[AntiBurr]

Excellent post, Thank You.
Most people can't relate to the Battle Flag as the Cross of St. Andrew and do not know that it is also on the flag of Scotland. Scotland, in turn provided many of the orginal settlers of the mountain regions of the South. (And other areas as well, Fayetteville NC was originally Campbellton). Consider the never ending (still) hostility toward England by the Scots and you will begin to understand the Southerner. If one does not believe that the Scots still have an impact in the Blue Ridge area, just listen to the music and hear the echo of the pipes in it.
"Crime makes Poverty" I hadn't thought of that, but it is true, and who would know better than those from a state originally settled by "criminals" released from debtors prison and transported by Oglethorpe to found the State of Georgia.
Finally, the last line of the Declaration is meaninless to a liberal.

[BubbaTex]

Naaaahhh.

All Hildebeast has to do is go to some Stop-N-Rob and say "Can I get me a huntin' license?".

Then borrow a shotgun and some Huntin' duds. Then shoot a couple of Geese in a canned hunt.

Right? After all, it's worked before on all us Goobers.

[Polybius]

Most people can't relate to the Battle Flag as the Cross of St. Andrew and do not know that it is also on the flag of Scotland. Scotland, in turn provided many of the orginal settlers of the mountain regions of the South. (And other areas as well, Fayetteville NC was originally Campbellton). Consider the never ending (still) hostility toward England by the Scots and you will begin to understand the Southerner.

The Declaration of Arbroath

[devolve]

AMERICA

AMERICAN TRILOGY

[rudy45]

SERIOUS QUESTION, not being facetious...then is country music in some way, at least, influenced by the Scots?

[RedWhiteBlue]

Scotland, in turn provided many of the orginal settlers of the mountain regions of the South. (And other areas as well, Fayetteville NC was originally Campbellton). Consider the never ending (still) hostility toward England by the Scots and you will begin to understand the Southerner.

A good book on the subject: Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America.