The Southern Party Newsletter
Issue of July 2, 2002

THE SOUTHERN PARTY NEWS

"The Cutting Edge of Southern Nationalism!"

The Official News Letter of the Southern Party

Volume 2, #44

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THIS ISSUE'S FEATURES:

"Police Officer Fired for Being Southern Party Member" by SPAR Chairman Tom Jett -- More on Grissom's "Can the South Survive?" by Greg Kay -- Jeff Melton looks at "Nullification & Secession" -- "Entertainment and Propaganda" Are they the same? by Greg Kay -- In "The Sore Loser", Southern humorist N. Truth looks at Virginia's carpetbag governor -- Amazing story of how "UDC Chapter Bans Confederate Flag" by Jeff Hodges -- Derek Pacheco reports on the first officially Southern baby of the millennium -- A tale of "Civil Disobedience, Confederate Style" by Chad Allen -- "Harley-Davidson Discrimination" against Southerners by Jerry Baxley and David Knapp -- Terry Sloane delivers "The Southern Party of Oklahoma Convention Report -- Greg Kay answers the critics -- Movie review of "Ride With the Devil"

CONVENTION REMINDER

The Southern Party National Convention is just two weeks away. Please get your registration forms in quickly and remember to make your hotel reservations.
This is an election year so if you want your voice heard, be there.

The Confederate Military Ball will be held on Saturday night. Your convention registration includes admittance to the ball.

Remember: July 19th and July 20th - be in Oklahoma City Oklahoma for the national convention

POLICE OFFICER FIRED FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN PARTY!
by Tom Jett

(Note: Regardless of which side you fall on concerning labor issues, the fact remains that a government is NOT a private company, and cannot morally or legally engage in the practice of capriciously throwing people out of their jobs because of legal activities that they engage in during their private life. Regardless of what organization a person may belong to - political, social, religious, or whatever - they have the right to belong if they choose, WITHOUT repercussion. To accept the use of forcing political views through economic terrorism, ESPECIALLY by a public governing body is the moral equivalent of countenancing and applauding the practices of the old Soviet Union and virtually every other tyrannical regime that has ever existed. Greg Kay)

Fellow Southerners,

The forces of political correctness have struck again, and this time I am the victim. Because of my position with The Southern Party, the City of West Memphis Arkansas has terminated my employment with the police department. It seems that they equate The Southern Party with the KKK, which we all know is absurd. This all occurred just prior to my filing for a medical retirement due to severe arthritis, which is due to an injury I sustained during an arrest of a violent drug addict ten years ago.

I have hired a lawyer, and am appealing my termination, but I still have a problem. Like most of us in The Southern Nationalist movement I am not wealthy, in fact I am not even well off. It pains me to ask, but I seriously need assistance with my legal expenses.

I consulted with my lawyer, and he said it would be proper to establish a legal defense fund, so now I must ask for as much assistance as you can provide. I would like to thank each and every one of you who is able to help me in this time of need, and for those who are unable to assist me financially please pray that this unfortunate situation is resolved in a favorable manner.

God bless y'all, and God Save The South!

Thomas M. Jett,
Chairman, Southern Party of Arkansas

(Questions for Mr. Jett may be addressed to and contributions may be mailed directly to Thomas M. Jett, PO Box 695, Ashland, Miss. 38601. Tom resides in Arkansas and this is a relative's home; however, due to his persecution there, it would be more secure for any correspondence to arrive at the above address. Dig deep, ladies and gentlemen; the next time, it could be you!)

IF YOU HAVE NOT, THEN TELL ME WHY HAVEN'T YOU
by Greg Kay

In order to convert others and get them on board, first it helps to know the truth yourself, and all too many Southern activists do not. Yes, you probably know about the seminal event of Southern history, our War for Southern Independence, and some of us can expound for hours on generals and battles, flags and politicians, or the name of the horse owned by Robert E. Lee's 2nd cousin twice-removed. There's not a thing wrong with that; there can never be too much knowledge of the glorious history of the Southern people (I'm working on a book myself.), but we need to keep this one fact in our minds - there's more to it than that.

Our history did not begin with secession and President Davis, nor did it end that sad day at Appomattox Court House. Other things have happened since then - things that have had nearly as much influence (and done nearly as much damage) on our Southern lifeways as our struggle for Southern liberty in the 19th Century. The unfortunate thing is that all too many of us either don't know them, or don't want to know them, because there are some very uncomfortable truths there; the kind of truths that it can be costly to face up to and address. That, I suspect, is why so many of our people have put off reading the most important Southern Book that I am aware of, "Can the South Survive?" by Michael Grissom.

Now before you think I've got something to sell, let me tell you that neither I nor the Southern Party are currently selling this book; we don't make a dime from it. We push for its wider reading for one reason and one reason only - it, more than any other work so far, has the potential to rip off the blinders and make us squint at the bright light of the unvarnished, unfiltered truth about not only who we are, but exactly what we are up against. Until we actually know who the enemy is, what motivates him, and what he has done to us, we don't have a hope of defeating him. This book, more than any other, will give you that information.
"Can the South Survive?" is discomforting and maybe a little dangerous - most revolutionary concepts are - but it is the illusion-shattering truth; something that the Southern Nationalist Movement could use a good, strong shot of.

"Can the South Survive?" is available directly from the author at
Buy it. Read it. Please.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

"Freedom of speech involves the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

NULLIFICATION & SECESSION:
TWO DIFFERENT REMEDIES
Part 1: Nullification Considered
By Jeff Melton

Since the Constitution is a compact among the sovereign states, it is supposed to do the will of those states. The actions of the United States government’s legislative branch are limited in scope by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. That section of the Constitution lays out the specific powers that were delegated to the federal government by the states (who retain all other powers, as stated in the 10th Amendment).

The question arises, then, of what to do when the federal government is over-stepping its boundaries. What happens when the federal government is acting outside the specific grant of powers, and is acting in a manner inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the sole source of its powers, contained in the Constitutional compact?

It must first be understood that the best defense against federal usurpation is-and always has been-the states. Thomas Jefferson understood this, and certainly Patrick Henry and the anti-federalists did. The illusion of checks and balances within the federal government itself has shown itself to be completely ineffective. This should be no surprise, however. After all, who would have a group of foxes guard their hen house from another group of foxes-or wolves? The federal government has consistently shown itself to be most interested in drawing more power to the center, and away from the states-and away from the people. The phenomenon has existed since John Adams’ presidency, although it waxed and waned at different times (Thomas Jefferson, for instance, spent a great deal of his first few months in office reversing what Adams had done). However, since 1865, the federal government has not stopped growing, but offer different solutions on how best to exercise this sovereignty.

Historically, there have been two very specific remedies enlisted by the states to combat the problem of the federal government over-reaching, and usurping more power than it was granted. These two remedies are nullification and secession. Although they were both designed to address the same problem, and have similarities, they are also quite different. Both recognize state sovereignty, but offer different solutions on how best to exercise this sovereignty.

Nullification was first expressed (albeit anonymously) by John C. Calhoun, the brilliant statesman from South Carolina. Mr. Calhoun drew upon the 10th Amendment as his inspiration, and offered this theory in response to a series of tariffs that were growing ever more oppressive to the Southern people. In 1816 and 1824, a series of tariffs were passed by Congress that resulted in the cost of consumer goods in the South being raised as much as fifty percent. In 1828, this matter was made worse by the Tariff of Abominations, which raised the tariff rates even higher. This created a public outcry in Mr. Calhoun’s native South Carolina, and across the South. The Southern people had very limited means of production, and relied heavily on imports. Therefore, the prices for products in the South were raised to outrageous levels-merely as a means of protectionist policies to help subsidize Northern businesses.

This controversy continued, with the expected verbal warfare in the United States Congress. In 1832, the Tariff of Abominations was modified by a new tariff, but the protectionist system continued, and the tariff rates were still excessive.

Not only were the tariffs oppressive to the Southern people because of the economic burden it presented, but Mr. Calhoun and other Southern statesmen opposed the tariffs because of the way the revenue was being spent. The tariff revenue was being used to subsidize Northern businesses and make Henry Clay’s "domestic improvements"-namely building roads and bridges in the Northern states.

By means of illustration, the Southern States were paying 85% of the taxes raised by the United States through their tariffs. In the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia alone, 60% of the entire federal revenue was borne on the shoulders of these states. Although the Northern states were paying only 15% of the tax burden, they were benefiting from it disproportionately. In fact, only 10% of the tax revenue raised by the federal government at that time was being spent in the South. It is no wonder that they were outraged!

In reaction to this problem, John Calhoun offered (anonymously, because he was the Vice-President at the time) the remedy of nullification. Nullification meant that a specific state could refuse to enforce a federal law if it found that that law was unconstitutional.

On November 10, 1832, a Nullification Convention convened in South Carolina and voted 136 to 26 to declare the tariffs "null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this state, its officers, or its citizens" because it was unconstitutional. In fact, legal penalties were to be imposed on any federal officer attempting to collect the tariff duties.

