Proslavery arguments from the antebellum south

... it was, it was possible for free laborers to improve their station in life. Slaves? Not so much. However, the argument likely carried a lot of weight if you ignored that slaves were stuck on the plantation until their master decided otherwise. There is a reasonable argument for a long term employment with food and housing in lieu of cash. Too bad the whole "you can't leave, if you try, we'll kill...

...bondage and a celebration of the free market. On the other hand, none of the participatns - not even the plantation ownder - are seen as living in particular ease. There are no villains, only people trying to stay afloat in an oppressive system. A plantation owner doesn't have the profit margins to pay free labor, and as a dependent colony can't set ...

Florida Men Take Second at Georgia Fall Invite

....) took fifth in the 400 IM (4:24.51) alongside Pold, while recording an eighth-place swim in the 200 breast. Sophomores Carly Pike (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Daniela Victoria (Plantation, Fla.) and freshman Sarra Lajnef (Tunis, Tunisia) provided Florida representation in the breaststroke events, Pike and Victoria with sixth and seventh-place finishes in the 100 breast and Victoria, Lajnef ...

Aw shit zombies are already here?!

... that echoed through the skies once Nick pulled the trigger on the zombie-pilot was still fresh in his mind. He remembered clearly that they were falling and closing in on the muddy roads near the plantation. And Hell, he even remembered that sinking feeling in his stomach as the loud boom followed their crash. Just thinking about it made Ellis question whether or not he was alive, but...well, if ...

Glenn Beck foolishness.

... 'no-no-no he's OUR guy!'" And just a sampling from the Black panelists: "Liberalism is evil and cruelty. Conservative values are responsible for all the rights we've gained. Had we been liberals during the Civil Rights movement, nobody would've done anything!" "We have a president in the White House who is pushing plantation politics." "Thank God we [i.e., our slave ancestors] came here!"

"White Midnight" by Dia Calhoun

... name is Rose) is a scared little girl working on a massive apple plantation. Her family is poor. She also feels that she will never have a ... ugly/too sick/too poor/whatever. So, when the owner of the plantation offers to have her marry his son in exchange for wealth for her ... in and of himself (not so much as the owner of the plantation, but certainly much more so than Rose's family). So, if she ...

... all. We spent a couple of days just relaxing by the pool and then went out on a boat trip down to the Pitons to see the sulphur pits (active volcano). Then we went for a trip around a plantation and walked around the Botanic gardens. I took many many pictures of flowers which I will have to post here later. There were mineral baths so we soaked in those for while ( like the softest water you can ...

hallelujah. (1 of 2)

... warm and steady, buoying up Jonghyun's voice as it soared even higher. The sun rolled away like the sea, and in the morning, when Onew sang his avé to the empty fields of a cotton plantation, green and white waves stretched out for miles on end, Jonghyun sang in harmony with him, light and sweet. They stood side-by-side, fingers woven together like ribbons, and by the time the sun had burned ...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1976

... Picture] 1996 Tom Petty - Wildflowers 1994 Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes 1979 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark 1982 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Pack Up the Plantation [Live] 1986 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch 2008 The Traveling Wilburys - Silver Wilburys The Traveling Wilburys - Vol.2 1989, Vol.4,5 (Bootleg) The Traveling Wilburys - Vol.1 1988, Vol.3 ...

Fic Post: Dayton, Dating and Double Entendres

Another future!fic alert. These two have been talking non-stop in my head all day. I scribbled this down while having the day from hell at the plantation better known as my office. Title: Dayton, Dating, and Double Entendres Author: Montiese Category: AU/Humor/Romance Pairing: Jack Hotchner/Stella Rossi Rating: TEEN Summary: Jack couldn’t believe how much he thought about Stella in ...