April 6, 2013 - The Political Cesspool - James Edwards
50:06
20130406_Hour_3
|
Time
Text
Welcome to the Political Cesspool, known worldwide as the South's foremost populous radio program.
And here to guide you through the murky waters of the political cesspool is your host, James Edwards.
Two arms, to arms, to arms, and Dixie.
Oh, all the beacon fires are lighted.
Let our hearts be now united.
To arms, to arms, to arms, and Dixie.
Advance the flag of Dixie, hurrah, hurrah.
For Dixie's land, we take our stand and live or die for Dixie.
To arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
To arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
Oh, here the northern thunders mutter, northern flags and south winds flutter.
Two arms, to arms, to arms, and Dixie.
Send them back your fierce defiance, stamp upon the cursed alliance.
Two arms, to arms, to arms, and Dixie.
Advance the flag of Dixie, hurrah, hurrah.
For Dixie's Land, we take our stand and live or die for Dixie.
To arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
To arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
Fear no danger, shun no labor.
Lift up wrath or pike and savor.
Two arms, two arms, two arms, and Dixie.
Shoulder press and post to shoulder.
Let the odds make each heart folder.
Two arms, two arms, two arms, and Dixie.
Advance the flag of Dixie, hurrah, hurrah.
For Dixie's Land, we take our stand and live or die for Dixie.
To arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
Two arms, to arms, and conquer peace for Dixie.
And welcome back, everybody, to the Political Cesspool and welcome to Confederate History Month 2013.
I'm your host, James Edwards.
Confederate History Month, as we have mentioned earlier this week on the blog, is a month that is officially designated each year by several state governments in the South for the purpose of recognizing and honoring the glorious history of the Confederate States of America.
It's not something we made up.
April has traditionally been chosen as Confederate History Month falls during that month in many of these states.
Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee and Confederate Heroes Day in Texas, is an official holiday and or observance day in the South as a day to honor those who fought and died fighting for the Confederate States of America.
It's great that even in today's anti-white climate that so many states still officially recognize the brave sons of the South who were outnumbered and outsupplied, but never outfought.
And here at the Political Cesspool, we certainly do our part each April to contribute to the festivities.
As I mentioned earlier during each episode aired during the month of April, you can expect one full hour to be devoted to all things Southern.
In the past years, 2006 was just the greatest Confederate History Month series we ever had.
It was back when we were doing five shows a week.
We were on Monday through Friday.
We just have had star-studded lineups from the curator of Beauvoir, the president of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, Michael Andrew Grissom, author of Southern by the Grace of God, South Carolina Senator Glenn McConnell, so many others.
List goes on and on.
And we celebrate Confederate History Month each year on this nationally syndicated talk show because of our genuine pride of Southern heritage and our deep love and respect for our ancestors, our family who fought to preserve the American way of life from 1861 to 1865.
That being said, we want you to join our celebration of the South this April here on the radio.
Don't miss a single live installment of our show this month as we pay tribute to the boys in gray each week and make our blog at thepolitical cesspool.org one of your daily reads as well, where the celebration will continue throughout the week.
Helping me kick off Confederate History Month tonight is my dear friend and fellow co-host Winston Smith.
Winston, happy Confederate History Month.
And to you, James.
It's a real pleasure for me to do the shows during Confederate History Month, especially the one we're going to be doing tonight.
It touches me in a very special way, and we'll get to that in a few minutes.
By the way, Stephanie wants to know, Stephanie, my transcriptionist, she wants to know about the song that was playing before you got on the air.
Apparently, it was some very happy banjo music to the tune of Dixie.
She wants to know what that is.
Well, that was the war version of Dixie.
Of course, Dixie itself is the unofficial national anthem of the South and of the Confederacy at that time.
But this was a war version that we found, and she can listen to it for herself if she and anyone else interested.
Goes to thepolitical Cesscipal.org and scrolls all the way down to the bottom of the blog.
I think she'd have to actually go to the second page of the blog.
It's been bumped to the second page now, but the title of the entry is Welcome to Confederate History Month 2013.
And we added that clip there on the blog.
So the song is there for anyone to hear.
And it's just a lively version, a little more militant version of Dixie.
And, you know, we're the militant type of guys, Winston.
So that's what that was.
But, you know, we are a nationally syndicated show, Winston.
We have listeners all over the world.
