Most people don't realize it, but grits is what caused the the war between the states. Southern states tried exporting hominy grits (you know, it's bleached with sulfuric acid?) and once the northern states had ONE TASTE, they banned importation of it.
Well, southern states persisted, even going so far as to smuggle grits in bales of cotton. It soon became a shoving match, with one side trying to make more outrageous claims over the other side. States Rights entered the argument, with southern states claiming they had a right, under the Constitution to sell grits to everyone, and northern states, under the auspices of the federal government, claiming the Protect and Defend clauses. Somehow slavery got in (maybe because that what the poor unfortunates were fed? explains a lot of their politics, now!) and from that point there was no return to sanity.
Even today it threatens to split families (my OWN SON claims to like them!) and I foresee another outbreak in the near future
Some politicians, notably democrats, are claiming grits are good for you (an undisclosed part of the Health Care debate that leaked out). That is bound to get a lot of people stirred up. Already there has been a lot of angry denouncements at Town Hall meetings.
So for the cause of Liberty and freedom, avoid the topic of Grits. Like politics and religion (and this can claim both) some topics should be avoided for peace in the community.
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