Conceptually, nullification of a federal law by a state would mean that the law would not be enforced in that state. In the case of the tariff legislation, that would amount to a free trade zone in South Carolina. That was something that the federal government would tolerate no more in 1832 than it would in 1861. As a result, President Jackson sent seven naval vessels and a man of war to Charleston in November 1832 to enforce the tariff and the money it brought to the federal coffers. In December, Jackson issued a proclamation on nullification, declaring it null and (interesting enough) also declaring it and secession illegal. The people of Massachusetts must have been amazed by that, given that they still had a few more threats of secession themselves to come.

Jackson threatened to send an army of 100,000 men to South Carolina to enforce the tariff. In response, South Carolina quickly authorized $200,000 for arms and supplies to defend itself against what would clearly be an unconstitutional invasion.

Ultimately, John Calhoun resigned as vice president over this controversy, and in March 1833, a compromise tariff was passed. Shortly afterwards, the nullification resolution was withdrawn and the problem was resolved-at least for the moment.

Although the nullification crisis ended without any long-lasting incident, it should be noted that it did help bring about the end of the Tariff of Abominations, although this took a number of years.

The court itself never specifically ruled on nullification, but it is a remedy that has returned from time to time since then, although not in the formal manner in which it was proposed by Mr. Calhoun and the South Carolina legislature. Many Northern states, for instance, refused to honor the interstate fugitive slave laws, choosing not to return slaves who had escaped into their territory. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that the fugitive slave laws had to be upheld in the famous Dred Scott Case, 60 US 393 (1857). This case, written by Chief Justice Taney, struck down the Missouri Compromise on the grounds that Congress could not declare slavery illegal in the territories.

While perhaps not nullification, the concept did re-appear during the 1950s and 1960s-the time commonly called the "civil rights" era. During this time, there were a series of Supreme Court decisions that imposed the will of the federal government on the states. The most famous of these was Brown vs. Board of Education, 349 US 294 (1955). Brown is famous for its reversal of the "separate but equal" standard that had existed for a number of years in the schools, and was in fact upheld by the court in the famous Plessy vs. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896).

In Brown, the court determined that segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment (which was fast becoming the court’s method of justifying federal supremacy over the states-a trademark left down from the Warren era of the court), and it ordered that all schools should be desegregated in a reasonable period of time. This decision was largely ignored by a number of states, both Southern and Northern. These states were practicing a modern version of nullification, choosing not to enforce the United States Supreme Court decision, their position being that it had not authority, and that it was forcing its will on the Southern States. In the 1960s, however, troops were sent in to force this decision on the states. This caused a great deal of conflict, and ultimately the states were integrated. It should be noted that, although the South gets the bad press for segregation, it existed also in Massachusetts and Michigan at the same time.

One could certainly argue that segregation was wrong, or that it needed to be overturned. However, what power did the federal government legitimately have to impose its will on the sovereign states? This question was certainly not sufficiently answered by the court decisions of the time.

Since the "civil rights" era, however, the federal government’s iron hand has always been present, if even impliedly. The states have grown more comfortable in their subservient role, and the people have grown to identify themselves less with their home states and more with the general federal government.

There has been some movement in recent years to retaining more power in the states. In 1996, there was a movement by Colorado and other states to have a 10th Amendment resolution, making it clear that the states did indeed retain the powers not specifically delegated away to the federal government. However, this movement has not sufficiently taken root among the consciousness of the people.

If nullification was used today, it could apply to things such as abortion. The so-called "partial birth abortion" that has received federal protection (particularly during the Clinton administration) has not been popular in many states, and some have attempted to outlaw the barbaric form of infanticide. Under nullification, a state could choose not to enforce a US Supreme Court decision protecting the practice, abortion, or any number of liberal policies that the people of that state were opposed to, and that indicated a clear break from Constitutional authority. In this case, the objection would be that the judiciary is acting as a legislative body.
Nullification offers a remedy that allows a state to remain in the union of states (and retain the benefits derived therefrom), but at the same time, protect its citizens and their interests against oppressive laws that violate the rights of the citizens of those states. It is, of course, a less drastic measure than secession, although one that would certainly be just as controversial in modern times-even moreso than when it was first proposed.

The problem with nullification, however, is that a state is not recognizing a federal law, and this has shown to be a source of great conflict every time it has been utilized. President Jackson threatened to send troops to South Carolina at a time when such a thing had never been considered; the federal government did in fact send troops into the Southern States to enforce the desegregation decision; and the federal government has shown itself to be very pro-active in enforcing gun control laws and other federal rules.

Nullification was not a method favored by President Jefferson Davis, who had a problem with nullifying laws and remaining a part of the federal government. This would be analogous to being a partner in a firm and refusing to honor major rules and/or regulations. Ultimately, this would lead to conflict if the rule/regulation were important enough to the partnership. Or, in the case of the federal government, it will lead to conflict if the federal government is concerned sufficiently about a diminution of its power and standing in relation to the states. This, of course, is not a legitimate concern under the Constitution, where such things are laid out; but it is a very practical concern when the federal government has shown itself very much willing and ready to take on more and more power.

While it seems unlikely that the nullification crisis will resurface currently, with the wave of flag-waving sentiment that has existed since September 11, 2001, it is a concept that is sure to re-assert itself in some form. In Nevada, the governor is refusing to allow nuclear material in his territory, in open opposition to the will of the federal government. Will this ultimately lead to another nullification movement? Only time will tell.

ENTERTAINMENT OR PROPAGANDA?
by Greg Kay

We hear it said quite often that the entertainment industry is not entertainment at all. but is an organized propaganda campaign designed to advance certain agendas by planting ideas in our minds. Others poo-poo the idea as a ridiculous product of a disturbed mind. So which is it? Is entertainment really propaganda or are we just paranoid? Consider the following, from the book "Writers: Let's Plot!", by Mildred Reid. It is a writers' guide, published in the middle of WWII, 1943. The principles here apply equally well to electronic entertainment (Movies, TV, and music) as to the print media that was prevalent then.

"At the present moment, the government wishes people to think along certain lines, yet many people find so much that is depressing in the newspapers that they find no relaxation in reading them. How then is the government to get its ideas across to the public? Through YOU! Through every fiction writer!

For instance, when you put across a story with a theme such as "In unity there is strength" you are preaching to the reader. You are educating him to the kind of thinking the government wants him to do. Naturally, you will give this information nicely enlivened with a pretty heroine and a manly hero, but when the reader has completed your supposed light love story, he will be left with one thought: "In unity there is strength." Or whatever other comparable theme you point out. It is not by accident that you see such a preponderance of war themes in published fiction!

...some of a nation's people must, in times of war, be at the front lines, but that those who are given the ability to write should take this duty just as seriously, and not deprecate its value in war-time!

...Naturally, any theme to which a story is pointed must not be too blatantly obvious. It must be so subtle that it is not until the reader has completed the story - and enjoyed it - that he realizes that you used the old "castor oil in orange juice" idea and left him with a definite message in mind."

Remember this the next time you read a book or watch a movie or television show, or allow your children to do so, and ask yourself what it was that you just watched. Was it pure entertainment, or was it something else entirely?

THE SORE LOSER
by N. Truth, Professional Curmudgeon

Now, I hear that Virginia's Yankee carpetbag governor, Warner, has done conceded defeat at the courts' requirement that descendents of Confederate veterans not be discriminated against by the prohibition o' the Sons of Confederate Veterans logo (includin' that bad ol' Southern Cross - Oh my!) on their specialty license tags. Below are selections from 'is press release, along with my own, personal translation in parentheses. I reckon that ye'll need the translation 'cause political Yankee-nese can be purty hard to figger out at the best o' times, so I'll give ye a leg up by puttin' er in plain, no-nonsense talk.

"After consultation with the Attorney General and members of the General Assembly, I have decided against an appeal of the Fourth Circuit's decision in Sons of Confederate Veterans, et al. v. Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. I have been advised that it is extremely unlikely that an appeal would be successful."
(Translation: "They whupped my sorry Yankee butt like a red-headed step-child!")

"In my view, the resources of the Commonwealth would be better spent addressing important needs such as education and the social safety net, rather than on litigation which has little chance of success."
(Translation: "I jus' wanna forgit this day, an' if I throw out some more welfare dollars to the dead-beats an' stroke the soccer moms a little, maybe ever'one else'll forgit it too!")

"The confederate flag symbol in the logo of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, while a symbol of historical heritage to some, is offensive to many Virginians."
(Translation: "It's offensive to the whinin' proffesional race-mongers in the NAACP, ADL, SPLC an' all them other alphabet soup money-grubbers, to the liberal closet pinkos, the Yankee immigrants such as myself, an' all them illegal immigrants living 20 to a one bedroom trailer who helped elect me. Screw them Virginny boys!")

"I supported the compromise legislation passed by the General Assembly that allowed the SCV plate but prohibited the use of the logo."
(Translation: "I supported discrimmination 'gainst real Southerners an' their symbols.")

"Two federal courts have now ruled that legislation unconstitutional. In addition, courts in both Maryland and North Carolina have ruled that the Sons of Confederate Veterans are entitled to license plates bearing their logo."
(Translation: "I ain't got a legal leg to stand on in this thing, an' never did!")