Yeah, actually, our producer just reminded me, yeah, you might want to go to thepolitical cesspool.org to listen to that song because it has been banned as offensive on YouTube.
So you have to log in to get it.
You know, porn and anti-Christian stuff, that's okay.
Dixie is banned as offensive material, so you might want to go to the political accessible unless you have a YouTube account.
Anyway, Winston, global audience here at TPC gets bigger every year.
Why should people outside of the South care about our Confederate History Month series?
People outside of the South should care about Confederate History Month, James, because the struggles of the South in times past and even in times present represent the struggles of good people in all cultures throughout history.
The South and Southerners, we are the most falsely accused people on earth.
We are the most wrongly hated people on earth.
And, you know, we keep chuckling along.
Hate us if you want, but we know we're right.
And that's that.
You're not going to change our minds.
One person said of Lincoln's war that cann conquer, but they do not convert.
And that's Southerners for you.
You might destroy our government.
You might ravage our land and rape our women and kill the flower of our youthful men, but you will not defeat us.
And Winston, there are so many great stories that stemmed from the courageous resistance that the Confederacy offered.
They truly were, as Stonewall Jackson said, fighting to preserve the government that the founders intended here on this continent.
You know, Gods and Generals is a movie that everyone should see.
And we have become so linked with the celebration of the South here on this radio show that when Warner Brothers re-released Gods and Generals a couple of years ago, they asked us to partner with them, this major movie studio, asking the political successful to partner with them because they knew that was our audience or a big part of it.
And we did, and we helped them promote the re-release.
We're going to talk more about that and much more when we return.
Many of you have heard me talk about my vigor score.
You say, Sam, what on earth is all this vigor stuff about?
Well, vigor is defined as zest for life.
Your strength in body and mind, your energy levels.
It's kind of all wrapped into a term called vigor.
Would you like to improve your vigor score?
Well, you got to first take the free test.
Get a hold of Kurt, C-U-R-T, at LibertyRoundtable.com or call Kurt Cosby at 801-669-2211.
I took the test, got a 13 out of 32.
Horrible, huh?
But I worked on it with Kurt with some natural help and healing.
And before you know it, now I've got an astounding 29 out of 32 on the vigor score.
Can you tell by the way I talk?
Oh, yes, my zest for life has never been better.
Get a hold of Kurt Cosby.
That's 801-669-2211.
And take your free vigor test today, and you can learn where you stand.
And then you can work on improving it to take the test again.
And oh, compare the results, you will be delighted.
Get a hold of Kurt Cosby.
Kurt, C-U-R T, at LibertyRoundtable.com or 801-669-2211 for your free vigor score test today.
This is Mercy.
If you're listening to this message, Warriors, you are the resistance.
Warriors, you are not alone.
There are pockets of resistance all around the planet.
We are at the brink.
Read about it in the Sovereign, newspaper of the Resistance.
Available now at newsstands everywhere.
The Sovereign is a monthly 24-page tabloid newspaper featuring incendiary content about life during wartime in the age of Obama.
Warriors, keep to date every month.
Remember to read The Sovereign, newspaper of the resistance.
Available at newsstands everywhere.
This alert is for all you boppers out there in the big city, all you street people with an ear for the action.
This is Mercy.
If you're listening to this message, Warriors, you are the resistance.
This is Mercy.
Mine will be the last voice you'll ever hear.
Don't be alarmed.
Imagine a school where faith and integrity are at its center, where heritage and responsibility instill character.
Where educating both hearts and minds brings about academic excellence.
There is a school in American Fork where character and embracing the providence of a living God are fundamental.
Where students' national test scores average near the 90th percentile.
Based on LDS principles and a love of country, now in our 39th year, American Heritage School is accepting fall enrollment for kindergarten through high school.
What would you do for your child?
Give them an education that will prepare them for life.
Located east of the temple in American Fork, American Heritage School is a remarkable and affordable alternative.
Visit us, find us online, or in the yellow pages.
American Heritage School in American Fork.
Jump in, the political says, pool with James and the gang.
Call us tonight at 1-866-986-6397.
And here's the host of the Political Cess Pool, James Edwards.
Welcome back, everybody.
So excited to be able to, my goodness, how many years has it been now?
Nine years is our ninth year to be bringing you Confederate History Month series.
And of course, we don't have a lot of competition in that market.
We're the only mainstream FM talk radio show in the country to do it.
And anyway, Winston Smith here to help me kick things off tonight.
