IS IT TH' CRAZIES ER TH 'SYLUM? - Just A Minute Radio for Wednesday 9-30-09

Hello again… it’s FALL and getting cooler!

 

And the folks at Earl ‘n’ Lester’s Bait Shop and Sushi Bar are a-gittin’ up in arms. You have to remember living on the Caroliner Line means your #1 political axiom is “DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”  So, when you get the tail across the dashboard (an old country sayin’) and start bossin’ people around… To quote Udon Campbell – “Hit don’t go down easy.”

 

You probably haven’t heard of Udon… but there were four Campbell boys brought up on their Uncle John Sandy’s farm over in Alabama – They lived on the north bank of the Tennessee River right near Wheeler Dam… named after the Civil War General Joe Wheeler.  And they didn’t have much – but they had electricity from the TVA.  And they had *independence* with a capital “I”.  

 

Those boys, Udon, Utah, Ujon and Ufaw inherited a strong independent streak from their Father… Uncle John Sandy and he raised 600 acres pf cotton in those parts. He needed all ‘them’ boys. It was pretty strong ‘copperhead’ country in north Alabama – they, along with others resisted the ‘sesech’ movement – especially when war was in the offing… they thought it would be a ‘rich man’s’ war but a ‘poor-man’s’ fight. And the NW corner of Alabama – Winston County in particular, became a hot bed of ‘hiders’ – men who resisted conscription to serve in the Army.

 

Well, it hasn’t died out yet from the arteries and veins of the Scots-Irish Presbyterian descendants who came down through the Shenandoah Valley, through SW Virginia and settled in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. You saw a lot of them spread out across the country – and participating in the Taxpayer’s March on Washington. They even have an outdoor theater over in “The Free State of Winston” – a nickname that came to the area when the Winston County Delegates to the Montgomery Secession Convention mounted the argument that if it was all right for Alabama to secede from the Union, it would be equally OK for Winston County to secede from Alabama.

 

You’ll still see signs in Haleyville that say “Free State of Winston – Auto Service.”  All that to say, I’m guessing our President, not very familiar with the South and how it’s held on through the years – and spread out to Michigan and points west – is encountering the resistance and feelings of a free people in a free country. The roots go back a long ways.  It’s something to be valued, prized, not stomped on… and unlike Bill Clinton who at least understood Arkansas – there’s a pretty steep learning curve ahead that won’t be mastered by slick speeches and neighborhood organizing methods, peddled by people who don’t specialize in honesty.

 

Well… enough local history for a Wednesday… Be with us again on Friday.

 

Cordially, IN HIM

 

Jack Buttram

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

IS IT THE CRAZIES ER TH’ ‘SYLUM?

MizP: JUST A MINUTE – Mr. Jack –  Hit was a year ago ‘bout this time when they done ast they ast that feller from Eye-rahn ta' speek to the Unity Nations?

               Why do they do tha-ut?

Jack: He’s their leader.

MizP: But ain’t he the one who says they done got TWO plants ta' built ha nukeer bomb?

BB: Ah don’t ritely know, Miz Pearl – but hit’s th’ same one – an fer good mesure th’ man wif th’ coffee can hat ta' jine in.

Homer: An whut’s your favorite sayin’ Mr. Jack?

Jack: What’s that  Homer?

BB: Oh don’t brang tha-ut out again… Ah’m tired a hearin’ hit.

Jack: You mean “Why do we have a Democrat party?

BB: Yeah… at’s th’ one… You keep a sayin’ th’ only reasen fer Demicrats is to ‘mind Reepublicans why ta' vote.

Jack: Sorry ‘bout that… It is sort of rubbing salt in the wound isn’t it.

MizP: Well.. I guess we needs ta' wake up.

Homer; An hit looks like passin’ a law er makin’ hit a deliberate offense NOT to buy health Inshorince is about to do hit.

Jack: I do agree with those that say we’ve never required people to buy something to live as U.S. Citizens.

MizP: Well whut about havin’ ta' git a Diver’s License?

Homer: Yeah… that’s kinda new though – My granpa didn’t have ta' have no driver license.

BB: When your Gran’pa was a- drivin’ they wasn’t but three cars in upstate South Carlina.

Jack: See Miz Pearl driving is something we elect to do or not… and we have to pay for roads and have the rule.

Homer: But livin’ ain’t optional… well… Ah means everbody from a baby on has ta' live… ‘tain’t rite ta' tax tha-ut.

MizP: But Mr. Bama says hit ain’t a tax….

BB; Yeah but Aberham Linkin said callin a dog’s tail a leg don’t make hit a leg.

Jack: You know I think we’re off in the weeds somewhere with this discussion.

BB: Yep les git back on the bawl.

Jack: Times up… come back next week.  I’m Jack Buttram.

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