While I had hoped the legislation would be upheld, I believe the Court's opinion must be respected as the law of the land."
(Translation: "Like I got a choice!")

"I further believe, however, that the General Assembly should take a closer look at the process for granting license plates to interest groups..."
(Translation: "Don't you liberals worry none; I'm gonna keep tryin' to find a way to discriminate against folks who offend our views. We'll hush 'em up yet!")

"Senator Henry L. Marsh, III and Delegate Jerrauld C. Jones expressed their support of the Governor's decision: "We strongly disagree with the Court's opinion. The logo of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is patently offensive to the vast majority of Virginians."
(I don't reckon this last little bit o' horse manure needs much of a translation - jus' a good pair of hip waders. Now, I'd have to question the qualifications fer dog catcher, let alone legislature, o' somebody that'd make a statement that durn silly. I'm 'fraid I'd be tempted to put 'im down in my book as either a damn liar or a damn fool. 'Course, considerin' some o' the stuff they passed, maybe that makes 'em qualified fer the Ol' Dominion legislature after all!

(Mr. N. Truth is a Southern commentator, humorist, and philosopher who runs a Southern political parody website at .)

UDC CHAPTER BANS DISPLAY OF CONFEDERATE FLAG
by Jeff Hodges

You won't believe this! The Phillip's Legion UDC chapter in Smyrna, Georgia sponsored a Confederate Memorial Day service on Sunday 28 April. Unlike other Confederate Memorial Day services, the Phillip's Legion UDC chapter wouldn't allow the attendees to display Confederate flags! Here's the story.

A member of the SCV Leonidas Polk Camp #1446 brought a Confederate Second National Flag to the Smyrna UDC chapter's Confederate Memorial service. He chose the Second National flag because that's the flag under which his ancestors fought and he wanted to pay tribute to them. However, he was told by a UDC member that no provisions had been made for attendees to display Confederate flags. The man was asked to leave. When he refused, Ruth Reddick (President of the Phillip's Legion UDC chapter and officer in the UDC Georgia Division) went to get the police. Two police officers approached the man and advised that he must either put the flag away or leave the cemetery. He, along with his wife, chose the latter.

Oh, by the way, they also fly the Barnes rag at their meetings as does the Kennesaw and Atlanta UDC chapters (among others). Furthermore, when I went to see the Confederate Constitution at the UGA library on Confederate Memorial Day, there were booklets on the table sponsored by the UDC. The Barnes rag was prominently displayed on the booklet for the public to see.

Contact the UDC Division Headquarters and tell them about the traitors in their ranks! UDC General Headquarters 328 North Boulevard Richmond Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Jeff Hodges President, Cherokee County League of the South
Commander, Eli P. Landers SCV camp #1724

FIRST SOUTHERN BABY BORN IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: ABIGAEL MARIE WATTS
Race of Parents and Child Legally Registered as Southern!
by Derek Pacheco

The executive committee of the Southern Party takes great pride in announcing the blessed arrival of the first true daughter of Dixie, Abigael Marie Watts, born June 15,2002 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to proud parents Joel Landon and Leigh Anne and weighing in at a healthy 6 pounds, 3 ounces!

Dixie's special angel is currently averaging about 4 hours of shuteye, so we may safely assume that Mama and Daddy are blissfully exhausted with rings of sleep deprivation under their eyes! In the absence of any extended family among Joel's kin, the honorable Jerry and Joyce Baxley, founding members of the Southern Party, have graciously consented to act as the child's grandparents.

Abigail Marie's birth certificate legally lists her as being a member of the Southern race, of which historical first her parents are justifiably proud, both on a personal level and for its revolutionary significance within the broader context of Southern history. Joel decided on the spur of the moment to register not only his newborn belle as "Southern" for race, but also declared the same for both he and Leigh Anne, an act he later discovered is absolutely legal! It is the fervent hope and desire of the Southern Party that this cherished event may prove to be a milestone worthy of emulation and no less a pivotal turning point for the individual and collective consciousness of those Southerners who long to make the dawning of this new century the birth of a true Southern renaissance!

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, CONFEDERATE STYLE
By Chad Allen

Hello, fellow Southern Patriots. My name is Chad Allen; I am an Alternate Delegate for the Southern Party of Virginia. Many of you have already heard about my little incident. But in case you haven’t, I will give you the details. I will give the story more in a story form. Here it goes!

19 months have passed since the first day of the beginning of the DuPont Protest. We have endured many weather conditions ranging from Severe Thunderstorms, to snow, and very hot and cold days. Every Thursday we would protest for at least two hours regardless of the weather conditions. Fighting for what we believe in, fighting for our Constitutional and God Given Rights. At first there was dialogue, but then there was none. For many months, nothing happened, in fact for about 15 months nothing happened. What is taking so long you may ask? Well, we are waiting on the employees. Our protest is always peaceful, but yet they refuse to give, just as we refuse to give in. So basically, we are at a stand still. Now to the present…

Fast Forward

OK, now it is the year 2002, the day, the 9th of May. It’s a hot, humid, sunny, and a muggy day. The time, 5 PM. We have already been out there for more than two hours simmering in the hot sun, and the protest was about over. We had heard the sarcastic news from the Yankee Carpetbagger, or as we call him on the protest line Mike Mayberry the Turkey. He decided after consulting with his people that they were going to allow the SCV license plate, but still he would not whatsoever let the Confederate Bumper Stickers on the cars. We were very upset at his sarcasm. The anger was very strong that day, and a plan of action was being planned. I began to ponder the idea of going onto DuPont property flying my colors out the window, and began to get instructions on the safe way to go. From the encouragement from all those there, I made that decision. I went to my car, and put my flag in the car and drove to the light to enter DuPont. I was now ready, knowing that I could get in trouble for what I am about to do. I was at the light hyped up and ready to go, put my flag out the window and proceeded down the road. The left turn was coming up and I knew that I had to turn, at the gate, I told myself. Something blocked my train of thought, and for some odd reason, I had made the decision to go through the gate. I stopped at the stop sign and waited for a second, not seeing any security guard, none were in sight. I then decided to turn left. I was already going the speed limit and I was already across the wall when I thought I heard a yell, I looked behind me, not comprehending who or why somebody was yelling, if they were yelling at all. I kept on going, not thinking twice about stopping. The Confederate Driving Tour was in progress, stopping at every stop sign there. Then, I decided, OK, now to look for a place to turn around. I went all the way to the end of the road where it was closed off by a fence. I turned around and noticed the security guard coming toward me. The security guard then acted like he was going to ram me in the side. So I then stopped. Talked to him for about a minute. His name was Glenn, a nice guy, but was he angry. Anyway, he told me that he was going to escort me out. On the way back, I noticed our friend Mike Mayberry. It seems that he was not pleased, and actually looked pretty worried. Afterwards, I then pull up to the gate where they had closed it off. I was told to stop, and I did. Everyone was there. All of the head management was present, including the head security guy and many others. I called the head security guard over and asked him what he was planning on doing. He told me that they had called the police and that they were going to charge me with Trespassing. I said OK. I waited there for about 15 minutes before the police officer came.

You may be thinking to yourself, Chad, how could you do such a thing? Anybody, that knows me, knows that I am a person that would not just break the law. There has to be an explanation for what I have done. Not that trespassing is a major crime, because it is not. It is a very minor crime. You know, the liberals and their activist do this kind of thing all the time to get their message across. Especially, if nothing is happening for them. This is how they get the world so to speak, to try and sympathize for their cause. Another words, they make a conscience decision to send somebody in to get arrested for trespassing. OK,, back to the story.

So I am sitting there in my car, my car is turned off and I am roasting like a pig. Tell you what; sometimes I thought I was going to throw up. Anyway, The police officer showed up, he is a Chesterfield Police Officer and is name is R.M. Knouse. It was basically the same usual routine, he asked for my license and registration. He wrote the information down and then proceeded to go inside the guardhouse. He comes back out after a few minutes and tells me the obvious, that he has to write me a ticket for Trespassing in a Posted No Trespassing site. Which is County ordinance 13-1, and/or state code 18.2-119. It seemed to me that the officer really did not want to write the ticket out to me and in fact it seemed that he was a little sympathetic. I asked him if I could pay this ticket out of court. He said NO, you have to be in court for this. Come on, like I am supposed to know the severity of trespassing. Not like I knew what the law was. I remember it well, he told me not to worry about it, because it is a very minor thing, that this kind of thing happens all the time and that he is real sure that I will get off pretty easy. Then I told him about the gate being opened that if there was a sign in the location that he says it was at how come it is placed about 30 feet from the right lane? I told him that if they were so worried about security, how come there was no security guard out there patrolling the entrance, and how come the sign is about 30-40 feet away from the guardhouse. Just does not make sense. I also told him that I did stop at the stop sign and waited for a sec or two, but nobody came out and that I thought it was OK for me to go ahead and go. It seemed to me that he truly did understand and emphasized that I not worry because this kind of thing happens all the time. Shortly after, he told me that he had to arrest me, but he was not required to take me to the police station. He then read me my Miranda rights. He also asked me if I was feeling OK, and I told him that I think I would be fine, I told him that I was feeling a little dehydrated from the heat. I was then let go, and left the grounds. I pulled into the Bus Stop area at the protest area to try and cool off from the heat. I also talked to some folks on the protest line that was wondering what had happened. I wanted them to know that I was A, OK.