I was talking before the last break, Winston, about the excitement we all shared in 2011.
Warner Brothers was re-releasing Gods and Generals as a result of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the war.
And they asked us to partner with them.
And that is a great movie.
Everybody should check it out.
It stands alone in modern times as a film that accurately portrays the Confederacy.
But as this month continues, folks, we're going to be sharing with you stories about heroes of the South that perhaps you've never heard of before.
And Winston, you wrote about one of them, the Southern Boadicea.
That's not what we're going to be talking about tonight, but this is a story everybody should know that I'm sure very few people do unless they listen to the show in years past.
D.S. Job, the story of a Confederate scout who went through terrible amounts of torture because the Union was trying to extract the location of the Confederate troops in the area.
And he never gave up.
His men died just a horrible death, something movie makers couldn't even imagine.
We're going to be sharing these stories about our heroes, our triumphs, our defeats.
You know, I've written it on the blog, Winston, that I consider myself having won the genetic lottery for God to have allowed me to come into this world as a southern male and to have been born and raised in the former Confederate state of Tennessee.
This is my birthright.
It's something I wouldn't trade for any amount of money.
It's an affirmation of pride that we all should share and that everyone should share, regardless of who they are and where they came from.
You should all have that pride in your cultural heritage.
This is mine.
I love it.
I'm proud of it.
I've mentioned before here on the show, I had my great-grandfather's grandfather fought and died in service to the Confederate Cavalry at the Battle of Shiloh.
My great-grandparents were from Corinth, Mississippi, also the site of a famous battle very close to Shiloh.
You know, so this is my blood.
I was born 115 years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Winston.
And so I have, you know, it was many generations since the war ended when I came into the world in 1980.
But I'll tell you, it's something spiritual, very deeply spiritual that comes over me when I hear Dixie being played.
I still get chills, still swell with emotion when I hear that song.
And that's something that's in your genetic makeup because I was born so far after the war that it really shouldn't move me, but it does.
It's something that's in the soul.
And it's perhaps a feeling that only a true Southerner can feel.
But what is love if not loving your own family and standing at the ready to defend their honor when need be?
And that's what we're doing here tonight.
Winston, I know you feel similarly.
I certainly do, James.
And the fact that so many people are trying to deny not just Southerners, but all white people, a cultural heritage, that just proves that we are on the right track.
We need to recognize our forebears.
We need to recognize our heroes.
We need to praise them.
God's Ten Commandments calls it honoring your father and your mother.
And Presbyterianism, we extend that to go back to the people who brought forth your family from the beginning.
They are all your mothers and your fathers.
I was reading some of the reports of what's going on at Towson University.
We had a gentleman on a couple of weeks ago, I think it was, who James refreshed my memory.
I cannot remember his name.
Scott Terry.
Scott Terry.
Scott Terry?
Oh, Scott Terry, yes.
Thank you, Stephanie.
We had him on, and the rub at Towson University is that some students wanted to start a white student union.
And that was shot down for the most ridiculous reasons.
But when you get down to it, when I read some of the reports, when you get right down to it, people want to deny white people a cultural heritage, a history.
One person said that the problem with having a so-called white student union is that there really is no white culture because there are so many different white cultures.
So there are so many that there really is no one white culture.
And of course, there are several ways to obliterate that stupid argument.
One of them being, well, how can you say there is a black culture when there are blacks in Africa and they are different from the blacks in Haiti and they're different from the blacks in Jamaica and they are different from the blacks in South America.
The arguments against white people having a unified heritage, a unified culture, there are just so much balderdash that we could let them go because of their sheer stupidity.
But the fact that that stupidity has taken root in this country, and we have there are organizations like Race Trader by a professor named Joel Ignadia, who says treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity.
And, you know, James, when people try to get Southerners to hate their heritage or to at least distance themselves from their heritage, they are simply taking the place of the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
The serpent tried to get Adam and Eve to disobey God's command, and he succeeded.
Well, what cultural Marxists try to do today is try to get southerners to disobey another of God's commands.
That is to honor your father and your mother.
And the rest of that commandment goes that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
And I firmly believe, James, that one of the reasons we are losing our country is because we have decided to dishonor our fathers and our mothers.
You can take it as an indication.
When you start, when you're losing your country, it's because you are not honoring your ancestors.
Well, Winston, I appreciate what you said, and I certainly agree with you wholeheartedly.
And there's so much to be proud of.
