or slavery? >From: "Kyle E. Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Petition for NEA.DOC >Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:04:48 -0500 > >You're absolutely right, Ken. Know what? IMO, Calhoun was right too. If >it weren't for Sherman's Bummers, I wouldn't be working for a living right >now--I'd be living off the proceeds from the land that Sherman stole from >the family. We had ground from Hartwell Co. all the way up to Rabun Co. >Look how depressed the area is now. One wonders, however, what would have >happened had the French and English made good on their promises to aid the >Confederacy--and the South had actually won. Would there still have been a >Southern nation--or another war between the southern states? > >States Rights! > >-Kyle > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:11 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Petition for NEA.DOC > > >okay, i know you have been waiting with baited breath for my answer to the >question this morning. the great state, mass. first threatened to secede >from the union many years before the war of northern aggression. why. >excessive tax (in the opinion of those in boston) on rum inportation from >the carribean. > >now you know. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kyle E. Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 8:06 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Petition for NEA.DOC > > >Let's face it, we've had taxation without representation ever since the >imposition of the Federal Income Tax. You can blame that on (at that time) >the Republicans and the aftermath of "The War of Northern Aggression". > >-Kyle > >-----Original Message----- >From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 7:48 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Petition for NEA.DOC > > >In a message dated 1/31/00 3:17:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] >writes: > > > upporting art is a constitutial function of > > government. "the public welfare" maybe. but maybe not. i do not claim >to > > know all of the answers on this. > > >ken, the nea funds many programs, including the arts program i was in over >the summer. I feel you are fundamentally right, if I was working, I'd >wonder why my taxes had to go to the war machine, etc.. t's always a toss >up. >m. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com