tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post939893781796955595..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: Harold Estes writes to President ObamaZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-26925141856052644662010-01-27T08:20:08.728-08:002010-01-27T08:20:08.728-08:00Oh boy, more Civil War talk.
The question of slav...Oh boy, more Civil War talk.<br /><br />The question of slavery was indeed part of the causes of the Civil War, but let's not forget that slavery was legal and Constitutional at the time. The election of abolitionist Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency after the ban on slavery in federal territories to the west is what brought the South into rebellion, not to mention the obvious draw of destroying the US Constitution and killing as many Americans as possible splitting away from the North would give for Democrats. <br /><br />There were economic reasons, but not those that Ducky mentions. When the South seceded, they took around 2/3rds of the coastline and ports of the United States at the time with them. The North would have gone to war with the South over that loss of tariff income even if slavery was illegal and unheard of.<br /><br />The Civil War ended slavery, but until 1863, had nothing really to do with slavery.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-66118957353503285602010-01-27T08:01:48.372-08:002010-01-27T08:01:48.372-08:00So no nefarious foreign involvement in your opini...So no nefarious foreign involvement in your opinion. Nobody and nothing that would want to see the undoing of the original American Revolution, back in those days?<br /><br />Strictly a local and national event?<br /><br />WaylonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-23396318322069930252010-01-27T07:43:33.811-08:002010-01-27T07:43:33.811-08:00Well Waylon, top of the list would be state vs. fe...Well Waylon, top of the list would be state vs. federal.<br /><br /> Next would be the economic decline of the south as it became a one crop agricultural economy based on the historically inefficient plantation system. Now, slaves were critical to that system but the industrial age economy growing in the North was generating a collision course for two separate economies regardless of slavery.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-78928184895603392132010-01-27T07:19:27.674-08:002010-01-27T07:19:27.674-08:00"Once he trots out the canard that the Civil ..."Once he trots out the canard that the Civil War was organized around slavery you realize he's just cycling through the cliches."<br /><br />You mean it wasn't, Ducky? You criticize, complain and question yet offer no alternative explanation — what's your Coles notes version of what was behind the Civil War? <br /><br />WaylonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-40636855085138525902010-01-27T06:16:48.920-08:002010-01-27T06:16:48.920-08:00You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when...You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight?<br /><br />--------------------------<br /><br /> Now, Louis Gates is a race pimping ass but "putting up a fight". He's an elderly man who walks with a cane. This guy is clearly "afraid of the dark". A common malady in his generation.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-42093867547489002182010-01-27T06:14:48.303-08:002010-01-27T06:14:48.303-08:00Once he trots out the canard that the Civil War wa...Once he trots out the canard that the Civil War was organized around slavery you realize he's just cycling through the cliches.<br /><br /> Someone should tell him that American exceptionalism is a myth.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-18960197807702435232010-01-27T04:58:51.705-08:002010-01-27T04:58:51.705-08:00Give 'em hell Harold!
I need to get my 93 yea...Give 'em hell Harold! <br />I need to get my 93 year old next door neighbor Ed to write a letter. He's also a Navy vet. The ghetto commie will ignore all of them, but the rest of us will not.JINGOISThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767545065448290469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-14986063654166833542010-01-26T23:54:42.047-08:002010-01-26T23:54:42.047-08:00The Greatest Generation are my grandparents.
I s...The Greatest Generation are my grandparents. <br /><br />I sat up with Papaw many nights and listened to his stories, some wartime, some just about life in general. <br /><br />Those stories will be re-told time and time again to my children. The lessons will be taught. <br /><br />Patriotism will be passed down. <br /><br />Even though my children do attend public school right now, I am vigilant to educate them on what I believe. I teach them to listen to their instincts, and know when they are being persuaded in a particular direction. <br /><br />I don't talk down to them. I don't feel like there's time for that at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-38061904543828738152010-01-26T22:00:55.719-08:002010-01-26T22:00:55.719-08:00I too wish there were a LOT more of him.I too wish there were a LOT more of him.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/00064746447414555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-43525477394780021152010-01-26T20:41:25.513-08:002010-01-26T20:41:25.513-08:00Steve, I was SO hoping you'd enjoy the post be...Steve, I was SO hoping you'd enjoy the post below this..did you see it?<br /><br />Isn't this man wonderful? I really fear the loss of these men will be such a hit on America; our kids are learning in schools that we're the worst, not the BEST. Where do we go from here?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-25237767394157466162010-01-26T19:59:45.436-08:002010-01-26T19:59:45.436-08:00Z,
The Greatest Generation? Yep, this about cover...Z,<br />The Greatest Generation? Yep, this about covers it. Great letter. I couldn't have said it better myself.Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-84077697256999855392010-01-26T19:59:11.411-08:002010-01-26T19:59:11.411-08:00My pat on the back of that outstanding patriot who...My pat on the back of that outstanding patriot who helped to maintain what freedoms we have today, but the good guy is wasting his time writing to the idiot we have as president.<br /><br />Three more years, folks - three more years.Steve Harkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497761866380334481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-28795181295883732802010-01-26T19:20:35.834-08:002010-01-26T19:20:35.834-08:00There is nothing to add to this exceptional heartf...There is nothing to add to this exceptional heartfelt letter except to say, Mr Estes you are a treasure. <br /><br />Thank you for your service, and your undying love for America.<br /><br />God Bless you.<br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-3232155391176010332010-01-26T18:02:50.674-08:002010-01-26T18:02:50.674-08:00I saw this before, what a great letter and indeed ...I saw this before, what a great letter and indeed Mr. Estes says it all for most Americans. God bless him!<br /><br />HAMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com