I really appreciate that.
Well, I do.
And, you know, there's so much to be proud of.
I'm just reviewing some of the stories that we've covered in previous Confederate History Month series here on the political cesspool.
I mean, did you know, and I know you do, but I'm asking, I guess, a rhetorical question to perhaps some of our new listeners.
But the former governor of Tennessee, Isham Harris, who was governor, obviously, during governor of Tennessee during the time of the war, while still governor, I mean, this is a sitting governor, and he fought alongside Confederate soldiers in battle.
I mean, could you imagine the sociopaths who currently serve as state governors going out and fighting in a battle?
The city governor of Tennessee did just that and lived.
But these are incredible stories.
They're larger than life.
They beat the myths.
And certainly that of the more well-known Confederates like Nathan Bedford Forrest.
I mean, that man is, you know, the Norse gods don't have anything on him.
But we're, you know, and another thing, they're all true stories.
I know we brought you on tonight, Winston, to talk about a particular item related to Confederate history, and we're going to talk about that for the remainder of the show tonight when we come back from this commercial break, folks.
It's just, you know, we talked about how hard it is to cover Eddie's 66 years on Earth in 30 minutes.
You know, tonight's Eddie's birthday.
And we try to do that.
It's equally hard to talk about the all-encompassing southern culture in a month's worth of radio, because there's just so many places you could go, so many stories you could draw from, so many sources of inspiration.
But we do the best we can.
In the time we've got, we do our part and let the chips fall where they may.
But I do want to remind you to go to our website each day during the month of April because as good as we're going to do on the show this month in the third hour of each week, it's going to be complimented and supplemented on the show.
But when we come back, folks, I'm going to tell you the incredible true story of the crew of the H.L. Hunley, the Confederate submarine that became the first ever to sink an enemy ship in naval warfare.
Submarines were invented by the Confederacy.
We'll be back.
Informing citizens.
Pursuing liberty.
You're listening to Liberty News Radio.
Are you a native son or daughter of the South who pleads the stars and bars?
Someone not born in Dixieland, but who is a Johnny Reb at heart and looking for a place to shop that promotes Southern heritage?
Well, your search is over.
Dixie Republic is the place to go for all things celebrating the Confederacy and promoting Southern pride.
Inside the log cabin, just outside Traveler's Rest, South Carolina, Dixie Republic has t-shirts, hats, videos, flags, books, belt buckles, and some of the best mouth-watering barbecue sauce that will ever touch your lips.
There's just about everything you want honoring the South at Dixie Republic.
Well, you say that South Carolina is a bit too far for you to drive.
Have no fear, my friend.
All of this is just a mouse click away.
Go online at www.dixierepublic.com.
Your home for all things celebrating the Confederacy and promoting Southern pride.
Hello, everyone.
James Edwards here.
Are you sick and tired of liberals and race hustlers and the media calling you a racist just because you oppose Obama's policies?
Well, my friend, those days are over.
After you read Racism-Schmecism, you'll never again fear being called the R-word.
I invite you to discover why every conservative in America needs a copy of my explosive new book.
Racism-Schmecism has received much critical acclaim and will equip you with the key to unlock their socio-political nuclear bomb once and for all.
Order your copy today by visiting the official website of the Political Cesspool radio program, thepoliticalcesspool.org.
Proceeds of each sale go to help keeping our award-winning show on the air, and they make great gifts for your conservative friend or family member.
Buy racism-schmacism today at www.thepoliticalcesspool.org.
Are you worried about America?
Do you fear the power of the Obama brigades to take away your rights?
The Obama presidency is the most radical left-wing administration in American history.
Our constitutional liberties are in danger.
What can you do?
Join the Council of Conservative Citizens.
For over 20 years, the CFCC has fought for the rights and ideals of the European American majority.
The CFCC has won legal and political battles to protect your heritage and your liberties.
The CFCC advocates strong state governments over the power of Washington, D.C. to rule your life.
The CFCC believes in an American first foreign and domestic policy which opposes globalism and one world government.
The CFCC advocates racial integrity as God's natural order.
Visit our website today at www.cfcc.org and join fellow European Americans in the fight for our people.
To get on the show and express your opinion in the Political Cesspool, call us toll-free at 1-866-986-6397.
All right, everybody.
Getting down to what will be the main event of my hour with Winston here as we kick off Confederate History Month 2013 on the award-winning Political Cesspool radio program.
