[shuckmaster]

Aw, Shucks!

[dighton]

Oh, sh**!

[error99]

Bump
from the free State of Georgia...

[shuckmaster]

ping

[Dakotabound]

I'm a huge supporter of state's rights. But I don't see the Alabama Army over in Afghanistan kicking Taliban butt.

Better start flying 50 state flags if you're gonna support the troops who are gonna die for you several thousand miles away.

[DSHambone]

Ahhhhh...the Greatness of America is that we can suffer idiots like this will little ill effect.

[coramdeo]

As a Southern man (albeit a recently relocated one), a supporter of states rights and an American, I find this incredibly muddle-headed. I think Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B Stuart and other Confederate heros would be appalled to know someone was trying to invoke their cause to support the position the author takes. Lets not forget that each of the Confederate heros proudly served under the American flag, and it was only when their states separated from the Union that they reluctantly reordered their allegiances. No such justification is present today.

[philman_36]

Before people get too upset, they should remember that according to the original founding fathers one’s country is his state.
I'll say it again...
I'm not a Texan because I'm an American.
I'm an American because I'm a Texan.

The muddying of the terms nation and country do not help in understanding this issue. Consider how many times you hear the expression "country" when it is the "nation" which is being referred to.

[philman_36]

Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention Broadsides
Between 1774 and 1789, thirteen colonies became a nation - the United States of America. In 1774, Great Britain's North American colonies first came together to defend themselves against wrongs committed by their "mother country." By 1789, these colonies had become independent states (or countries), joined by a new federal constitution into a single nation.