Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Special Prosecutor; "Rove Not Target of Investigation"

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 7/17/05 11:24:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Even though the American Indians (AFAIK) don't recognize the power of the Federal Government *over themselves* they don't try to reclaim the properties they sold to it, even though the US Gov't was guilty of innumerable treaty-breakings in their case. What excuse does South Carolina offer? This reeks of self-serving post-hoc justification to me. Though rather sympathetic to States' Rights in principle (and no great fan of a bloated and arrogant Federal Gov't), I just lost a little more respect for the South. It doesn't matter if the State government had sold the fort to the Feds. The Feds paid for the fort with taxes taken from the people of South Carolina and other southern states.As I said in my earlier post, certainly you don't think the British were entitled to keep the infrastructure they paid to build,i.e. roads, forts armories, courthouses after the colonies decided to declare independence. When southern states seceded, they were declaring independence from the United States, as the United States declared their independence from Great Britain. Nobody would want an uninvited foreign power with a fort in their backyard, especially at the entrance to an important harbor. Most federal commanders had the good sense to surrender their commands in states that seceded. All federal property was retained by the states since those states declared themselves independent of the federal government. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.