The story we wanted to focus on tonight was that of the submarine H.L. Hundley.
It was the, as I mentioned before the break, the first submarine in the history of naval warfare to sink an enemy vessel.
The Hundley sank the USS Housatonic on behalf of Confederate forces on April, excuse me, February 17th, 1864 in Charleston, South Carolina.
And the way they did it was it was a hand-cranked submarine.
It had an eight-man crew, and it rammed a spar into the side of the wooden ship with a powder charge.
And once the powder charge was ignited, the Housatonic sank promptly.
Winston, you've been boning up for this.
And I have more I want to say about the Hundley as well.
That submarine that sunk the Housatonic was not the first submarine that the Confederates put into the water.
All of the others sank.
I think there was a handful of them in advance of the Hundley.
So the commander of that ship was Lieutenant George Dixon.
And can you think about the bravery it took knowing that the previous two or three submarines that the Confederates had tried to launch, their crews didn't make it back?
Think about the bravery and heroism by Lieutenant George Dixon, the commander of the Hundley, and the crew at his command when they boarded on that fateful night.
They did so knowing that more than likely a certain death awaited them, yet they still rose to the occasion with valor and gallantry.
And I don't know how we went from producing men of the caliber of George Dixon to those like Bill Clinton and George Bush, but it happened.
But anyway, Winston, let's talk about the Hundley.
Where do you start when you're talking about this very rich story of historical significance?
You know, Confederates are supposed to be roofs.
We're supposed to be simpletons.
We created the first submarine.
Well, to trace the career of the Hunley, James, you have to go back to 1775 to a gentleman named David Bushnell who actually designed and built the first operational submarine.
It was called the Turtle.
It's kind of a peach pit-shaped affair.
If you just do a Google search for the Turtle, American colonial submarine, you'll see the pictures or the recreations of it and the drawings of it for its time.
Truly a remarkable machine.
But the Hunley, the H.L. Hunley, that represented a magnificent leap in naval warfare and technology.
You're right, James.
People have long assumed that Southerners are simpletons and unable to engage in such activities as engineering.
I can tell you now, I work with engineers and physicists and scientists every day, and most of them are Southerners.
And they are anything but simpletons.
They are brilliant people.
Excuse me, James.
Even when I went to submarine school, by the way, I'd like to tell people that I am a recovering submarine sailor, and I qualified four classes of submarines.
I was on one fleet ballistic missile submarine and four attack submarines, three attack submarines, sorry.
When I got to submarine school, one of the first things our instructor told us was about the Hunley.
And he said the idea was that they put this black powder charge on the end of a wooden pole, and they would ram the side of a ship, and the explosive would go off and sink the ship.
And these are his exact words.
I remember them to this day.
He said, but the Southerners were too dumb to understand that their spar was too short.
So when the thing blew up, it blew them up too.
Well, now we know that's just dead wrong.
That did not happen.
We know that the Hunley survived the attack on the Housatonic because 45 minutes later, the signal lights were seen by the Battery Marshal.
So the Hunley survived.
And the technology that went into the machine, it was way ahead of its time from the countersunk, flush-mounted rivets to the propulsion system.
Yes, it was hand-cranked, but it was done in a very, very clever way.
One of the myths about the Hunley is that she was built from a boiler, a repurposed boiler, a locomotive boiler.
Well, that's not true.
The Hunley was purpose-designed.
It was a purpose-intended machine of war.
It was meant to submerge.
It was designed from the ground up, or should I say from the water line up, to be just what it was.
It was never anything else but a submarine, a war submarine.
Did you want to say anything, James?
I know I'm hogging up all the time.
Well, no, no, not at all.
I'm enjoying listening to you.
You know, again, when you want to talk about items from Confederate history, where do you start?
Well, this is certainly a great story.
You know, that really could have been something.
It was just an idea that was too far ahead of its time in the early 1860s.
And it just, you know, that technology hadn't been developed to the point that it needed to be for this to be a game changer.
But had the Confederates just made it a little bit further down the line in terms of development, this could have been something that very well could have changed the war in our favor.
But still, though, to have created the first submarine to ever sink an enemy combatant is something that the South should take pride in.
Course, the Hunley did eventually go down before they made it back.
It wasn't because of the explosion that sank the United States ship.
They really don't know why the Hunley didn't make it back.
There are clues that indicate that the crew died of anoxia, which is, of course, a lack of oxygen, which can overtake a person very quickly.
