I dont know I thought Letterman's take down of Hilton was pretty ruthless. Reminded me of a master swordsman playing with an unskilled opponet.

I miss the days when Austin City Limits focused on country acts. Seems there are enough interesting new acts along with old standbys to have a good lineup.

I miss the days when Austin City Limits focused on country acts. Seems there are enough interesting new acts along with old standbys to have a good lineup.

Owen the IRA man is very entertaining. He brings a lot to the show and Im not sure why…

Owen the IRA man is very entertaining. He brings a lot to the show and Im not sure why…

How do you put your names in the boxes? Oh well….
Malingerer I do think how that racism manisfested itself does matter. There were free blacks in the south. There were even blacks who owned slaves. By the end there were no jews living openly in Germany. I have no doubt that blacks were treated in a reprehensible…

How do you put your names in the boxes? Oh well….
Malingerer I do think how that racism manisfested itself does matter. There were free blacks in the south. There were even blacks who owned slaves. By the end there were no jews living openly in Germany. I have no doubt that blacks were treated in a reprehensible…

Gutwrench that is a pretty good summation.

Gutwrench that is a pretty good summation.

So you think todays Democrats are to the right of JFK, LBJ, or Harry Truman?

So you think todays Democrats are to the right of JFK, LBJ, or Harry Truman?

OK deep breath. I'm going to defend Robert E. Lee.

OK deep breath. I'm going to defend Robert E. Lee.

Sorry I mentioned this in another post White Suburban punk. I didnt know you had. It is good.

Sorry I mentioned this in another post White Suburban punk. I didnt know you had. It is good.

Bonus points for the Haggard reference.

Bonus points for the Haggard reference.

Ever read Confederates in the Attic? Its a great book on how the Civil War is still very much a part of the modern south, albeit in rather unexpected ways.

Ever read Confederates in the Attic? Its a great book on how the Civil War is still very much a part of the modern south, albeit in rather unexpected ways.

Malingerer I think it is somewhat unfair to compare the Antebellum South to Nazi Germany. They were much more of their time and place when it came to race relations. There was never the mass centrally organized industrial genocidal death that the Nazis imposed.