charli's Blog

Abnadoning the State Song is yet another case of "burning the books" for all the wrong reasons. It is rather like prohibiting the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" because it might be offensive to the Oakies during the "Dust Bowl" era. Once started, where does it ever end?

I was glad to hear that too, I wish grocery stores could give their left over baked goods to charity as well.

That suit is actually called a Searsucker Suit. It is a type of fabric that was very popular in the south many years ago because it does not contain wool like most mens suits. It is usually blue and white striped and the fabric has a slight puckering to it. All he needed was a straw hat and he would have been all the rage.

michelle... thanks for Searsucker... I couldn't think of that no matter how hard I tried.

The news story was good... except for the suit... and the kid needing a hair cut... both from the past! As they say... "Out of the mouths of babes."... We need to listen to our children more... then they might not turn out to be like those girls in Lakeland.

We can not forget our past or change it... good or bad (I'm covering everyone's posts). The Dust Bowl did happen... depicting the people as "dumb" wa telling the truth. They weren't really dumb... they were very smart, for what they needed to be smart in, but education was secondary over surviving.

If people do not want their children to be exposed to certain things, that's their choice, althought stupid at time. When my daughter was about 5 a book came out called "Where did I come from". I bought it for my daughter. The old Tampa Library pulled it off the shelfs. It was a good book to explain to children about the facts of life. I still have the book and might give it to my daughter for her 2 boys.