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Brighton Lodge
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21 Brighton Drive, Summerstrand
Port Elizabeth 6001
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Only 300 metres from Port Elizabeth beaches, this 4-star lodge is situated in the upmarket suburb of Summerstrand. It features an outdoor pool and luxury suites with kitchenettes.The modern suites at Brighton Lodge have separate entrances and some offer private patios leading to the garden. All are equipped with flat screen TV, en suite bathrooms, heated towel rails and underfloor heating. They have a minibar and tea-coffee facilities. Free WiFi is available in the business centre and in some of the suites.Breakfast is served in the privacy of guest suites or in Brighton's dining room. Room service offers a snack menu of toasted sandwiches and salads throughout the day.Port Elizabeth Airport is only 5 minutes' drive away and airport shuttle service is available on request. The Boardwalk Casino, the Entertainment Complex and the St George's Park Cricket Ground are within a 5-minute drive.The Brighton Lodge offers free private parking and remote-controlled security gates. ...read more
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Mulani and Claudette were so friendly and welcoming when we arrived-wonderful! They remained available at all times. Good location within walking distance of Boardwalk and Shark Rock. Great breakfast included which was a good start to the day.
Not too interested in the owner's biased opinions, but this can easily be steered clear of, as most in our party did. Bathroom window was open upon arrival and was not closable, with no screen.
Pool and grounds were very clean; public areas and area in rooms to gather with others; mini-bar with fridge and bar area with sink.
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BRYAN -- This Saturday, children will swim, bike and run to raise money for Scotty's House, the local nonprofit child advocacy organization.
The May-K Tri, a triathlon designed specifically for children ages three through fifteen, will kick off at 8:45 a.m. at Aerofit Health & Fitness Center on Villa Maria in Bryan.
The race will include three divisions of varying length and difficulty. Adult guardians are invited to participate alongside their children.
The race is being presented by the Aluminum Kids Triathletes club in conjunction with Aerofit, with proceeds going to Scotty's House.
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Officials are waiting on the results of an autopsy scheduled for this morning to determine the cause of 14-year-old Samairon Inthavongsy's death at Greenbelt Lake on Sunday.
"It was supposed to be at 8:30, but I haven't gotten a call yet," said Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn. "I don't have any reason to believe it was anything but a drowning. There were plenty of witnesses."
Authorities responded about 6 p.m. to a report of a possible drowning in the Sandy Beach area of the lake northwest of Clarendon. The Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department dive team found the Amarillo teen's body about 40 feet from shore in 11 feet of water at 6:56 p.m. Blackburn said.
If officials rule the death a drowning, it will be the 25th since the lake opened in 1968.
Recent past drownings include the death of Clarendon College student Darlyn Gonzalez in Sept. 2010 and Justin Angel Salazar, a Tascosa student, in July the same year, according to Amarillo Globe-News files. In 2009. Hotan Ahnood, also a Tascosa student, and his father Bashir drowned in January. Tye Brazell, Dumas, drowned in July 2008.


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7/23/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Once again, I was losing consciousness and feeling cold.The door opened and I felt myself being lifted out of the car, placed on a stretcher, and put into the back of the vehicle. Suddenly I heard a woman's voice, with a noticeable Irish accent yelling, "You've got to get yourself together, right now!" By startling me, she had brought me back to consciousness. Then, I found myself whispering, "Thomas, Thomas, Thomas....." After uttering his name I became
entirely cogent and conscious of what was happening to me.
It had been my first reading of St. Thomas Aquinas that reactivated my journey into the Catholic Church, and it was St. Thomas that kept me a living member of the Church that day on the Bronx River Parkway.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
7/23/2013 (3 years ago)
Published in Christian Saints & Heroes
Keywords: Thomas Aquinas, intercession of the saints, communion of saints, Deal Hudson, miracle, healing,
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - I would guess that most Catholics look at the sanctity of St. Thomas Aquinas as being primarily intellectual in character, given that he was the greatest Christian intellectual of the Middle Ages, which lasted 800 years.
I have been one of those, ever since the day my first reading of the Summa Theologica accelerated my journey into the Catholic Church. That was in 1980, and I was received into the Church in February, 1984 taking the name, "Tomaso" in tribute to the Angelic Doctor who had opened my eyes.
Five years later I would learn that St. Thomas was a great deal more than a saint who oversees the works of the intellect.
It was a beautiful September afternoon in 1989, and I was driving south on the Bronx River Parkway to the new faculty reception at Fordham University. I was driving in the middle lane a few mph below the speed limit. It was around 3pm, so the traffic was very light.
Out of the corner of my eye, in the side view mirror I saw a car coming very fast in the left lane. Just as the car passed me, it swerved in front of me -- I assume the driver was trying to impress me with his driving skill. Well, his car clipped the front left fender of my mine turning my car 45 degrees to the right and towards a steel guard rail.
I looked at the rail and my speedometer, which read 40 mph, and said "goodbye" to my wife Theresa and sixteen-month old daughter Hannah. I wasn't wearing a seat belt.