WHAT IN THE WORLD DID I JUST DO? AM I CRAZY? WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD DO SUCH A THING? WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING? OK, caps off… Over the next few days, I wondered if I had done the right thing? Switch back and forth. Mind games were uncontrollable. I would tell myself, that was very dumb, and then I would say, forget them, I am proud of what I did. Did I do the right thing? Well, I will leave that up to you. However, personally, I think I did do the right thing. To be quite frank with you, I have been out there for over nineteen months, and nobody would do anything. Not even the stinkin’, management that hates Southern American to the tee. Oh, a little knowledge that I learned after the incident. Many employees told me, that people run those gates all the time and they are never prosecuted. So, if I was not carrying a Confederate flag with me, the likely hood of me getting prosecuted would be next to none. This just proves that they will do anything in their power to discriminate against Southern Americans. They hate us with a passion. They cannot whatsoever stand us. Why, may I ask? I do have to say; it was well worth the price to fly the colors right down the middle of the buildings at DuPont. It was quite pleasing to see Mike Mayberry in awe. Let’s recap the situation at DuPont.

Recap

The protest has been going on for over 19 months. Every Thursday.

Mike Mayberry refuses to have dialogue with the employees that are Southern Americans.

Mike Mayberry did tell a few of the employees that are on the protest line that he was in fact discriminating against Southern Americans.

The protest has been and continues to be peaceful.

Many of the Employees that take a stand in court will more than likely be fired from their jobs.

DuPont continues to be divisive, to help prove this point further, did you know that DuPont forced an Elected School Board member that is black to resign his position because he was taking to much time off from work to attend his civil duties as a public servant? In fact, this same guy has been a school board member for more than 7 years.

Nothing was going on, tempers are flaring really high, DuPont is being very divisive, there continues to be no dialogue. What are we suppose to do. Everything that we have tried outside of the courtroom has not worked. It was indeed time to take action. I took the fight to them to try and force them into dialogue with the employees that are protesting along side us. Two things could happen, it will either harden Mayberry’s stance or it will freak him out to the point, that he knows that he must begin the talks with the protesters. I hope the latter.

Too Be Continued…

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HARLEY DAVIDSON DISCRIMINATION
by Jerry Baxley

Willie, Say It Ain’t So!

So, here we go again. I was contacted by David Knapp, about a problem he was having at his job with the Battle flag. (See the letter immediately below.) As he was telling me about the situation something did not sound right and I finally asked him, "What company do you work for?" the answer shocked me to say the least and I just sat in my chair with my mouth hung open. I just could not believe that this company would every do this to our flag let alone cause as much hurt as they were causing.

The first incident occurred around April of 2001. An employee at the plant decided that he did not like the Confederate flag stickers on David’s motorcycle helmet. This was and still is the helmet that David has worn and brought onto company property many times, for many years and with the same stickers on the helmet. It was reported and he was taken to Human Resources. He was told not to bring the helmet onto company property anymore. He did what he was told.

The second incident occurred around June of 2001. He wore a T-shirt to work, which has a Confederate flag on the front, along with the works "Heritage Not Hate." Again, the shirt was not liked because of the flag. David told me he believed that the same person reported him again. As before he was taken to Human Resources to see the HR manger, Carolyn Boyer. This time, she told David that she did not see anything wrong with the shirt, but because one person did find something wrong with the shirt, the shirt was to be considered offensive and David was not allowed to wear it anymore. David was further informed that he was not to bring anything else onto company property that promotes white superiority or promotes racism, or he would lose his job. This statement and the following statement is what clinched it for David. Carolyn Boyer told David that once he passed through the gates of the plant he lost all his constitutional right and he became property of the company.

David told me in his opinion, and the opinion of many of his co-workers, "that makes me a slave. I am slave to no one." Now to go along with this incident, about two days later, somebody on the plant floor got David’s attention to show him a T-shirt a "colored person" was wearing. It said, "when God made black people, he was just showing off." He told me he found this offensive and many of his co-workers had the same view. David reported it to the HR and the lady, who was wearing the T-shirt, returned from Human Resources, still wearing the T-shirt and David was told that it was not offensive. David said to me, "Now what’s wrong here. A white man can’t wear a shirt with a positive message on it , but a black person can wear a shirt which was clear to many people to be a racial statement. This sounds like discrimination to me."

The third incident happened on October 31, 2001. That’s right Halloween. It turns out that David is a Confederate re-enactor and just like many years in the past, at least as far back as 1995, he has worn his Confederate uniform as a costume. His co-workers love it and they would ask all kinds of questions and sometimes he would get a few recruits from wearing his uniform. Not this year! Again, he was taken to Human Resource and the uniform was found offensive. He was suspended without pay for three days. Oh, but he was not the only one with this problem. His 1st Sgt. was also suspended for three days without pay also.

What really got me was that, as with Du Pont, the union representation pretty much kept their mouths shut and cowered in the corner during the meeting with the HR manager. They, as at Du Pont, did not stand behind David but hid under the table. The union did not stand up for any of the other incidents. So, just to remind you both men were on the street for three days.

Now here is a real kick in the hind end. After the Sept 11 attacks a "colored man" came to work the week after wearing his Islamic clothing," bragging and talking that America got what it deserved." " Once again, sounds like discrimination to me." David said. "I’ve been a loyal employee for this company for going on 11 years. But this politically correct bull has got to stop."

One last note on the subject before I tell you who the company is. The company is now after David’s brother.

Have you guessed the name of the company? Hint: it is in York, Pennsylvania. Willie G is big in the company. Now you have it, it is HARLEY- DAVIDSON.
Right about now all of you HOG riders are just about to get ugly. What I will ask you and this includes all Southern Americans is to call, write and e-mail Willie G and let him know how you feel. And to make thing fun I will give you some other information you may want to use. So get fired up and melt their lines down.
This is about David and the employees of Harley-Davidson’s Liberty and freedom of speech.

Willie G. Davidson
Manager of Operations

Carolyn Boyer Human Resources Manager

Tom Gillespie
Ruth Woodside-Faller
International Association of Machinsts and Aerospace Workers Local 175
Paul Quickle Union President
Bobby Ramsey
Harry Smith Jr.
Paul Cover and Al Castello Union Stewards

Lets get that flag back in the plant.

(Below is the letter as we received it from Mr. Knapp.)

HARLEY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WHITES AND SOUTH
by David Knapp

To Whom it May Concern,

My name is David Knapp. I am a Confederate Civil War re-enactor and an employee of Harley-Davidson for 10.5 years. I will try to make this brief for you.
Now this all started back in April or May of 2001. Some colored person decided he did not like the Confederate flag stickers on my Motorcycle helmet, so he reported these stickers to the human resources manager, Carolyn Boyer, at Harley Davidson. (By the way, this is in York Pennsylvania.) So she, (Carolyn Boyer,) told me I was not allowed to bring the helmet onto company property. I complied.

Next, some time around the month of June,2001, myself and another friend, (also a re-enactor) wore t-shirts with the Confederate
flag on them, but the shirts said Heritage Not Hate. Again, I was taken to see Carolyn Boyer, and so was my friend. The fact that the shirts said
Heritage not Hate made no difference. We were forced to turn them inside out and I was told that if I bring anything onto company property which displays the Confederate flag or anything that could be construed as racial, I would be suspended. I was also told that because 1 person found the shirt to be offensive, it was considered to be offensive.

Now in the same month, I reported a shirt to be offensive which said, and I quote," When God made black people, he was just showing off." Now if this is not purely racial and offensive, what is? I reported this to my supervisor and union steward. Well, human resources said it was not offensive.

What's going on here. One person found our shirts offensive and that was it. I was 1 person who found a shirt offensive, and it's ok. Harley Davidson would give the coloreds a license to kill if they could. That's what it looks like to me, and a lot of other employees. Now we come to October 31,2001. Halloween. Just like all the years in the past, we wore or uniforms to work as Halloween costumes. Nobody ever had a problem before, except this time. There were 3 of us this time. Two of us were suspended for 3 days without pay, and the person, since this was his first offense, was told to go home and change. Well, our union representatives had nothing to say, did not back us up or fight for our rights one bit. We were even told that once we walk through the gates, we become Harley Davidson property and we have no Constitutional rights. That would make us slaves I believe. So we made some calls to government agencies.

The E.E.O.C. said they can't help us. The ACLU won't help us. The National Labor Relations board, we haven't heard from for months. And all, except the
latter, say this is not discrimination. I don't know how they can say that, when Harley Davidson allows colored people to wear say and do whatever they want. For instance, 1 particular black man has been fired and or suspended 44 times, and every time the union got him his job back with back pay. This same man, on September 12, 2001, came into work wearing a turban and bragging that America got what it deserved, and again, nothing was done. We were told that our reproduction uniforms were creating a hostile work environment, and also promoted violence. Well, this same black man wears camo fatigues quite often,
from head to toe, this was reported, and nothing was done. If camo fatigues does not promote violence, what does. I hope y'all see the pattern forming here. Not to mention the man is very violent. He was fired several times for fighting with other employees, and every time the union got him his job back. Now here we are, 3 white boys that go to work every day, we do our jobs, put in 40 hrs, a week or more, and we get s*** on by the company and our union.

