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 :)
>
> -----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 7:15 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: earthquake
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> I was just making a funny. To be honest the Civil War and the
> Confederacy
> are history - you don't wipe out history. To this day we have Civil War
> re-enactments, Civil War Monuments, National Parks made out of the
> battlefields. This is a huge part of US history, and it should be
> remembered
> - boths sides. While thru the years - its hallmark has been ending
> slavery -
> the I believe was it based on economics - ending slavery was a small
> part. I
> think they are crazy to want to destroy that mountain art piece - it is
> an
> art piece, it represents history. I know here in Alexandria - in the
> center
> of town - we have a Confederate Soldier Statue and memeriol. I hear
> rumblings about removing him! I get upset - it honors the soldiers -
> they
> died - they deserve to be remembered. History immotalizes the victors
> but
> the vanqished have the same story. They were they brave, they died for
> their
> beliefs, and they are someone's father. brother, son, mother, daughter,
> sister, they can also be remembered because but for a twist of fate -
> they
> would be the victors.
>
> OOOPPPPPS - sorry I got long - Trisha
>
>
> > actually the confederate flag was dunped a couple of
> > years ago in a midnight session of the legislature.
> > lots of complaints. the new governor wanted to go
> > back, let the people vote. i think he knew the
> > majority would go back to the pre-1956 flag that had
> > no confederate battle flag as part of it. it was not
> > anti confederate since the klan and other groups had
> > wheyleighed the flag for their purposes.
> > once it was voted on then the issue hopefully would be
> > put to bed altogether.
> >
> > if you want anti confederate, there is a group that
> > wants to take the conferate memorial off of stone
> > mountain.
> >
> >
> > --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Probably caused by all the confederate soldiers
> > > rolling over in their graves
> > > - as Georgia is the state dropping the confederate
> > > flag - Righ?
> > >
> > > Trisha
> > >
> > >
> > > > the earthquake was 4.5. hey, maybe georgia will
> > > fall
> > > > in the atlantic before california falls into the
> > > > pacific.
> > > >
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