The War is Over-The Civil War that is!

Let’s face the facts people, the North won! I know that many of you do not want to face that fact and wish to continue the Civil War but it is over! I have had the chance to meet many different communities of people since I moved from my home state of Ohio. In that time, I have heard many northern bashers or “Yankee-haters”, as well as, southern bashers or “rebel-haters.” This has continued through my adult life and I am astounded every time someone makes a hateful or spiteful comment about either area. I won’t tell you want kind of people I wish to hang my hat with, get a new flag ding bat, but I will tell you that we are all created equal. Yeah right! Let’s face it…the north and south are different and with good reason. For example, northerners are faster paced than southerners. This is good for living in the colder climate…able to walk through snow and sleet at a faster clip without much harm to your person. If southerners tried to walk through the snow, they would last about one or two drawls of their bowlegs and “splat” face first into the snow. On the other hand, southerners are well known for their good ole food. This comes in handy at church picnics and gatherings. If northerners had a gathering it would be to boycott something and I guarantee there wouldn’t be food there. It’s obvious to me that both sides of the war are still in abundance and they are crossing lines everyday and people don’t like it! For example, last week I was at a southern beach with a friend and several guys walked by and yelled, “northerners!” to us. Ok, I may be pale but I am not that pale that I look like a northerner! Maybe it was the fact that I wore jeans to the beach or that I have the darkest hair this side of the Mississippi river. I am not sure but I took it as a compliment, not a slight. People could yell, “northerner!” at me all day and I would say, “without a doubt you rebel rouser you!” Seems to me that southerners have charm and northerners have logic. Southerners are carefree and northerners are serious. Southerners have Beale Street and northerners have Wall Street. It’s obvious, we will never change and as a country we will always stick with our side…no matter how skewed and distorted. Get a new flag, the cotton-picking war is ovah!