tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post2836377309130312943..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: The Squawking of the ChickenhawkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-54612934971819725992008-10-23T23:21:00.000-04:002008-10-23T23:21:00.000-04:00You hit the nail right smack dab on the noggin!!It...You hit the nail right smack dab on the noggin!!<BR/>It reminds me of the very funny Fox Animated Series"King of the Hill".<BR/>Hank Hill's Father Cotton Hill Is An Obnoxious Philandering Bully Who Constantly Tells Anyone Within Earshot That The Reason He's So Short Is That"Them Tojos(The Japanese)Blew My shins Off In WWII!!"and how he"Killed Fifty Men Before They Blew My shins Off!!".<BR/>Now first of all,if you do get your shins blown off,they can't reatrtach your feet to your blown off stumps,let alone walk again!!<BR/>Second of all,most Combat Veterans don't go around bragging about how many men they killed!!<BR/>Finally,here's a story of something that happened to me personally.<BR/>Off and on during the past twenty years,there have been arguments throughout the South from Maryland to Texas about Monuments to the Confederacy both pro(Sons of Confederate Veterans)and con(The NAACP).<BR/>Just for the record,both sides of my family served the Confederate Cause.<BR/>However,most of my ancestors were Scots-Irish Yeoman Farmers who never cared either way about slavery.<BR/>Anyway,I grew up in a little Cattle Town in Central Texas<BR/>where most of the population is of Czech and German Descent.<BR/>Now there wasn't a whole lot to do,<BR/>so on Saturday Afternoons,most of us wound up at a local watering hole.<BR/>This one particular Saturday,this friend of mine saw a news story about a protest against a Confederate Monument.<BR/>He suddenly said"You Know,I'm Tired Of all This Hoopla About People Protesting Against The Rebel Flag!!".<BR/>I replied"You Know,I Agree With You!!".<BR/>He said"Your'e Damn Right!!It's Heritage Not Hate!!".<BR/>I Said"Yep!!I Agree With You On That As well!!But,By The Way,On Which Side Of Your Family Voted Jeff Davis and Flew The Bonnie Blue Flag??".<BR/>He Got real sheepish and Said"Uh,Neither side!!We Didn't Come To America From Germany and Czechoslovakia Until Around 100 Years Ago!!".<BR/>It was all I could do from spitting out my beer and laughing at him and telling him"You Damned Poser!!Just Because You Listen To Hank Junior and Skynyrd Doesn't Make You a Good ol'Rebel!!<BR/>My Great Great Grandpa Was Fighting The Yanks at Murfreesboro<BR/>and Atlanta While Yours Were Still Chasing Hogs In The Carapathian Mountains!!".<BR/>But,I Didn't!!My Reasoning Is Let The Posers Have Their Little Fantasies of Greatness!!<BR/>Pretty soon,Someone Will show Them Up for What They Really Are:A Poser!!KingBushwicktheToityToidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973434510266477543noreply@blogger.com