Florida Governor Again Caves In to the Race Hustlers

[Asclepias]

I have nothing against heritage...but you do realize...the South LOST the war.

That has nothing to do with this thread TOPIC.

It has plenty to do with the thread. Why would they honor a bunch of loser traitors that actually lost a war?

 

[Asclepias]

The law is pretty clear in regard to membership in the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. A person must have an honorable discharge from a branch of a US military service. Being a confederate and fighting against the United States doesn't count. However, what do you expect from a bunch of Florida republicans, always finding loopholes to appease blacks.

Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet refuse to honor Confederate war heroes Tampa Bay Times

Oh yeah, right. Those doggone Republicans. What a bunch of Black appeasers they are. Clear throat. High-pitched whistle. Eyes rolling around in head. And you don't need to give me a link to a story about this . You already got your link that I gave to you. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html
And the North was just as much fighting against the United States as the South was, so don't give me that "doesn't count" crap. The VA has defined Confederate veterans as veterans of the United States military (in 1958).

If the state of Florida wants make them eligible for membership in the hall fame, they can change the eligibility requirement of the law. With a Republican legislature and a Republican governor they can easily do so. Till then, the governor is following the law as he should.

IMHO, any organized group which tries to kill U.S. soldiers should not be honored as US veterans and that includes confederate veterans, American Indians, or any group that fights US armed forces.

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

No they werent. They did get their asses kicked by the Union though.

 

[Nutz]

Protectionist is just a revisionist...searching for an explanation as to his failures in life. He blames AA, black's, women, children, gimps, EVERYONE but himself!...and we learned today, he isn't even pure white...he has wetback and kraut in him. What a fucking loser. I bet if he looks harder, he will learn he is just a lousy fucking canadian.

 

[Ravi]

Yes they were. They were Americans as much as any American who has ever lived. They were the Confederate States of AMERICA. And Americans don't suddenly stop being Americans, just because somebody doesn't like them.

And the Florida Veteran's Hall of Fame memorial is one that is for veterans of Florida, not the US as a whole.

They stopped being Americans when they seceded.

Why would Florida honor traitors anyway? I'm really surprised that Governor Toad wouldn't do it. One small good thing about him, though he'll probably cave to the whining. Do you live in Floriduh?

Ravi u r a bad girl

A bad, BIGOTED girl.

How am I bigoted, aside from bigoted against traitors.

Your words >>> "Do you live in Floriduh? In one sentence you insulted 20 Million Americans, living in Florida.

The vast majority of Floridians are idiots. That isn't bigotry, it's fact.

 

[Freewill]

They weren't Americans while they were confederate soldiers.

Yes they were. They were Americans as much as any American who has ever lived. They were the Confederate States of AMERICA. And Americans don't suddenly stop being Americans, just because somebody doesn't like them.

And the Florida Veteran's Hall of Fame memorial is one that is for veterans of Florida, not the US as a whole.

They quit being Americans when they took up arms against America and ATTACKED America. It is BS to honor those who fought to preserve slavery, pure BS.

1. The WERE America.

2. They, in self defense, took up arms against a part of America which chose to take up arms against another part of America (them). The Union left its home base and attacked them at their home base (the South). They fought against that invasion, not for slavery. Almost no southern soldiers has slaves. Many lived in mountainous areas of the South, were slavery did not exist. Many were illiterate, and didn't even know slavery existed.

3. Only a minority of very rich southerners had slaves, while most southern soldiers were so poor, they went to the battlefields barefoot. The lucky ones who got uniforms, including boots, were known to have said > "This is the best set of clothes I've ever owned."

4. You ought to be ashamed of yourself for insulting American veterans they way you are.

Sorry man but what you are selling only the lost causers are going to buy.

They indeed may be veterans but they didn't fight for my side and they tried to kill my great great great grandfather.

The US did not move against the south until after Fort Sumter. The south left the UNION and then started the hostilities and they then were defeated.

I am not going to honor the Japanese veterans that rained death down on America on a quiet Sunday in 1941 just because they were veterans. The same can be said for not honoring those who fought to defend slavery, whether they knew it or not.

 

[protectionist]

I have nothing against heritage...but you do realize...the South LOST the war.

That has nothing to do with this thread TOPIC.

It has plenty to do with the thread. Why would they honor a bunch of loser traitors that actually lost a war?

I have nothing against heritage...but you do realize...the South LOST the war.

