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Nov. 9th, 2003 08:25 pmOK, i've been boring and quiet lately. Doesn't mean that nothing's happening, just little of interest to anyone outside of my immediate household.
What usually happens is some sort of little intellectual exercise. In this case, it was incited by a comment made by Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean about wanting to be the candidate for whom "guys with Confederate flag stickers on the backs of their pickups" vote. As usual whenever a politician lets fly with some less-than-well thought out idea, there was considerable flap over this. It got me thinking in a somewhat James Burke-sque manner- from the Southern Cross to the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, "southern rock" and Pearl Jam.
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What usually happens is some sort of little intellectual exercise. In this case, it was incited by a comment made by Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean about wanting to be the candidate for whom "guys with Confederate flag stickers on the backs of their pickups" vote. As usual whenever a politician lets fly with some less-than-well thought out idea, there was considerable flap over this. It got me thinking in a somewhat James Burke-sque manner- from the Southern Cross to the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, "southern rock" and Pearl Jam.
( cut to spare those who aren't particularly interested )
