Haley Barbour, you may recall, is the Governor of Mississippi. Late last year he made the point that segregation was not all that bad, he lived through it and so did his slaves, er, Black employees and they never complained to master.
Well more fun from Mississippi. The Associated Press reports that "The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the 'War Between the States.' The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014."
Apparently this has upset a lot of people. You know how liberals and the ancestors of slaves get all in your face about this sort of stuff. "A Facebook group called 'Mississippians Against The Commemoration Of Grand Wizard Nathan Forrest' features a drawing of a hooded klansman in the center of a regular Mississippi car tag." Imagine how hard it is to get a permit for a cross burning. OMG.
Mississippi has a number of commerative plates with NASCAR plates being number one on the hit parade.
My fave part of the story is the picture of gold old boy Greg Stewart, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, posing with a mock up of the plate next to his car, a car festooned with a Reagan For President sticker. The car is a Volvo. Made in Sweden I hear. So Mr. Stewart really is pro North, eh? May be he has a carpetbag?
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