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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:40 PM
Response to Reply #24
28. Heh.
My husband's family was in Germany until about 1951!
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  -My kid found out today we were on the wrong side in the Civil War. Bouncy Ball  Jan-10-05 04:25 PM   #0 
  - d'oh  Worst Username Ever   Jan-10-05 04:27 PM   #1 
  - Thanks.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:29 PM   #5 
     - Yes, tell her the Democrats used to be the Southern party  stpalm   Jan-10-05 04:34 PM   #16 
        - What's your deal?  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:37 PM   #21 
        - I was kidding.  stpalm   Jan-10-05 05:07 PM   #58 
           - Oh ok sorry.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:18 PM   #65 
        - And then she can take pride that her family and democrats got over it.  Inland   Jan-10-05 04:42 PM   #32 
        - Actually, Lincoln was very pro-labor and anti-corporation  jobycom   Jan-10-05 04:45 PM   #39 
  - Now tell her what we did to the Indians  Done   Jan-10-05 04:28 PM   #2 
  - And the Hawaiians  Rabrrrrrr   Jan-10-05 04:29 PM   #4 
  - I'M not sure about the Hawaiians...  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:31 PM   #10 
     - Yes, the Hawaiians  Rabrrrrrr   Jan-10-05 04:39 PM   # 
     - Yikes, I had no idea.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:41 PM   #29 
        - No, not surprising at all -  Rabrrrrrr   Jan-10-05 04:44 PM   # 
     - Links  JohnLocke   Jan-10-05 04:51 PM   #47 
  - Oh shit she found out about that LAST year  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:30 PM   #8 
  - You've got a good kid there.  Done   Jan-10-05 04:34 PM   #15 
  - Hitler planned his genocide by studying what we did to the Indians.  alphafemale   Jan-10-05 04:44 PM   #37 
     - Wow.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:50 PM   #46 
  - my mom found out when we were doing genealogy that we  roguevalley   Jan-10-05 04:29 PM   #3 
  - I can understand that.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:33 PM   #14 
  - I think I had ancestors fight in the Civil war.  coloradodem2005   Jan-10-05 04:29 PM   #6 
  - "we" didn't do it (reply to done)  stpalm   Jan-10-05 04:30 PM   #7 
  - I know, that's what I tried to get across to her.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:31 PM   #9 
  - Tell her this:  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-10-05 04:36 PM   #18 
  - yeah I know  stpalm   Jan-10-05 04:36 PM   #20 
     - We, as in our nation, have done some horrible things.  Done   Jan-10-05 04:56 PM   #50 
  - ..."we" are still reaping the benefits of what was stolen from them.  alphafemale   Jan-10-05 05:50 PM   #72 
  - It looks like some of my Welsh ancestors went to Ireland to cause trouble  yardwork   Jan-10-05 04:32 PM   #11 
  - Well, I'm 1/4 Norwegian.  Crunchy Frog   Jan-10-05 04:52 PM   #49 
  - Difficult issue, but good job  dr.strangelove   Jan-10-05 04:32 PM   #12 
  - Wow, thanks!  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:49 PM   #45 
     - Its all about truth and confrontation  dr.strangelove   Jan-10-05 05:08 PM   #59 
  - Oh, and most southerners didn't own slaves  stpalm   Jan-10-05 04:32 PM   #13 
  - My mom did geneology work for about seven years  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:36 PM   #19 
  - Doesn' t make you any worse than, say, me.  Inland   Jan-10-05 04:35 PM   #17 
  - Brazil was the last Western country to abolish slavery.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-10-05 04:37 PM   #22 
  - Good for y'all  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:39 PM   #27 
  - Exactly  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:38 PM   #25 
  - Considering you live in Texas  RagingInMiami   Jan-10-05 04:38 PM   #23 
  - Stop it now!  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:39 PM   #26 
     - I'm sure they'll soften the lesson  RagingInMiami   Jan-10-05 04:43 PM   #33 
        - I don't know  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:44 PM   #36 
  - I had some on both sides.  cornermouse   Jan-10-05 04:38 PM   #24 
  - Heh.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:40 PM   #28 
     - Well he certainly wasn't part of the confederacy.  cornermouse   Jan-10-05 04:58 PM   #51 
     - Oh my family fought in the Revolutionary War  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:02 PM   #54 
        - Well, there you are then.  cornermouse   Jan-10-05 05:18 PM   #66 
     - Oh God that helps  fujiyama   Jan-10-05 05:12 PM   #61 
        - Ahem,  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:17 PM   #64 
           - I'm sorry to hear that  fujiyama   Jan-10-05 05:29 PM   #70 
              - Right.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:34 PM   #71 
  - WE didn't do anything to anyone  Bill Lumbergh   Jan-10-05 04:42 PM   #30 
  - This is a TEN year old.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:43 PM   #34 
     - Oh ok  Bill Lumbergh   Jan-10-05 04:43 PM   #35 
     - I'm a history prof, and I even say "we"...  Maddy McCall   Jan-10-05 04:48 PM   #43 
  - What a lovely child.  Maddy McCall   Jan-10-05 04:42 PM   #31 
  - Aw, thanks  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:45 PM   #40 
     - James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me" is taking effect....  Maddy McCall   Jan-10-05 04:47 PM   #41 
        - Yeah because you know,  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:48 PM   #44 
           - I think the shift in history is a good thing.  Maddy McCall   Jan-10-05 05:03 PM   #55 
  - You have a sensitive daughter...  Glenda   Jan-10-05 04:44 PM   #38 
  - Shoulda seen her when they were doing the  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 04:47 PM   #42 
     - Public school? (nt)  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-10-05 04:52 PM   #48 
     - Yep.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:03 PM   #56 
        - Double fucking WOW on a pogo stick!  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-10-05 05:04 PM   #57 
     - It sounds like you 2 are good for each other!  Glenda   Jan-10-05 05:13 PM   #62 
  - Growing up, I always focused on the fact that my Great Grandparents  Pirate Smile   Jan-10-05 04:59 PM   #52 
  - It has always afffected the way I view the world  jobycom   Jan-10-05 05:00 PM   #53 
  - Wow great post.  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:10 PM   #60 
  - My two cents FWIW as having "worked through" this issue  Coventina   Jan-10-05 05:14 PM   #63 
  - Yeah  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:19 PM   #67 
  - Excuse me, but that's The War of Northern Aggression.  GOPisEvil   Jan-10-05 05:19 PM   #68 
  - Ah, thanks, my man!  Bouncy Ball   Jan-10-05 05:20 PM   #69 
  - It's probably good to cry.  bloom   Jan-10-05 06:00 PM   #73 
 

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