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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:17 PM Original message |
Satirical Movie "CSA" - What if South Had Won the Civil War? |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, it's a good one :) n/t |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmm |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. "Guns of the South" was a weird book. |
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VTMechEngr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That was an interesting book. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I read that book a while ago |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I think you read into it something that wasn't there |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I agree |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Sorry, but that was definitely the impression I had |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. That's a conclusion which makes me think... |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Years ago, we had to do a paper on this subject in HS |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I did too, in HS in NYC...I also did a college paper on what most |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great Mockumentary |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. If the south had won, would they have taken over the North? |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Gettysburg ain't the South... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Perhaps. If they had stayed in the south, they would have won. n/t |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. I believe their strategy was to threaten Washington |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. I watched it last week. A lot of attention was given to the slavery (OK), but |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. *sigh* I have ranted on this thing so many times, I give up |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. And if the confederacy had won, the greatest southerner of all would... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I think that's a simple-minded northern bias |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Born in SC to natives and have spent 43 of my 45 years in the south... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sad to see you hate your own culture |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Not true, I love jazz, blues, rockandroll, Wm Faulkner, Tennessee Williams... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm not talking about institutional racism, feudalism, religious fanaticism, and anti intellectualis |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. But on the political spectrum, Carter, Gore, and Clinton were considered... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well, you haven't mentioned Native Americans however |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Hell no, my lovely cheekbones and nose are due to my great... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Think of all the white Northerners who are |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Let's see...extraordinary means "out of the ordinary"... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Is the moon full? These anti-South rants come around |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yup, seems that way. lol n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks, I also recommend the nonfiction book "Confederates in the Attic"... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. I shouldn't comment on what I don't know, but if the South had won WE'D ALL BE FUCKED!!1 n/t |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was just headed out to BB -- is it a new release? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Check out Idiocracy. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah. Awfully depressing, though. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Depressing? Maybe. But it's supposed to be a comedy. (no text) |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. It had some very funny moments, but it was too spot-on. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't want to bash the south, but sometimes I think we'da been better off just lettin' em |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It would be more economical also; southern states receive more federal dollars... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So why is everybody and his brother moving to Atlanta for jobs? |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. American Culture is limited to Lawrence Welk Show |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. 'cuz someone invented air conditioning. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Because they're crazy? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. Some would argue that the South has won, or at least had its revenge |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. And they would be correct... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. Interesting - thanks for bringing it to my attention |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm Southern, and often not proud of that fact, but.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Actually the south was the center of high culture until the 19th century... |
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