I hope by reading this you see the clear and present discrimination that is going on at Harley Davidson. I hope it is as clear to you as it is to the many, many employees at Harley Davidson. I have a lot of people willing to back me up in court. problem is, We can't find an attorney with enough back bone to take on Harley Davidson and our union, the International association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers local 175. So I am sending this e-mail to y'all in the hopes that the Southern Party can help us in this matter. I am a firm believer in the Southern cause and what our ancestors were fighting for from 1860-1865.

Respectfully,
David Knapp
Windsor,Pa

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
SP Virginia Chairman Jerry Baxley
Amplifies Some Concerns of Robert E. Lee

"Our people have not been earnest enough, have thought too much of themselves and their ease, and instead of turning out to a man, have been content to nurse themselves and their dimes, and leave the protection of themselves and families to others....This is not the way to accomplish our independence."

My fellow Southern-Americans, General Robert E. Lee wrote the eloquently prophetic statement quoted above to his daughter Miss Annie Lee while in South Carolina in 1861. Is it indeed not tragically ironic for one to consider that the Southland today is confronted with the same fatal tendencies toward civic apathy, spiritual decline, carnal sloth and cowardly lassitude as that of which our illustrious commander-in-chief passionately denounced in a ruinous era not far removed from our own?

Are we at least prepared and have we proven ourselves worthy of reclaiming our priceless birthright as Southerners? Have we now finally committed ourselves and are we now willing to sacrifice all for the glorious privilege of taking back our rights, duties and prerogatives as a free people? Have we finally come to the belated realization that as a free people currently enslaved we can no longer afford to sit back and allow the central government to control our collective future and try pathetically to safeguard our lives and treasure in this time of increasingly dangerous turmoil?

Our elected officials have not stood by their word and have consistently gone against our instructions in the polluted halls of power, choosing instead to mock representative democracy by honoring their own selfish agendas and instead vote their conscience. No longer are there constitutional borders, voted down in the South where once they were held inviolable by these same ignorant career politicians and foolish legislators who refuse to accede to the sovereign will of the people.

One is forced to ask in sheer dismay: Why are we our own worst enemy? Why do we not demand the return of our lost liberties as set forth under the Constitution? I exhort all those reading this now to examine for yourselves what the current two-party trade-off (soon to be an indistinguishable one-party monopoly), has done to the country in general and our Southland in particular.

The Republicans, the party of Lincoln, began in 1856 and were from the first a single-issue political entity administered by ruthless abolitionists with no love for the South. A scant four years later, they had their man in the White House with a brutal war and bitter occupation to follow. Today most savvy Republicans are wont to masquerade as social conservatives come election time, but a telling majority of votes cast once in office spell out a different story. On the other side of this grave and comic aisle are the Democrats, who effectively ceased to be friends of the Southland after years of pro- Southern postwar amity in the wake of Franklin Roosevelt's increasingly liberal coalitions of the 1930's and 40's and who have not looked back since. True Southern Americans, ask yourselves: are you now ready to welcome the novel idea of securing a power base dedicated solely to the promulgation and protection of those causes and crusades dear to you? If so, consider the Southern Party your new home!

How many times have you watched your cherished flags and symbols taken down and denigrated as evil? How many bridges, streets and schools have been renamed? Where do you find yourselves today? Do you remain cowering in your house waiting for the central government to knock down your door, confiscate your guns and decide your destiny? I for one want the central government out of our surreptitiously monitored lives, our failing schools, our endangered property rights and most importantly our waning Second Amendment rights. I would love to be the Governor who finally reminds Washington in no uncertain terms about the doctrine of nullification regarding the unlawful imposition of various federal decrees, funded and un-funded mandates that are unconstitutional per both the United States and Virginia State constitutions.

Do you truly desire the same? Have you decided to no longer entertain the arbitrary dictates of a centralized, Washington-based tyranny? If so, we need your vocal support, your physical labor, your hard-earned money and your vote. A one-time $100.00 dollar contribution to the Southern Party's campaign fund from each individual member and from other like minded individuals would enable us to become serious contenders for our rightful share of Virginia's, and the South's, political pie. I ran for Governor as a write-in candidate this past year of 2001 and fully intend with your generous support to run again, this time to victory, in 2005! We accomplished much on merely a shoestring budget, garnering more votes and doing more to upset the applecart than the entrenched professionals (and I use that term loosely), ever thought possible.

My friends throughout the Southland, we are facing today an unconstitutional system of oppressive taxation, rapidly decaying ethical principles in both the public and private sectors reminiscent of corrupt Rome and the sacrifice of the citizenry for the survival of a faceless despotism. This destructive state of affairs cannot continue indefinitely without the gangrenous rot spreading unchecked to our ultimate detriment. The tragedy of 9-11 could have been avoided, or at least significantly minimized, had our political babysitters and government watchdogs been more vigilant regarding our virtually nonexistent national borders and bankrupt immigration policies. A moratorium of at least ten years should be immediately imposed on all aliens crossing our open borders and we should demand the United States government, per the constitution, remove all illegal aliens from our Southland. Should the United States government decide they will not uphold the immigration laws then we the people of the Southern States should take back this delegated authority.

Lest we soon forget, Virginia and by extension our beloved Southland were both attacked on that fateful day of 9-11, by virtue of the fact that the Pentagon lies on Virginia soil.

It is time to lay aside our minor differences, to reclaim our delegated authority in a major way, and for that sacred purpose all of us must be willing to stand up and be counted as the vigilant foes of coercive absolutism our brave forefathers once were and whose blood like a flame we should both shield and shine forth today.

Jerry Baxley
Chairman, Southern Party of Virginia

THE SOUTHERN PARTY OF OKLAHOMA CONVENTION REPORT

On June 15th the Southern Party of Oklahoma held its second convention. In attendance were members, honored guest, candidates for elected offices here in Oklahoma, and members of the media. The convention was kicked off by a prayer from the chaplain Pam Ramsey. The benediction was inspiring as well as insightful and set a good tone for the rest of the day. After the benediction was complete Chairman Sloan took the stage with a new feature for the convention. An awards ceremony. There were five awards created to recognize members of the Southern Party of Oklahoma for service to the party. Each award was named in honor of a hero of the confederacy and recognized a trait that helped the confederacy during the 1800s and continues to help the confederacy today. The awards and the winners were first, the Nathan Bedford Forrest Award for dedication to duty and single-mindedness of porpoise went to Richard Frazier. Second, the John Slidell Award for spreading the Southern Party of Oklahoma message went to Jessie Dustman. Third, the Judah P. Benjamin award for outstanding contribution to the growth of the party went to Junior Mayberry. Fourth, the Stand Watie award for unrecognized greatness went to Pam Ramsey. Finally, The Robert E. Lee Award for dedication to the cause and a shining example to southerners every where (This is the highest honor the Chairman of the Southern Party of Oklahoma can bestow) went to James Lister. Congratulations to everyone. After the awards ceremony there was a short break then it was time for party business. The business of the day was elections. Frank Helderly was elected Chaplain, Curtis Ramsey was elected county coordinator, Jessie Dustman was elected press secretary, Carrie Sloan was elected Treasurer, Richard Frazier was elected Secretary, James Lister was elected Vice-Chairman and Terry Sloan was elected Chairman. This was followed by a rousing speech on the state of the party by Chairman Terry Sloan where he outlined where the party was and where it will be. The floor was then opened to discussion that lasted until our time was up. The overall feeling about the meeting was light and enjoyable. All knew when they left that there was much work to be done, however. None of us had to do it alone.

ANSWERING THE CRITICS
by Greg Kay

Once again, lies are being disseminated about the Southern Party and its officers by a handful of disgruntled former members and their off-shoot local parties. Nothing new there; S.O.S.D.D. (Same Old "Stuff", Different Day); however, to avoid any confusion, I'll just point out a few facts:

1. Jerry Baxley has not entered any campaign in Georgia, INCLUDING Fannin County, contrary to some of the hysterical flame letters that I've been receiving from down there the past few days. You can't live in Virginia and run for office in Georgia.

2. No endorsements or support have been given to anyone in Georgia by anyone in the Southern National Committee.

3. No one from the Southern National Committee has opposed anyone's campaign in Georgia, or stood in support of Barnes.

In fact, nothing much has been said that those people themselves haven't been saying; namely that they are not affiliated with the Southern Party in any way and we have nothing to do with them one way or another.

Another interesting note was that we were accused by the same group in the news media as "somewhat of a radical group." So, where'd you park your squad-car, Dick Tracy? We are Southern Nationalists seeking the ultimate goal of the return of an independent Confederate States of America - OF COURSE we're a radical group, and not ashamed of it! The Asheville Declaration (Which the same complaining individual signed before an apparent change of heart), the basis for our organization, is a radical document.

