[Lilred]

Ya know ya'll...as fer as Iraq goes, we done made our bed...now we gotta sleep in it so to speak...but I tell ya what..anybody that I ever see spittin on one of our troops is gonna git a first-class ass whoopin and I aint afraid of givin one neither.
As fer as the country vs. the government: One of the major differences I see these days vs. revolutionary war & civil war times is that nowadays...the people aint really fightin fer one single thing.

Now dont git me wrong, in both of those wars there were underlyin reasons and beliefs that wont necessarily the most noted in the history books. My g-g-g-g grandpa's (5 of em) who were in the rev war wrote often about the rights of scot presbytarians (hence the rednecks) and the whiskey tax just as much as becomin a seperate nation. But then again, they all fought fer independence in some form er another.

These days, there are so many colors, creeds, nationalities and lifestyles..and we done spent so many years livin that way....that this country could never unite under one banner like the Confederates or the Union.

So one day...here come the bombs from whoever all over the US, and you can bet yer baccy pouch that while there's all this crap goin on...half of us are gonna be pickin up our rifles and headin fer the front lines...and the other half are gonna dodgin bombs with their friggin picket signs in protest of the war.
That is a weak point..and it's a sad one to see.
We will always be at odds with our government and they with us. Meanwhile, it seems that common sense has went out with high button shoes and the country is filled with citizens afflicted with excessive gooberism. Most feel no loyalty to their country whatsoever.

As fer as states' rights go..they been nibblin away at that since 1865. And no ma'am deerqueen..dont mean nuthin bout no big brother...this is the very kinda thing that fueled the fire that shot the first cannon at fort sumpter.

The best thing I can do as the average citizen is vote, make my voice heard when I can, and my family will be ready if we are ever called to arms. As my great-great grampa said in 1861 in his journal talkin bout the "invaders" as they called em..."They'll play all hell if they try to git down the valley cause we'll be a waitin fer em."
I'm right with ya grampa...dam straight.

Edit: after re-readin my post...the invaders aint the government ner another state like he meant it..but another country who comes over here tryin to whoop us..lol