I couldn't stomach watching Obama's speech but I did see portions of the one Michelle gave. It was horrible - I can see why Chicago lost in the first round if the POTUS speech was any near as bad as the one the FLOTUS gave. Pathetic, uninspiring drivel - it seemed like she must have made it while waiting to be introduced. THAT was supposed to compete with Pele?

During her speech, she claimed to have memories of sitting on her dad's lap watching Carl Lewis perform in the Olympics. What??? By my calculations, she was 20-years old when Carl competed in the '84 games.

Mohammedan is synonymous with Islamic - look it up, fool.

But I can't help thinking every time I see Olympia Snowe... she looks like SHE should be Michael Jackson's real mom.

...by Michelle's recount of watching Carl Lewis perform in the Olympics while sitting on her father's lap. In 1980? She was 20.

Not only do you spew bigotry, but you seem to be completely ignorant of racial tensions in the North (and elsewhere). Consider the Jackie Robinson story... Major League Baseball was a game for white's only until JR "broke the color barrier." When he did finally start playing MLB, he was shunned and subjected to merciless racial slurs and other disgusting displays of bigotry as the Dodgers went from city to city. This ALL occurred in the North - the barrier & the racism. (BTW, as another side topic, I submit it was "the Greatest Generation" mostly engaged in this shameful bigotry.)

Anyway, the anti-black sentiments and racial incidents directed toward JR were happening in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Massachusetts....

Geez, did I say I thought Virginia wasn't Southern? Hmm... seems to me I said it was, in my opinion, Southern. Maybe... since Virginia didn't secede until after the war started, you were thrown off by the phrase "other secessionist states?" I don't know - I wouldn't try to put words in your mouth.

Where you no longer find people who cringe when they hear "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored" part of Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Really, I don't know many Southerners who took kindly to that characterization.

I've read your opinion on which states are southern and figure you must not have had the opportunity to visit much of Florida. While it's not the size of Texas, Florida is fairly large and definitely diverse. And though it's been certainly affected by mass migrations of northerners and islanders, I'd still have to say your description of this state is pretty much backwards. Apart from the large city and some coastal pockets, Florida is mostly still Southern.

I found your state-by-state descriptions amusing because, in this part of Florida (Tallahassee area), I have friends who define the South like you do but with different results. Generally, their view of the South contains only the original secessionist states minus Texas -...