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I am a good old rebel
Yes that's just what I am
For this fair land of freedom
I do not give a damn
I'm glad I fought against her
I only wish we'd won
And I don't want no pardon
For anything I done.

.


> On 7/14/2010 8:20 PM, Lane Haygood wrote:
>>> Not Southerners? Brownsville is as southern it gets, Pardner.
>>
>> The South refers more to what we call the "Southeast" now.  Texas was
>> a part of the Confederacy, but not because we felt any particular
>> loyalty to Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas or Georgia.  We were
>> just a bunch of ig'nant racists that wanted to continue to own people.
>>
>> In all seriousness though, Texans do not consider themselves to be
>> part of "the South," nor would Southerners admit Texans in to their
>> ranks willingly.  When Texas formed its unique identity, and Texans as
>> a people, it was as an independent nation.
>
> The two need not be mutually exclusive. The whole Confederate movement
> was about maintaining the member states' unique identity and destiny as
> much as possible. And all the member states suffer from roughly equal
> proportions of disposessed gentry that descend from the finest
> carpetbagging families as the genuine articles.
>
>> And yes, it was an independent nation of Tejanos that seceded from
>> Mexico, with a little help from some uh... luminaries... from the
>> United States.  We showed 'em good at San Jacinto (which is pronounced
>> "SAN juh-SIN-tow," I tell you what.).
>
> What part of Texas are you from? It's always "SAN juh-SIN-ta" 'round here.
>
>> Seriously; as a fellow Texan, I'm sure Mr. Wolfe would agree with me
>> in this regard.  Even if he did go to that dark and terrible school
>> known as "A&M."
>
> I'm a born and raised Texan myself, fellow Aggieland matriculant, and no
> other fellow Texans of my acquaintance have ever objected to being
> considered "southerners". Then again, this is all sampled from the
> eastern limb of Texas, which extends hundreds of miles further in
> various directions. Technically, it would be 10 miles shorter for me to
> visit yankees in Chicago than my neighbors in El Paso.
>
> But perhaps I am biased; my greatgrandmother's maiden name was Davis,
> and I'm not the only Jeff in the family.
>
> --
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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