Also a hotbed of the Klan in the twenties/thirties. (Dunno if that's still true.)
The Klan was huge in the Teens, 20s and 30s throughout the country. Oklahoma impeached their governor in 1923 because he took an anti-Klan stance, including enacting a ban against wearing masks in public. (The Klan bit is always waved around, but he was a pretty corrupt guy who spent most of his year in office spending the coffers dry.) The Klan also had a cameo appearance in the 1921 Greenwood Riot; many of the white citizenry who showed up to lynch Dick Rowland were Klan members, and the publishers of the Tulsa Tribune (whose headline that afternoon was "TO LYNCH A N----R TONIGHT") were active in the Klan.
In Colorado, the president of CU threatened to take the university private several times due to the Klan wanting to take control of the university. George Norlin is remembered as the greatest president of CU for telling the Klan off, though it was really more a political stance since the Klan controlled the Colorado Legislature and he didn't want politicians telling him how to run his school.
That sounds really neat, Allyson.
I'm avoiding a pointless meeting. Watch me avoid! I just ducked as my department head went by.
Which is why the belief is not unfounded, as opposed to correct.
I don't think it's not not unfounded -- in fact, I think it is pretty unfounded, not being based on any evidence, or such.
And God knows that in 1882, you'd be noticing that entire families had tuberculosis.
TB is a good example of how silly it is to ask whether a disorder is "genetic" or "environmental." TB is caused by a bacterium, of course, not by a genetic defect. But, as in most infectious disorders, genetic variation determines how susceptible you are to infection. TB ran right through some families and left others untouched.
The reason this matters is that genetic studies can lead us to effective treatment/prevention even when the disorder is not genetic. Something different is happening in those invulnerable people, and if we can identify the genes that differ between them and the rest of us we may be able to trace the gene products to useful drug treatments.
No offense, but I really hated living in that state. I'm glad I moved.
None taken. I never really belonged there anyway. I don't miss it. But I'm in Ohio now--not sure if that's much better.
Allyson, get some Cold Eeze lozenges stat. They're Zinc and Vitamin C. If you're coming down with a cold, they can pretty much head it off, reducing symptoms and duration.
I like msbelle's suggestion better.
Well. I was just outside having a smoke, and a lady sat down next to me and handed me a pamphlet titled, " So Who Is This Jesus, Anyway?"
When I politely indicated my disinterest and said that I was just trying to escape the stress of my office for a few minutes, she asked if I wanted to pray with her.
I think I prefer getting harangued by Jehovah.
Allyson, kill a man to watch him die. It won't do much for your cold but it feels great!
shrift, I think bon's advice to Allyson will work for you too.
