Walt Patrick wrote: > About 140 years ago, a group of federalists took over the government > and > waged a war of conquest which destroyed more than a million lives thereby > establishing the principal of rule by conquest as the foundation for the > federal government. If they could kill hundreds of thousands of Southrons, > and they did, then it's not much of a stretch for them to continue on that > path killing anyone else who gets in their way.
I believe you mis-spelled "Southerners". Or perhaps "Confederates". And don't forget that the South fired the first shot. Some Southerners had been preaching war for years, and very many were happy when it came. But you've reduced The Civil War (The War Between The States) to blue and grey, and it wasn't that simple then either. There were Union militias formed in the deep south, and union sympathizers into the deepest of the deep south. Likewise there were Confederate militias formed north of the Mason-Dixon line that made life interesting in the North. And there were also Confederate sympathizers all over the north. The Confederate states themselves were a fractious lot that had more differences than commonalities. Particularly in the last year of the war, their leaders spent nearly as much time fighting among themselves as they did fighting the Union. Your comment about the military-industrial complex rings hollow, because after 1865 the military-industrial complex practically ceased to exist. The United States didn't keep a large standing army, so it didn't need a large industry to supply a large standing army. And yet, to this day, The Civil War was our most damaging war to date. Largely because of the use of Napoleanic tactics in early industrial warfare there were huge numbers of casualties. Because of this The Civil War produced more American deaths than all of our other wars combined. For all of those who are making comments like "Demicans and Republicrats" the only thing I have to say is that getting The Shrub out of the White House is the first step. The thought of that hyper-religious madman getting re-elected scares me. I don't like being scared of my politicians. You've obviously been staying away from the polls in droves, because the only candidate that showed a glimmer of being something different, Howard Dean, just quit because he couldn't get enough support. That leaves us with John Kerry, the Republican part of the Democratic party, and John Edwards, who isn't any better. At this point any of the "alternative" party candidates are merely spoilers, and votes for any of them are effectively votes for Bush. I say again, get Bush out of the White House first. Worry about making major changes to the federal government later. And while you're at it, don't forget all of the congressional elections, state and local elections, and other issues that will be on your ballots this year. AP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
