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2011-04-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

4 ways we're still fighting the Civil War - CNN's John Blake

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Posted by Besoeker 2011-04-11 12:41|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 duhhh....divide. Second grade spelling, such a challenge.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-04-11 13:04|| 2011-04-11 13:04|| Front Page Top

#2 He forgot Zinn. How many books did that commie bastard sell to the schools?
According to Zinn and his sycophantic teacher fans, nothing the US did or does can ever be noble or right.
Therefore, slavery/abolition cannot be allowed to have any influence on the Civil War or its aftermath.
And many Iraqis welcomed some of my friends as liberators. That was before the insurgents started killing those who did.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2011-04-11 14:16|| 2011-04-11 14:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Just remember this indisputable fact -

Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865

1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

There's going to a lot of 'opinion' in the next few days upon the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-11 16:15|| 2011-04-11 16:15|| Front Page Top

#4 FTA: Take a tour of a Civil War battlefield today, and it's difficult to connect the terrifying experience of an average Civil War soldier -- described above from various historical accounts -- with the tranquil historic sites where we now snap pictures today.
It's only difficult if you (1) failed in reading comprehension in grade school (2) have a dead imagination and (3) lack empathy.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-11 17:48|| 2011-04-11 17:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I think that describes about 2/3 of the country under the age of 20.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-11 18:05|| 2011-04-11 18:05|| Front Page Top

#6 it's difficult to connect the terrifying experience of an average Civil War soldier

I'm pretty sure this photo of a Union POW who survived the Andersonville camp is easy to find at that National Cemetery. It may be difficult to behold, but it is not difficult to connect.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-11 18:12|| 2011-04-11 18:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Are you sure that dude survived? Looks to me like he had already given up the ghost when the photo was taken.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-04-11 19:54|| 2011-04-11 19:54|| Front Page Top

#8 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, indivisible, under God, with liberty and justice for all.

The Civil War is over, and as long as liberty and justice are assured, it can never happen again.

Posted by rammer 2011-04-11 20:52|| 2011-04-11 20:52|| Front Page Top

#9 "as long as liberty and justice are assured"

Bambi & Co. are doing their level best to prevent that, rammer. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-11 22:55|| 2011-04-11 22:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Compare wid FREEREPUBLIC > JERRY BROWN: CALIFORNIA, COUNTRY FACING "REGIME CRISIS" SIMILAR TO [prior, during] THE US CIVIL WAR.

ARTIC = CA GOV. BROWN = a "Point of Discord" has been reached, Existential risk to California + USA cannot be minimized.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-11 23:49|| 2011-04-11 23:49|| Front Page Top

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