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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:35 PM Original message |
139 Years Ago Today... Bobby Lee gives it up to US Grant! |
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rfkrocks
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. God bless Mr Lincoln and Mr Grant! |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I wish the Railsplitter were here today |
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rfkrocks
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. LOL!!!! |
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Yupster
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. And God bless General Lee |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You are right, probably the pinnacle of Lee's greatness as a human being |
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GainesT1958
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm...I wouldn't claim Sherman so quickly... |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I agree with you re: the Indians, but not about the South |
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Yupster
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I don't agree that breaking the will of the civilian population |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Why not? If the populace demands that the army continue the war? |
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Muddleoftheroad
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The Southern populace |
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RummyTheDummy
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Sat Apr-10-04 03:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. We did the same thing to the Germans |
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DivinBreuvage
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Sat Apr-10-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Yes, but anyone who has studied the period also knows |
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Zomby Woof
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. ever read Sherman's memoirs? |
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buycitgo
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Fri Apr-09-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. If only it had been a draw |
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homelandpunk
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Excuse me!! I'm black. In Mississippi. Care to explain yourself...boy? |
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Muddleoftheroad
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Yeah, who cares about us darkies after all |
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NoPasaran
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Huzzah for General Grant! |
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PROGRESSIVE1
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless the Union!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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kentuck
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. And so ended the war of northern aggression... |
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buycitgo
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. please......take it all back......esPECIALLY Texas |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They'd be on some kind of Lebensraum nonsense now anyway |
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NoPasaran
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Bush is from Connecticut |
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buycitgo
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. you think you'd have WOMEN in office, much less voting? |
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Ishoutandscream
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Sat Apr-10-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. And I wouldn't be an American citizen |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yeah, sort of like the way the Poles started World War II ! |
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MonicaR
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. The Correct Alternate Title would be.. |
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Yupster
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Sat Apr-10-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I like the |
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theHandpuppet
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Sat Apr-10-04 04:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Have you actually read the Articles of Secession? |
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pezcore64
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. interesting |
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kentuck
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. 139 years later and we still can't make a joke about it..... |
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jpgray
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Too bad Johnson was first such an asshole, and later such a tool |
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DivinBreuvage
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. LOL... He had a rough time of it |
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markses
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Huzzah! |
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Taverner
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sigh...Maybe if they would have executed Lee |
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Yupster
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Would he get a trial first? |
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Taverner
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Fri Apr-09-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Treason |
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NoPasaran
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. They should have hung Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree |
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Taverner
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I understand Lee may have done some good things |
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NoPasaran
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Not to defend the confederacy, but |
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Yupster
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Virginia left the Union |
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Muddleoftheroad
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Fri Apr-09-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Thank God Lee surrendered |
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DrWeird
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. The Confederacy was every bit as evil as Nazi Germany. |
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Yupster
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Okay, I'll bite |
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Taverner
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Slavery=American Holocaust |
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Yupster
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Genocide according to my trusty Random House is |
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bicentennial_baby
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Sat Apr-10-04 10:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Try the UN Genocide Convention definition |
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walmartsucks
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Sat Apr-10-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Alas |
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Zomby Woof
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. screw Sheridan |
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DivinBreuvage
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Sat Apr-10-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes indeed, but I mentioned him not as a great human being |
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K8-EEE
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Sat Apr-10-04 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. Does Anybody Ever Think We ARE Two Countries? |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sat Apr-10-04 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. More Southern bashing. No wonder the South votes repub. |
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DivinBreuvage
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I didn't bash you... I just said it's a good thing that you lost |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:26 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I didn't lose anything! |
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fujiyama
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Sat Apr-10-04 04:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. While I wouldn't say |
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DivinBreuvage
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Sat Apr-10-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Then what are you so angry about? |
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Ishoutandscream
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Sat Apr-10-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Well said. Many poor southerners fought bravely for a terrible cause |
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DivinBreuvage
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Sat Apr-10-04 10:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Wrong on two counts! |
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Ishoutandscream
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Sun Apr-11-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. What was the population of the two areas? And the number of munitions |
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Yupster
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Sun Apr-11-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Some numbers |
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Yupster
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Sun Apr-11-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Very interesting debate currently among historians |
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walmartsucks
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Sat Apr-10-04 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. And the state that has the largest percentage of |
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pschoeb
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I should hope so, they have the largest percentage of black residents |
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Centre_Left
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
58. You are all weird. |
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Ishoutandscream
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Sun Apr-11-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Absolutely. I am tired of being called "arrogant" because I'm a Texan |
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cureautismnow
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Sat Apr-10-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. Many Slavery Enablers Among South AND North Forebears |
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