Posted on 01/07/2013 4:01:08 AM PST by Kaslin
I’ll drink to that!
LLS
The GOP is not “man” enough to drink the Tea Party’s whiskey! It takes courage and there is non in the GOP anymore.
Whiskey? Bone head? He’s there! Maybe he would be better if he were drunk than he is when he’s straight. Looking at all the options? grasping for straws? get ready for this! “looking for hope and change”?! We are in a deep hole in the ground with no ladder.
this is gonna be a good thread...
my whiskey is crown royal...
I don’t think you can get it in the US, but if you see any “Forty Creek”, buy it. Beats them all.
A minor quibble, Stanton may have said this but there was no report of it until nearly thirty years after Lincoln died. It sounds more poetic than accurate.
is this a straight or blended whiskey???
We need our own UKIP. The original went from being a mocked 5th party to potentially picking up tons of seats in the next national election in the UK.
I believe this is inaccurate.
Lincoln ran for IL Senator in 1854 and 1858, though these weren't exactly elections where he was a candidate.
The state legislature, not the people, elected the Senator, so the race was between whether the nominated candidate for Senate could get more of his guys elected to the legislature.
Anyway, that's only two defeats.
I doubt Washington would have claimed that he was able to "control events." He waited for an opportunity and counter-punched, with Yorktown the classic example.
OMG, people...wake UP!
Lincoln didn't 'remake US society on the basis of the words of the Declaration of Independence', the Founders had already done that!
Lincoln repeatedly shat on the Constitution and our entire system of Law by making the federal government the final arbitrator of ALL Rights.
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He IGNORED the historical, documented fact the States had seceded from the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.
He IGNORED legal precedent set by the USSC Court of Appeals.
He IGNORED the Constitutional provision of waiting for a Declaration of War before mustering troops.
He IGNORED the 10th Amendment.
He IGNORED the Constitutional provision concerning a Republican form of government.
He gave us the first executive orders
He gave us the first tax on wages.
He gave us 'reconstruction'... the precursor to affirmative action.
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IMHO, admiring Lincoln while hating Obama is the vilest form of hypocrisy, because Obama DOES ACT just like Lincoln!
High ideals? That’s not what comes to mind when I think of the GOP lately.
The Founding Fathers never thought that rebellious states would be the oppressors and fighting against liberty.
Yep.
Courtesy of The Doors:
Well, show me the way
To the next whisky bar
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
Show me the way
To the next whisky bar
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
For if we don’t find
The next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why
Well, show me the way
To the next little girl
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
Show me the way
To the next little girl
Oh, don’t ask why
Oh, don’t ask why
For if we don’t find
The next little girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why
Constitutionally, the South was right. Do you believe the government is only held to Constitutional provisions until some elected official decides they're on the 'wrong side of history'?
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The Founding Fathers never thought that rebellious states would be the oppressors and fighting against liberty.
LOLOLOLOL! You DO realize the Founders are the ones who PUT slavery in the Constitution, don't you?
Templeton Rye.
Best Rye I have ever tasted.
The GOP and the Tea Party both could stand to sober up and realize what they're really up against.The hard core that these people worship grew up bombing ROTC centers, robbing banks, murdering cops, and inciting violent riots. Until they're confronted by the same sort of dedication, in spades, they won't take anyone who isn't on their side seriously. They got where they are by playing an inside game pushed along with violence their "outside: comrades incited which kept the threat of massive violence driving their agenda. The same sort of game backed by the same sort of open violence is all they understand.
That's exactly why they're so rabid about gun control. When I was still in High School the bastards were running a letter writing campaign at the State level objecting to the sale of .22 caliber, .38 caliber, and 30-06 caliber, ammunition in nearly every 7-11 type store in the state. One of their main concerns then was, "will hicks start shooting protesters".
To Hell with just protecting "Assault Weapons". When Congress critters are as inscrure as the poorest folks in a bad neighborhood, you can buy ammunition at every little market like you could in the fifties, and carrying a firearm openly or concealed doesn't require any sort of permit, then things will be back to the sort of freedom the authors of the Constitution envisioned.
The South, unhappy with the status quo, wanted to spread slavery and force it upon people who were for freedom.
If bad consequences came from the Civil War it was because the South didn't have a just cause for rebellion.
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