I am a radical, and proud of it, for the simple reason that being a radical means that you, unlike so many "wanna-be's" and "sunshine patriots" actually have unshakable beliefs and values that you will not compromise or back down from under any circumstances, and they are not for sale for cash or to be bartered for power, position, or personal ego. Being a radical is a prerequisite for certain things, like Christianity and patriotism if you "ain't" radical, then you just "ain't."

I'd like to have two of whatever they're drinking down there. :~)

DON'T BE RIPPED OFF!

Please be aware that there is ONE Southern Party, and that is us; we own the name and the associated trademarks by law. If a group is not
affiliated with us, they are not a Southern Party. The State Parties listed on the national website at are the ONLY Southern Parties. Period.

This has been a particular problem in Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas. The Chairman of the Southern Party of Georgia is Sean Wells, the Chairman of the Southern Party of Texas is Robert Smith, and the Chairman of the Southern Party of North Carolina is Jeff Melton. ANYONE else claiming to head those States' Southern Parties or claiming to have or to represent another "Southern Party" headed by anyone else in these states is lying and is in violation of copyright law, because the name is not public domain - it is legally owned by the Southern Party. Further, the Southern Party is in no way connected with or responsible for any actions that may be taken by individuals or groups falsely and illegally using the Southern Party name. Before you join the Southern Party, make sure that's actually what you're joining, and that your hard-earned money is not being taken under false pretenses.

ALWAYS A CRITIC
BOOK AND MOVIE REVIEWS FOR SOUTHERNERS
by Greg Kay

This issue's featured movie: "Ride With the Devil"

"Ride With the Devil" is a movie that takes place during the War for Southern Independence, specifically the bloody Kansas-Missouri conflict that was a war in its own right. Because of its Southern main characters and highly politically incorrect subject matter, many Southern activists have enthusiastically touted it as a "Confederate movie". But "Ride With the Devil" is neither a war movie nor a Confederate movie; it is a people movie, about its unforgettable and very human characters. That's what makes it so darn good!

The picture was made by Taiwanese director Ang Lee for a very good reason; no US director would dare to make a movie with a black Confederate guerrilla, a freed slave riding with the Missouri bands of Anderson and Quantrill, even though, historically, at least two or three did so. This little bit of historical accuracy in the midst of the parasitic calls for slave reparations is what made the movie so controversial and so hard to find in stores and video rentals. Also, it is seldom that you see a movie whose lead role is that of a short and so easy to identify with young man called "Dutchy."

The movie delves deep into personal feelings and relationships. There are no stereotypes here, just individuals with all their hopes and fears, good points and faults. Loyalties between family, friend, race, and comrade are pulled and tested in every way possible by both relationships and the war. Love and hate, courage and cowardice, mercy and implacable sociopathic violence tear every character at every turn in a way seldom if ever seen in film. Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is just an angst flick; the movie is also to the wall action, culminating in the guerrilla raid on Lawrence, Kansas, where the Jayhawkers were paid back in kind, with interest, for their depredations in Missouri.

Historically, the movie is one of the most accurate ever made about this particular facet of the war, with some minor "over-the-top" violence ( The Lawrence raid, which was bloody enough in itself, without the embellishment of blacks being specifically targeted.), but overall, it could truthfully be classed as historical fiction that grasps the feeling of the period that it depicts.

I highly recommend this movie as one of the very best to come along in a long, long time, with the following caveats; the movie is realistic - this means that the violence is realistic too. This is not Sam Peckinpah's stylized, slow motion emphasization - this is both casual and determined brutality, with people being shot, and bleeding and screaming realistically enough to give you goose-bumps. The movie also has some profanity (Far less than most to come out of Hollywood), and there are some sexual scenes, although again, less nudity than most but it's handled in such a matter of fact manner that it is somehow more embarrassing than titillating (Not the usual "Look at this!" approach, so popular in movies these days.). Watch it yourself before you make the decision to allow your kids to do so.

This is a movie that you'll never forget.

NEWS & OPINION

NEWS ACROSS THE CSA

SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ASSERTS STATE SOVEREIGNTY

Palmetto State Governor has vowed to do "whatever it takes" to halt federal shipments of plutonium into the state, even to personally lie down in the road if necessary. Dramatic posturing is not unusual among politicians; however, Hodges has taken it farther than most. At his orders, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officers have begun practicing roadblocks, setting up "hands-on" training scenarios of blocking and turning around trucks and escort vehicles.
The Democrat governor is adamant that plutonium (slated for use in commercial reactors) will not enter South Carolina unless an agreement is signed by the Energy Department guaranteeing that the dangerous substance will not stay in the state.

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. Hodges immediately caved in to the NAACP and slapped our Confederate forefathers in the face by taking down the Confederate Flag over the State House; it will be interesting to see if he's grown enough butt in his britches to actually stand up to the feds when push comes to shove. I have trouble picturing him making a bold "Governor George Wallace stand" on this or any other issue. Maybe I'm wrong - I hope I am, but time will tell.


DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WHITES IN VIRGINIA EDUCATION

The University of Virginia Law School significantly lowers admission standards for blacks only, according to a Warren Fisk article in the Virginia Pilot. Black students with lower grades and test scores are 700 times more likely to be accepted than whites with the same scores, a study conducted by the Center for Equal Opportunity has concluded. At the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, black admission was 250 times more likely than white, and at George Mason the figure was four times more likely. The study found very little differences in the admission procedures for other ethnic groups, including Caucasians, Hispanics and Asians.

Officials at William and Mary admit that they do show preference to blacks, but defend their discrimination on the frivolous grounds that "diversity" is more important than qualifications. No wonder our legal system is in such a state!

The State Attorney General has advised the institutions to cease the practice, but they have refused. Interestingly, the Virginia higher education system and, presumably, the discriminatory practices, had just received a clean bill of health in the discrimination department from the US Department of Education. Governor Warner, it was reported, had no comment.

GEORGIA MOVES ANOTHER STEP TOWARD REPARATIONS

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has launched an investigation into the antebellum practice of insuring slaves. He has indicated that he will order Georgia-based insurance companies, as well as out-of-state insurers doing business in Georgia, to research their archives for slave policies.

"We've got to get the information and find out the lay of the land," Oxendine said. "Then we will decide. . . . We want to make sure the honorable and moral thing is done." he was quoted as saying in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Of course, Georgia has yet to go as far as that land of fruits and nuts out on the left coast, California. It's governor has given indications that he wants ALL minorities who have been discriminated against (presumably by allowing them to live here) to receive reparations.

ATTACKING OUR HONORED DEAD

The night of the 3rd - 4th of May, another savage attack was launched on our Confederate dead by vandals presently unknown. This time the target was Stonewall Cemetery at LaGrange, Georgia, where 25 historical Confederate tombstones, made of marble and weighing over 100 pounds each, were wantonly destroyed. City officials expressed shock at the incident, but doubted that it was connected with Confederate Memorial Day.

"We’ve been celebrating that for years and never had a problem," said one official. "...with the exception of a brass cannon that was stolen from the parking lot in the late 1950s, nothing like this has ever happened." He went on to describe the miscreants as "a low-down, trashy, good-for-nothing coward" and offered a $500 reward for information leading to an arrest, according to The LaGrange Daily News.

District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said he would consider adding hate crime charges if the evidence of bias warrants it.

The stones are to be replaced, but it will take about 6 months, according to the report


NO "N" IN MARYLAND

Nine Baltimore city council members have a call by Councilman Melvin Stukes from using what is euphemistically referred to as "the six-letter 'N' word." He was quoted on the WBAL Channel as saying that the word is "defamatory, offensive and hurtful.," and that he wants to ban other derogatory words as well.

Dissenting Councilwoman Lois Garey said she doesn't think the word should be used, but she doesn't think it should be banned by law. Dissenting Southern Party News Editor asks if the Maryland Constitution has anything in it about freedom of speech...


VIRGINIA COLLEGE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR BIBLICAL VIEW

The Patrick Henry College located in Northern Virginia has been denied accreditation by the American Academy for Liberal Education. The reason is the school's requirement that creationism be taught. The AALE claims that this this requirement does not meet the requirement for basic knowledge, and overly restricts the freedom of speech of instructors and curriculum content.

Religious discrimination appears to be a very likely motive, since two other institutions of evangelical Christian higher learning have also been denied, but it may go further than that. Patrick Henry College is focused on homeschoolers, and College President Michael Farris is also chairman and general counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association <> (of which every homeschooling family needs to be a member), which has always been less than popular with the education establishment due to their focus on parental rights over those of the schools.


FIRED IN FLORIDA - FOR BEING WHITE

According to a Florida Fox News affiliate, Ms. Zita Wilensky was employed by Miami-Dade County for 16 years as a social worker, and is a foster parent for special needs children; so why was this dedicated employee suddenly fired? Simply put, she was the "gringa" (The racial slur her fellow employees openly referred to her as); the only white in a Hispanic Department.

After all these years of service, Ms. Wilensky was abruptly given 60 days to learn to speak Spanish fluently enough to be able to handle all Spanish "customer" functions (So, how long did they have to learn English? A lot longer than 60 days!), and was then fired for transferring a caller who pretended to speak only Spanish to a Spanish-speaking Hispanic employee. Bear in mind that The Florida Constitution says that English is the official language of the government.

