No... foriegn rule meaning that someone across the sea was telling them what to do, taking their money and there wasn't much benefit from it.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:40 PM Subject: Re: States Rights: was(RE: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart) > foreign rule? Remember the colonists were citizens of England at the > time. They mainly objected to paying for a war they wanted. > > larry > > On 1/20/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I tend to think that society progresses with or without government >> intervention. After all, slavery was an idea doomed to without a civil >> war >> had they just let it be. Civil rights have strengthened not because of >> government, but because some people got up and made it happen. Jim Crow >> laws would have eventually faded away much like laws prohibiting sodomy >> or >> interracial marriage. Not to say that it's not a good thing, but rather >> that local rule is a big reason that there even is a union, and it's a >> very >> important part of living. Foreign rule is what caused the Revolution to >> begin with. >> >> - Matt >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:08 PM >> Subject: Re: States Rights: was(RE: [signs of sanity] MD no longer >> subsidizing Walmart) >> >> >> > you mean like as in the pre civil rights movement states rights. It >> > was only through federal intervention that freedoms and rights such as >> > voting rights were strenghened. >> > >> > larry >> > >> > On 1/20/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Which I think gives me a great time to segway into States rights. >> >> >> >> If we actually followed the constitution, and didn't have such a >> >> strong >> >> federal government. I would have a lot less issues with things like >> >> this, >> >> because I could simply move to a state that more closely followed with >> >> my >> >> personal beliefs. Why don't republicans and Democrats see that if we >> >> weaken >> >> federal government and strengthen the States, we could have far more >> >> freedom, and all the division that we have going on today would be >> >> unnecessary? >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:01 PM >> >> > To: CF-Community >> >> > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart >> >> > >> >> > ok good. When I saw activity in this thrad I was like omg do >> >> > we really have to do this some more? I don't think there is >> >> > going to be agreement on this regardless. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >*quickly shaves small black mustache* >> >> > > >> >> > >Oh I did not take it personally. Had I taken it personally I >> >> > probably >> >> > >would have called out a few explicits and what nots myself. Just >> >> > >showing my displeasure that they were attached to my comments :) >> >> > > >> >> > >Adam >> >> > > >> >> > >On 1/20/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193582 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
