Posted on 04/12/2010 3:32:16 AM PDT by ICAB9USA
>>I was just with my grand kids at Fort Sumter, and the notion of nullification made me extremely nervous because it was, of course, the first step toward the Civil War.<<
Where did she get her journalism, the Goebbels institute? Is she saying here that the Yankees started the war when they nullified the SCOTUS Dred Scott Decision?
And here all along, they’ve been teaching that the Confederacy started the war. I guess we’ve been lied to. AGAIN!
“Civil war is when citizens oppose fellow citizens. When citizens oppose the government, we call that revolution.”
Yes, but in a revolution citizens also oppose other citizens (i.e., supporters of the government).
Civil wars are most often fought by various factions over control of the government, and the government is just one of those factions. Sometimes a few of the factions will temporarily ally themselves for a specific purpose or operation, but they do not really “support” each other.
Revolutions are usually pretty well defined and focused. Civil wars are most often chaotic cluster f***s.
TODAY, April 12, 1861, WAS the first step of the Civil War! Ft. Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina was bombarded today 149 years ago.
These are the kind of people the commies blow away first when they take over a country. Usefull idiot, airheads,, excess baggage, chances are, it won’t enter their mind, they won’t wake up till just before they are elimated from the idiot pool,,,if at all.
“Confused”” is a better word. “Nullification” was proposed in the 1790s to block the effects of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Both Jefferson and Madison—the virtual author of the Constitution—hoped to block an action by the Federalists that overroad the Bill of Rights. It was revived in the 1830s by South Carolina to block an obnoxious tariff, then again in the 1850s by some northern States to block application of the Fugitive Slave Act. Fact is that centralizers like Roberts get bent out of shape every time that the power of Washington is challenged.
Outstanding point! Ironically I'm sure she thinks she is highly educated and worldly, but in reality her narrow educational experiences and her adult ‘cloistering’ in the DC crowd have left her with a fairly narrow understanding of the world.
I really believe we are at the tipping point.
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I hear you.
I used to fear that.....now it would be refreshing.
(sarcasm, or is it?)
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.... yes, sir.
Exactly.
Sad but true.
Whoaa... here estrogen levels are getting whack
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Did you mean roberts or Sam’s ?
“She is one of those New Orleans liberals”
Yes, one of those liberals apparently quite comfortable with the sleaze and corruption that permeates passage of a 2700 page monstrosity (e.g., Louisiana purchase) and totally baffled why average Americans might find that offensive.
LoL!
How ironic, considering that it is the taxpayer who is being enslaved.
The first step towards civil war was when they rammed Obamacare passed the tonsils of the American public.
Whatever happens because of that will be on their heads.
But nullification of the marijuana laws is good. Nullification of the Obamacare is bad.
Let’s see. Liberals hate guns and want to prevent anyone (including themselves) from owning them. Conservatives like the idea of owning guns and actively pursue the right to do so. Exactly how long would a Civil War last today?
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