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Rockwell URL Source:[None] Published:Sep 21, 2009 Author:by Michael Gaddy Post Date:2009-09-21 10:20:19 by ghostdogtxn Keywords:None Views:252 Comments:17
With Obama, we have now the same fascist doctrine of illegal aggressive wars and infringements on liberty combined with in-your-face Marxist Socialism.
Those who voted for Obama believing it would end the wars have now seen they were conned; those Middle-Class Whites who voted for Obama to salve their feelings of latent racism have seen race used as a defense of tyrannical theft and ever enlarging government and its quest for total control of our lives.
Michael Gaddy (a voice from the past and one of my favs) knocks another one out of the park.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
The war between 1861 and 1865 was arguably just a continuation of the battles depicted in the movie "Braveheart."
The South, definitely including where I am in East Texas, was settled by and large by Scots-Irish folk. It became the dominant culture over that of the less numerous English in the region which became the Confederacy. The Scots-Irish previously had also served as slavemasters in the British Empire in such places as the West Indies. The English served more as the clerks in the counting houses, adding up the profits from the "dirty work" done by the Scots and their slaves in the actual island plantations.
The central part of Texas settled largely by the Germans voted overwhelmingly to remain in the Union, but were outvoted by places such as my county, which voted 9-1 to secede.
The North is dominated by folk of English, Dutch, German and Scandinavian ancestry. Whether it is because they have higher overall IQs than the Scots-Irish or whatever, there was never much doubt they would eventually win a war against the latter. Sam Houston knew this and that's no doubt one reason he sided with the Texans of German origin against secession, even though he himself was of Scots-Irish ancestry.
There is an excellent book about the various regions of this country and whose culture dominates each region called Albion's Seed.
The Scots-Irish are not "Irish." They are Scottish. The Irish part of the term comes from the fact so many of them were deported to Northern Ireland by the English/British.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
here's one of Mike's classics. actually, it's the first one that made me take notice of him and he and i corresponded via email for awhile there. neat guy.
According to Fischer, the foundation of American culture was formed from four mass emigrations from four different regions of the British Isles by four different socio-religious groups. New England's constitutional period occurred between 1629 and 1640 when Puritans, most from East Anglia, settled there. The next mass migration was of southern English cavaliers and their Irish and Scottish servants to the Chesapeake Bay region between 1640 and 1675. Then, between 1675 and 1725 thousands of Irish, English and German Quakers, led by William Penn settled the Delaware Valley. Finally, Irish, Scottish and English settlers from the borderlands of Britain and Ireland migrated to Appalachia between 1717 and 1775. Each of these migrations produced a distinct regional culture which can still be seen in America today. The four migrations are discussed in the four main chapters of the book:
interesting. coincidentally i was watching a movie last night that took place in Louisianna. it made me wonder when and why the french migrated and settled in Lousianna. i asked Cyni and he explained they came by way of Canada and were known as Acadians who then became cajuns. do you know if this was in the 16 or 1700s?
The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French colonists who settled in Acadia (located in the Canadian Maritime provinces — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, and in the US state of Maine). Although today most of the Acadians and Québécois are francophone Canadians, Acadia was founded in a region geographically separate from Quebec ("Canada" at this time), which led to their developing two distinct cultures. The settlers whose descendants became Acadians did not all come from the same region in France. Acadian family names have come from many areas in France, from the Maillets of Paris to the Leblancs of Normandy. As additional examples, the popular Acadian surname 'Melanson' had its roots in Brittany, and those with the surname 'Bastarache', 'Basque', had their origin in the Basque Country.
In the Great Expulsion of 1755-1763, mostly during the Seven Years' War, British colonial officers and New England legislators and militia deported more than 14,000 Acadians from the maritime region. Many later settled in Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns. Others were transported to France. Later on many Acadians returned to the Maritime provinces of Canada, most specifically New Brunswick. During the British conquest of New France, they renamed the French colony of Acadia as Nova Scotia (meaning New Scotland).
According to Fischer, the foundation of American culture was formed from four mass emigrations from four different regions of the British Isles by four different socio-religious groups. New England's constitutional period occurred between 1629 and 1640 when Puritans, most from East Anglia, settled there. The next mass migration was of southern English cavaliers and their Irish and Scottish servants to the Chesapeake Bay region between 1640 and 1675. Then, between 1675 and 1725 thousands of Irish, English and German Quakers, led by William Penn settled the Delaware Valley. Finally, Irish, Scottish and English settlers from the borderlands of Britain and Ireland migrated to Appalachia between 1717 and 1775. Each of these migrations produced a distinct regional culture which can still be seen in America today. The four migrations are discussed in the four main chapters of the book:
interesting. coincidentally i was watching a movie last night that took place in Louisianna. it made me wonder when and why the french migrated and settled in Lousianna. i asked Cyni and he explained they came by way of Canada and were known as Acadians who then became cajuns. do you know if this was in the 16 or 1700s?
