Action Alert - Racist Trial in Jena, LA
"The whole world is watching." This phrase must be repeated over and over by those who care about racial injustice in America. Tomorrow, May 21, a trial will begin in the town of Jena Louisiana that...
View ArticleIs the reason Hillary and Giuliani are leading in the polls ...
reflecting American opinion that the last thing we want in office is another person with a Southern accent? I find it fascinating that (with the exception of Edwards) if you listen to debates on any...
View ArticleHaley Barbour ....to the White House or the Big House?
Hey y'all, Haley Barbour has been getting into a real mess regarding his blind trust scandal in Mississippi; and now reports are emerging about his ties to Casinos as well. Could the former Republican...
View ArticleMene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin: Barbour Uses The Bible To Bash Eaves, And Forecast...
At the second debate in the Mississippi Governor's race last Thursday, Haley Barbour tried to make the point that Eaves wouldn't believe that the blind trust was a non-issue, no matter what happened....
View ArticleIs it me or are we Calling John Edwards a Racist?
In reading Blogs from the netroots, I do seem to have a bit of a problem, and it could be very much myself and the fact that I am southern and therefore feel the extra pressure of that and being a...
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Turning a Real Red State Blue!!
So I know that many of you that read this site probably thought Ron Sparks was our only chance to get rid of Jeff Sessions. Well, Sparks decided not to run and Vivian Davis Figures is our candidate....
View ArticleKids in NC Get Thrown Under the Bus
As has been reported the NC Senate's failure to pass anti-bullying legislation in tact despite having the votes is disappointing shows a disturbing and unacceptable lack of courage and compassion. They...
View ArticleAt the Quicky Mart
This was the number one story on the Greatest Page of Democratic Underground the other day when I saved this draft. JFN1 is the author. I was at our local Quicky mart today, in line to pay for my gas....
View ArticleMcCain Campaign: "Real Virginia" Is "Southern In Nature"
There is no level of desperation to which the flailing McCain campaign will not stoop. It is now their official position that the suburbs of our nation's capitol, home to millions of Americans, are not...
View Article"Maw-maw," and why I know McCain is going to lose
John Sidney McCain is in dire straits, fellow citizens, when the Maw Maw voting bloc is divided.
View ArticleSeven score and eight years ago ...
[Composed in the early hours of Election Day, before I crossed the Mississippi to help the Obama GOTV effort from his Cherokee Street office in south St. Louis. I listened, enthralled, to Obama’s...
View ArticleDemocrats won without a Southerner on the ticket!
If you google "Democrats win White House without Southerner," you will find many results. The majority of pundits and bloggers feel that the Democrats cannot win the Presidency without a Southerner on...
View ArticleTrain Day: Happy 30th, Amtrak Crescent
Saturday, as many of you know was National Train Day, a celebration of all things rail in America. Here in New Orleans, it was a chance to celebrate 30 years of Amtrak's management of the old Southern...
View ArticleHistory Lesson: The Southern Strategy.
. For those of you who are political neophytes, or who are too young to remember the '60s, or Richard Nixon, or where Reagan launched his 1980 campaign for the White House, or Lee Atwater, or Jesse...
View ArticleHalf of troops killed in Iraq based in Southern states
Cross-posted at Facing South This Memorial Day is going to be especially hard in places like Fort Hood, Texas, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Why? Because, as I show in a...
View ArticleBlack, White, Southern, nonSouthern, Democratic, Republican
In this diary, I look at how two factors - Whether a congressional district is in the South or not, and the percentage of the district that is Black - relate to the percentage that voted for Obama,...
View ArticlePruden: The Washington Times' Confederate (fifth) columnist?
A column by Wesley Pruden that appeared in yesterday's Washington Times is generating anger and controversy because of its views on race and President Obama.
View ArticleHarold Ford opposes Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and President Obama for NY Seat
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View ArticleSouthern Senators' disconnect from jobless constituents
The U.S. Senate passed a jobs bill yesterday that aims to tackle unemployment by providing tax incentives to businesses that hire jobless workers. The measure passed with unusually strong Republican...
View ArticleThe Confederate in Your Attic
One hundred fifty years ago today, the Civil War began. Please note two things: I said “the Civil War”, not “the War Between the States” or “the War of Northern Agression” or whatever, I said “the...
View ArticleIn response...Introducing Southern Action
The past couple of days have been interesting. To be honest, I was a little shocked at what stirred up the hornet's nest and the bee hive at the same time. I had heard rumors that there were strong...
View ArticleSouthern Action: Call For Southern Heroes and Heroines
As some of you are aware, a new group was formed recently for Southern Kossacks of all stripes from many states. We were very pleased at the positive feedback received about the group. It is good to...
View ArticleAbout The New Show
As a response to a challenge by a fellow Kossack, I have begun a radio show. The challenge seemed sensible at the time, because the underlying thesis was, to me anyway, completely valid. Many believe...
View ArticleThe Equal Rights Amendment vs. The War On Women
I'm betting that you are, like a very large majority of American citizens, under the impression that we actually HAVE an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in our Constitution. You believe that women in...
View ArticleDemocrat Turncoats!! You Mad? I Am!
Of late, many have vented, for one reason or another, in one direction or another, their anger. Now, it's my turn. (No, it's NOT what you think it is!) Four House Democrats today voted in favor of HR...
