THE NATIONAL DIVIDE: JOHNNY REB MEETS BILLY YANK

NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW PROGRAM WHICH WILL AIR EVER OTHER WEDNESDAY, COMMENCING THIS WEEK.  "JOHNNY REB MEETS BILL YANK" IS NOT A CIVIL WAR PROGRAM, HOWEVER, THE TITLE IS CHOSEN PARTLY BECAUSE YOUR HOST, JAMES DICK, IS AM A MAN BORN AND RAISED IN THE SOUTH AND MY COMPATRIOT ON THE PROGRAM, MARK COLLIER, HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING AN INDIANAN, A HOOSIER BY BIRTH, BORN IN THE LAND OF WHAT SOME OF US STILL CALL THE ARMY OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION, BUT NOT IN AN ANGRY WAY.

BUT THAT IS JUST PART OF THE REASON SINCE AMERICA IS GREATLY DIVIDED TODAY JUST LIKE IT WAS IN 1860 AND PRIOR TO THAT IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR TIMES, BUT THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T SUPRISE ANYONE FOR HISTORY SHOWS THAT AMERICA HAS ALWAYS HAD GREAT DIVISIONS BUT WHEN CRUNCH TIME CAME AND ACTION WAS NECESSARY WE HAVE ALWAYS IN THE END COME TOGETHER TO MAKE HER STRONGER.

SO A DIVIDED COUNTRY IS JUST PART OF OUR HISTORY AND OUR LIVE AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE THINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED THIS BOTH FROM AN HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT SITUATION. BUT WE WILL DO IT IN A WAY WHICH I HOPE WILL ADD SOME HUMOR, FOR LOOKING INWARDLY AT OURSELVES AS A NATION REQUIRES A TOUCH OF HUMOR TO NOT TAKE THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY.

SO WHETHER YOU ARE A "JOHNNY REB" OR A "BILLY YANK", THE DYNAMICS OF AMERICA, OUR GREAT LAND AND HOME, IS ALWAYS OF VALUE.  HOPE TO SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT.