Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-03 Thread Vera Harper

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Ugh, what a black-hearted, ugly woman you are. You rail about Lincoln, yet laud 
Hitler? I guess God does make mistakes, your brains are as scrambled as they come. If 
you could only know how stupid you sound, woman, you would shut the hell up! Get some 
education, girl!

Aleisha/Colleen Jones babbles:
Lincoln's butchers put the grandson of Francis Scott Key in jail because
he along with the other city fathers in Baltimore refused to sign a
loyalty oath to the barbarian Lincoln.

Maryland, was the mother state of our family - and it is said Booth
(john Wilkes) headed for Maryland and made it - and I hope he did.

The story I enjoyed the most is the one where the assassination of
Lincoln was planned by his insane wife, who paid for the hit

Honest Abe - remember he was a lawyer who didn't even pass a bar
examination..he split rails like he split this country - with an
ax
He was not a gentleman - he got in with spiritualists...he had
dreams about his death and without a doubt had picked up the thoughts of
his wife - for someone close to him indeed planned his murder.

A House Divided Cannot Stand..that is from the bible, and the credit
line for this, is given to Lincoln.

How many people died because of this assassin



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Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-03 Thread c.

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i was also quite surprised to see lincoln condemned so fully... my only real
knowledge of him comes from vidal's biographical novel of him- potrayed as
the last sincere president- and also the president who was coerced into
mentioning the xtian god in an address against his will pretty much. can't
remember the detail of that- maybe someone else does?
but i know vidal however radical he is - and however much i like his novels
and essays- he is still part f the families of power - so maybe i should
rethink his attitude to lincoln. maybe not... but if lincoln was a shitbag
(i am still not convinced) then i will be a bit sad as he seemed pretty
cool.


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 Ugh, what a black-hearted, ugly woman you are. You rail about Lincoln, yet
laud Hitler?

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Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-03 Thread Aleisha Saba

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Well Boo Hoo...do you believe Lincoln wrote over a million words?

History Channel just did a big blurp on him and revealed what he was
really like...he freed the slaves?   No, he turned them loose upon
the South and after the Civil War Genenral Nathan Bedford Forrest formed
a Klan to protect the whites from the butchers - rather like south
Africa.

The history of who and what brought the slaves to American is very
enlightening..

Now if the Civil War was truly over "civil rights" for Ubangies - why do
we still have millionaire Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton screaming for
rioting in the streets and Black Panthers carrying Uzzis within
shootiong distance of Mrs. Bush in an attempt to frighten her off.'

Look what England has done to Ireland for over 500 years.the only
guy who made money over there was DeLorean and if he had built his plant
in England he would still be thriving...an old friend of mine helped
DeLorean beat that rap - he had a brain (Gordon Novel)..

So the English - well once England was something specialmy brother
in law served at what I called High Wycombebomber pilot.ent me a
complete Hogarth Collection over 200 years old when JFK killedit was
there I saw the assassins great grandfather - John Wilkes Booth - and
John Wilkes, old Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality - had loosed his mob
as Lincoln loosed the slaves ..

Does Thomas Crapper still have his business going - he sold the Queen
her john ..

So much for England - under Blair we see reflection of Clintonthink
Oxford ever really considered hiring Clinton?

Anyway all those people mourning over the little Princess - one would
think they would have wanted to check out a few things they loved her so
much...she was rather common thougoh, this people's
princess..Dodi Fayed seems to be the only avenger of the blood
royal.
More power to Dodi -

And when you look at some of those old BMEWS and Missile siites my
brother in law spent 7 years over there lived in a big house with
stables and solarium - bought a real suit of armour and a grandfather's
clock made in 1500 period - on Pinkney Green and boy, those hired help
of the Queen used to give my sister some good court gossip.Remember
when JFK was murdered, people at a party including the Queen's cousin,
the Countess who married the Eaton - cheeredcould never tell you
how we got even for even today, they would still bust her husband if the
"brits" only knew.

Good luck BooHoo..I hear you crying, too bad no tears for the little
murdered baby and I bet that little girl does need two bar stools by now
upon which to sit.

You know they did steal Paul Whitehead's heart or are you really from
UK?   Ever visit old Hells Fire Caves understand latest Dashwood opened
up some years ago.

When you look at England - I think they seem to get involved in the
wars, and we pay the price...nothing personal, old chap.

Saba aka any damn name I choose to use.

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Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-03 Thread c.

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hi aleisha old chappess ;)
i am afraid i am scottish- not english, so i can laugh with you at the
things you say about them- i have no love for them- my blood is mixed with
english/ irish and a little bit of english.
i don't shed a tear for the baby- or the nanny- but especially not the
parents- just another group tragedy amongst millions.
i think your sensitivities are selective to suit an argument- typical
woman?- probably up in arms at the insinuation, maybe not- you seem terribly
traditional when it suits you sometimes. quite right.
lincoln? i was genuinely interested that soimething i had thought before had
been changed- i hold no candle to him- i was surprised in the first place
that there was a president i could sympathise with- didn't expect to
actually. so you don't need to be so scathing (i am a sensitive soul y'see)
with your putdown about lincoln.
but to describe the institution of the kkk as a defence force to protect the
whites against a band of savages is dismal of you.
yes england has thoroughly thrashed eire in the last 500 years- it is
indefensible- but why did you bring it up?
diana? diana who? it was america that pandered to her, made her.
we have this tradition in the UK see? where we build them and knock them
down as fast. she was a bimbo who reinvented herself as someone who cares-
all falsehood (no surprise you say) and PR.
it was disgusting to see the scenes after her death- and most people are now
embaressed to be reminded of it.
why do america have hollywood? to emulate the pissy royals. the wish to have
unelected betters is peculiar. the real sustained multigenerational familes
in america are quiet, like ours, behind the scenes. but you know this. you
make refernce to your involvement often.
it was dodi who died with her. do you mean his father? as corrupt as they
come that one- avenger of himself and no-one else.
and when has your country paid the price for UK wars. i mean, we are really
keen on pretending to be a world power- but we paid the US back after the
war- i don't think america has been shortchanged that way at all.
we are after all- the 51st of the USA, kissing cousins even. ;)
*mwah*
craig


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From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 03 January 2001 12:03
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election


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 Well Boo Hoo...do you believe Lincoln wrote over a million words?

 History Channel just did a big blurp on him and revealed what he was
 really like...he freed the slaves?   No, he turned them loose upon
 the South and after the Civil War Genenral Nathan Bedford Forrest formed
 a Klan to protect the whites from the butchers - rather like south
 Africa.

 The history of who and what brought the slaves to American is very
 enlightening..

 Now if the Civil War was truly over "civil rights" for Ubangies - why do
 we still have millionaire Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton screaming for
 rioting in the streets and Black Panthers carrying Uzzis within
 shootiong distance of Mrs. Bush in an attempt to frighten her off.'

 Look what England has done to Ireland for over 500 years.the only
 guy who made money over there was DeLorean and if he had built his plant
 in England he would still be thriving...an old friend of mine helped
 DeLorean beat that rap - he had a brain (Gordon Novel)..

 So the English - well once England was something specialmy brother
 in law served at what I called High Wycombebomber pilot.ent me a
 complete Hogarth Collection over 200 years old when JFK killedit was
 there I saw the assassins great grandfather - John Wilkes Booth - and
 John Wilkes, old Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality - had loosed his mob
 as Lincoln loosed the slaves ..

 Does Thomas Crapper still have his business going - he sold the Queen
 her john ..

 So much for England - under Blair we see reflection of Clintonthink
 Oxford ever really considered hiring Clinton?

 Anyway all those people mourning over the little Princess - one would
 think they would have wanted to check out a few things they loved her so
 much...she was rather common thougoh, this people's
 princess..Dodi Fayed seems to be the only avenger of the blood
 royal.
 More power to Dodi -

 And when you look at some of those old BMEWS and Missile siites my
 brother in law spent 7 years over there lived in a big house with
 stables and solarium - bought a real suit of armour and a grandfather's
 clock made in 1500 period - on Pinkney Green and boy, those hired help
 of the Queen used to give my sister some good court gossip.Remember
 when JFK was murdered, people at a party including the Queen's cousin,
 the Countess who married the Eaton - cheeredcould never tell you
 how we got even for even today, they would still bust her husband if the
 "brits" only knew.

 Good luck BooHoo..I hear you crying, too bad no tears for the l

Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-03 Thread Aleisha Saba

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Kissing cousins - you a Mason (just kidding BooHoo).

So Scotch and Irish - what else can one ask.  My reference to this Nanny
thing - the trial was put on TV and there were those ready to run an
make a fast buck - but it did not work.

Movies are the secret link between the police and
government..propaganda tools...and TV, well I can still see
Michael Jackson tip toeing with the kiddies on the stage - and Rosie
O'Donnell playing with the kiddies on PBS with our Big Bird.

I meant Mohammed bit Al Fayed  - he is probably black hand but have read
where he descended from ancient Pharaoh.

So you are from Scotland?   And part Irish.you must be a fine
gentleman.

We had McGregors in our line - they were so bad the government of
England took their name away.in 1954 there about, the Queen gave
them their name back..could belong to Heather Society and the Barons
of Runymead and someday might join.

So good luck BooHoo - thought Demon County was in England?

Does the piper still play over Loch Ness during times of alert?

O'Saba

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[CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-02 Thread lloyd

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[Title 17 U.S.C. section 107]

Stealing an Election
by Joseph Sobran

Both the major parties have been accusing each
other of trying to "steal" the presidential
election in Florida. But this mess is a clean
process indeed compared to one that occurred
in Maryland in 1861.

In May 1861 the Civil War was already raging.
President Abraham Lincoln called on Maryland
to send four regiments to fight for the Union
cause. But the state was bitterly divided over
the war.

Most Marylanders didn't want their state to
secede, but neither did they favor war. It is
widely forgotten that a large body of American
opinion held that the Confederate States had
every right to secede from the Union and
thought they should be allowed to go in peace.
But to Lincoln, this view was "treason." By
Lincoln's definition, most Americans, not just
Southerners, probably qualified as traitors.

The Maryland state legislature replied to
Lincoln's summons for troops with a resolution
condemning the war as "unconstitutional and
repugnant to civilization," adding that "for
the sake of humanity we are for peace and
reconciliation, and solemnly protest against
this war, and will take no part in it." The
legislature also called "the present military
occupation of Maryland" a "flagrant violation
of the Constitution."

Lincoln was infuriated. He sent informers to
determine which members of the legislature
were "disloyal"  i.e., opposed to war. On
the night of September 12 he had federal
troops arrest dozens of legislators and other
prominent citizens (including the mayor of
Baltimore and a Maryland congressman) he
suspected of Southern sympathies. Since
Lincoln had also suspended the right of
habeas corpus, he claimed the power to arrest
anyone arbitrarily, without specific charges
and without a trial. When the chief justice
of the United States, Roger Taney, had ruled
that Lincoln had no constitutional power to
do this, Lincoln had not only ignored the
ruling but ordered Taney's arrest too! (If he
had gone through with this outrage, he might
well have been impeached and removed from
office.)

Having depleted the Maryland legislature,
Lincoln moved to refill it with reliable
Unionists. He stationed thousands of federal
troops in the state and used them to crush
dissent. As the historian Charles Adams writes
in his book When in the Course of Human Events
(Lanham, Maryland: Rowman  Littlefield, 2000):
"In November there was an election, and to make
sure only Union people were elected, all members
of the Federal armed forces voted, even though
they were not residents of the state. At the
voting booths, other voters had to pass through
platoons of Union soldiers who had bayonets
affixed to their rifles." Southern sympathizers
attempting to vote were arrested.

By such means Lincoln got the legislature he
wanted. "Democratic government ceased in Maryland
for the duration of the war," Adams notes. So
much for "government of the people, by the
people, for the people," which, you'll recall,
would "perish from the earth" if the Union lost.
Lincoln's devotion to his avowed principles may
be measured by such practices, which showed the
cynicism behind his gorgeous rhetoric.

The legend of Lincoln's humanitarianism and love
of freedom will not withstand an examination of
his brutal wartime tactics, which shocked
civilized Europe. The cruelty of the Union armies
as they invaded the South is well known. What is
less well known is how the Union terrorized itself.

Across the North Lincoln authorized tens of
thousands of arbitrary arrests and shut down
hundreds of newspapers for criticizing his war.
His military governors sometimes ordered hangings,
without trial, for minor offenses. Mere suspicion
of disloyalty  very broadly defined  was enough
to expose the individual to danger from his own
government. It was a genuine reign of terror, an
era of government by hysteria. The Constitution
was effectively suspended.

Defenders of Lincoln and the Union cause contend
that the Constitution doesn 't authorize states to
secede. Actually, the Constitution says nothing
about secession; it doesn't authorize it, and it
doesn't forbid it.

But neither does the Constitution authorize its
own abrogation for the purpose of resisting
secession. It remains binding on the federal
government, including the president, at all
times, even during war and insurrection.

Lincoln argued in effect that the Constitution
could be saved only if he could violate it. It
was, and remains, a shabby argument; but it was,
and remains, successful propaganda.


Forwarded for 

Re: [CTRL] Stealing an Election

2001-01-02 Thread Aleisha Saba

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Lincoln's butchers put the grandson of Francis Scott Key in jail because
he along with the other city fathers in Baltimore refused to sign a
loyalty oath to the barbarian Lincoln.

