[Homestead] How to judge history, was Obama and religion

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Thu May 1 06:28:48 EDT 2008


On May 1, 2008, at 1:31 AM, Lynda wrote:

> The last stats are from 2003-2005.  At that time "the South"  
> accounted for
> 38% of the population of the U.S. and 43% of the enlistments.

Enlistment percentages may be mostly an indication of family financial  
status, boys and girls who find no better choice. I don't think of  
military enlistment today as an expression of patriotism or as  
indicating feelings toward military enterprises or wars in general. I  
believe that the lowest per capita incomes are in the South.

My curiosity was whether the apparently ongoing Southern feelings  
about the Civil War would translate into a greater antipathy toward  
war in general. Not sure how that might be measured. Where's our  
resident sociologist?


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