What about us Welsh Scots-Irish German Injuns? ;-)
(Earliest English ancestor emigrated from Wales ca. 1626-1630).
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
I'll gently remind you, when casting such wide dispersions against Scots (Gaels), that it was the Gaels (Scots and Irish both) who, during the dark ages, had an almost universal literacy rate, as well as being the group in Europe that kept things like the ancient Greek language alive for future generations. As St. Patrick noted, you could speak Gael or Greek or maybe even Latin (or English) and have a fair chance of being understood by any random Gael you met on the street at the time. They (Irish: Gaels) had the only European culture that eschewed slavery from day one. They were the de facto depository for most of European literature and art while the rest of Europe went about slaying each other over god knows what or starving to death.
Then we talk Scots (Gaels):
William Wallace • Walter Scott • Alexander Graham Bell • Lulu • John Greig • James Watt • James McAvoy • Flora MacDonald • Donald Dewar • Mary I of Scotland • Ewan McGregor • Robert Burns • Deborah Kerr • Robert I of Scotland •Jackie Stewart • Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Billy Connolly • John Logie Baird • Saint Margaret of Scotland • Sean Connery • Alexander Fleming • ADAM SMITH
Now the Irish (Gaels as well):
Saint Brigid • Aidan of Lindisfarne • Brian Boru • Daniel O'Connell • Lady Morgan • Catherine Hayes • Augusta, Lady Gregory • George Bernard Shaw • Oscar Wilde • Robert Boyle • Jonathan Swift • James Joyce • Robbie Keane • Bob Geldof • Jonathan Rhys-Meyers • Pierce Brosnan • Enya
Lower IQ? I don't think so.
Being 'wild' and bucking English rule, as both the Scots and Irish were (and are) prone to do, did not make them less intelligent, it just made them more rebellious. It seems to me that bucking unjust authority instead of meekly accepting it IS a sign of intelligence and higher thinking.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
If your "English" ancestor was native to Wales, then he was a brythonic celt, not "English" in the terms of an Anglo-Saxon. Two different cultures, two different languages, a fierce hatred of each other, all that. :)
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Actually if you trace my patronym back far enough it was Norman-Italian. That was prior to 1066 of course.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
Well, I don't technically know your patronym . I was working under the impression that you were simply claiming English heritage from what I assumed was actually a Welshman/woman, as I've seen that more than once in my lifetime. :)
I'm fortunate to have a genealogist in the family who is *very* thorough and knowledgeable. I've also a pretty decent knowledge of ancient/founding English/Gaelic history (think 600 AD-ish until ~1200's), and some general level Brythonic celtic history, and no small amount of familiarity with the Anglo-Saxon language (old English, the West Germanic language ours derived from, closely related to Frisian and Old Dutch). Not all encompassing, but probably greater than your above average American, all things considered.
My family, I can tell you with absolute certainty, originated from three distinct places. In a general sense I'm of Gael descent primarily, followed closely by English and French (Norman French). Even know and have visited the cities they live(d) in and studied their rather extensive histories. Fun stuff.
Anywho, sorry about that, I was assuming you were making a very common mistake. My bad.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Anywho, sorry about that, I was assuming you were making a very common mistake. My bad.
Oh, no offense taken. I am fortunate in the same regard. Thanks to my Cousin the Genealogist I even have a copy of the family coat of arms (which I was surprised to find out is one of the oldest known dating prior to 1066). The rest is conjecture based on historical movements, but my patronymic line appears to have been Italians who settled in Normandy during the Middle Ages (ca. 700 - 800 A.D.). They then became attached to the House of Orange and were among William of Orange's invading Knights. My ancestor was given a fiefdom in Wales where the family castle, repossessed by the Crown for back taxes, now in ruins, was built. In my daydreams I've always thought it would be fun to win the lottery and reclaim the ol' homestead. Although it would take some tracing - my guess is that I am not in the direct line of succession which is why my ancestor moved to the colonies.
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France
That's actually quite fascinating! I wouldn't bet a red cent against the notion that our direct line descent families interacted closely at certain points in time, based on what you've written above. I also suspect that you probably envision lots of "what if" scenarios from history, lol. It's funny what knowing one's family instills in a person's character, whether for good or bad.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Thanks. Entirely possible that some of our ancestors knew each other. The Scots-Irish line seems to derive from a slightly different thread - Clan McBay (Stuart Loyalists) - which derives from Maccabeus - or Jewish Scots (converted to Protestant) if you go back to the first century A.D..
Genealogy is fun in that it aligns with my interest in history, and it is nice to know your ancestors weren't all Pirates. ;-)
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. ~ Anatole France