re reenacting signing ceremonies now? They used to limit this middle-aged activity for people too racist for SCA to Pickett’s Charge or for these folks the joy of ‘The Massacre at Fort Pillow’. But signing ceremonies? I guess the reenactor demo is getting old.
The last few times we heard from the ‘Sons of Confederate Veterans’ they were either successfully pressuring Obama to send a traditional commemorative wreath (sign of things to come) or unsuccessfully attempting to get the History channel to run an ad during ‘Ice Road Truckers‘ about the poor oppressed slaveholders of the antebellum.
How many Republican Congresspersons from ol’ Dixie are “proud members”? Or is it just all of them with a few Democrats thrown in?
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Late Late Night FDL: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Bruce Springsteen — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, live at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, Sept. 20, 1978.
Bruce Springsteen — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, live at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, Sept. 20, 1978.
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Early Morning Swim: Jane Talks Tax Cut Deal, DREAM Act on Lawrence O’Donnell
Meanwhile, the Teabaggers are not happy.
Meanwhile, the Teabaggers are not happy.
Republicans are under pressure from the Tea Party movement and some other conservatives to reject the compromise tax bill, potentially complicating its passage and highlighting how the Republican Party is likely to face a persistent rightward push when it takes control of the House next month.
A group called the Tea Party Patriots circulated a petition this week calling the compromise a bad back-room deal with President Obama that violates the principles that Tea Party candidates campaigned on, like reducing the deficit, in the midterm elections.
Sarah Palin has criticized the deal, and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts said in an op-ed article in USA Today on Tuesday that he opposed it. Commentators like Rush Limbaugh and conservative bloggers are also weighing in on the deal, and proclaiming it wanting.
They would prefer a bill that cuts taxes for the top 2%, exempts the Estate Tax at $5 million, and gives the working poor jack shit.