That has nothing to do with this thread TOPIC.

It has plenty to do with the thread. Why would they honor a bunch of loser traitors that actually lost a war?

I repeat. It had NOTHING to do with the topic. You don't choose to honor soldiers who fought in a war by whether the war was won or lost. Korea and Vietnam weren't "won" either. You want to dishonor those soldiers too ? You're just being an obstinate idiot. And they weren't traitors to the state of Florida (who is doing the honoring). They fought against soldiers who were invading their turf, you dumbass.

 

[protectionist]

Oh yeah, right. Those doggone Republicans. What a bunch of Black appeasers they are. Clear throat. High-pitched whistle. Eyes rolling around in head. And you don't need to give me a link to a story about this . You already got your link that I gave to you. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html
And the North was just as much fighting against the United States as the South was, so don't give me that "doesn't count" crap. The VA has defined Confederate veterans as veterans of the United States military (in 1958).

If the state of Florida wants make them eligible for membership in the hall fame, they can change the eligibility requirement of the law. With a Republican legislature and a Republican governor they can easily do so. Till then, the governor is following the law as he should.

IMHO, any organized group which tries to kill U.S. soldiers should not be honored as US veterans and that includes confederate veterans, American Indians, or any group that fights US armed forces.

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

No they werent. They did get their asses kicked by the Union though.

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. You'r just an anti-white, racist idiot. It doesn't matter one iota what you say.

 

[Freewill]

They weren't Americans while they were confederate soldiers.

Yes they were. They were Americans as much as any American who has ever lived. They were the Confederate States of AMERICA. And Americans don't suddenly stop being Americans, just because somebody doesn't like them.

And the Florida Veteran's Hall of Fame memorial is one that is for veterans of Florida, not the US as a whole.

They quit being Americans when they took up arms against America and ATTACKED America. It is BS to honor those who fought to preserve slavery, pure BS.

Then you don't salute the flag or honor it right? What you ignorant libtards don't comprehend is that no ship EVER flew the confederate flag over a slave ship. Can't say the same for the US flag.

WTF does that even mean? So the south brought in slaves using the American flag how does flying the US flag absolve a war that killed more Americans then any other war? By the time of the Civil War there would be little reason to import more slaves, besides there being an embargo keeping almost anything from being shipped to the confederate states.

 

[protectionist]

They stopped being Americans when they seceded.

Why would Florida honor traitors anyway? I'm really surprised that Governor Toad wouldn't do it. One small good thing about him, though he'll probably cave to the whining. Do you live in Floriduh?

Ravi u r a bad girl

A bad, BIGOTED girl.

How am I bigoted, aside from bigoted against traitors.

Your words >>> "Do you live in Floriduh? In one sentence you insulted 20 Million Americans, living in Florida.

The vast majority of Floridians are idiots. That isn't bigotry, it's fact.

HA HA. What you just clearly established is that YOU are an idiot.

 

[Freewill]

The law is pretty clear in regard to membership in the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. A person must have an honorable discharge from a branch of a US military service. Being a confederate and fighting against the United States doesn't count. However, what do you expect from a bunch of Florida republicans, always finding loopholes to appease blacks.

Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet refuse to honor Confederate war heroes Tampa Bay Times

Oh yeah, right. Those doggone Republicans. What a bunch of Black appeasers they are. Clear throat. High-pitched whistle. Eyes rolling around in head. And you don't need to give me a link to a story about this . You already got your link that I gave to you. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html
And the North was just as much fighting against the United States as the South was, so don't give me that "doesn't count" crap. The VA has defined Confederate veterans as veterans of the United States military (in 1958).

If the state of Florida wants make them eligible for membership in the hall fame, they can change the eligibility requirement of the law. With a Republican legislature and a Republican governor they can easily do so. Till then, the governor is following the law as he should.

IMHO, any organized group which tries to kill U.S. soldiers should not be honored as US veterans and that includes confederate veterans, American Indians, or any group that fights US armed forces.

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

So your contention is that this was a war between to segements of the same Armed Forces, that doesn't make sense.

What you are saying is in agreement with Susan Rice who said Bergdahl “served the United States with honor and distinction.”

 

[protectionist]

They weren't Americans while they were confederate soldiers.

Yes they were. They were Americans as much as any American who has ever lived. They were the Confederate States of AMERICA. And Americans don't suddenly stop being Americans, just because somebody doesn't like them.

