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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:10 PM Original message |
'Confederate History Month' Declared By Virginia |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone needs to tell these |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. you & i know the south lost, but the south refuses to admit to admit it's over... |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Years ago I asked a friend of mine from Virginia who was a |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Traitors have holidays in Virginia. What next, take a treasonous dog to work day? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. my dad used to say that the south shall rise again. High enough to |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. Tennessean here |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. I love Virginia. Some of mom's family came from there. So much |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. You, sir, and I use that term charitably, do not 'get' Southern Culture |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can someone please give Virginia back to England? Oh wait.. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. We've already got at least four threads going on this....nt |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's next, Tory remembrance day in New England? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. N.E. sent the Tories packing to Canada or England or elsewhere. |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
74. Vermont too. A lot of them moved to Vermont. LOL. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. LOL. Maybe they thought they'd reached Canada? |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Its like having NAZI day all over...honoring the battles losers. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's Un-American. The Confederates were against America. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. 2nd n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
87. Strangely, there are those in Virginia who have called the Minnesota Historical Society "un american... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Funny thing, Wiltt tthe Stilt. As soon as I saw the thread title, my reaction was |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here come the "Hang on to your hoop skirts, ladies" posters in 5-4-3-2- |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Now the GOP owns the Confederacy. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hope all those VA Dems who did not show up to vote... |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Does that history include the slavery part? |
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StevieM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Agreed. Without slavery there would have been no succession or war IMO. (eom) |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. It is a common misconception regarding the role of ending slavery with the civil war |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. great post...and thanks for the reminder about jim crow |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
78. That post was more like denying the Holocaust, then saying anti-Semitism still exists. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. what? that post was a reminder that racism didn't end when slavery was abolished |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. The Civil War was fought over slavery. That is historical fact. |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Sorry but to a large degree liberation (33) is right. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The North fought because it was attacked by the South. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Oh please, what a crock. What do you think "state's rights" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. Sorry, but kwassa is the one who's correct. Liberation's post is revisionism, |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Expansion to Acquire Resources Exacerbating Existing Conditions |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Perhaps you should go back and reads the secession ordinances: they're generally about slavery |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. THANK YOU |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #57 |
73. This neo-Confederate revisionism is insidious, |
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CynicalObserver (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. thank you for a rational voice of reason and factual data on a basic |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. A neo-Confederate meme that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
71. What is your evidence for the bizarre claim that slavery |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
77. Read the Articles of Secession. South Carolina's will do. Most of the seceeding states |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
95. Wow, the revisionist history is getting deep here |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Free blacks could not live in Lincoln's Illinois, "Free" states meant white-only |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
83. "Get over it? Not likely." The Union suffered casualties, too. And got over it, even though the |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. The stain of racism & slavery lingers on everyone, North and South |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:40 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. not to mention jim crow, which remained the law of the land in every state |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. A Lot of So-Called Capitalists Are All For Bringing Back Slavery |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Bringing back? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
80. Yes, and African American slaves sometimes felt superior to "poor white trash." |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. We already have lots and lots of second place trophy |
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Third Doctor (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. WTF? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I was just about to post that- a month to "study" a 4 year period? |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yankee History Month |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I would call that month |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. and fought for their slaves |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. he was a cousin. I apologize to EVERYONE about him. We don't |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
64. kick |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm sure all the black people in Virginia will be glad to celebrate |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. When we were on vacation in Virginia, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. WHEREAS, Virginia has long recognized her Confederate history, (full text) |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Okay, let's reflect. Virginia and others tried to leave the Union, got a |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. I suggest they spend an entire week on Appomatox Courthouse. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Gee I wonder if they'll have a parade with hoop skirts and.... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Traitor History Month |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. Loser history month |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Interesting |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Jefferson Davis was one of the 6 West Point Grads who became |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Lincoln, who was a lawyer before he was President, thought secession was treason, with very good |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's all they need to remember about the Confederacy: |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Apparently doublethink deserves its own holiday. Orwell would be ever so proud.... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. About that Treason thing... |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I've just spent a lot of time reading the Milwaukee newspapers from the civil war era |
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CynicalObserver (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
67. basing a view of political history |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. Civil War newpapers, though perhaps not perfect, are far better than revisionism, and |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
84. +1 (Wish I rec your post.) Thank you. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
85. "But you must realize that the authority of the Federal Government is a POST Civil War thing." BULL |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Lets also declare April "Moron's Month" |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. In VA every month is Confederate History Month! SC too. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Confederate History Month..." when we've got a black president. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. and they obviously resent black history month |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. This is a poor attempt at an insult |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Another new holiday |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. Why not just call it "traitor month" |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. April Fools! |
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caveat_imperator (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Maybe someone should print |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
88. DUzy! Kudos. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. And tomorow hate radio will be telling their zombies it's US who are |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. I invite an honest and civil re-examination of the civil war and its meaning. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. Virgina used to celebrate Lee-Jackson Day and MLK birthday together ... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #50 |
101. Now they split them and state employees have a 4 day weekend |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's times like this that make me think we need laws like those |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. Perhaps to be followed by "Old Testament Week" |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. so...Is the month to remember how the Confederates got their ass kicked? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
61. The only good thing to come out of the Confederacy is the Col. Angus sketch on SNL. |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
82. What an embarrassment to our state this is. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Anyone who says all Virginians are backward and racist is both a fool and an asshole. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
90. "Confederate History Month" translation: |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
94. Hey Bobby! Your beloved confederates were shooting at Stars & Stripes. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
96. It's Really Pretty Simple. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
97. "Confederate History Month,"... F A I L |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
98. They disgust me beyond words. CNN's Roland Martin raked Brag Bowling |
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