Mr. Misanthrope

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If Bobby Gentry's two most well known songs (Ode to Billy Joe and Fancy) had been short stories or novels instead of songs, she would be included in the pantheon of the greatest southern gothic writers to ever put pen to paper.

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Similar to this Southern Gothic masterpiece written by Bobby Russell.

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"The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"

He was on his way home from Candletop Been two weeks gone
and he'd thought he'd stop
at Webb's And have him a drink before he went home to her

Andy Wolloe said hello
And he said, "Hi, what's doing, Wo?"
Said, "Sit down,
I got some bad news, it's gonna hurt."
He said, "I'm your best friend and you know that's right
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Since you been gone,
she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth."

Well, he got mad and he saw red
And Andy said,
"Boy, don't you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth,
I've been with her myself."

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well, Andy got scared and left the bar
Walking on home,
cause he didn't live far
See, Andy didn't have many friends
And he just lost him one

Brother thought his wife
musta left town
So he went home
and finally found
The only thing Papa had left him
and that was a gun

Then he went off to Andy's house
Slippin' through the backwoods, quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks
too small for Andy to make
He looked through the screen
at the back porch door
And he saw Andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Well, the Georgia patrol was making their rounds
So he fired a shot
just to flag them down
And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun
And said "Why'd you do it?"

Well, the judge said guilty in a make-believe trial
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile Said, "Supper's waitin' at home and I gotta get to it."

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well, they hung my brother
before I could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To Andy's house and back
that night were mine
And his cheating wife had never left town
And that's one body that'll never be found
See, little sister don't miss
when she aims her gun

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia, whoa-oh
That's the night that they hung an innocent man, uh-huh
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands
Oh, that's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

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the recent overwhelming electoral victories by "America First" Jew haters like Massie

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I suppose whether Massie is a “Jew hater” and an anti-Semite depends on the flavor of your Kool Aid.

Massie doesn’t want to give billions to Israel, opposes rather open ended legislation penalizing “anti-Semitic” speech, opposes the war with Iran, and is critical of a pro-Israel lobby that’s well funded and who he believes wields undue financial pressure on Congress to put Israeli interests above U.S. interests when and where they conflict—and because of those opinions he is labeled a “Jew hater” and caricatured in as grotesque a manner as Jews were in Weimar and Nazi Germany.

His skepticism towards the pro-Israel lobby and it’s influence, undue or otherwise, on American foreign policies, in my opinion, doesn’t rise to the level of “Jew hater” or “anti-Semite.

The voters have spoken and he’s out, but, you can hardly deny much of the money spent to influence the race and insure his ouster was from the pro-Israel lobby. That’s an awful lot of influence in U.S. politics I’d say. Too much, in my opinion.

It is ironic that some people on this board express fear of being called racists and of being banned for their opinions about our declining Democratic run cities and for attributing the rampant crime and urban rot in them to their predominant demographic, but, at the same time, want Thomas Massie labeled “Jew hater”, castigated and altogether silenced for his equally provocative opinions on another topic.

It’s bizarre.

No particular order here.
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (John McEuen/Jim Ibbotson deceased)
Blood, Sweat, and Tears (Larry Willis/Dick Halligan deceased)
Black Sabbath
Jimmy Buffet and The Coral Reefer Band

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no part of this is a win for anyone

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Nailed it. She’s a patriot, good at her job, and was a moderating voice with military credentials among many competing firebrands who had none.

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The tales of devastation in the Mississippi Delta and of course in Georgia are appalling.

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And inexcusable and criminal in my opinion.

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Sherman understood that to defeat the South, it meant taking the war to its people. And he did with no mercy.

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That is, of course, the mantra justifying his crimes, and what is trotted out to this day to justify Federal war crimes during the Civil War.

The case that Sherman, his CO Grant, and Lincoln, the Commander in Chief are war criminals is strong.

The Mises Institute has a provocative article, Revionist History and Sherman’s War Crimes bearing on the topic.

Quoting the article:

In his article Why They Raped, Looted, and Plundered, Tom DiLorenzo reviews the evidence of war crimes in “General William Tecumseh Sherman’s famous ‘march to the sea’ at the end of the War to Prevent Southern Independence,” observing that: “The Lincoln cult – especially its hyper-warmongering neocon branch – has been holding conferences, celebrations, and commemorations [of the march to the sea] while continuing to rewrite history to suit its statist biases.” The dominant historical narratives admire Sherman’s “total war” policies as a corollary of their admiration for Lincoln’s war. Sherman’s war crimes are well-documented, and the aim of this article is not to revisit the evidence of his war crimes but to examine some of the justifications that are often advanced to exonerate Sherman.

DiLorenzo continues; The Lincoln cult, far from regretting the horrors of that war, continues to view the burning of the South as worthy of celebration. The triumphalist view of Lincoln’s war is reflected in an opinion piece published in the New York Times in 2015, which argued that Sherman’s war crimes were intended “to widen the burden and pain of the war beyond just rebel soldiers to include the civilian supporters of the Confederacy, especially the common folk who filled the ranks of the rebel armies.”

The Mises Institute article also quotes relevant passages from Walter Brian Cisco’s book, War Crimes Against Southern Civilians .

Babylon Bee? Think of the impact on “Hitler Reacts” content.

Your post left me with questions and the link didn’t answer them.

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President Donald Trump shared a Truth Social post late Monday night that called for the arrest of Barack Obama, accusing the former president of treason, without evidence.

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The post President Trump shared simply didn’t contain or enumerate the evidence for treason; it didn’t claim evidence doesn’t exist.

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“Arrest them all. Prosecute them all. Incarcerate them all at once for treachery, treason, and seditious conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. But first, Barack Obama,” the end of the post read.

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It’s not clear if the quoted text was in its entirety the conclusion of the post President Trump shared or if was emphasis the President added to the original.

I’m assuming it’s the shared post’s original conclusion and not added by the President.

My only other comments are that, while morally reprehensible, I don’t believe “treachery” is a capital crime, and that I hope someone in our government has the capability, the power, the will, and the balls to prosecute, convict, and punish the entire treacherous cabal for their seditious and treasonous actions.

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*triple homicide

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Three homicides and a suicide?:dunno:

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Walker Percy and his two brothers were adopted by their relative William Alexander Percy (son of Senator Leroy Percy).

Will Percy's Lanterns on the Levee is a must read for every Southern gentleman and lady.

A copy should be kept on your bedside table.

Walker Percy contributed the introduction to the 1973 edition.

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Interestingly Shelby Foote was part of that group of Percy brothers and was Walker’s best friend. If I recall accurately, Foote was with him at his deathbed.

The Percy brothers were adopted by their uncle because their father killed himself with a shotgun. Now that I think about it, so did Archie Manning’s father, in Drew, not too far away from Greenville where Will Percy raised them.


Walker Percy’s novels are permeated with the trauma of the events and seemingly him attempting to make sense of the tragedy, or, in some ways, work through it using his craft to explore it.

Tapestry-Carol King

Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys

Rubber Soul-The Beatles

Take Five-Dave Brubeck

Déjà Vu-Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young

Merry Christmas-Johnny Mathis (1958)

The Magic of Christmas-Nat King Cole
(1962 reissue)

Delivering-Poco

Whipped Cream-Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

No particular order.