And the Florida Veteran's Hall of Fame memorial is one that is for veterans of Florida, not the US as a whole.

They quit being Americans when they took up arms against America and ATTACKED America. It is BS to honor those who fought to preserve slavery, pure BS.

Then you don't salute the flag or honor it right? What you ignorant libtards don't comprehend is that no ship EVER flew the confederate flag over a slave ship. Can't say the same for the US flag.

WTF does that even mean? So the south brought in slaves using the American flag how does flying the US flag absolve a war that killed more Americans then any other war? By the time of the Civil War there would be little reason to import more slaves, besides there being an embargo keeping almost anything from being shipped to the confederate states.

OFF TOPIC!! This thread is about Rick Scott cowardly caving in to NAACP racists, by refusing to honor Florida veterans, not something about ships, flags, embargos, etc

 

[protectionist]

Oh yeah, right. Those doggone Republicans. What a bunch of Black appeasers they are. Clear throat. High-pitched whistle. Eyes rolling around in head. And you don't need to give me a link to a story about this . You already got your link that I gave to you. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html
And the North was just as much fighting against the United States as the South was, so don't give me that "doesn't count" crap. The VA has defined Confederate veterans as veterans of the United States military (in 1958).

If the state of Florida wants make them eligible for membership in the hall fame, they can change the eligibility requirement of the law. With a Republican legislature and a Republican governor they can easily do so. Till then, the governor is following the law as he should.

IMHO, any organized group which tries to kill U.S. soldiers should not be honored as US veterans and that includes confederate veterans, American Indians, or any group that fights US armed forces.

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

So your contention is that this was a war between to segements of the same Armed Forces, that doesn't make sense.

What you are saying is in agreement with Susan Rice who said Bergdahl “served the United States with honor and distinction.”

1. It makes 100% sense. That's exactly what occured.

2. It has no connection with what Bergdahl did. Bergdahl was one person. This was 1/2 of the whole country (at that time)

 

[Freewill]

They weren't Americans while they were confederate soldiers.

Yes they were. They were Americans as much as any American who has ever lived. They were the Confederate States of AMERICA. And Americans don't suddenly stop being Americans, just because somebody doesn't like them.

And the Florida Veteran's Hall of Fame memorial is one that is for veterans of Florida, not the US as a whole.

They quit being Americans when they took up arms against America and ATTACKED America. It is BS to honor those who fought to preserve slavery, pure BS.

Then you don't salute the flag or honor it right? What you ignorant libtards don't comprehend is that no ship EVER flew the confederate flag over a slave ship. Can't say the same for the US flag.

WTF does that even mean? So the south brought in slaves using the American flag how does flying the US flag absolve a war that killed more Americans then any other war? By the time of the Civil War there would be little reason to import more slaves, besides there being an embargo keeping almost anything from being shipped to the confederate states.

OFF TOPIC!! This thread is about Rick Scott cowardly caving in to NAACP racists, by refusing to honor Florida veterans, not something about ships, flags, embargos, etc

The reason for not honoring them is the topic, odiumsaid brought up shipping slaves.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

In another act of political cowardice, (as in the Zimmerman case), Florida Governor Rick Scott has caved in to those who think Florida politics should be tailored to their special interest. Black politicians put pressure on Scott to deny 3 Florida Confederate veterans, a place in the state's Veterans' Hall of Fame memorial in the state capitol.

The three Confederate veterans were Edward Perry, a former governor; David Lang, who after the Civil War oversaw the reorganization of the state militia into the National Guard; and Samuel Pasco, a former U.S. senator and the namesake of Pasco County.

The excuse given by Scott and his lap dogs is that to be eligible, you have to be a military veteran of Florida ... have been honorably discharged, and played a significant part in the history of the state. These men do meet all these criteria. They are being stonewalled purely by the same pushy belligerence we see so often nowadays from Black radicals, who seem to demand that the whole country adjust everything to meet their agendas.

Here's some of the rather unbalanced complaints put foward by them >>

Adora Obi Nweze, president of NAACP Florida State Conference and Miami-Dade Branch, said she's "frankly appalled" by the effort.
"The Confederacy fought to tear apart our country, in support of savage slavery, in a misguided, hateful attempt to uphold that abomination," she said in a statement, "[and] to have these men honored in a memorial at the state Capitol for their service on the wrong side of history, would be an injustice to the descendants of enslaved Americans and an insult to all Americans who have bravely served our country with honor."
Army veteran Dale Landry, president of the NAACP chapter in Tallahassee, told Capitol News Service in Florida that extending the honor up to Confederate veterans opens up the door to other militaries that fought against the United States.
"The Japanese military, the Japanese army, the Japanese navy, you see? The Germans, the Nazis. I'm sorry, but that's the same to me," Landry said.

