Confederate dead deserve their honors

Well said, Dr. McCall. GGpap

I'm sure justus4 will pipe in on this one. The chip on his shoulder is getting heavy.

where are the mighty words of wisdom from justus4,a al,jesse,mlk,rev.ike,malcom x all rolled into one.no,scratch malcolm x he was taken out by his own.

"let me assure him that very few, if any, owned slaves. ..."If any? You've go to be kidding. Most did not own slaves, most Germans didn't butcher Jews either, but those that fought for their cause were supporting those that did.

Justus4, you will see.....

We all know a justus. You know, that person that walks around with a look on his face like they smell crap, ALL the time. Always sour, always feeling like folks are out to keep him down and out to get them. justus is the one in denial.

This is for justus4. You have enough hate in your heart and soul to last a lifetime. Sure white southerners owned slaves, but so did many "free blacks" that lived in the nation. You need to check out the true history on this fact. Also, blacks were captured by blacks in Africa and sold into slavery. This fact is hardly ever mentioned in history books. No slave ship ever flew a Confederate Flag on it. New England Shipping Masters made millions of dollars off of selling these poor captured blacks, which again, nothing is ever said about this fact. Your beloved Abe Lincoln also "did not free all the slaves as yankee history books like to state. Slaves were not freed in Washington, DC, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Southern Indiana, and Southern Ohio. White Eastern Slavic People is where the term slave comes from. These people were made slaves for over 2000 years, by Arabs, Russians, Turks, and yes Black Africans who would raid their country.
Your hate and and ignorance of Southern History lets everyone here know that you are about as "smart as a sack full of hammers" on the Late War of Northern Aggression.

I wonder how Germany handles this issue?

When was Germany's Civil War over states rights justus? They, like America, never fought a war over slavery so don't flatter yourself.

americanveteran-well said

Do you ever notice that Just spews his racist venom then runs and hid? Does not ever defend his "opinion" or offer proof? Reminds of the pranksters that used to ring the doorbell and hid. Childish and cowardly. But then again maybe not even he can defend his stupidity when offered proof he is wrong.

I believe Mark has hightlighted how many people feel. Well done.

Justus, who sold the slaves to the white man? Justus who sells slaves in Africa today?

My great grandfather fought in the War of Northern Aggression. He was a hard scrabble farmer from the hills of Hall County. It is irrelevant to me whether the War was over slavery or not. He fought and suffered and survived. He will always be honored as a hero in my family and my brother's family, and we always have and always will honor his service to his country on Confederate Memorial Day regardless of what any government entity today does or does not do to honor his sacrifice. I proudly display my 1954 Georgia flag with it's rebel flag on my porch for all to see who grace the portals of my home in my great-grandfather's honor.

Who are the enslaved Americans today? The drug addicts why doesn't this administration take on the drug cartels in Mexico? Drugs are ruining this nation, not our history.

Well justice that means your ancestors that sold your people into bondage are just as complicit. I think you should move over there at once and show them how much you hate your own race as well as anyone white...you are such a pathetic person.

Why did;nt the last two adminastration, take on the drug cartel? Could it be because, he was in bed with Fox, the president, or because his sister-in law is mexican, and his housekeeper was mexican?

You people sure go off on tangents! The writer was stating that he was proud of his heritage! I am a northern transplant. Been in Augusta since 1972. Never gave much thought to the war ( hell we won,right?) I met two s.c.v.'s at my former place of employment, and learned what their war is all about. They don't give a damn about anything except seeing that their ancestors are remembered properly and setting the record right on the undisputed facts of what really happened. My family is all northern and talking to these men made me proud of Their heritage! There is too much hate in the world, the s.c.v.'s don't want to add to it!

The same old rhetoric, day after day. Who is to say what the "undisputed facts are" ?

The question was how does Germany handle the issue over how the Jews were treated is simple, if you had the chance to look into a German history text in a German school you would see that according to them it never happened. They are ignoring their past.

People should remember the War Between the States, the local governments took action that they felt necessary to preserve their own rights. Today the federal government has failed to protect our nation's sovereignty by not protecting our borders. It is now time for the local municipalities to enforce our rights as citizens. Next time Grovetown has a court, go see how many illegals show up to pay their fines for driving without a licenses or insurance. Since, the INS will not pick up the illegals why doesn't Grovetown and other municipalities, take them and drop them off at the Governors' mansion?

Those that were forced to fight should be honored. I do find it hypocritical of people like Milton though, who last year at this time would have called anyone who disagreed with anything the Federal Government did unpatriotic, yet now himself/herself does the criticizing. I am not saying he/she has no right to criticize. He/she does have that right. Just remember others had that right during the Bush years and were not being unpatriotic. They too were just worried about where the nation was headed.

IMD I am a conservative I disagreed with the republicans on a majority of the domestic policies. Also, I didn't like the bank bail out pushed down our throats by Bush and the liberal congress. There were no congressional hearings, but the congress spent months investigating which baseball players used steroids. Why do you think both the Republicans and the Democrats pushed the bailouts through so fast? Maybe because both parties are responsible for our nations financial disaster. After McCain stopped his campaign to be a " no leader " and help with the bail out, he lost my vote. I didn't vote for Barry either.

Justus4, The "5,000,000 slaves that died crossing the Atlantic" claim has been effctively debunked by many. Common sense would tell you that a business that lost that much of their trade would not be in business for long and the sale trade, unfortunately, lasted far too long. Made up numbers do not help your cause - unless it is race-baiting.

justus4 is spineless anyway,he comes in here puts out his crap and flys away.because he knows if he does like the rest of us with our discussions on his favorite subject he will lose and lose big.he's just a e-mail rambo