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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 04:44 PM Original message |
Has anybody ever read the Confederate Constitution? |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. They were wrong then |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, yes. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it gives a unique insight into the public place the South has |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Ugh! |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. When the Confederate Constitution was being written |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Article 4, section 1. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Interesting |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But it wasn't about slavery |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. More to the point of "the reason" were the Declarations of Secession |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Good resource ... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Thanks! Bookmarked! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Well, it doesn't ... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. And all one has to do is point out exactly what they SAID was important |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I agree ... |
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Raiden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Even still, many former Confederate states |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well of course there was no 14th |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Warren.... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. My point was about how the 14th altered things to apply those rights |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think the part about slavery negates pretty much everything in that |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Although it's the Confederate Constitution that thinking isn't limited to |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here is all you need to know about the filthy confederate traitors |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The Constitutional Convention in Montgomery |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I never said studying them was worthless |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That's all fine |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. rebel flag waver = ignorant racist rube? I've met many who are very |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So what were their reasons for being rebel flag wavers? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I don't know their reasons, I simply pointed out that they are not all |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I was friends for many years with the |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Who was this? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. I really don't agree with that when it comes to Civil War Re-enactment |
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bhunt70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Some famous southerners... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Don't forget Jimmy Carter, Al Gore and thousands of other Democrats. n/t |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Did they call themselves confederates or southerners? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. My First Thought Was That They Were Copying the US Constitution |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. The most interesting thing was the single six year term for the president |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I've Actually Heard The Single Six-Year Term Proposed for the US |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Many times ... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Agree RoyG |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. You forgot a small part of it |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Many state constitutions have the "almighty God" phrase in the preamble |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The Illinois Const. has, "To Get A Share of the Pie" in the preamble. |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. If only the REST of the country would have integrated "state's rights"... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Not particularly ... |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 07:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Point well taken... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. However, without the South, politics would be so much different right now. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. If you want to imagine what would have happened if the South had succeeded |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Historical revisionism. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
48. all those people dead!!! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. and, in the Bible |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It would NOT have been better if the South had split |
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