What absurdities. The Confederate soldiers were Americans, no matter how distasteful that fact may be to these rabble-rousers. And it is an insult to them and their descendants, and the descendants of all Confederate soldiers, to somehow redefine them as non-Americans, comparable to German Nazis and Japs of World War II. The US govt defined them as US veterans in 1958, and at that time extended all VA benefits to their survivors (no Civil War veterans, North or South, remained alive by 1958).

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, a national group founded in Richmond, Virginia, and based in Columbia, Tennessee, say the recognition isn't about defending slavery, but honoring those who answered their country's call. I agree. This honor of the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame memorial, is about the men who served, not about the politics behind it, which came from politicians, who, for the most part, did not serve. What will Americans 100 years from now say about the Vietnam Veterans ? That they should not be honored for having served (58,000 were killed), because of a disapproval of that war's politics ?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html

The Confederate Wall of Fame is in the Ladie's Room

 

[Delta4Embassy]

The Confederacy lost. So unless you're one of those people wanting to end 1st, 2nd, ad 3rd place and have everybody come in 1st suck it up.

It pays to be a winner.

 

[Freewill]

If the state of Florida wants make them eligible for membership in the hall fame, they can change the eligibility requirement of the law. With a Republican legislature and a Republican governor they can easily do so. Till then, the governor is following the law as he should.

IMHO, any organized group which tries to kill U.S. soldiers should not be honored as US veterans and that includes confederate veterans, American Indians, or any group that fights US armed forces.

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

So your contention is that this was a war between to segements of the same Armed Forces, that doesn't make sense.

What you are saying is in agreement with Susan Rice who said Bergdahl “served the United States with honor and distinction.”

1. It makes 100% sense. That's exactly what occured.

2. It has no connection with what Bergdahl did. Bergdahl was one person. This was 1/2 of the whole country (at that time)

the uniforms, for the most part, of the Confederates were grey, the Union blue, thus the south separated themselves.

No one in the south had to take up arms against the USA and many did not. But their states controlled by the rich democrats forced their desire onto the south.

I think if you want to honor those who fought for slavery then raise private money and do so. Spending money on those who took up arms against the US just isn't something I want to pay for.

But in reality I am thinking you are not saying what you really believe. In my opinion it wasn't the north that stayed the USA it was the south, nothing else makes sense in what you are saying.

 

[protectionist]

Protectionist is just a revisionist...searching for an explanation as to his failures in life. He blames AA, black's, women, children, gimps, EVERYONE but himself!...and we learned today, he isn't even pure white...he has wetback and kraut in him. What a fucking loser. I bet if he looks harder, he will learn he is just a lousy fucking canadian.

You're a fool who is following the stupid rants of Asclepias, who keeps babbling about me being a failure in life, and talking about affirmative action. I was not a failure in life. I opened my own business, and was VERY successful with it for many years. I also learned a skilled trade and worked in that too, making $14/hour in 1985 ($30.54/hour in 2015 dollars). I also worked as a musician, playing electric guitar with a rock band for very good money, and had a lot of fun doing it. I'd say my work life was far ABOVE the average person's.

So you are just a FOLLOWER of an ass clown, which makes you a double ass clown. And I don't have any wetback in me. My ancestors all came to this country legally, and spoke perfect English.
HA HA. You have quite a distinguished talent >> making a FOOL out of yourself. Good job of that.

 

[protectionist]

As I already stated, and the link did also, these veterans fully meet the eligibility requirements. No, Scott's NOT following anything, except wimping out to the NAACP, and whatever they're threatening him with - most likely a Ferguson type ordeal (protests escalating to riots). Anyone reading my link supplied at the end of the OP, can easily ascertain that. One would have to be the dumbest sucker in the world to fall for the really empty excuse Scott gave.

After reading the actual statue, I think you are correct. The statue does not specifically limit inductees to veterans of the United States Armed Forces. I don't think confederates should be inducted but that's just my opinion.

