SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010

OTHER THAN SLAVERY, WHAT ELSE DID THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR FORGET TO MENTION IN HIS DECLERATION?


A) That in 1860 Southern leaders were simply appealing to their base.

B) That in 1860 Sara Palin would have been tarred and feathered for speaking in public.

D) That in 1860 "Death Panels" were not needed. People who reached 70 years of age had the decency to just die.

E) That in 1860 most people thought that "bleeding" was a cure for a fever.

F) That in 1860 the current Governor of Virginia had not been born yet.

G) That white people can forget slavery like Japan has forgotten the Battan Death March.

H) That in 1860 if God had wanted man to fly, he would have given them Boeing

I) That in 1860 girls were discouraged from being educated.

J) That in 1860, in Virginia, the most popular form of birth control was "going to the slave quarters".

K) That the culture of 1860 believed that men were God's ultimate creation. Women, not so much.

L) That if you could transport Michele Bachmann back to 1860 she would still be crazy.

M) That in 1860 the current Governor of Virginia would have been in the political mainstream.

N) That in 1860 Conservates were against abolition. That in 1900 they were against women voting. That in 1960 they were against racial mixing. That in 2000 they were against regulating banks.

O) That "Stupid is, as stupid does."