Actually where you live, you're not too far from Phillipi or the other sites at the start of the Civil War.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may be wrong, but I thought that slavery did nto become an issue in > the Civil War until after the Emancipation Proclamation - which, if > memory serves me correctly - only freed the slaves in the states that > had seceded. > > I also remember being taught that the _start_ of the Civil War was > based on socio-economic issues between North and South (I am not sure > if slavery falsl into that category or not). > > Not claiming any of this as fact - just trying to remember from > history class. (You would think, with where I live now, I would be > more up on Civil War history - I do plan to rectify that, though) > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> C'mon Larry, everyone knows that civil war was about healthcare and not >> becoming socialist. It had nothing to do with slavery, which by the way >> wasn't really slavery, it was simply an inequality in the pay structure for >> black workers. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Nice bit of historical revisionism there. Lets see after that are you >>> going to rewrite the history of the Civil War, like the latest >>> Republican darling Virginia governor McDonnell has done? >>> >>> >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040705100.html?sub=AR >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > I don't remember anyone calling him soft on terror, I do remember many >>> > calling Bush evil. Obama is just continuing with the Bush strategy and >>> > getting called a hero. >>> > >>> > You mention drone attacks as a signal Obama is tougher on terror than >>> > Bush but is it that simple? Is the bombing helping or making things >>> > worse. Could we have done more bombings two years ago? >>> > >>> > Seems to me it's an illusion, step up bombing, keep the wars going but >>> > make nice with terrorists and beg them to be nice. It's not working, >>> > the whole "The world will stop hating us" plan failed. Now the >>> > question is what's next, does he have a plan B or will he just keep up >>> > with the Bush policies? >>> > >>> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> > >>> >> Certainly a ballsy move, though if what has been said about this >>> >> particular guy is true, it seems like the order would naturally follow >>> >> given what else the admin has done. Amazing to think that there have >>> >> been more CIA missile strikes in Obama's first year in office than in >>> >> the last 3 years of Bush's tenure combined. I'm not entirely sure that >>> >> the people we are involving ourselves with in Afghanistan, Pakistan >>> >> and Yemen (to name a few) are entirely the wisest choice but I'm >>> >> astounded that people can actually think that the Obama admin is "soft >>> >> on terror". >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