Statutes Constitution View Statutes Online Sunshine

The Confederate soldiers WERE veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Your way of excluding them from this country, is incredibly bigoted against 90 million people living in the 11 southern states. Rethink.

So your contention is that this was a war between to segements of the same Armed Forces, that doesn't make sense.

What you are saying is in agreement with Susan Rice who said Bergdahl “served the United States with honor and distinction.”

1. It makes 100% sense. That's exactly what occured.

2. It has no connection with what Bergdahl did. Bergdahl was one person. This was 1/2 of the whole country (at that time)

the uniforms, for the most part, of the Confederates were grey, the Union blue, thus the south separated themselves.

No one in the south had to take up arms against the USA and many did not. But their states controlled by the rich democrats forced their desire onto the south.

I think if you want to honor those who fought for slavery then raise private money and do so. Spending money on those who took up arms against the US just isn't something I want to pay for.

But in reality I am thinking you are not saying what you really believe. In my opinion it wasn't the north that stayed the USA it was the south, nothing else makes sense in what you are saying.

Doesn't matter what the uniforms looked like. Both sides were Americans. It was Americans fighting Americans. Whoever denies that is talking nonsense. And few southerners fought for slavery. Most probably never saw a slave in their whole lives, and didn't even know slavery existed, being hundreds of miles away from where it was. Most fought because their land was being invaded by people shooting at them. Period.

And you won't pay for "Spending money on those who took up arms against the US", huh ? Well, first of all nobody said you had to pay for anything, but even if you did, then this would mean you won't pay for spending money on the North soldiers who took up arms against the US (11 states of it)

 

[protectionist]

The Confederacy lost. So unless you're one of those people wanting to end 1st, 2nd, ad 3rd place and have everybody come in 1st suck it up.

It pays to be a winner.

OFF TOPIC stupidity.

 

[protectionist]

In another act of political cowardice, (as in the Zimmerman case), Florida Governor Rick Scott has caved in to those who think Florida politics should be tailored to their special interest. Black politicians put pressure on Scott to deny 3 Florida Confederate veterans, a place in the state's Veterans' Hall of Fame memorial in the state capitol.

The three Confederate veterans were Edward Perry, a former governor; David Lang, who after the Civil War oversaw the reorganization of the state militia into the National Guard; and Samuel Pasco, a former U.S. senator and the namesake of Pasco County.

The excuse given by Scott and his lap dogs is that to be eligible, you have to be a military veteran of Florida ... have been honorably discharged, and played a significant part in the history of the state. These men do meet all these criteria. They are being stonewalled purely by the same pushy belligerence we see so often nowadays from Black radicals, who seem to demand that the whole country adjust everything to meet their agendas.

Here's some of the rather unbalanced complaints put foward by them >>

Adora Obi Nweze, president of NAACP Florida State Conference and Miami-Dade Branch, said she's "frankly appalled" by the effort.
"The Confederacy fought to tear apart our country, in support of savage slavery, in a misguided, hateful attempt to uphold that abomination," she said in a statement, "[and] to have these men honored in a memorial at the state Capitol for their service on the wrong side of history, would be an injustice to the descendants of enslaved Americans and an insult to all Americans who have bravely served our country with honor."
Army veteran Dale Landry, president of the NAACP chapter in Tallahassee, told Capitol News Service in Florida that extending the honor up to Confederate veterans opens up the door to other militaries that fought against the United States.
"The Japanese military, the Japanese army, the Japanese navy, you see? The Germans, the Nazis. I'm sorry, but that's the same to me," Landry said.

What absurdities. The Confederate soldiers were Americans, no matter how distasteful that fact may be to these rabble-rousers. And it is an insult to them and their descendants, and the descendants of all Confederate soldiers, to somehow redefine them as non-Americans, comparable to German Nazis and Japs of World War II. The US govt defined them as US veterans in 1958, and at that time extended all VA benefits to their survivors (no Civil War veterans, North or South, remained alive by 1958).

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, a national group founded in Richmond, Virginia, and based in Columbia, Tennessee, say the recognition isn't about defending slavery, but honoring those who answered their country's call. I agree. This honor of the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame memorial, is about the men who served, not about the politics behind it, which came from politicians, who, for the most part, did not serve. What will Americans 100 years from now say about the Vietnam Veterans ? That they should not be honored for having served (58,000 were killed), because of a disapproval of that war's politics ?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2...l-of-fame.html

The Confederate Wall of Fame is in the Ladie's Room

You're an ass.