Well I wasn't part of the American education system, but we did learn about the US civil war and slavery. My edumacation centered around slavery being the driving factor.
That's right, you *can* study *other* countries in school. hehe, runs. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may be wrong, but I thought that slavery did nto become an issue in > the Civil War until after the Emancipation Proclamation - which, if > memory serves me correctly - only freed the slaves in the states that > had seceded. > > I also remember being taught that the _start_ of the Civil War was > based on socio-economic issues between North and South (I am not sure > if slavery falsl into that category or not). > > Not claiming any of this as fact - just trying to remember from > history class. (You would think, with where I live now, I would be > more up on Civil War history - I do plan to rectify that, though) > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > C'mon Larry, everyone knows that civil war was about healthcare and not > > becoming socialist. It had nothing to do with slavery, which by the way > > wasn't really slavery, it was simply an inequality in the pay structure > for > > black workers. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> Nice bit of historical revisionism there. Lets see after that are you > >> going to rewrite the history of the Civil War, like the latest > >> Republican darling Virginia governor McDonnell has done? > >> > >> > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040705100.html?sub=AR > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > I don't remember anyone calling him soft on terror, I do remember many > >> > calling Bush evil. Obama is just continuing with the Bush strategy and > >> > getting called a hero. > >> > > >> > You mention drone attacks as a signal Obama is tougher on terror than > >> > Bush but is it that simple? Is the bombing helping or making things > >> > worse. Could we have done more bombings two years ago? > >> > > >> > Seems to me it's an illusion, step up bombing, keep the wars going but > >> > make nice with terrorists and beg them to be nice. It's not working, > >> > the whole "The world will stop hating us" plan failed. Now the > >> > question is what's next, does he have a plan B or will he just keep up > >> > with the Bush policies? > >> > > >> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> > > >> >> Certainly a ballsy move, though if what has been said about this > >> >> particular guy is true, it seems like the order would naturally > follow > >> >> given what else the admin has done. Amazing to think that there have > >> >> been more CIA missile strikes in Obama's first year in office than in > >> >> the last 3 years of Bush's tenure combined. I'm not entirely sure > that > >> >> the people we are involving ourselves with in Afghanistan, Pakistan > >> >> and Yemen (to name a few) are entirely the wisest choice but I'm > >> >> astounded that people can actually think that the Obama admin is > "soft > >> >> on terror". > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
