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posted: February 15 @ 11:19am

I think I went to an elementary school named after him.

I'm glad his side lost.

tedford says:: i was totally thinking Inspector Gadget. boy, was i off...
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:21am - ∞

Sir Walshington says:: Not kidding, this is my favorite Southern general of the Civil War.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:21am - ∞

Sir Walshington says:: He was a king, and so are you.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:21am - ∞

jnonfiction says:: I knew you could.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:22am - ∞

HiImTerry says:: Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.

Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:23am - ∞

Daniel says:: John would be proud. Heck, I'm proud.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:24am - ∞

miguelito says:: FREAKIN nailed it. i always believed in you.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:28am - ∞

Andrew says:: are you stonewalling me?
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:35am - ∞

robberfly says:: historic!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:43am - ∞

michaeljstraub says:: To Stone Mountain with ya!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:47am - ∞

John-O says:: It was nice of him to throw me off with kindness rather than calling the cops! Dig the pic.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:51am - ∞

mattyc says:: hahhaha. SPOT ON
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:55am - ∞

Mat Wiseman says:: Nice coat.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:58am - ∞

Yogi Beard says:: Do you even have the missing left arm?
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:03pm - ∞

mackle says:: excellent use of trenchcoat sir..
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:12pm - ∞

iamaaronmartin says:: Kinged and Faved.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:16pm - ∞

iamaaronmartin says:: @yogibeard He did cut off his left arm for this shoot. It was a bloody affair, but worth it in authenticity points.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:16pm - ∞

Pip says:: YUP!!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:30pm - ∞

Blastro says:: My front porch used to look over the statue of Jackson on Monument Avenue. One morning, while oversleeping, I kept having dreams that someone was whistling Dixie. When I finally got up to see, it turned out it was the entire Army of Virginia (reenacted) marching past my front door.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 12:55pm - ∞

Shotgun Willie says:: why would anyone name a school after him! sheesh.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 1:31pm - ∞

Steve-O says:: I seriously don't recognize you with out your smile!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 2:05pm - ∞

Ula O cealleigh says:: hahahahaha
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 2:11pm - ∞

jracecar says:: I'm glad his side lost too. Well done.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 2:34pm - ∞

Ozzy Nelson says:: noone ever seemed happy back then
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 2:41pm - ∞

Just Jamey says:: Nice! I thought about doing Stonewall. P.S. There are some interesting arguments for the Confederacy, that have nothing to do with racism.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 2:51pm - ∞

Childress says:: There's a Stonewall Jackson middle school right by my house too. Interesting.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 3:11pm - ∞

Justin Will says:: The coat suits you!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 3:34pm - ∞

Robfrenzy says:: you not only get a kingfav from me, but you also get called........beast. Geeez man, FIERCE!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 4:38pm - ∞

TheStride says:: I would follow you into battle.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 4:57pm - ∞

mu says:: do you ever look at you wife like this?

Excellent shot sir!
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 4:59pm - ∞

wondermade says:: @justjamey That may be true, but there are two reasons we should all celebrate the Confederacy's loss.

1. Without the Union victory the slave-based economy of the South would have strengthened. Slave-trade in China continued until the 20th century, and it wasn't until WWII that there was an international accord calling slavery inhumane and internationally illegal. Without the South's involvement I wonder where the global slave trade would be now.
Keeping in mind there are actually more people in slavery right now than in the entirety of the pre-Civil War US, I can only imagine a Confederate victory exasperating not only the North American slave trade, but the global slave trade.
Presuming it did end (which I think it would have eventually) then we'd likely just this generation be imagining integration, or the end to Apartheid.

2. The South's secession allowed key legislation to pass the Senate. Previously the Southern block strongly opposed measures that proved pivotal to the US expansion and subsequent rise to a global power.
We're talking the transcontinental railroad, the Homestead Exemption Act, etc. Without coast-to-coast transit the American move west would've stalled. Without that infrastructure to push the population west (safely - post-Oregon trail style) California rise to prominence would've been delayed. So imagine the dust bowl 30s without the West Coast produce to normalize national levels. Or a Great Depression without a vibrant west coast economy relatively unaffected by the market crash.
California is one of the largest economies in the world (as @iamaaronmartin pointed out to me today), but it's hard to imagine they would've matured without either the policies incentivizing the western movement andthe infrastructure improvements that facilitated trans-continental trade.

So not that they didn't have some ancillary policies that warrant positive position. But on the whole I'm very thankful they lost.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 5:00pm - ∞

wondermade thinks he may have just sounded preachy. Really, he just got to thinking about whether he could quantify his thoughts on the Confederacy's policies, the Civil War and it's impact on present-day America and that's what happened. Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 5:17pm - ∞

Just Jamey says:: @wondermade I'm tempted to engage this further here, but I feel like this is a conversation for a different forum. And, after, this is YOUR page. I don't what to throw up smoke. :)

1. You articulated your position well, and brought up arguments I had not heard before. While I am cautious about speculative arguments, your points are rather compelling.

2. You also managed to see past a lot of the tired old rhetoric, and I applaud that. I agree with you that American slavery would have ended eventually (thought I believe it would have ended without bloodshed - like it did in England). In any case, I am VERY glad it ended in this c0untry. People ought not own people. Period.

3. You're a cool dude with "a passing interest in politics" (2007 archives), and apparently very OLD politics. ;)
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 6:31pm - ∞

Just Jamey says:: *after all
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 6:32pm - ∞

jonnyblueoval says:: nice job, way to maintain the seriousness.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 7:38pm - ∞

mynameisjason says:: no need for apologies, but only because you are such a stalwartly great sort of guy anyhow.

also, this shot is stellar.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 7:47pm - ∞

mynameisjason says:: oh by the by, my comment above is in reference to your post on mine about throwdown '07.

this shot is still stellar.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 8:11pm - ∞

ThatGuy says:: This pretty awesome. I'm glad his side lost to, but I'm from N.C. so don't tell anyone I said that.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 8:20pm - ∞

stanislaw says:: And to think I just dug it up in my backyard. Who knew he had a summer house in Missouri.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 9:05pm - ∞

Gavin says:: no smile..... no glasses...

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH WONDERMADE?
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 9:15pm - ∞

brandon says:: Nice job, sir. I'm glad his side lost too.

In other news, this photo could also be Inspector Gadget with malfunctioning Go Go Gadget Head.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 9:28pm - ∞

Ned Kelly says:: your no smile makes me smile
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 10:31pm - ∞

Fofe says:: Nicely done. Funny how little details are enough to capture the essence of the original.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2010 - 11:28pm - ∞

punchbag says:: just plain awesome.
Posted: Feb 16th, 2010 - 7:34am - ∞

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wondermade

could teach Damnweather a thing or two!

Orlando

Though once a dense marshy region this is now the third most visited American city among travelers. Beat that!