On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Moreover if you read Lincoln's writings you'll see that his philosophy was > very close to modern socialism." > > Say what? Modern socialism? > > Here is a poem Lincoln wrote: > > You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. > You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. > You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich. > You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. > You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer . > You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and > independence. > You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. > You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. > You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should > do for themselves. > - Abraham Lincoln >
I'm nuttier than a bag of PayDays, but you guys still give me pause at times. You're seriously trying to use Lincoln here? The guy who said the Fed is more powerful than the State? The same people who are pissed at Obama now would have been pissed at Lincoln then. "He's a socialist!" :Den -- If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because it was myself. Michel de Montaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
