[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention. At least you learned one thing from it. ;^)

[Oberon]

As a native Marylander of German extraction and having been raised a fifteen-minute walk from the Mason-Dixon line, I have always been fascinated by the nation's history regarding slavery and the Civil War. The more one learns, the more complicated the overall picture becomes.

I think that, the more time and distance we can put between ourselves and our racist national past, the better; but I have little tolerance indeed for sanctimonious liberals who know nothing of their own history... which makes Rep. Clarke a case in point.