"Constitution? We don't need no steenking Constitution!"


TEXANS THREATEN BLOCKADE

Texas farmers are angered by Mexico's theft of water in flagrant violation of a 1944 water rights treaty. The farmers are threatening to use their heavy agricultural equipment to completely block the international bridges across the Rio Grande, halting traffic both directions, if their demands for fair and legal treatment are not met. Similar tactics have been used by farmers in France.

Under the treaty's terms, Mexico is required to deliver 350,000 acre-feet of water to the U.S. from specified tributaries. Instead, the notoriously corrupt government there has used the promised water to greatly expand its own farmland areas in the Chihuahuan desert, which compete directly and destructively with the agricultural industry on this side of the border. Bush raised the issue with Vincente Fox, but is more interested in currying favor with the Mexican government, and thus with the Hispanic vote, than in saving a core infrastructure industry and protecting family farms, so he was too spineless to push the issue.

"While Mexico's domestic agricultural production is flourishing, the Rio Grande Valley is suffering from a decline of over 100,000 acres of farmland, nearly a $1 billion loss to the regional economy and 30,000 lost jobs," Texas Senator Hutchison was quoted as saying.


FEDERAL ATTACK ON MISSISSIPPI

The United States Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest nonprofit business federation, is supposed to have the job of encouraging business growth, yet they have launched an attack on the sovereign State of Mississippi that is nothing less than economic blackmail.

The USCC has, for the first time in its 90-year existence, begun warning against businesses doing business in the State as long as Mississippi refuses to toe the federal line and give the moneyed corporations and doctors' groups what they most desire - tort reform. According to the USCC, it will continue until the State reforms its "flawed legal system" and brings it more in line with corporate federalism (or federal corporatism; they're rapidly becoming indistinguishable).

Governor Musgrove called the action "outrageous, inappropriate and irresponsible," and this editor says "Amen!" but can't help but wonder; is this federal action really about tort reform, protecting companies at the expense of the State citizenry, or is it something more - an attempt to strangle at birth Mississippi's growing independent streak, typified by both their refusal to knuckle under to tyranny in this matter and the matter of the Confederate Flag that the good people of Mississippi voted overwhelmingly to keep as part of the flag that symbolized that great State?



WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

Don't let yourself be fooled; the Democrats have a new strategy for these up-coming elections - tone down the gun control rhetoric. Not the gun control, mind you; just the rhetoric. They don't want to change, but they want your vote. Once in power, they'll revert back to their former selves.

According to The Christian Science Monitor, "...there's a clear regional divide...with the rural South and West much more opposed to restrictions. And the intensity is far stronger on the antirestriction side, which translates into greater political clout."

"Gun owners are more likely to vote and support candidates solely on that issue, or mostly on that issue."



BENEFITS OF 3RD WORLD IMMIGRATION COME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY...

...in the form of a tuberculosis outbreak in the public schools. Sixty-five students and 90 teachers at Lake Worth Middle School are being tested for the deadly and frequently antibiotic-resistant disease, while 2 teachers have tested positive for TB so far, and one student has been hospitalized with it. This unidentified student was evidently the disease vector, as 5 of the 8 members of her family also tested positive.

According to The Palm Beach Post, Dr. Jean Malecki, head of the Palm Beach County Health Department, said the Lake Worth Middle student likely contracted the tuberculosis from her home country and was infected when she came to the United States.

"In the past 10 years, the cases we have seen in the school district have all been foreign born."

The same article reported that "Since 1991, at least nine schools have had a student with active, potentially contagious TB, including cases in which health officials had to test more than 1,000 students and teachers."
Testing for contagious diseases and quarantines by immigration authorities are seldom performed, and that particular school system stopped testing for TB 10 years ago.


ARIZONA IMMIGRATION SUIT

Families of criminal aliens who died while trying to sneak in across the desert along the Arizona/Mexico border have sued several federal agencies. It seems that the agencies didn't want to be conspirators in a crime (which is what illegal immigration is - that's why they call it illegal) by putting out water stations through the remote area so that the crime could be committed in safety.

GENERAL NEWS

INS BROKEN UP

Following its long-standing history of bumbling incompetence that went a long way toward allowing the terrorist attacks of last September to take place, culminating with the issuance of extended visas to two of the already defunct Middle Eastern hijackers, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to dismantle the Immigration-Naturalization Service. Unfortunately, they chose to replace it with another agency (The Agency for Immigration Affairs) and two subagencies - one (The Bureau of Immigration Enforcement) to regulate immigration and the other (The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services) to help facilitate immigration. Go figure.



COMPRENDE WELFARE?

A bill (H.R. 3459) currently working its way through the house would require that welfare forms and information be published in multiple languages in order to facilitate the care and feeding of the growing number of parasites clinging to our society like bloated, engorged ticks. With 13 co-sponsors, the bill "would codify the right of welfare recipients to receive all services in the language of their choice," and has a federal mandate that the States "provide translation services for non-English speakers."

The combined USA/CSA has only 4% of the world's population but takes in 50% of the world's immigrants. There is a reason that people are leaving their own countries in droves - because generations of those very same people living there have screwed them up until they are no longer fit to live in! Now, not only do they bring their failed cultures here, they want the right to maintain them and by doing so, do the same to OUR place, eventually converting us into the same kind of poverty-stricken, disease-ridden, third world hole that they came out of.

Translate this - if you're here to climb into the welfare hammock, if you don't want to assimilate into our culture and speak our language, THEN GO BACK TO WHEREVER IT IS THAT YOU CAME FROM - WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME! This is OUR place, not yours. If your own culture and language are so great, then go back to where it's the norm.


YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK

Remember a while back some tree-hugging government scientists falsified information in a taxpayer-funded study by planting samples of hair from the supposedly endangered lynx in order to get a particular area closed off? Ever wonder what became of that?

Well, these psuedo-scientists (whom the government still refuses to identify) were counseled and removed from this particular program, but the blow was softened by giving them a pay raise after the incident. The government so far insists that there was nothing illegal in falsifying evidence in a taxpayer-funded government study.

Then there's the rangerette who admitted to setting that big forest fire out west, but that's another story...


THE RIGHT'S STRANGE NEW DARLING

Strange days, these, when a notorious, over-the hill British heavy metal rocker suddenly becomes a pseudo-conservative decoration. Yes, Ozzy Osbourne was the most noted guest at one of Dubya's presidential dinners, and now former Vice President Dan Quayle has jumped on the aging bad boy's band wagon, lauding MTV's new "family series", "The Osbournes."

According to a USA Today article, "The former vice president said that at least the show depicts an intact family, and for all its craziness, conflict and cursing, at the core are loving parents and ''some good messages."

Remember, this guy is the one who made the "Murphy Brown speech." Now, however, 10 years later, he "told a National Press Club luncheon Thursday that America's moral values are in considerably better shape than a decade ago."

Do you reckon Quayle might really be as dumb as the liberals always claimed after all? Besides, all of us old hippies know Ozzy hasn't been worth a darn since he left Black Sabbath. ;~)


CHIPS

Eight people were injected with silicone microchips made by a Florida-based company, Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. The rice-grain sized VeriChip is an electronic ID that is injected under the skin, and can be read by a hand-held scanner.

A more complex, quarter-sized, surgically implantable device will soon be available that will transmit a person's location by Global Satellite Positioning (GPS). Young people of the short-sighted Beavis and Butthead mentality think it's "cool" (Heh, heh. Yeah - cool!), but the idea is more than a little disturbing to privacy advocates. According to the Los Angeles Times,

"Who gets to decide who gets chipped?" asked Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "Parents will decide that their kids should be implanted, or maybe their own aging parents. It's an easier way to manage someone, like putting a leash on a pet."


CONSPIRACY? YOU BE THE JUDGE!

Since the events of 11 September, being a microbiologist has become a distinctly hazardous occupation; in fact, in that eight month period, eleven of them, either directly involved or with the capability to be involved with various aspects of bio-weaponry have met untimely, mysterious, and frankly suspicious deaths, some of which occurred in the South.

In November, Dr. Que (infectious disease and cellular biology specialist) of Miami Medical Schools was found unconscious in the parking lot, the victim of a suspected beating during a carjacking, although there were no marks of violence on his body, and his death was ascribed to stroke.

Four days later, Dr. Wiley (specialist in immune system response to serious viral attacks) of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Harvard University mysteriously disappeared. His car was found parked on a Memphis, Tennessee bridge, and his body was later fished out of the Mississippi River. Official cause of death: he had a dizzy spell and fell off.

Five days later, well-know Russian bio-warfare delivery systems specialist, microbiologist, and defector Dr. Pasechnik died in Britain. A pathologist associated with MI6 performed the autopsy and labeled the cause of death "stroke".

Dr. Schwartz, died in December as the result of a sword attack in his Leesburg, Virginia home. His daughter and her associates, part of a pagan religious group, were charged in the slaying. He was a specialist in DNA sequencing and pathogenic micro-organisms, who worked at the Center for Innovative Technology in
Herndon.

