Red Neck a Scots Term?

How about this you good old boys and laddies. The term "redneck" was first used in Scotland.

Redneck - Possible Scots-Irish Etymology.The word redneck was first cited in Scotland. In Scotland, the National Covenant and The Solemn League and Covenant (a.k.a. Covenanters) signed documents stating that Scotland desired a Presbyterian Church Government, and rejected the Church of England as their official church. Many of the Covenanters signed these documents using their own blood, and many in the movement began wearing red pieces of cloth around their neck to signify their position to the public.

Fiddle Laddies Fiddle

MacCrea Tartans

For all you proud MacCrea folks, here are the three looks you should be sporting.

Hunting

Weathered Hunting

Traditional

The weathered hunting is good for Oregon weather but you might want to break with habit and protect your hunter's stuff.

Good bye Ken Turner

So long for now. Good fishing laddie.


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Back on the Internet

I'm back. But, partners, unsure if how much internetting I want to do. It's a great waster of time. And keeps me from the outdoors. But, here I am.

Heading Out

Think I'm heading out to the ranch country now that it's warming up. Thought about what to do on the computer issue, I don't have any cable up there. Not even a T.V. Seems like I've reached the turning point here. Is this so important to me to add an internet connection in the wild country? I think not. It will be here when I get back. I've sent out a few emails to some new friends. That's been interesting.  You can meet really interesting people on the internet, and once you've danced around some way to trust them with who you really are, they turn out mighty fine folks. You get a sense of that in the tone of their comments.

It took me awhile to realize something rather silly about most of these sites. People care more about the politics and personal interactions than the subjects of the post. I am certain of this.

Too bad. While personalities matter, the real interest should be in discussion and interactions about ideas. Not who's who and who did what, etc. The funny thing about the obsession with the who's who nonsense it that nobody most often is anyone. They are all just half people.

To much energy for too little result.

I'm interested that some people give their email like I do. I saw no point not to give it. The contacts made this way have been the most interesting. Who people really are.

So long for now, partners. See when it's a bit colder. Jock

J.H. Blount Sr.-Information from Intelligent Decline

This is some information that I've moved up to a post from the comments section of another post. Now I can read it and follow the links, although I won't get the chance just yet. This what you call a good start.    Jock

Information from Intelligent Decline:

J.H. Blount Sr. was a bit of a southern Democrat scoundrel in the late 19th century House. What troubled me about this post was the statement that he "took up arms against the USA in 1861 to destroy the American Union" without any clarification. As I mentioned in my comment, I usually see that sort of distortion from Southern Sympathizers of the Civil War. To assert that a 24 year old man from Georgia, who enlisted in a local Confederate brigade as a private at the beginning of The Civil War was motivated from an intent to destroy the American Union is a bit over the top. He most likely felt that the North had already destroyed the American Union, and was motivated from kith and kin.

If you're interested, the book I mentioned:
BLOUNT, J. H. (1912). The American occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1912. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons. is available free from Google Books, as it is no longer copyright protected. It offers an unusual take on the Philippine-American War, although at times, Blount is exceedingly racist towards American Blacks.

Also, thanks for asking, because I believe my search tonight cleared up my uncertainty as to Blount Jr.'s fate. It looks as if he died in world War I.

Quick update. the last link in the previous post was to a Columbia University site : Roll of Honor, which details Columbia University graduates who have served in the US Military. Before posting that message last night, I emailed an address found at Roll of Honor with information about James Henderson Blount Jr. A very nice thank-you email was awaiting me this morning from a Vice Provost.