Thread: Calling All Tar heels

Time for you to email Senator Richard Burr and tell him of your displeasure of him supporting John McCain.
http://burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAc ... ntact.Home

Mine:

Sir, this email is in response to your backing John
Mcain. As a Vietnam veteran I backed McCain on
his first run for the Presidency. But since then he
has shown his true colors and many vets will not
back him because of his McCainnedy ideas and
bills on giving illegal aliens amnesty.
Sorry to say your backing him has cost you my
families vote hence forth. I am a 100% tar heel
tracing my family back to meeting the members of
the lost Colony when they arrived on our shores. At
the family reunion this summer I will make sure
this information is past on about McCain and your
supporting him is known.
Amnesty for these criminal aliens is not
acceptable. There is a process to come to America
and sneaking across the borders is not it. You
people have failed us in the protection of our
country.

I was dumbfounded when I heard that he is supporting McCain. Talked to his office in DC last week and they said there is no way Burr will support amnesty and that no one is even trying to rope him into the discussions on "reform". There is always a chance McCain could back away from amnesty? There is more than meets the eye here.

Originally Posted by usatime

I was dumbfounded when I heard that he is supporting McCain. Talked to his office in DC last week and they said there is no way Burr will support amnesty and that no one is even trying to rope him into the discussions on "reform". There is always a chance McCain could back away from amnesty? There is more than meets the eye here.

It would make me very happy if McCain would plead temporary madness on his association with that that that (I'll be nice) Kennedy and that he has seen the true path.

Charles,

I will mention this to Burr. I plan to call him on Monday.

Originally Posted by dem4labor

Charles,

I will mention this to Burr. I plan to call him on Monday.

do more than just mention it to him. Heck, Mike McIntyre is doing more than Burr and Dole put to gether to stop criminal aliens. Course that ain't saying much for any of them.

Originally Posted by dem4labor

Charles,

I will mention this to Burr. I plan to call him on Monday.

Dem4labor --

202-101-9576 is the direct # for the person working immigration. Of course, if you have a direct # to Burr, thats great!

Call me stupid, but, who or what does "Tar heels" refer to?

In its early years as a colony, North Carolina settlements became an important source of tar and pitch, especially for the English navy. At one time, an estimated 100,000 barrels of tar and pitch were produced.
UNC< Chapel Hill
What is a Tar Heel?
The University not only uses the nickname "Tar Heels," but the entire state does as well. One version of the nickname's origin has the name first being applied to North Carolinians during the Civil War. One record talks of a battle in Virginia, where their supporting column retreated, but North Carolina troops fought alone. The victorious troops were asked in a condescending tone by some Virginians, who had retreated, "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" The response came quickly: "No, not a bit; old Jeff's bought it all up." The Virginians asked: "Is that so? What is he going to do with it?" The reply: "He is going to put it on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next fight."

Thank you, I have heard this nick name in many articles.