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Wed Apr-09-08 08:08 AM
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*sssshhh!* I can't mention this outloud in Richmond....but.... 143 years ago today |
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On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:09 AM
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1. Tell them we should have hanged that traitor |
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by his balls. Then shot his horse for good measure.
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:46 AM
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9. But...but...but...he was just following orders! |
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:11 AM
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2. Hard to believe Boss Hogg actually won. |
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:21 AM
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On the Saturday before Easter I saw the exact replica of that twice on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke.
He never did honk his horn though. :grr:
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:24 AM
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:34 AM
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7. Cooter has his shop over there |
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That is where he retired to.
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Wed Apr-09-08 09:52 AM
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12. Former Congressman Ben Jones |
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:21 AM
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Who'd thunk it
Yee haw
Actually on my way home I pass a house flying the flag. It is so weathered the red is now pink. Hillarious
CB
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:22 AM
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5. Why I say we should build us a monument to all our FINE monuments |
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remembaaahring that fine fine war
harrumph!
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:36 AM
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8. Unions are not on my mind. It's the whole GE page on my mind. |
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:52 AM
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Wed Apr-09-08 08:53 AM
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11. Appomattox is a great trip if any of you get a chance to go |
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