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To: Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver

The Union soldiers actually fought against self determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves.


163 posted on 01/28/2007 9:29:31 PM PST by stainlessbanner ("I cannot be destroyed. I cannot be silenced. I cannot be compromised." - The Nuge)
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To: stainlessbanner
The Union soldiers actually fought against self determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves

Well, two-thirds of them anyway.

166 posted on 01/29/2007 4:13:00 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: stainlessbanner
The Union soldiers actually fought against self determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves.

LOL. Did that include the 3 million people of the Confederate states who were held in chains.

185 posted on 01/29/2007 12:59:10 PM PST by Ditto
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To: stainlessbanner
The Union soldiers actually fought against self determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves.

Yeah, I know. The North was just as racist as the South and worse. The North thought they were the supreme race. ;)

192 posted on 01/29/2007 7:18:36 PM PST by Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver (Senate Republicans' Motto: Quit while you're ahead.|| Democrats' Motto: Going nowhere fast!)
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