Jim Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Happy 200th!! Two of the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 A war of choice. Well done, Abe. Union dead; 364,511. Wounded; 281,881. Confederate dead; 260,000. Wounded; Unknown. Southern civilians dead; Unknown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Con Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 An unreconstructed rebel. whoop de crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 For someone who consistently spouts historical factoids you appear significantly ignorant of the larger issues involved in watershed events. To simplify the civil war as a war of choice - yet in stark contrast, back the frat boy war in the middle east - either indicates your lack of perception or an innate ability to substitute complex issues with rhetoric. I suggest you widen your historical reading list - I can suggest a few. You obviously need it. I'm waiting for the post where you lambast Darwin and post links to the Discovery Institute. I don't often resort to web insults - but Jesus - you're like the CC.com village idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc313 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Don't get him started,or he'll wipe out his "Pandas and Humans" Book!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 For someone who consistently spouts historical factoids you appear significantly ignorant of the larger issues involved in significant historical events. To simplify the civil war as a war of choice - yet in stark contrast, back the frat boy war in the middle east - either indicates your lack of perception or an innate ability to substitute complex issues with rhetoric. I suggest you widen your historical reading list - I can suggest a few. You obviously need it. I'm waiting for the post where you lambast Darwin and post links to the Discovery Institute. I don't often resort to web insults - but Jesus - you're like the CC.com village idiot. Actually, I'm pretty well versed on the whole picture--but there's always more to learn. Could it be that you're misunderstanding the point of my posts which often draw comparisons to and/or contrasts with past American presidents? I'm not sure where your Darwin jibe comes from; obviously you don't know me very well. You do seem a little tense lately. Nothing to march against these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Are you comparing Abe's "war of choice" to GWB's "war of choice"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkporwit Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Eh, forget Abe Lincoln. Rutherford Hayes is da man! At least if you live in Paraguay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Eh, forget Abe Lincoln. Rutherford Hayes is da man! At least if you live in Paraguay... Asuncion's Presidente Hayes soccer club — nicknamed "Los Yanquis" — won the Paraguayan championship in 1952. Like the Cleveland Indians. Hayes was the only U.S. president to be wounded in the Civil War — five times, once seriously. "I did not know that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 The election of 1876 is one of the most interesting in American history. Hayes ended up being appointed President by a commission made up of 15 members from the senate, house, and supreme court--by one vote. This, despite the fact that Samuel Tilden won the popular vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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