OK, I need to win the lottery NOW!

[gridlore]

As most of you probably realize, next month marks the beginning of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Southern lunatics in deep denial are planning any number of commemorations that completely dismiss the idea that slavery was part of the succession of the failed Confederate States.

Why do I need to win the lottery? Because I want to bankroll a road trip in 2014 starting in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From there, we'll take a leisurely trip down to Atlanta, have a BBQ, then march to Savannah. In Union uniforms, carrying Union flags, and singing Union marching songs. Pillaging would be frowned on, though there are some great antique places on the Atlantic coast.

You want to celebrate slavery and treason? I'll celebrate cutting through your heartland like a hot knife through grits and burning your cities to the ground.

Deal?

Comments

[seawasp]

The idea is amusing, but win the lottery or not, I wouldn't try it. The people whose noses you're trying to tweak include loons with guns among their number, and even today I would NOT be sanguine about marching through those areas, especially the ones destroyed by the Union army during that particular march.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Ah, you forget.. I'm a loon with a gun. Back when I was at Fort Benning, Ga. as part of the Army of Occupation we used to joke about the constant "The South will Rise Again" rhetoric we heard. Yes, tey can rise again. So do pop-up targets on the range.