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• Wednesday, December 17, 2008 07:01 PM

  Older Southerners APPRECIATE the American car industry

  Please allow me, a Southerner, to point out the fact that many Southern families were preserved from starvation in the 30's and 40's because they could "go up North" and find a job in "Detroit City". The money earned kept many a family intact, and truly, literally prevented starvation in many instances. The people of my grandparents' generation did not like living in the North (you love where you're born, no matter where that is), but they were always grateful for the chance to make a decent living wage in an era where that was very hard to obtain.

  I have personal memories of this, related to me by my grandparents who found a job in Detroit, and their brothers and sisters who found jobs there, and in Chicago, etc. They always said they were glad to be able to return South years later, but had only good things to say about the opportunity they found. Cadillac Motors, Detroit Brass, the telephone company, and other companies provided my family a chance to survive. And we older Southerners have NOT forgotten that.

  I have cringed with all this backstabbing of the American auto industry recently. Please folks, just know that not everyone here feels that way. I hope to see the American auto industry thrive for centuries to come.

  And to the guy who said Sherman was too generous when he torched our land -- you have no idea what you're talking about buddy. Try living through that yourself and see how it feels. I have personally heard tales related to me by my great grandmother about that. It was a very horrible experience. You may not have meant it, but that comment was way out of line. Anyway ... Peace.

  —shuttledude Read shuttledude's other letters
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