\u2026 the Montgomery Boat Brawl, c. August 5, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Am I wrong for enjoying this to the extent that I am\/did\/will forever?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People were harmed, peace was disturbed, arrests were made, and I laughed, and laughed, and laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather than a shot across the bow, a jaunty flip o\u2019 the cap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ice Cream Social is truly priceless \u2026 \u201cAquamayne,\u201d indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Methinks p\u2019raps it is the cosmic convergence of the poetic and the sublime that got me most tickled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, the boat docks. Same place where, oh, 200-300 years ago the Ice Cream Social had family forced out and away to the four corners of the South, the beginning of the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the name of the ferry whose efforts to dock were thwarted by the \u201cblack\u201d pontoon of the problematic Horsemen? \u201cThe Harriott.\u201d Ha! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Methinks GOD has the ultimate sense of humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fun fact: John Brown \u2013 one of the true greats, strategically positioned in time\/place\/space by GOD \u2013 referred to that Beautiful Conductor as \u201cGeneral Tubman.\u201d How neat. How swell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the weapon of choice? A folding chair, invented by none other than card-carrying, hard-inventing true-blooded member of the Ice Cream Social, fella by the name of Nathaniel Alexander, back in 1911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bet he never thought his device would be the source of so much high hilarity. Bopped that broad right in the face<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Equal rights? Equal lefts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tried that in small town. Ha! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Methinks Jason Aldean can\u2019t be that clueless \u2014 dog whistles abound \u2014 but then again the modern educational system is<\/em> a failure so there\u2019s that. Welcome to Florida. And Arkansas. And Texas. Oh, the South \u2026 still getting it wrong, after all these years still failing to get it right. Sigh. {Matthew 16:26<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even Haaah-vaaaad grads are morons. Ivy League = Best in the nation? Uh, no. Not so fun fact \u2026 in another part of the recent historical South, six Horsemen, badged and gunned, went on a nightride so beloved by their ancestors and tortured two men because they were living next to another Horseman who whin(ni)ed. Guess it\u2019s good those \u201cofficers of the law\u201d confessed\/plead guilty to all charges, but those men are forever scarred by the experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not their fault but forever to be their burning cross to bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The savagery of Horsemen is always borne by those least deserving of it. Will that debt ever be paid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prolly not. Modern Horsemen now claim to be victims of racism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahhh, no \u2026 that does not mean what I think you think it means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Guess it depends on the definition. \u201cUse of race to justify atrocity\u201d seems to fit, however YMMV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the Montgomery Sweet Tea Party? Now that\u2019s some southern justice long delayed yet well-deserved, and \u2014 methinks \u2014 ancestrally enjoyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2026 the Montgomery Boat Brawl, c. August 5, 2023. Am I wrong for enjoying this to the extent that I am\/did\/will forever? People were harmed, peace was disturbed, arrests were made, and I laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Rather than a shot across the bow, a jaunty flip o\u2019 the cap. The Ice Cream Social … <\/p>\n
Didn\u2019t Shrub and Clarry Tom go to Yale? Now there\u2019s some flickering lowlights
(fool me\u2014can\u2019t get fooled again!<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n