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Thu Dec-09-10 08:51 PM
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| 29. No it was more like a hostile takeover - |
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the "start" was not a "reform movement". The "start" was sailing to an unfamiliar land and claiming it as their own, with no regard to the indigenous folks already living there.
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| -The United States was founded on compromise? |
robinlynne |
Dec-09-10 08:11 PM |
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A bit of revisionist history. nt |
TBF |
Dec-09-10 08:12 PM |
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How is it revisionist. |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-09-10 08:34 PM |
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Yeah right ! Obama talks like a freaking loser... |
libertypirate |
Dec-09-10 08:46 PM |
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And there certainly wasn't much "compromising" done regarding the Native Americans - |
TBF |
Dec-09-10 08:48 PM |
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But they did compromise on slavery. |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-09-10 09:30 PM |
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You mean when they decided a slave was 3/5 a person? That "compromise"? nt |
TBF |
Dec-10-10 06:48 AM |
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You can include that |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-10-10 08:15 AM |
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are you serious? what compromise? |
ChairmanAgnostic |
Dec-10-10 03:13 PM |
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Well then I guess you think Adams, Franklin and Jefferson caved |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-11-10 03:16 PM |
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Please read a little history |
former9thward |
Dec-11-10 07:27 PM |
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So your saying that the founding fathers didn't compromise |
JamesA1102 |
Dec-09-10 09:29 PM |
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The colonies came up with the declaration of independence and the constitution, |
stray cat |
Dec-09-10 08:15 PM |
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The "foundation" of the country - we are talking about the European land grab, correct? nt |
TBF |
Dec-09-10 08:49 PM |
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The founding document for this Country is the US Constitution. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-10-10 07:06 AM |
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+10000 |
bushisanidiot |
Dec-10-10 08:53 AM |
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+. The Constitution is a document dripping with compromise. nt. |
Hosnon |
Dec-10-10 08:59 AM |
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You completely ignored my point. We stole land to create a country. |
TBF |
Dec-10-10 09:26 AM |
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Then I guess your point is irrelevant. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-10-10 03:10 PM |
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So we are then talking about only acceptable points in history that back up Mr. Obama's point ? |
TBF |
Dec-10-10 06:07 PM |
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You still don't seem to get it. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-11-10 09:04 AM |
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There is no way to defend Mr. Obama's "compromise" unless you are in favor of regressive republican |
TBF |
Dec-11-10 09:42 AM |
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You are all over the map. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-11-10 03:13 PM |
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Try a reading comprehension class, maybe it will help. nt |
TBF |
Dec-11-10 06:50 PM |
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What a powerful non-response. nt |
JoePhilly |
Dec-11-10 08:03 PM |
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they compromised on slaves, and that they counted as 3/5 of a human |
Motown_Johnny |
Dec-09-10 08:17 PM |
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Yes. Yes Indeed! And 100 years later the rivers flowed with blood |
CBGLuthier |
Dec-10-10 06:58 AM |
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Doesn't armed revolution preclude compromise? |
donco6 |
Dec-09-10 08:18 PM |
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And What About After The Revolution |
KharmaTrain |
Dec-09-10 08:21 PM |
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It didn't start as an armed revolution. |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-09-10 08:23 PM |
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And they compromised by . . . ? |
donco6 |
Dec-09-10 08:32 PM |
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There was a decade of broad agitation for reform before the first shots were fired. |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-09-10 08:43 PM |
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I don't see any of that as "compromise" at all. |
donco6 |
Dec-09-10 09:05 PM |
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No it was more like a hostile takeover - |
TBF |
Dec-09-10 08:51 PM |
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Thank-you. |
robinlynne |
Dec-09-10 08:25 PM |
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It Was Indeed... |
iamjoy |
Dec-09-10 08:20 PM |
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Well, we did give the Native Americans the reservations |
rucky |
Dec-09-10 08:20 PM |
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I cringed when I |
Autumn |
Dec-09-10 08:20 PM |
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I guess you don't know your history. |
Bluerthanblue |
Dec-09-10 08:43 PM |
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Hi. how are you. |
Autumn |
Dec-09-10 08:55 PM |
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public school education |
Bluerthanblue |
Dec-09-10 09:39 PM |
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You're confused about what the "founding" of the United States is. |
Igel |
Dec-09-10 10:01 PM |
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wow! well done- |
Bluerthanblue |
Dec-10-10 08:47 AM |
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well he talked about not being able to walk through front door |
704wipes |
Dec-09-10 10:56 PM |
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It was. The Articles of Confederation were a morass of mandatory compromise. |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-09-10 08:21 PM |
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Your last phrase says it all. had they compromised with London there would be no United States as |
robinlynne |
Dec-09-10 08:26 PM |
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True, but it wasn't the colonists who were refusing to compromise. |
Occam Bandage |
Dec-09-10 08:31 PM |
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Look at the GOP today as London then. Look at the colonist's reaction and look at Obama's reaction. |
robinlynne |
Dec-09-10 08:58 PM |
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you know, i THOUGHT i heard Obama say that. and then, i was, like, |
inna |
Dec-09-10 08:23 PM |
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Look up The Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, The Massachusetts Compromise... |
jefferson_dem |
Dec-09-10 08:24 PM |
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THANK YOU. |
emulatorloo |
Dec-09-10 08:30 PM |
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+1 n/t |
tammywammy |
Dec-09-10 08:54 PM |
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I think the small states liked fixed number of representatives per state |
Nye Bevan |
Dec-09-10 08:25 PM |
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A compromise concerning slavery. Actually many before the Civil War. |
Mass |
Dec-09-10 08:32 PM |
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reading down this thread, I have to wonder if DU'ers really are that ignorant. |
KittyWampus |
Dec-10-10 08:57 AM |
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Sure |
Canuckistanian |
Dec-09-10 08:34 PM |
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Constitution: Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 1: "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as |
struggle4progress |
Dec-09-10 08:37 PM |
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then you may not know as much about the founding of this country as you think- |
Bluerthanblue |
Dec-09-10 08:39 PM |
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Remember when Washington and Cornwallis played checkers in order |
bullwinkle428 |
Dec-09-10 08:42 PM |
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Checkers? |
notesdev |
Dec-09-10 09:07 PM |
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I thought it was |
Autumn |
Dec-09-10 09:35 PM |
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I believe that's true.... |
tulsakatz |
Dec-09-10 08:53 PM |
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Yes...our Congress is a compromise that you hear about every day. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Dec-09-10 10:56 PM |
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How come when Mr. Obama compromises we always lose? |
TBF |
Dec-10-10 06:53 AM |
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He's right. |
Le Taz Hot |
Dec-10-10 06:53 AM |
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Yes, Revolution is compromise. |
mmonk |
Dec-10-10 08:27 AM |
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uggh. Go look for the entire clip instead of quoting out of context |
ecstatic |
Dec-10-10 08:50 AM |
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Of course it was |
LawnLover |
Dec-11-10 03:18 PM |
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They compromised with King George dontcha know |
lunatica |
Dec-11-10 06:52 PM |
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Ask umpteen million slaves about compromise. nt |
madinmaryland |
Dec-11-10 07:17 PM |
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Perhaps he refers to AFTER the Revolution? But he ignores THE REVOLUTION! |
WinkyDink |
Dec-11-10 07:18 PM |
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