WHEN MEN WERE MEN.....!

[Diabloman]

 

[dannyd]

My grandma was a "Daughter of the Confederacy" and every time someone would being up her dad (my G grandpa) she would roll her eyes.

Those people were just like the rest of us.

 

[gunman42782]

They could sure write more articulate letters than your average person these days! Even the Privates! LOL.

 

[dannyd]

They could sure write more articulate letters than your average person these days! Even the Privates! LOL.

Because that was Their Facebook back then.

 

[WendyZXZ]

One of the things I like about visiting the home town of my husband's side of the family, small town perhaps 200, is that every Memorial Day they put out small hand held flags on the graves of veterans. Naturally it is a sea of United States flags, but also you see a fair number of the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy for the veterans of the War Between the States and a sprinkling of Texas flags for those that were in the Revolution from Mexico. It is ironic with how many now if you showed them a Stars and Bars flags how many would look and wonder what it is...

 

[black1970]

SCV

 

[Diabloman]

My grandma was a "Daughter of the Confederacy" and every time someone would being up her dad (my G grandpa) she would roll her eyes.

Those people were just like the rest of us.

ANOTHER PAIR OF HERO'S......!

 

[mistermills357]

One of the things I like about visiting the home town of my husband's side of the family, small town perhaps 200, is that every Memorial Day they put out small hand held flags on the graves of veterans. Naturally it is a sea of United States flags, but also you see a fair number of the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy for the veterans of the War Between the States and a sprinkling of Texas flags for those that were in the Revolution from Mexico. It is ironic with how many now if you showed them a Stars and Bars flags how many would look and wonder what it is...

They don’t know what the Confederate flag is: but they don’t recognize the German or Russian or Chinese either, because they are not literate.
Ask someone to define literate, and they will say that it means the ability to read. And it does mean that.

But it’s first definition means to be educated, or cultured. There aren’t enough people who are widely educated these days. For instance they should know who General Lee was, but they should also know who Stonewall Jackson was.

And they should know who General Sherman was, IMO.
BTW: I am no fan of the Confederacy, but at least I know what it is.

And around here, some people put out flags in graveyards on Memorial Day, but they are always American ones.

 

[the_leper_colony]

ANOTHER PAIR OF HERO'S......!

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a very interesting man, with an extraordinary amount of self discipline. He once said, "I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it."

Most folks today would likely take the opposite approach!

 

[dannyd]

ANOTHER PAIR OF HERO'S......!

Both those guy's would have corrected you for saying that about them.

They were just regular people like you or I with all the problems we have today.

 

[rex1]

My granddad died in 1973 was named after the great general ( Stonewall Jackson Phillips )

 

[KIR]

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a very interesting man, with an extraordinary amount of self discipline. He once said, "I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it."

Most folks today would likely take the opposite approach!

Oh, you mean like...Brett Kavanaugh, "I like beer!"

 

[WendyZXZ]

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a very interesting man, with an extraordinary amount of self discipline. He once said, "I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it."

Most folks today would likely take the opposite approach!

Wild Turkey 101 straight is my preference.

 

[contender]

rex1,, I'm a Phillips myself.

Wendy,, WT 101 straight up is a serious drink. I bet I know of a few folks home brew that would rival WT in the taste & smoothness dept.

 

[WendyZXZ]

rex1,, I'm a Phillips myself.

Wendy,, WT 101 straight up is a serious drink. I bet I know of a few folks home brew that would rival WT in the taste & smoothness dept.

That sounds like some of my Cajun kin from Louisiana and some of the things in the bayou areas they frequent. I will admit that they don't care to pay taxes on certain things. My husband and I were married for a year before they invited him to go off with them, and they already liked what they heard about him and how he handled three would be murders back decades ago.

 

[contender]

 

[Rick Courtright]

ANOTHER PAIR OF HERO'S......!

Both those guy's would have corrected you for saying that about them.

They were just regular people like you or I with all the problems we have today.

