3rd National Flag of the Confederacy

South Carolina State flag

Here is Taz, wearing a kilt and carrying the St. Andrews Cross - Scotland's national flag. My family came from Scotland, part of the MacFie Clan, but we'll talk more about that later. The artwork is by Audra Eddie, one of my coworkers and a good friend. I just thought this would make a GREAT tattoo, so...

   Hello and welcome to my webpage, The Gamecock Coop. My name is Fred Mahaffey. I'm 43, a career law enforcement officer, and retired from the North Carolina Air National Guard. I have an 18 year old son of whom I'm very proud (and he is very handsome, if I do say so myself). I chose the name Gamecock Coop for my webpage because I'm an old-time die-hard USC fan. And that's the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, not So. Cal. As you'll see later, I'm also a big fan of the MIAMI HURRICANES, thanks to my best friend David. Please don't be offended by the Flag of the Confederacy. My family never owned slaves, slavery was an abomination, and I'm not a racist. I AM American by birth and southern by the grace of God. I firmly believe that any unbiased look at the War for Southern Independence will show that it was fought primarily because of economic conditions imposed on the southern businessmen and artisans by northern interests. Most "rebels" were themselves too poor to own slaves. They were dirt farmers and sharecroppers who knew only that a great army from the north was threatening to invade their state, their county, indeed their very homes. These rebels did what many today would do - they fought for their families, friends and neighbors, not to protect the vile institution of slavery. Seems that Sherman's March validated the rebels concerns about their homes...