Look Away! Columnist Decimates The Civil War

I recently read an article lamenting the fact that federal participation in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the War Between The States has been practically nil.

This lackluster performance should have come as no surprise, since the U.S. is too busy meddling in everyone ELSE’S civil wars to acknowledge its own Civil War. At least our recent escapades do conjure up memories of “Gone With The Wind.” (“This is a fine time to tell me ‘I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ no revolutions!’”)

I am just as well pleased that Washington is staying out of the planning of events. We will appreciate the sesquicentennial more if it is handled by states, communities, grassroots organizations and that one eccentric dude who paid the Met to stage “Eatin’ Goober Peas: The Opera.”

I mean, these are the paper-shuffling jokers who very nearly starved both the Union and Confederate forces. Thank goodness they failed to finalize the regulations blocking hungry soldiers from plundering chicken houses unless the farmer had posted detailed nutritional data about the fowls.

Via SHNV