Wednesday, September 14, 2005

 

Next honorary West Virginian

The Handle Institute proundly recommends Pierce Pettis for Honorary West Virginian. I understand he is from Alabama but he obviously understands the power of the Appalachian personality. Check out the words of "A Mountaineer is always Free" his collaboration with West Virginian Tim O'Brien. You can listen to a clip and buy cds here and of course here. In my opinion the time is wrong for group singing or I would want to change the state song. I have one ancestor who came to Virginia fleeing Ireland after killing his landlord with a stick and another who married a Cherokee wife and built a family in another part of Virginia now called Kentucky. The song touches the independence, tenderness and toughness of the mountain people. It might also say something about why it is so difficult to move them from their native habitat. They paid too much to get there in the first place to leave without a struggle.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

 

Help at hand


It appears that the SHTF value of firearms has demonstrated itself to Sean Penn as he works in the Katrina relief effort. The New York Post gets credit for capturing the moment and Atlas Shrugged our compliments for the link. Comments in the Atlas Shrugged post contained this gem which has the ring of authenticity although not independently confirmed:

ER: you nailed it. This reminds of the time in the early '70s (IIRC) when Dean Martin was caught at an airport with a gun. A newsbabe asked: "Mr. Martin, do you believe everyone has the right to carry a gun?"

"Of course not," he replied. "Just me." The best reply to a reporter, ever.


Without a doubt, when the forces of order are absent or busy about other things, we may wish to have at hand the means of defending ourselves. See you at the NRA meeting, Mr. Penn.

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