Confederate Conundrums



Will Moredock examines the psychology of the South in modern America:
  The Power of Ignorance


Coping with Atheism and/or Humanism in the Deep South:
One Human Race


Feminism and Politics in South Carolina:
A Trojan Horse in the House of the Crescent Moon


The Politics of Employment in South Carolina:
No Jobs is Good News . . . If You Believe the GOP


Governor Sanford and the Art of Love:
Choose One: Adulterer #1 or Adulterer #2



Why South Carolinians are in trouble: they can't synthesize the idea that a liar will lie about EVERYTHING if they lie about anything:
Liar Liar Pants on Fire!


A look at the cracked fantasy of those who wish the Old South was still in her prime:
Faulkner Gives Us Emily


A biographical look at the contradictions of the Christian tradition and Christian dogma in pre-Civil War America:
Religious Spin and the American History of Slavery 


I pay attention to what's happening in Wisconsin because Haley's taking notes: The GOP Claims the Government Is Broke


‎"South Carolina, better known as the Crazy State, has historically enjoyed a reputation as the New Jersey of the South. It was the first state to secede from the United States of America, fired the first shots of the American Civil War and prompted one South Carolina congressman to describe the state as 'too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.'"

Yup, that about sums it up: The Six Most Childish Things Ever Done In Congress




I found this link today. It uses real numbers to prove that the South has real problems. So I don't want to hear another word about how great it is to be a Southerner:
Why the South Sucks


And then there's this link, which dovetails nicely into the last link (and if it offends you I'm not sorry . . . It reflects my stabby mood today): Fuck the South