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New Project - Fred: The Town Dog
I wanted to share with you my senior thesis documentary film at NYU. www.fredthetowndog.com In 1993 a dirty and disheveled dog walked into the tiny town of Rockford, Alabama, where he was nursed to...
View ArticleEvery white man is not rich
This diary originated as a comment I made is response to another comment on Newsvine - "White males for Obama :rise"by Coral Atlas More below the "squiggle"
View ArticleStrictly for the racists!!!
This article is attributed to Andrew McManis, an associate professor at Macon State College in Georgia, whereas he sums up the pernicious and pervasive disease known as racism that has been a part of...
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No More KKK High School
Please sign petition to change name of a Public School named after the leader of a KKK organization.Sign HereUnfortunately, many that represent the American South have inherited the bigotry of their...
View ArticleCan This Southern Restaurant Prove It Isn't Biased?
American restaurants are getting away with anti-gay, anti-women and anti-Mexican policies. So how can a little diner prove it's not biased for offering discounts to Christians? (With Poll.)
View ArticleSouthern Strategy
Anyone who hasn't lived under a rock at all know the South lost the war in 1865, and have been playing the victim card ever since, calling it The War of Northern Aggression, or some such nonsense....
View ArticleMe for Mayor (II)
Ah, the campaign trail. Sometimes just as refreshing as the smell of napalm in the morning. This is the second in a running series of reports that I am going to attempt to bring you from the inside...
View ArticleThat Flag, and Heritage
Since the Confederate flag has been so much in the news lately, and its defenders have all cited Southern heritage as the reason it should still fly, I’ve been trying to find some personal definition...
View ArticleWhy the Confederate Flag and Confederacy NEVER Represented the South
Why The Confederate Flag and Confederacy NEVER Represented the South fromEven after a terrorist mass murder, some still insist it’s a symbol of heritage, not hate. But the Confederacy and its flag...
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Judge rules that Virginia can remove Confederate flag from license plates
Sad horn sound Racists everywhere are sending out angry and sad emoticons across the internet as it is being reported that a judge has ruled that Virginia can remove the Confederate flag from its "Sons...
View ArticleAnother Reason the Confederate Battle Flag Should Come Down (As If We Needed...
As a Southerner born and bred, I labor under no illusions about what the Confederate battle flag represents.My family has been in the South for 315 years. I, personally, am eligible for membership in...
View ArticleParents are suing Mississippi to stop charter schools from receiving public...
Charter schools are good at making money. That’s really what they are best at doing. Charter schools don’t perform better than public schools. They do, however, take money away from public schools, and...
View ArticleHow We Talk To, And About, Red State Voters Matters. Coal, ACA, And Pie.
The last few days on Daily Kos has resulted in quite a bit of meta discussion about how we address red state voters, those who voted overwhelmingly for Trump. Markos posted his thoughts, which resulted...
View ArticleInterviewing the Country Folk
It was a dark and windy night in early fall, 1960. Dear One and I were sitting in the kitchen of our 4- room cabin, chatting about this and that, when we heard a car pull up out front. Then there was...
View ArticleA View From the Shore - The Last Talk
I'm a big fan of Caitlin Doughty, the mortician that runs The Order of the Good Death online and owner of the funeral home Undertaking LA in Los Angeles. I used to work in a kosher funeral home where...
View ArticleArizona (yes, Arizona) joins the battle in defending its confederate...
Battles regarding the removal of long-standing confederate monuments have been making the rounds in the South as of late. Though this debate isn’t necessarily new, recently in Louisiana, Alabama and...
View ArticleRepublican candidate for governor in South Carolina says she's 'proud of the...
Catherine Templeton is running for governor of South Carolina. The ex-state Department of Health and Environmental Control chief is probably best known for working to crush unions and working her way...
View ArticleWhere Do We Go From Here? Where I Think About Things.
So I went home for a week to my parents house this month. I hadn’t seen them in about 3 and a half years and a lot has changed since I moved out. My Mimi lives in my room now, she’s 94 or so and...
View ArticleViolent South Carolina woman known as 'Pool Patrol Paula' pleads guilty to...
A white South Carolina woman won’t stand trial for charges filed in June, after a viral video showed her shrieking at and striking a black fifteen-year-old boy whom she deemed unwelcome at her suburban...
View ArticleChristmas Poem
This year’s Christmas poem. And wishes for a wonderful season for all other beliefs.A Southern ChristmasWe don’t have a lot of snow, If any at all,like on pretty Christmas cards.we don’t hear...
View ArticleWYFP? The Conversion Is Coming! Fresh Squeezed Jew Being Served Dec 14th! (An...
So just before Covid hit in March, I was in the same situation I find myself in now — anticipating my formal conversion to Judaism after a long and weird path to get here that involved exes, mental...
View ArticleUndocumented workers in the South are exercising their right to organize
This story was originally published at Prism.Watching Alabama workers mount one of the “largest and most aggressive efforts to unionize Amazon” was the first time many Americans saw the powerful labor...
View ArticleLeave Our Kids Alone supporter kills woman over Pride flag then fellow...
The self described "concerned parents" of the Leave Our Kids Alone movement have been pushing anti-LGBTQ+ hate in Southern California schools while illegally stripping LGBTQ+ students of their civil...
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Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters mace counter protesters outside Pasadena Courthouse,...
On Wednesday, September 13th, a small group of conservative protesters and far-right extremists from Freedom Angels, Leave Our Kids Alone, Mom Army/Dad Army (Moms For Liberty copycat groups), and Gays...
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