Hi Mike!!!

   Thanks - just remembered it was some European country.

                              Trisha


> Trisha, it wasn't France, but England whoch was supposed to help the
> south.   In return, England was supposed to get unlimited exports of
> agricultural goods.  They came close to recognizing the south as a
> separate nation.  If they had, and if Grant had been killed by the shot
> that killed a horse under him, we certainly wouldn't be singing "The
> Stat Spangled Banner" as our National Anthem in Virginia, North
> Carolina, or Georgia.  :)
>
> On the states rights issue< such laws as the A.D.A., the Civil Rights
> Act, the IDEA, and the Rehab act, may be classified as unconstitutional,
> because they void the sovereignty of the states by congress.   In
> effect, the advocates for states rights now make the states into little
> nations with little accountability to Washington as to the handling of
> federal funds or otherissues.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Trisha Cummings
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: civil war, was re. earthquake
>
> Hi Mike!
>
>    Thanks - this morning I was trying really hard to remember the major
> issues - and to tie this alltogether - weren't the french suppose to
> help
> the south and then didn't? I am not up on the states right issues -
> would be
> happy to be enlightened. In a place where feds rule!! LOL   you get
> "fed"
> propoganda.
>
>                                            Trisha
>
>
> > Hi Trish,
> > The real reason for the civil war was not economics or slavery, the
> real
> > reason for the war was the issue of states rights and the federal
> > government.  We will have another civil war before too long, if Bush
> has
> > his way. He's already made me hopping mad by securing Sutton's
> > advancement to the appeals court.  I think Bush would've made an
> > excellent southern Democrat of the civil war era.  The political
> > landscape has flipfloped from the civil war era.   That may be the
> > reason behind the anti civil war feelings.  People don't like to be
> > reminded of the fact that the state's rights issue has been fought
> over
> > already.  =20
> > OKAY, I=92m GOING TO PUT ON MY ASBESTOS UNDERWEAR SO KEN CAN BLOWTORCH
> > ME!!!!!!!!!! .,lol :)