Maryland, was the mother state of our family - and it is said Booth
(john Wilkes) headed for Maryland and made it - and I hope he did.

The story I enjoyed the most is the one where the assassination of
Lincoln was planned by his insane wife, who paid for the hit

Honest Abe - remember he was a lawyer who didn't even pass a bar
examination..he split rails like he split this country - with an
ax

He was not a gentleman - he got in with spiritualists...he had
dreams about his death and without a doubt had picked up the thoughts of
his wife - for someone close to him indeed planned his murder.

A House Divided Cannot Stand..that is from the bible, and the credit
line for this, is given to Lincoln.

How many people died because of this assassin

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[CTRL] Stealing an Election

2000-12-27 Thread K

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/sobran/sobran123.html

Stealing an Election
by Joseph Sobran

Both the major parties have been accusing each other of trying to
"steal" the presidential election in Florida. But this mess is a clean
process indeed compared to one that occurred in Maryland in 1861.

In May 1861 the Civil War was already raging. President Abraham
Lincoln called on Maryland to send four regiments to fight for the
Union cause. But the state was bitterly divided over the war.

Most Marylanders didn't want their state to secede, but neither did
they favor war. It is widely forgotten that a large body of American
opinion held that the Confederate States had every right to secede
from the Union and thought they should be allowed to go in peace.
But to Lincoln, this view was "treason." By Lincoln's definition,
most Americans, not just Southerners, probably qualified
as traitors.

The Maryland state legislature replied to Lincoln's summons for
troops with a resolution condemning the war as "unconstitutional
and repugnant to civilization," adding that "for the sake
of humanity we are for peace and reconciliation, and solemnly
protest against this war, and will take no part in it." The legislature
also called "the present military occupation of Maryland"
a "flagrant violation of the Constitution."

Lincoln was infuriated. He sent informers to determine which
members of the legislature were "disloyal" – i.e., opposed to war.
On the night of September 12 he had federal troops arrest dozens
of legislators and other prominent citizens (including the mayor
of Baltimore and a Maryland congressman) he suspected of
Southern sympathies. Since Lincoln had also suspended the right
of habeas corpus, he claimed the power to arrest anyone
arbitrarily, without specific charges and without a trial. When the
chief justice of the United States, Roger Taney, had ruled that
Lincoln had no constitutional power to do this, Lincoln had not only
ignored the ruling but ordered Taney's arrest too! (If he had gone
through with this outrage, he might well have been impeached and
removed from office.)

Having depleted the Maryland legislature, Lincoln moved to refill it
with reliable Unionists. He stationed thousands of federal troops in
the state and used them to crush dissent. As the historian Charles
Adams writes in his book When in the Course of Human Events
(Lanham, Maryland: Rowman  Littlefield, 2000): "In November
there was an election, and to make sure only Union people were
elected, all members of the Federal armed forces voted, even
though they were not residents of the state. At the voting booths,
other voters had to pass through platoons of Union soldiers who
had bayonets affixed to their rifles." Southern sympathizers
attempting to vote were arrested.

By such means Lincoln got the legislature he wanted. "Democratic
government ceased in Maryland for the duration of the war,"
Adams notes. So much for "government of the people, by the
people, for the people," which, you'll recall, would "perish
from the earth" if the Union lost. Lincoln's devotion to his
avowed principles may be measured by such practices, which
showed the cynicism behind his gorgeous rhetoric.

The legend of Lincoln's humanitarianism and love of freedom will
not withstand an examination of his brutal wartime tactics, which
shocked civilized Europe. The cruelty of the Union armies as they
invaded the South is well known. What is less well known is how
the Union terrorized itself.

Across the North Lincoln authorized tens of thousands of arbitrary
arrests and shut down hundreds of newspapers for criticizing his
war. His military governors sometimes ordered hangings, without
trial, for minor offenses. Mere suspicion of disloyalty – very broadly
defined – was enough to expose the individual to danger from his
own government.  It was a genuine reign of terror, an era of
government by hysteria.  The Constitution was effectively
suspended.

Defenders of Lincoln and the Union cause contend that the
Constitution doesn't authorize states to secede. Actually, the
Constitution says nothing about secession; it doesn't authorize it,
and it doesn't forbid it.

But neither does the Constitution authorize its own abrogation for
the purpose of resisting secession. It remains binding on the
federal government, including the president, at all times, even
during war and insurrection.

Lincoln argued in effect that the Constitution could be saved only if
he could violate it. It was, and remains, a shabby argument; but it
was, and remains, successful propaganda.

December 27, 2000

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