Four days later, Dr. Set (An animal disease specialist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) died in Geelong, Australia after being accidentally locked in a air-tight lab that was then flooded with nitrogen.

In February, Russian microbiologist Victor Korshunov, an expert in intestinal bacteria, had his skull crushed near his Moscow home by unknown assailants.

Five days later, British microbiologist Ian Langford's body was found partially naked and wedged under a chair in his Norwich, England home. He was an expert in environmental risks and disease.

Two weeks later, Dr. Holzmayer (Russian immigrant and specialist in medicine's effects on the human molecular structure) was reportedly shot to death by fellow microbiologist Dr. Huang in San Francisco, who then turned the gun on himself in a suicide.

In March, Dr. Wynn-Williams, who studied the survival possibilities of microbes in space, was struck and killed by a car while jogging near his home in Cambridge, England.

A single day later, the final death (so far) took place when influenza and bioterrorism specialist Dr. Mostow crashed the private plane he was piloting near Denver, Colorado.

Now, microbiology isn't exactly a crowed field of endeavor. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but this looks vaguely suspicious to me...

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WHO KNEW?

That is the question, isn't it? I frankly don't know, but the evidence is becoming damning for a host of people concerning accusations of prior knowledge of the 9-11 attacks. I'm only looking at people who had the means to know and the motivation to conceal it.

First, we have the Arab countries, a handful of whom are not yet enemies. Someone provided the money and logistics for this operation - who was it? The Middle Eastern countries in that ever-volatile region are great hands for spying internally - they have to be in order to survive. Did one of these governments either know about what was going to happen, or even facilitate it, in order to provoke a reaction from the US that would unite international Islam, or maybe squeeze out some lucrative concessions from the US as payment for staying our "friend" in the case of such unification? If that's the case, then it was largely successful.

Then we have China, no slouch in the intelligence department themselves, who is the most powerful outside presence in the Middle East, and as our biggest rival and most likely potential enemy. They would have everything to gain in strengthening their own position by either causing or at least keeping silent on prior knowledge of the attacks, the predictable response to the attacks bound to reduce the US' standing with the OPEC countries by alienating Islam.

Let's not forget Israel, who has Mossad, probably the most effective intelligence network in the world; certainly our Middle Eastern "friend" has more spies, both political and economic, in the US than any other nation has, where it is known that a large group of them were spying on the hijacking participants themselves through the 9-11 attacks. Several of these "friendly agents" have been arrested and quietly deported without fanfare, instead of being imprisoned as is usual for foreign spies. At any rate, if they knew it certainly would have been to their benefit to keep silent, as the American outrage would give them carte blanche in actions against the Palestinians, which they have used to brutal and terrible effect to further secure their own position.

Did any or all of the above know what was going to happen and keep silent, or even aid in it in order to advance their own individual agendas? Or, even more chillingly, did one or more of them know and tell us, and our government allowed it to happen in order to advance an agenda of it's own?

Finally, we come back to the US government, and Dubya himself. There is documentation that the US government had good intelligence from as far back a 1995 that Osama Bin Laden's organization was developing and training for a special hijacking operation that would then use the planes in kamikaze attacks on US targets, specifically including the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Corroborating information continued to trickle in at least all the way to 1999. They knew who was going to do it, how they were going to do it, and where they were going to do it; the only information (apparently) lacking was when. Was three out of four not enough to prevent the attacks? I don't know, but it leaves some very hard questions.

The ultimate responsibility stops with the President, but in fairness we have to ask - this information was collected during the previous administration. Did anyone bring this to Bush's attention? If not, why not? Was someone or some group within the federal buearocracy criminally negligent, or were they supporting the agendas of Islam, China, or Israel, or another political or economic agenda of their own?

Dubya has finally and grudgingly admitted that he did have at least some prior knowledge of what happened. Was the knowledge not complete enough to prevent the attack, or did he pull what some reporters have called an "F.D.R.", who sat on prior knowledge of Japan's plans to attack Pearl Harbor and allowed thousands of American servicemen to die in order to advance his own agenda of dragging a reluctant nation into another world war?

Certainly the agenda of both the Federal Government and the Military/Industrial complex have been advanced; the government has been turned topsy-turvy with an unconscionable amount of power being poured into the Executive branch - power that Clinton could have only dreamed of - and the Legislative and Judicial hobbled by the fear of being labeled "un-American" is they raise even the tiniest protest against presidential abuse of power. The executive can literally almost anything it wants (and is doing it!), no matter how unconstitutional or morally questionable, with nary a peep from either representative or constituent. Even notorious liberal newscaster Dan Rather admitted his own cowardice along with that of the rest of the media, in their failure through fear of asking the hard questions and pressing for answers.

The most telling circumstantial evidence, however, is the Bush administration reaction. To a bipartisan request for a Congressional investigation on the subject, which that body has not only the right but the duty to undertake whenever there are irregularities, the ire of the administration was unleashed because there are apparently some questions that should not be asked, and those who ask them are less patriotic, terrorist dupes, or downright "un'merican". Couple this with the iron curtain of secrecy surrounding this President, and we have something to worry about.

A patriot does not have the option of asking questions when he sees something amiss; he has the DUTY to ask them, and to demand an honest answer. No one's asking for top secrets, like troop deployment plans. All that is being asked for is the truth. No patriot and no Christian fears the truth; it is a terror only to liars.

Update: Apparently, EVERYBODY knew; the FBI, CIA, NSA, and about half a dozen foreign countries have all admitted knowing, but somehow it never got to the top. Hmmm...


STUDENTS BROKEN IN FOR SURVEILLANCE

School officials are now instituting "smart lockers" for the students. Opened with a swipe card instead of a key, the mechanism allows school officials to keep track of when and how many times a locker is opened, getting the students used to ever-growing encroachments on their privacy. Like every other infringement of liberty, it's excused as being "for the children."

EU TO TAX AMERICAN BUSINESS

Due to the outrageous tax levels necessary to support their socialist system of government, many Europeans have turned to America via the internet, and are buying and down-loading products through cyberspace, including software, videos, and music. In an effort to get their sticky fingers in that pie as well, the European Union has passed legislation requiring all foreign countries to collect their sales tax.

Let me ask you this, Gizmo - what are you going to do if we simply ignore you and continue to sell what we want to who we want anyway, and say "To blazes with your taxes?" You seem to forget, you don't run things here.


OF MICE AND MEN

Or more appropriately, of rats in a maze. A new and chilling frontier has been opened in the field of mind control. Scientists in Indianapolis have developed a method of remote control of living creatures through the medium of computer-operated brain implants, the journal Nature has reported.

For now, the creatures that have been successfully controlled in this fashion are rats, euphemistically called "ratbots". Electrodes imbedded in key brain regions respond to remote commands generated by a laptop computer stimulate those sections and, coupled with a prior conditioning/training program, thus control the rodents' behavior from distances as far away as 500 yards or more. Certain areas (pain receptors, possibly?) are stimulated to encourage the rats turn in particular directions, whereupon they are rewarded by electronic stimulus of the brain's pleasure centers. It has been reported that they can even be conditioned and stimulated to do things against their nature, such as traveling about in open and brightly-lit areas. Small cameras and microphones can be attached to the animals so that they can be used for rescue location in spaces too small for dogs or, presumably spying.

The frightening aspect is this; how long will it be before such technology is applied to human beings? Violent prisoners (probably terrorists or others that no one really cares about, or are afraid to speak out if they do) would be likely candidates with rehabilitation being the excuse (ala' "A Clockwork Orange"), as would mental patients, in which case it would be sold on "humanitarian" grounds. Doubtless its use would soon spread more widely still, under the guise of fighting crime, terrorism, racism, drug abuse, or the other ills, real or imagined, that "plague" society. Dissent will no longer need to be tolerated, as the means will be there to "get your mind right" once and for all. Will the "mark of the beast" be an electronic implant scar and registration number? Will no one with the mark be saved simply because they cannot make that choice?

"I think that a lot of people are very wary of that sort of thing and understandably so," said Kate Rears, a policy analyst at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, "I don't think it's a sign of paranoia to react against this because it is very odd."
Indeed. Be afraid - be VERY afraid.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR HISTORY
History is not trivial!

Special Southern Songs Issue!

1. Who wrote "Stonewall Jackson's Way"?

2. This author wrote two of the most popular songs of the War for Southern Independence, "Maryland, My Maryland" and "All Quite Along the Potomac Tonight." Who was he?

3. This Confederate General revised the lyrics of the quintessential Southern song "Dixie" into a stirring nationalistic Southern war version that is still popular within the Southern movement today. What was his name?

ANSWERS TO LAST ISSUE'S QUESTIONS

1. What was the farthest North that a Confederate military operation was carried out?

Answer: In the Arctic, when the Shenandoah captured the Yankee whaling fleet.

2. What battle brought everlasting glory to the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute?

Answer: The Battle of Newmarket, when the teenaged cadets made their famous bayonet charge on the Union artillery emplacements across "the field of lost shoes."

3. What soon-to-be-famous individual held the post of superintendent of West Point Military Academy for only four days before being removed?

Answer: General P.G.T. Beauregard; he was removed for his outspoken sympathy for the seceded states

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