Comments on: Natural Respite Amongst A Confederacy of Dunces http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/natural-respite-amongst-a-confederacy-of-dunces/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Wed, 23 May 2012 19:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/natural-respite-amongst-a-confederacy-of-dunces/comment-page-1/#comment-3478 Glynn Wilson Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:55:37 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4930#comment-3478 It's not a matter of what anybody "thinks" or "believes" as a matter of opinion. It is a matter of what we "know" as a matter of fact. As small towns are bypassed by interstates and major highways, they lose business. As the new generations of young people go away to college, they move to bigger cities where the job and cultural opportunities are greater. Those are facts. Thanks for the compliment on the photos, but I won't be sharing them on flickr or any other mass site where a few programmers make all the money. I am in the business of building the economy for the Web Press here, not promoting any specific lake or town. It’s not a matter of what anybody “thinks” or “believes” as a matter of opinion. It is a matter of what we “know” as a matter of fact. As small towns are bypassed by interstates and major highways, they lose business. As the new generations of young people go away to college, they move to bigger cities where the job and cultural opportunities are greater. Those are facts.

Thanks for the compliment on the photos, but I won’t be sharing them on flickr or any other mass site where a few programmers make all the money. I am in the business of building the economy for the Web Press here, not promoting any specific lake or town.

]]> By: John C http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/natural-respite-amongst-a-confederacy-of-dunces/comment-page-1/#comment-3477 John C Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4930#comment-3477 I agree with you that Alex City's population has declined due to Russell's scale back of employ. But I do think that 50 person drop over 15,000 is not that bad. I also don't think it has to do with any sort of brain drain or highway 280. As Alex City looks forward to a post Russell future, 280 and Lake Martin will combine to help it out. By the way, I think your photos are great. If you're on Flickr, please consider adding them to the I Love Lake Martin Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lake-martin/ I agree with you that Alex City’s population has declined due to Russell’s scale back of employ. But I do think that 50 person drop over 15,000 is not that bad. I also don’t think it has to do with any sort of brain drain or highway 280. As Alex City looks forward to a post Russell future, 280 and Lake Martin will combine to help it out.

By the way, I think your photos are great. If you’re on Flickr, please consider adding them to the I Love Lake Martin Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lake-martin/

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/natural-respite-amongst-a-confederacy-of-dunces/comment-page-1/#comment-3476 Glynn Wilson Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:31:03 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4930#comment-3476 In addition, we are a poorer people culturally as a result of losing that heritage. In addition, we are a poorer people culturally as a result of losing that heritage.

]]> By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/10/natural-respite-amongst-a-confederacy-of-dunces/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 Yana Davis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:19:23 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=4930#comment-3475 Especially for those of us with Cherokee and other Five Civilized Tribes ancestry, the memory of Andrew Jackson is not a fond one. My Native ancestors -- Cherokee and Choctaw -- managed to "pass for white" in the rural South back when it was technically illegal to be an "Indian" off the reservation. Many people with significant Native American ancestry did the same thing. It was only in the latter half of the 20th century -- after laws making it illegal to be a Native and off the reservation were repealed -- they began openly acknowledging their roots. We have several recognized Tribes in Alabama now as a result, including Choctaw (Mowa Band), Creek (Muskogee - Poarch Band) and two Cherokee bands, I believe, as a result. I am not sure if there are any recognized Chicataw groups in Alabama. It is no accident, and a cause for great shame, I think, that Hitler thought the way the US had handled its non-white Native population in the 19th century was a great idea and it partially inspired his concentration camp scheme for Jews, Gypsies and other "non-Aryan" people he victimized. Except for scale, all the things Hitler did to them the US government did to Native Americans, beginning with the sorry actions of Andy Jackson. Especially for those of us with Cherokee and other Five Civilized Tribes ancestry, the memory of Andrew Jackson is not a fond one. My Native ancestors — Cherokee and Choctaw — managed to “pass for white” in the rural South back when it was technically illegal to be an “Indian” off the reservation. Many people with significant Native American ancestry did the same thing.

It was only in the latter half of the 20th century — after laws making it illegal to be a Native and off the reservation were repealed — they began openly acknowledging their roots. We have several recognized Tribes in Alabama now as a result, including Choctaw (Mowa Band), Creek (Muskogee – Poarch Band) and two Cherokee bands, I believe, as a result. I am not sure if there are any recognized Chicataw groups in Alabama.

It is no accident, and a cause for great shame, I think, that Hitler thought the way the US had handled its non-white Native population in the 19th century was a great idea and it partially inspired his concentration camp scheme for Jews, Gypsies and other “non-Aryan” people he victimized. Except for scale, all the things Hitler did to them the US government did to Native Americans, beginning with the sorry actions of Andy Jackson.

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