But they didn't drown.
It didn't sink.
The remains, you know, the Hundley laid at the bottom of Charleston Harbor all the way up until the year 2000 when it was found again.
And they had looked for it forever and never could find it.
Well, they finally found it in 2000, 2001.
And the remains of the crew members showed that they were at their crank stations and that there was not a rush for an escape hatch.
It just, you know, anoxia can overtake a person, as I mentioned, very quickly.
But Winston, something that was one of the most profound moments of my life.
So they found the Hunley in 2000, 2001.
They brought it out of the water in 2004.
And they had the last Confederate funeral in Charleston, South Carolina in April of 2004.
And I was there.
And that was, without question, one of the most moving moments of my life.
I mean, you're talking about people just being overcome with an emotion.
It was a military funeral for the eight crew members of the Hundley.
Real Confederates.
This wasn't a reenactment.
This wasn't a simulation.
These were the real guys.
And for anyone who might have been there or read about it, this was covered by all the major networks.
This was certainly something, as much as they hate the South, they couldn't ignore this story because it was just so historically significant.
Thousands and thousands of people were there at the battery in that distinctly southern city of Charleston, South Carolina.
When that crew was buried, I remember it well.
I've got pictures from it.
I waited in line for hours.
There was a walking procession.
You could go by the gravesite, and I was able to drop.
You could actually look down into the grave and see the casket of George Dixon, the commander of the Hundley.
Again, I'm talking about the real man.
Anytime now you're talking about Confederate history, you're talking about reenactments.
This was the guy.
And I was able, Winston, and I'll never forget it.
They gave you pieces of cedar.
And I was able to drop a piece of cedar that hit the casket of Georgia Dixon and is still buried in that plot with him.
But to be a participant and an observer and a witness of the last Confederate funeral in 2004 when they finally found the crew of the Hundley.
Absolutely precious.
I know exactly what you mean.
I wasn't there, but I've spent many, many years in Charleston, and I know exactly what you mean about the southernness of the city and the dedication to remembering our heroes in Charleston.
You can think of the great southern cities like Atlanta, which is no longer a southern city.
Atlanta maintains southernness only insofar as they can prove that they are ashamed of being southern.
But Charleston maintains its southernness.
And I saw pictures of that funeral procession.
I think there were 6,000 reenactors and 4,000 civilians in period closed there.
I saw the pictures of the southern women in full mourning garb.
It was just awesome to see.
One of the things that made me proud when the honey was great was I saw pictures of the flotilla, a ship, a boat.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, we'll get back to that.
We'll pick up right there, Winston, after this break, my friend.
Last segment of tonight's broadcast coming up in just a moment, folks.
Are you looking for an affordable way to earn your bachelor's degree?
Do you want a college experience that's more personal?
Then discover your future at America's Transfer College.
Students across the U.S. are choosing Ivy Bridge College as a better, smarter way to earn their degree.
Thanks to Ivy Bridge's unique program, starting at a two-year college and transferring to finish your degree has never been easier.
The program is simple.
Start with Ivy Bridge College and take your first two years of college online.
Transfer to one of over 140 of Ivy Bridge's partner schools and take your upper division courses.
Then graduate with your bachelor's degree from the school of your choice.
Personal attention, small class sizes, affordable tuition, and a clear pathway to graduation.
Start your academic journey and contact us to learn more about Ivy Bridge College today.
Call 877-622-2059 or visit America's TransferCollege.com to find out more.
Scott Bradley here.
Most Americans are painfully aware that the nation is on the wrong track and in dire straits.
Unfortunately, most political pundits only nibble around the edges when they claim to address the issues.
Even worse, many of the so-called solutions are simply rewarmed servings of what got us into the mess we currently face.
And the politicians think we're so gullible and naive that we'll buy their lies that they have reformed and now understand where they led us astray.
Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that they simply wish to continue to hold power.
The solution to America's challenges is found in returning to the timeless principles found in the United States Constitution.
My book and lecture series will reawaken in Americans an understanding and love of the principles which made this nation the freest, most prosperous, happiest, and most respected nation on earth.
Visit topreservethenation.com and order my book and lectures to begin the restoration of this great nation.
Hello, everyone.
James Edwards here.
Are you sick and tired of liberals and race hustlers and the media calling you a racist just because you oppose Obama's policies?
Well, my friend, those days are over.