Hi,

As far as I can tell, those in my family who fought in that war wore blue. Even so, it bothers me to see the Confederate flags and the statues coming down: that old adage about ignoring the lessons of history dooms us to repeat it. But just for little trivia things, what did Grant and Lee share in common? They both went to West Point... most everybody should get that one.

But more important was that BOTH men were fighting for THEIR country! How many people heard that mentioned in their history classes?

Rick C

 

[dannyd]

Hi,

As far as I can tell, those in my family who fought in that war wore blue. Even so, it bothers me to see the Confederate flags and the statues coming down: that old adage about ignoring the lessons of history dooms us to repeat it. But just for little trivia things, what did Grant and Lee share in common? They both went to West Point... most everybody should get that one.

But more important was that BOTH men were fighting for THEIR country! How many people heard that mentioned in their history classes?

Rick C

There coming down unfortunately because the southern people after World War 2 decided to take a Flag and image's that was not their's and use it for political purposes.

General Lee was Number 2 in his class and that's when the course's were mostly in French.

 

[Danny]

When I saw the title, I thought it must be talking about the Series "Mad Men", aka "get me my coffee, B itch".

Danny

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

They don’t know what the Confederate flag is: but they don’t recognize the German or Russian or Chinese either, because they are not literate.
Ask someone to define literate, and they will say that it means the ability to read. And it does mean that.

But it’s first definition means to be educated, or cultured. There aren’t enough people who are widely educated these days. For instance they should know who General Lee was, but they should also know who Stonewall Jackson was.

And they should know who General Sherman was, IMO.
BTW: I am no fan of the Confederacy, but at least I know what it is.

And around here, some people put out flags in graveyards on Memorial Day, but they are always American ones.

From your post "Ask someone to define literate, and they will say that it means the ability to read. And it does mean that."
You are correct. Unfortunately- and this is a surprise to most- Based on this definition, the illiteracy rate in the United States is near 70% ( or little lower, depending on which national survey you read).

 

[Fox Mike]

Wild Turkey 101 straight is my preference.

Rebel Yell. Dangerous stuff. I vividly remember it from my drinking days.

 

[mistermills357]

From your post "Ask someone to define literate, and they will say that it means the ability to read. And it does mean that."
You are correct. Unfortunately- and this is a surprise to most- Based on this definition, the illiteracy rate in the United States is near 70% ( or little lower, depending on which national survey you read).

Geographic illiteracy is rampant, and you know that, it is pretty stark.
Ask someone where Montevideo is, and how to properly pronounce it.

And a literate person should know where it is, or how find it PDQ, without help.

I used to know every state Capitol, and we had to know them, or fail the American geography class. I learned to keep a World Atlas handy, and I have a couple of those.

 

[hittman]

Ask someone where Montevideo is, and how to properly pronounce it.

I for one had no idea where it is. But a quick Bing search hooked me up.
I would have never guessed Uruguay!

 

[mistermills357]

I for one had no idea where it is. But a quick Bing search hooked me up.
I would have never guessed Uruguay!

A female friend was talking to me and she mentioned it, and I didn’t know where it was either. So she told me and I looked it up in the Merriam-Webster & New World College Dictionary. And it stuck into my memory.

I used it as an example, that literacy should include countries and cities in our Western hemisphere.

 

[Fox Mike]

Definition
Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society. Generally, literacy also encompasses numeracy, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. The concept of literacy can be distinguished from measures to quantify it, such as the literacy rate and functional literacy.

 

[RC44Mag]

I for one had no idea where it is. But a quick Bing search hooked me up.
I would have never guessed Uruguay!

I thought it was where they have that fancy race right in the streets of that country in the Mediterranean Ocean.

 

[hittman]

I thought maybe Montevideo was a typo and he meant Monticello or Montebello.

 

[mistermills357]

Definition
Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society. Generally, literacy also encompasses numeracy, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. The concept of literacy can be distinguished from measures to quantify it, such as the literacy rate and functional literacy.

That’s a good definition, and I never argue with dictionaries anyway. But it’s kind of wordy.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

1a: EDUCATED, CULTURED

b: able to read and write