The Liberal Life of a Navy Wife

Join Vivian as she chronicles her modern day military family. She and her husband have two little boys (often referred to as Thing 1 and Thing 2 because of their resemblance to the Dr. Seuss characters), who enjoy peanut butter, frogs and air shows. Vivian enjoys writing about her experiences in a military family because, let’s face it, you just can’t make this stuff up!

Category: Military Family

■ 14 July 2008 | 5:12 PM

Redneck Boy in the Promised Land - Ben Jones in town to sign book

Ya'll come on out now, ya hear?

Former Georgia congressman (and my favorite uncle!) Ben "Cooter" Jones will be signing copies of his book, "Redneck Boy in the Promised Land" here in Norfolk!

Here are the details:

Prince Bookstore 109 E. Main Street Norfolk, VA 23510 Store Phone: 757-622-9223 www.prince-books.com Tuesday, July 15 7:00pm - 8:00pm Reading/Book Signing

Hope you can stop by for the reading and to buy a book. Uncle Ben's experience as a congressman and involvement in politics are some of my earliest adventures in civic organization and activism. He was a big part of my life growing up and a huge influence on my political tendencies. On long trips we used to play "The History Game" which wasn't so much a game but him quizzing us on historical figures, facts, and data. I have to tell you though, Thing 1 and I now play the "History Game" as well which entails me making songs up about American Presidents, legislation, current events, and political figures and quizzing him about them. At four, he does still think it is a game though. For all his other accomplishments, a lot of people don't know that uncle Ben was the one who brought the originial ethics charges against Newt Gingrich that ended up with Gingrich getting reprimanded by the House and ordered to pay $300,000 - the first time in the House's history that it had reprimanded a Speaker for ethical wrongdoing. Plus, on a lighter note, his being "Cooter" in The Dukes of Hazzard was enough to make more than a couple southern boys ask this Georgia gal on a date in my formative years ;-)

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