After you read Racism-Schmecism, you'll never again fear being called the R-word.
I invite you to discover why every conservative in America needs a copy of my explosive new book.
Racism-Schmaisism has received much critical acclaim and will equip you with the key to unlock their socio-political nuclear bomb once and for all.
Order your copy today by visiting the official website of the Political Cesspool radio program, thepoliticalcesspool.org.
Proceeds of each sale go to help keeping our award-winning show on the air and they make great gifts for your conservative friend or family member.
Buy Racism Schmaisism today at www.thepoliticalcesspool.org.
Welcome back.
To get on the political cesspool, call us on James's Dime, toll-free, at 1-866-986-6397.
And here's the host of the Political Cesspool, James Edwards.
All right, everybody.
We selected the story of the H.L. Hundley to kick off Confederate History Month.
And again, you know, those people that boarded that ship, that was a volunteer gig.
And knowing that the previous few had sunk, it didn't make it back.
Everybody died.
But they still did it.
You know, just amazing, amazing bravery.
And Winston, we were talking about the fact that I had the opportunity to go to the funeral of the crewman of the Hundley.
If it had just been an unknown Confederate private, you know, it would have been moving enough.
But these were heroes whose story has stood the test of time.
Everybody knew about the Hundley.
And so to be able to go there and to see the casket of the great George Dixon, incredible experience.
Thousands and thousands.
You mentioned 6,000 reenactors, 4,000 spectators in period attire.
That wasn't even a drop in the bucket to the number of people that were there in regular clothes like I was.
I mean, it was just 20,000 people there, easy, to see this procession.
And it started out at the very head of the parade were the caskets and the escorts on horseback.
And, of course, the reenactors there in Confederate uniform.
Very somber.
It was a very long procession.
And then you got to the end of it.
And at the very end of the parade, the band was playing Dixie.
And as soon as you got to a point where the band, you were in earshot of the band, everybody just started screaming.
And I knew then that there was still a pulse.
There was still a pulse in the South that everyone would like to pretend doesn't exist anymore.
People crying.
I mean, it was just overcome with emotion as I was.
But it's not just the crew of the Hundley you got to see and go to the burial sites there.
You actually could see the submarine, too.
It's preserved in a conservatory there.
Obviously, it still hasn't been moved to a permanent museum.
They're hoping by 2015, it'll be in a final resting place, the submarine itself.
Of course, you're talking about an iron ship that's been at the bottom of the ocean for about 150 years before they found it, not in the best of condition.
But I was able to go there too.
They had it in a tank.
It was like a big fish tank.
It wasn't even covered.
You could have hopped off the deck and just jumped in there with it inside this building.
But we were able to see that.
And George Dixon had on him a button, a coin that had blocked a bullet in one of his previous battles.
And they, of course, found that when they found the crew.
And that was something there that everybody got to walk past and see too.
So great experience, great story.
And Winston, you were talking about seeing it live on television when the submarine was actually raised.
Yes.
What impressed me most about it was first of all, they found the thing.
Now they've got it up all in one piece.
But what impressed me most, what touched me most, James, was the flotilla of pleasure craft and privately owned vessels that escorted the Hundley back into back into port there.
And they were all to a vessel flying these huge Confederate flags.
It was amazing.
I was so proud of that day.
I was so proud to be a southerner.
And I was so proud to be a submarine sailor, a recovering submarine sailor.
And I was supposed to say a former submarine sailor, but we submarine sailors, we're a strange lot, you know, and you've got to be a little off-tilter to get on a ship that intentionally sinks.
You mentioned George Dixon several times, and yet hardly anybody would be able to tell you who the commanding officer of NHL Huntley was.
One man said the name of Lieutenant George Dixon would be known by every schoolboy if, in fact, the Hundley had been a Union submarine that sank a Confederate ship.
Amen, Winston.
That's true.
That is absolutely true.
You mentioned the coin that Lieutenant Dixon had on it.
It was a $20 gold piece that was given to him by his sweetheart.
And he had it in his pocket when he fought at Shiloh for crying out loud.
And the gold coin stopped a mayonna ball from going into his hip.
And probably would have killed him because we all know what medicine was like in those days.
They probably would have killed him.
And he had sanded one side of it smooth, and he had engraved something on it, My Life Preserver.
Jesus.
Yes, he did.
Yes, he did.
But, you know, they also found other things aboard the Hunley.
They found, you know, they were good Southerners there.
