Comments on: Confederacy of Dunces http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: constantweader http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1825181 constantweader Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:15:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1825181 <p>I suppose I’m the only one in the U.S. who thinks so, but I’ve always felt Lincoln made a tremendous mistake in fighting the southern states. He should have just kissed them goodbye. The war itself was horrendous, & blacks would have been better off in both the North & the South, in the South because slavery wasn’t working out anyway & would have died of its own weight within a decade or two. In the meantime, the underground railroad would have saved many runaway slaves. I suspect by 1875, the South — by then an economic catastrophe — would have been begging to get back into the U.S.A., & Southerners would have had to feel & demonstrate some humility. </p> <p>As it turned out, instead, white Southerners remain defensive losers who are proud of their stupidity.</p> <p>The Constant Weader at <a href="http://www.RealityChex.com" rel="nofollow">www.RealityChex.com</a></p> <p>P.S. But likely I wouldn’t be living in Florida today.</p> I suppose I’m the only one in the U.S. who thinks so, but I’ve always felt Lincoln made a tremendous mistake in fighting the southern states. He should have just kissed them goodbye. The war itself was horrendous, & blacks would have been better off in both the North & the South, in the South because slavery wasn’t working out anyway & would have died of its own weight within a decade or two. In the meantime, the underground railroad would have saved many runaway slaves. I suspect by 1875, the South — by then an economic catastrophe — would have been begging to get back into the U.S.A., & Southerners would have had to feel & demonstrate some humility.

As it turned out, instead, white Southerners remain defensive losers who are proud of their stupidity.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

P.S. But likely I wouldn’t be living in Florida today.

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1825059 bluebutterfly Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:38:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1825059 <p>I wonder why they went there? Is he really that dumb or did he intend to let everyone know they were going to Iraq? Motive? Mission?</p> I wonder why they went there? Is he really that dumb or did he intend to let everyone know they were going to Iraq? Motive? Mission?

]]> By: bonkers http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824979 bonkers Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:10:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824979 <p>Seems like an odd time to go to Iraq. Job Creation program to be voted in Senate tomorrow, and then coordinated with House version, and these yahoos are gonna start playing political football with innocent women and children’s lives in Iraq yet one more time?!?</p> <p>Of course, maybe they’re there for other nefarious reasons.</p> <p>(classic move by Hoekstra…another tough talker who has never actually had a real fight in his life probably and no street skills whatsoever)</p> Seems like an odd time to go to Iraq. Job Creation program to be voted in Senate tomorrow, and then coordinated with House version, and these yahoos are gonna start playing political football with innocent women and children’s lives in Iraq yet one more time?!?

Of course, maybe they’re there for other nefarious reasons.

(classic move by Hoekstra…another tough talker who has never actually had a real fight in his life probably and no street skills whatsoever)

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824960 bluebutterfly Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:12:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824960 <p>” A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret. “</p> <p>” A delegation led by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, arrived in Iraq earlier today, and because of Rep. Peter Hoekstra , R-Mich., the entire world — or at least Twitter.com readers—now know they’re there. “</p> <p>“Just landed in Baghdad,” messaged Hoekstra, a former chairman of the Intelligence panel and now the ranking member, who is routinely entrusted to keep some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets. “</p> <p><a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&docID=news-000003026945" rel="nofollow">http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmsp.....0003026945</a></p> ” A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret. “

” A delegation led by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, arrived in Iraq earlier today, and because of Rep. Peter Hoekstra , R-Mich., the entire world — or at least Twitter.com readers—now know they’re there. “

“Just landed in Baghdad,” messaged Hoekstra, a former chairman of the Intelligence panel and now the ranking member, who is routinely entrusted to keep some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets. “

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmsp…..0003026945

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824953 bluebutterfly Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:06:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824953 <p>Thanks..impressive list..going to be some good stuff in some of those I’m sure..</p> Thanks..impressive list..going to be some good stuff in some of those I’m sure..

]]> By: gtomkins http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824950 gtomkins Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:58:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824950 <p>Lincoln had it easier</p> <p>By the time he got to DC, the Southern Conservatives of his day had abandoned Congress to the half-way sane people, who were a lot easier to work with.</p> Lincoln had it easier

By the time he got to DC, the Southern Conservatives of his day had abandoned Congress to the half-way sane people, who were a lot easier to work with.

]]> By: Kurt http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824943 Kurt Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:42:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824943 <p>Let the democrats pass it on their own then, they can take full credit for it if it works, and vise-serva. Quit whining about those horrible conservatives/Republicans, you don’t need them any more.</p> Let the democrats pass it on their own then, they can take full credit for it if it works, and vise-serva. Quit whining about those horrible conservatives/Republicans, you don’t need them any more.

]]> By: Attaturk http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824921 Attaturk Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:19:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824921 <p>Oh, I am.</p> Oh, I am.

]]> By: Attaturk http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824920 Attaturk Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:19:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824920 <p>No problem. I try to think of punchy titles — for once there was an alternative.</p> No problem. I try to think of punchy titles — for once there was an alternative.

]]> By: STTPinOhio http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824919 STTPinOhio Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:17:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/09/americas-short-bus/#comment-1824919 <p>You should feel honored; I felt so strongly about your post I finally broke down and registered with Digg.</p> <p>So it’s now done, er, digged.</p> You should feel honored; I felt so strongly about your post I finally broke down and registered with Digg.

So it’s now done, er, digged.

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