Costs of Removing Statues. Still Spending Money in Alabama. Renaming, Jacksonville and Mississippi

OCTOBER 4, 2021

**  Removing Confederate statue from Springfield Park could cost at least $1.2 million.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Again, way too much.  Who's looking to get rich?  And, as I have said before, those who want the statue gone should pay for it THEMSELVES.)

**  Alabama spends more than  a half-million dollars a year on a Confederate memorial.  Black historical sites struggle to keep doors open.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

**  Heated exchanges and a flood of  suggestions for Confederate  renaming commission.  (Again, let's not just rename ALL of the bases after Blacks.)

**  Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry favors removing Confederate statue.  (Florida)

**  Confederate flag raised, US and German flags stolen at 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Germany.

**  Debate continues on  Confederate monument's future.  (Gulfport, Mississippi)

--Old Secesh

Hey, NBA!! Go Ahead and Cancel the Season

I don't know, but when I see multi-millionaire black NBA basketball players telling about how hard it is to grow up Black in the United States, I just can't help but smile.  After all, they earn more in one year than I did in 33 years of teaching.  AND, I am a white person.  Tell me about how hard it is.

Yesterday, led by the Milwaukee Bucks, the black players canceled the playoffs because of what happened in Kenosha last Sunday.  And, they are talking about doing the same for today.  First off, the Bucks should be made to forfeit the game.  And, secondly, who really cares about the NBA.  Very, very few people around here are even watching it.  Who cares?

And, I did not hear a single black player expressing sorrow about the five-year-old white boy in Wilson, North Carolina, who was murdered by a black man.  Shot point blank in the head in front of the boy's 6 and 7-year-old sisters.   They seem to only care when a white person kills a black person.

So, go ahead NBA, cancel the season to show your grief about what happened to young Cannon Hinnant.  Have you even heard of Cannon Hinnant?

Does anybody who supports Black Lives Matter know what they actually sand for?   To me, BLM means rioting, looting, burning, confrontation and hate crimes against statues.  They remind me a lot of a group from Germany's history called the Brown Shirts.

--Old Secesh

Flags and Monuments, Trump

JULY 21, 2020


**  Analysis:  Confederate monuments undergo renewed scrutiny.  (Mississippi.  A growing number of state counties  are planning to move them.)

**  Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting  social tensions and inflaming historic traumas.  (Ireland, Brazil and Germany)

**  Historical ignorance and Confederate generals.

**  Letter renews calls for removal of Confederate monuments  at Texas State Capitol complex.

**  No, Trump didn't tweet this about the Confederate flag.  (A false social media account went out.)

--Old Secesh

Ten Days to Virginia's Confederate Statue Orgy

Ten days from now, on July 1, the Confederate Statue Protection law in Virginia ends and everywhere, there will be rejoicing among Blacks and their white minions.  The party will be on.  City crews will be out removing the offensive statues, probably starting the first second after midnight.  Or, they will wait until a more convenient time (later) for the party-goers.

For some of us, it will be a very sad time, but one we'll have to live with in today's climate.

Probably the biggest parties will take place in Richmond and Charlottesville.

I had to chuckle as I saw an ad for a new book in one of my Civil War magazines.  The book is titled "An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments" by Timothy S. Sedore.  It locates 360 Confederate statues and markers in Virginia and gives a history of each one.

After July 1, you can use it to see WHERE these statues were.

I am reminded of two things that occurred in Nazi Germany prior to World War II.  One was the Nazi book burnings and the other was Kristallnacht.  I saw some videos of these events and it sure reminded me of something we are seeing regularly these days.  Give them a watch and see what you think.

Of course, Virginia is not alone in its depravity.  I may never get to go to the South again.

Did I hear correctly, but did "protesters"  (rioters and hate crimers) really topple and "vandalize" statues of U.S. Grant, Francis Scott Key and Father Junipero Serra in San Francisco Friday night.  In addition, statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were "vandalized" and toppled as well in Oregon this week.

If you notice me using "vandalize" that is because what is happening is not vandalism but a hate crime.

And, someone had the gall to "vandalize" the Arthur Ashe statue on the former Monument Avenue in Richmond.  They wrote "White Lives Matter" on it and Blacks and their white minions are livid with their anger.  How DARE someone  commit a "hate crime" like that?

So, Who's a Neo?  --Old Secesh

Just 17 Days to Virginia's Confederate Statue Orgy

Well, now that the state Democrats have scrapped the Confederate statue protection laws, effective July 1, I'm imagining every Confederate statue in Richmond and Charlottesville and most of the rest of the state will come down within a few days at that time.

That of course, if this is done legally.  I'm of the thought that Virginia's governor and Richmond's mayor might sort of suggest an earlier removal.

Anybody besides me reminded of an event that took place on November 9-10, 1938, in Germany.  The BLM and state officials kind of remind me of the ones responsible.

Who's a Neo?  --Old Secesh