They found Leonard Skinner albums, and they were all wearing cattle blossom pants and shirts with sleeves ripped off and dirty ball caps.
I didn't make that up.
That's not true.
But there you have it.
These were real men.
You mentioned several times, James, that people, this is all volunteer effort.
They had to turn men away who volunteered to board the Hunley.
After each, it sank twice and actually killed more Southerners than it killed Yankees.
Five men died in the Housatonic attack, but the Hunley killed 22 Confederates for crying out loud.
That made General Beauregard say, I can have nothing more to do with that submarine boat.
It's more dangerous to those who use it than to the enemy.
Of course, Borgrouter was in control of the forces there in South Carolina at the time, or at Charleston.
But, you know, it was, you know, you're turkey risk versus reward way if it had been successful.
And it was successful to an extent.
I mean, in terms of, you know, logging that first, you know, sinking.
But it was just, you know, Confederate ingenuity, Confederate creativity.
You know, they were on to something, obviously, because submarines didn't go away after the Hunley.
And the Confederates, you know, in large part are deserving of credit there.
Submarines have played a pretty big part in war since.
And that was a Confederate idea, by and large.
Well, if you look at the drawings of the Hunley and the artist rendering, you have to admit that it doesn't look like some cobbled together contraption.
It looks a lot like a World War I-era submarine.
The shape of it, it has those tapered ends.
It looks like a submarine.
It looks like submarines looked until the end of World War II.
James, I know we have only a few minutes to go.
I would like to read part of a poem that was written by a retired British submarine commander, Captain Claxon.
That's funny because the word Claxon is what we call the diving alarm on a submarine.
It's called a hootahorn.
They call it a hootahorn.
And when we dive, you sound that and the chief of the watch announces dive, dive.
And he sounds that alarm and it gets your attention.
But here's what here's this poem.
I'm just going to start in the middle of it.
And it said, but what the skipper said of this, there's only been one successful submarine attack before this war began.
And it wasn't on a liner of the easy German plan, but on a well-found man of war.
And Dixon was the man who showed us how to do the trick, a tip for me and you.
And I'd like to keep the standard up for Dixon and his crew.
But they hadn't got a submarine that cost 100,000, but a leaky little biscuit box.
And stuck up on her bow a spar torpedo like a mine.
And they and Dixon knew that if they sank the enemy, they'd sink the Hunley too.
She drowned a crew or two before.
They dressed her up again and manned and pushed her off to sea.
By oath, it's pretty plain that they had some guts to give away and tried another trip in a craft they knew was rather more a coffin than a ship.
And they carried out a good attack and did it very well as a model for the future.
Why it beats the books to hell.
A tradition for the USA, and yes, for England too, where they were men with English names and kin to me and you.
And I'd like to claim an ancestor with Dixon when he died at the bottom of the ocean at Housatonic's side.
There are some inaccuracies there in what Captain Claxon wrote, but he was saying that we have cause to be proud of what happened with the Hundley.
There's no reason to be ashamed of it.
We should be proud of it.
And again, my southern brothers and sisters, honor your fathers and mothers.
Honor the crew of the Hundley.
Honor all of our forebears who fought in that awful war and sacrificed to the full measure of devotion, as General MacArthur said.
Honor these people.
Well, we do.
It's something that we do every year without fail.
I only wish during the month of April we were on five nights a week as we were in 2006.
Folks, what we can cover in the hour we have designated to this each week during April is just a pinprick.
It's filthy rags compared to what it's deserved, but it's a noble token nonetheless, and it's something that comes from the heart here.
But if you can, and if you're interested in this topic, go back to thepoliticals, pool.org.
Go to our website and go back into the archives to 2006.
Every show that month, the whole month, five shows a week, every week.
We did about 20-plus shows that month.
It was all Confederate history.
And we were on for an hour to a night back then.
Great, great shows.
And, you know, that's the one thing about Confederate history is that it doesn't change.
It is what it is.
So once you cover it, I mean, yes, we'd like to cover it again every year, but it's not something that's currently evolving.
So you can go back to 2006 and listen to those shows.
It's the same today as it was then.
Folks, that's the end of our show this evening for Winston Smith, Eddie the Bombardier Miller, Keith Alexander, and the rest of the cast and crew here in Memphis and Utah.
I'm James Edwards.
God bless you.
Happy Confederate History Month.
Continue the series next week and we'll talk to you then.