Well, Georgia is at it again.
They are again outrageously claiming that an 1818 federal survey erroneously marked the state border one mile south of its intended location, putting it in TN rather than GA, whereas we have written extensive legal documentation stating exactly the opposite.
They say that the surveyors in 1818 were using antiquated equipment, whereas we know it was Georgia that supplied this equipment in the first place. Hah!
They say they're being generous with the offer to redraw (sorry, correct) the state line by asking only that Tennessee merely return a small part of the 'misappropriated' land, not the whole lot, but we don't see what's in it for us to give any of it back at all thank you very much.
They claim that all they are doing is innocently correcting history, but we know what they really want is access to the Tennessee River to siphon off our beautiful water at the dead of night, and anyway it's not as if it's called the Georgia River is it?
They say they have a crippling drought whereas we say they have done diddly squat to encourage conservation or rein in growth of their polluted Atlantan megopolis, and their blatant land-grab would unceremoniously dump 30,000 upstanding Tennesseans into their grubby little clutches.
They are claiming that we are not taking this issue seriously enough. Last time they tried this prank they claimed we were responding with catcalls and whistles because we didn't have any legitimate arguments to make, whereas we know this is just because they are incapable of having fun with anything.
No quarter shall be given to Georgia, especially if they keep whooping us in the SEC.
What will they claim next if we let them have it, our hexasacle supercomputers ? NEVER !!
ReplyDeleteArise, children of the Tennessean fatherland
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us, of Georgian tyranny's,
The blood-soaked standard is raised (bis)
In the countryside, do you hear
The roaring of these fierce soldiers?
They come here, right to our arms
To steal from us our sons and our rivers!
To arms, citizens!
Form your battalions!
Let's march! Let's march!
May an impure blood
Water our furrows!