...Hopefully, with the ongoing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and soon-to-be Iran, the Yankee imperialists will let the South leave the empire in peace. But I think not. After all there is a lot of oil in Dixie. Tom Stafford, Grovetown

...consent. Since 1865, the Yankee U.S. federal government flag - a.k.a. the Stars and Stripes - has flown over a union of dependent, submissive states governed at the point of a bayonet. Happy Flag Day! Tom Stafford, Grovetown

...that she and her people adopt the Yankee world-view. So the imperialist Yankees keep going to war and Southern people keep going to slaughter. The rich get richer, and the poor - well, we just keep on fighting. Tom Stafford Grovetown

...information, a "scalawag" is a Southern-born and raised Yankee. We will see you and all you heritage haters at the polls in November. Until then, we will take all the publicity we can get - bad or otherwise. Tom Stafford, Grovetown, Ga.

...divisive terms, I do not want anyone to think I am any less proud of my heritage than they are. I love the South and I hope to die here. From this day on I proclaim myself to be a "Southern Confederate American." Tom Stafford, Grovetown

Comments from our readers: MY SINCERE THANKS to the drivers who pulled over to the side of the road in respect for Tom Stafford's funeral procession on Wrightsboro Rd. That respect was an honor for a real American Hero from the Vietnam War...

...South was Right, by James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy -- then decide what the truth is. Southern people as well as many Northern people know the truth; do you? The Yankees cannot handle the truth. Tom Stafford Grovetown

...passed, and this amendment would not have passed without the support of the Southern states. If an African-American chooses to be offended by any flag, it should be the Stars and Stripes - the true flag of slavery. Tom Stafford Grovetown

...used blacks and the NAACP to push their agenda of reconstructing the South into good little Yankees. Well, this old rebel will be a rebel forever, and I encourage all Confederate-Americans to boycott Augusta! Tom Stafford,Grovetown

...battle symbol of the Georgia state flag is a victim of black racism and white bigotry. I believe the majority of voters realize this and if the majority has its say, we will get our 1956 Georgia flag back. Tom Stafford, Grovetown, Ga.