My roots run deep into the mountains of TN, GA, SC, NC, and VA. But they also include some fine Yankee people. I love southern food but I readily eat northern and western food too. I even eat food that comes from other Non-American cultures. My ancestors fought on both sides in the Civil War, War Between the States, War for States Rights, War to Preserve/Abolish Slavery.... In one of my NC families, twin brothers fought on opposite sides! I've voted for Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy. I've met Ronald Reagan and Bobby Kennedy and I don't think Ronnie was a fascist nor Bobby was a socialist. But maybe I am just a "poor dumb Hick". After all, I grew up poor and my great grandmother was a Hicks. Though, as I recall, SHE wasn't dumb at all! Now if you would like to help me with my genealogy problems..... How about helping me find where and to what parents my ggg-grandparents, John STARNES and Sarah Jane ADAMS were born, somewhere in SW VA around 1775? Lots of <g>'s so nobody takes offense! Charles Ed Starnes "Edgar A. Howard" wrote: > > << the movie OCTOBER SKY > > If we are treated fairly, yes, I want to see it. Even TN Williams, > and Falkner made us look nuts and wild.<g> > > That was Bobby Kennedy trying to sell socialism because us > dumb hicks were so poor. Have you eat yankee food or food in CA?? I > won't feed my dog that stuff. As others have said, we had the best > cooks in the world. If my mother had raised those Kennedy boys they > would have been better presidients, and men.<g.> > -eddie > > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #9 As of 2/7/1999 we have 475 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your > mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. > There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. > -sysop