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Sun Apr-16-06 03:15 AM
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Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 03:18 AM by OneBlueSky
one of three principles that all Democrates should run on . . .
1) Telling the Truth.
2) Upholding the Rule of Law.
3) Government of the People, By the People, and For the People.
got some responses, but then it died . . .
actually, I doubt that many Democratic candidates would agree to these principles . . . given that most of them are part of the system relies on falsehoods, regularly circumvents the law, and governs "Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, and For the Corporations." . . .
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| -The Gettysburg Address |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 09:44 PM |
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First of all |
Yupster |
Apr-14-06 09:50 PM |
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I hold that truth to be self-evident. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 09:53 PM |
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I'll second that! |
0007 |
Apr-14-06 09:54 PM |
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Yeah! Fuck Lincoln and continuing the fight. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 09:55 PM |
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Lincoln was a good man... |
pretzel4gore |
Apr-14-06 10:18 PM |
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Lincoln made us ALL slaves...(nt) |
hexola |
Apr-15-06 09:45 AM |
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How so? |
Steve_DeShazer |
Apr-15-06 12:18 PM |
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huh? |
wordpix2 |
Apr-15-06 12:37 PM |
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Lincoln helped make me a slave to my country's history, in the sense |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 12:39 PM |
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BS on both your arguments |
Toots |
Apr-15-06 10:14 AM |
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Neither Lincoln nor I said anything about |
Yupster |
Apr-15-06 10:44 AM |
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but if 7/11 states could break away, why not 5 of the richest ones too? |
pretzel4gore |
Apr-15-06 03:31 PM |
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Actually Lincoln did say this ... |
RoyGBiv |
Apr-15-06 11:01 PM |
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The war was fought over the Union surviving the principles of it's creatio |
Toots |
Apr-16-06 10:03 AM |
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I disagree ... |
RoyGBiv |
Apr-15-06 10:55 PM |
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The reason the South succeeded was because they did not believe all men |
Toots |
Apr-16-06 10:08 AM |
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In a nutshell ... |
RoyGBiv |
Apr-16-06 12:37 PM |
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That's your opinion. |
tabasco |
Apr-15-06 03:39 PM |
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Well yeah |
Yupster |
Apr-15-06 03:53 PM |
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Thank you. |
SnoopDog |
Apr-14-06 09:52 PM |
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I'm not sure that some people really read closely what he's saying. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:01 PM |
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Increased devotion to government of, by, and for the people. |
bleever |
Apr-14-06 10:00 PM |
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Absolutely. It's supposed to take work. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:05 PM |
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Cough cough....of the people for the people and by the people |
0007 |
Apr-14-06 10:07 PM |
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You're not listening to what he's saying. It's an IDEA. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:09 PM |
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"A new birth of freedom." nt |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:11 PM |
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Hillary Clinton will be President and there will be a Civil War; |
originalpckelly |
Apr-14-06 10:16 PM |
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Then buy guns. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:18 PM |
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Thanks B L G |
nevergiveup |
Apr-14-06 10:36 PM |
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I just visited his home a few days ago. |
BullGooseLoony |
Apr-14-06 10:37 PM |
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An exceptional speech. |
RevCheesehead |
Apr-14-06 10:38 PM |
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Ok, that just rocks :) |
sproutster |
Apr-14-06 11:27 PM |
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I'll add to that |
WolverineDG |
Apr-15-06 10:44 AM |
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And if a state has a vote |
Yupster |
Apr-16-06 01:54 AM |
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It always brings tears to my eyes. |
kineneb |
Apr-14-06 11:19 PM |
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kineneb, you've been around awhile... |
Iowa |
Apr-15-06 09:44 PM |
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not around that long |
kineneb |
Apr-16-06 10:41 AM |
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Thank you for posting this. It is what real patriotism is all about. |
linazelle |
Apr-14-06 11:22 PM |
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I'm with Rev |
CC |
Apr-15-06 01:38 AM |
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"government of the people, by the people, for the people" . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Apr-15-06 02:17 AM |
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THAT. IS. GENIUS. You need to make a separate thread with |
theophilus |
Apr-15-06 01:27 PM |
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Agreed. It would be genuine and refreshing. And popular. |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 02:05 PM |
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actually, I've initiated several posts that include this as . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Apr-16-06 03:15 AM |
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By context and content, Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg is the |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 08:22 AM |
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. |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 08:41 AM |
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I think this passage descibes our current state: |
hootinholler |
Apr-15-06 09:46 AM |
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Agreed, hootinholler. "So conceived and so dedicated..." Exactly. |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 10:02 AM |
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Thanks for posting this |
NoPasaran |
Apr-15-06 10:38 AM |
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Hi NoPasaran! |
WolverineDG |
Apr-15-06 10:45 AM |
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Something scares me. |
Gregorian |
Apr-15-06 11:04 AM |
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Gregorian, your post prompted me to think about a possible campaign |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 11:56 AM |
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it will get scarier when we get Dem Congress & start impeachment proceed- |
wordpix2 |
Apr-15-06 12:47 PM |
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ALMOST as eloquent as 'fighting 'em there so we don't have to fight 'em |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Apr-15-06 12:00 PM |
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Wait. You're comparing Lincoln's off-the-cuff, hackneyed speech |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 12:17 PM |
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Yea he wrote that shite on the back of an envelope, how good could it |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Apr-15-06 12:27 PM |
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LOL! O, Mayberry Machiavelli, I needed a good roaring laugh for |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 12:35 PM |
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B G L, I wanted to throw in a passage here from Gary Wills' book on |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 01:15 PM |
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Lincoln with a Union victory finally at hand, and a few days left to live: |
bleever |
Apr-15-06 01:50 PM |
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If ever a face revealed the history of events of its time... |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 02:04 PM |
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Brilliant speech by a great American. |
tabasco |
Apr-15-06 03:37 PM |
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Yes, tabasco. I like your contrast a lot. Lincoln carried the weight of |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 05:11 PM |
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Language...exactly. |
Honest_Abe |
Apr-15-06 10:39 PM |
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Abe? Abe!? Is that you? My god in heaven! |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-15-06 10:46 PM |
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Well there were obvious ways to avoid the war |
Yupster |
Apr-16-06 03:42 PM |
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I recommend Gary Wills' "Lincoln at Gettysburg." |
NNadir |
Apr-16-06 03:45 PM |
#65 |
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