I forgot...Gettysburg is less than an hour from here too. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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". >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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