"get there firstest with the mostest" Forrest

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From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 9:32 AM
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Subject: Re: family and the war.


Hey, come on you guys, ya'll are going to give the "northerners" on this
list the idea that we are still fighting the war. Bobby in Memphis, home of
the now infamous Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Bobby

>you know you hear about souther hospitality, but, you also find suspicion
of
>strangers tends to be more  ingrained in the south. i think this is a
result
>of carpetbaggers and scalawags during reconstruction.
>
>Just about everybody was poor in the south after the carpetbaggers and
>scalawags were through.  Bled the people dry.  Most folks didn't own slaves
>anyway, but it didn't matter to the vengeful northerners.  But, I'm not
>bitter...  ;>)
>
>-kyle