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guillaumeb

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27. why exactly did Lincoln want to keep

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 05:35 PM

Feb 2015

the Southern states in the Union? Comic relief?

Maybe the South should be allowed, or forced to form their own country. My suggestion for the name for the country would be
Freelodia
Combines the freedom to be an idiot with the concept of freeloading off the Federal Government. Given that the Southern States all get more back in tax dollars than they contribute I think the concept is not economically viable but give it a try.

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What a baby. nt cyberswede Feb 2015 #1

And definitely not the New Year's type. William769 Feb 2015 #6

What an ignorant bigotted pig. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #2

Can we abolish him entirely geomon666 Feb 2015 #3

This sounds a lot like legislating from the bench which I thought right wingers hated. LonePirate Feb 2015 #4

This is what you get when judges only need an Alabama high school diploma to be a judge. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #5

I have a GED guillaumeb Feb 2015 #33

In Alabama, step right up sir. Who needs law school to be a lawyer, or judge , anyway? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #37

and I believe that the President guillaumeb Feb 2015 #41

as a pure matter of law, what he actually said isn't all that surprising onenote Feb 2015 #42

His means to the end goes directly through the Bible. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #43

Oh goody! pipi_k Feb 2015 #7

What an idiot. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #8

Bigots don't think further than the end of their nose. tammywammy Feb 2015 #16

The baby Jesus cries when the Gubberment forces people to live in sin. nt onehandle Feb 2015 #9

It always frightens me that we have such raving lunatics in positions of power. n/t patricia92243 Feb 2015 #10

+1 cyberswede Feb 2015 #12

And damn it, if we're going to allow Negroes to sit wherever they want in a theater TlalocW Feb 2015 #11

They actually did this with public swimming pools. Iggo Feb 2015 #23

Haters would be funny, if the consequences were so tragic. aikoaiko Feb 2015 #13

Their new state slogan... lame54 Feb 2015 #14

All those holier than thou will be living in sin! tammywammy Feb 2015 #17

Or better still, "Alabama Is For Lovers" KamaAina Feb 2015 #29

Go for it. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #15

Remember when Alabama tried to abolish public schools to avoid desegregating? Kurska Feb 2015 #18

Mississippi basically did just that. KamaAina Feb 2015 #30

That's true in a lot of places in north Miss., LuvNewcastle Feb 2015 #38

And you guys have almost all the casino money KamaAina Feb 2015 #40

Yeah, good luck with that, Bumpkin. Aristus Feb 2015 #19

"No state shall pass any Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts" NYC Liberal Feb 2015 #20

Hate when you liberals always try guillaumeb Feb 2015 #35

Try it, I dare you. Initech Feb 2015 #21

Hoo-ray, Alabama!!! Iggo Feb 2015 #22

The people in OK Runningdawg Feb 2015 #24

KKKarl Rove and his band of crooks got many of these neanderthals their jobs years ago. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2015 #25

He's going to take his ball and go home! JoePhilly Feb 2015 #26

why exactly did Lincoln want to keep guillaumeb Feb 2015 #27

what a nutcase! chillfactor Feb 2015 #28

Finally after all these years I understand mythology Feb 2015 #31

I know, why not take that a bit further. louis-t Feb 2015 #32

Go for it and see how that works out for ya. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #34

america has some big-ass problems...this asshole is one of them spanone Feb 2015 #36

The dying gasps of bigots. bullwinkle428 Feb 2015 #39