My car hit the guard rail and bounced backwards into the middle of the parkway. I was very surprised to still be conscious but blood was streaming down my face and onto my (brand new!) sport coat. I was very dazed and just sat in my car as other cars whizzed around me.
I was starting to lose consciousness when the door opened and a kind off-duty firefighter started to take care of me, applying pressure to the deep wound in my scalp, telling me he had to leave but that an EMS vehicle was on its way. I didn't want him to go, but shortly after I did hear the sound of the ambulance approaching.
Once again, I was losing consciousness and feeling cold.
The door opened and I felt myself being lifted out of the car, placed on a stretcher, and put into the back of the vehicle. Suddenly I heard a woman's voice, with a noticeable Irish accent yelling, "You've got to get yourself together, right now!" By startling me, she had brought me back to consciousness.
Then, I found myself whispering, "Thomas, Thomas, Thomas....." After uttering his name I became
entirely cogent and conscious of what was happening to me.
It was a quick ride to the North Central Bronx Hospital, where after several hours of waiting, a female resident freshly arrived from Mississippi, applied double stitches to my scalp, which was almost removed, and my forehead.
Theresa took me home later that evening, and young Hannah was put in my arms.
Can you imagine the feelings of being reunited with both of them after having been certain I would never see them again. It had been my first reading of St. Thomas Aquinas that reactivated my journey into the Catholic Church, and it was St. Thomas that kept me a living member of the Church that day on the Bronx River Parkway.
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Actor Josh Charles' first big role was as Knox Overstreet in 1989's Dead Poets Society, in which he co-starred with Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke.
From 1998 through 2000, Charles co-starred as anchor Dan Rydell on ABC's Sports Night, which depicted a nightly sports show closely resembling ESPN's SportsCenter. Though brilliantly written and acted, Sports Night was canceled after 45 episodes because of poor ratings. Fortunately, the show currently airs nightly on Comedy Central, and the entire series was recently released on DVD.
In 2002, Charles starred in the independent film Our America, which drew positive notices. And this year he'll be seen with Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell in S.W.A.T.
The interview below was conducted via e-mail in late December and early January.
Rob Neyer: Josh, I'd like to start with a technical question ... I've seen every episode of Sports Night, and I haven't been able to discern any real difference between your (fake) on-air performance and those of the guys who actually talk about sports for a living (well, except that you're more likeable than some of them). Did that take any training at all, or had you seen so many SportsCenters that it just came naturally to you?
Josh Charles: That's very kind of you, Rob. We did some research before the show started, but most of it came naturally. I have watched many SportsCenters over the years, so maybe it did seep into my subconscious.
Rob: Was broadcasting ever something that you considered doing professionally? As I'm sure you know, there's at least one precedent for making the switch; Andrea Thompson left NYPD Blue to become a broadcaster, and wound up on CNN (granted, that didn't work out so well).
Josh: I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.
Rob: Well, speaking of being a kid ... Unless you were faking it in Episode 45 (among others) of Sports Night, you're a lefty, which rules out all of the infield positions except first base. I bring this up only because I read somewhere that you used to play baseball, and I had you pegged for a shortstop. So where did you play, and for how long?
Josh: I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed (I think Rickey Henderson is the only major leaguer who does that now). When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends. They do usually play me at short, so it's funny you thought I was a shortstop. They don't get how hard that position is for a lefty, but I love the challenge.
Rob: I saw one note suggesting that you actually "considered" a career in professional baseball, but I also read that you started doing stand-up comedy when you were eight years old, which makes me think that maybe performing was something that you wanted to do from an early age. Do you remember thinking about your future when you were young?
Josh: Rob, as far as "considering" a career in professional baseball ... not quite, and I don't know how that one got out there. Probably some leftover PR bio or something. I did dream about it when I was a kid (who didn't), but I also dreamed about being a fireman, an astronaut, etc. I actually did start performing at a young age and yes, I did do stand-up when I was nine. I did seem to know that I wanted to act very early in my life.
Rob: Now, the reason that I thought you'd be fun to interview in the first place... I've got it on pretty good authority from one of your fellow Baltimoreans that you're a big sports fan, and particularly when it comes to your local teams. Is that right, that you grew up in Baltimore? And do you still follow the Orioles at all?
Josh: Yes, I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams. It's been great the last few years there too. The Ravens winning the Super Bowl, the (Maryland) Terps winning the NCAA (basketball championship), and how Ralph Friedgen has so quickly turned the (Maryland) football program around. Do I still follow the Orioles? I'll admit it's been tough lately, but I will bleed black and orange until the day I die.
Rob: You were born in 1971 -- just a few days before the Orioles wrapped up their third straight division title, I believe -- and I'm sure you have fond memories of the pennant winners in 1979 and the Word Series winners in 1983. Growing up, which was your favorite team, and who was your favorite player?
Josh: I do have very fond memories of the Orioles and Colts games at Memorial Stadium growing up. Even though Johnny Unitas played mostly before my time, he is my all-time favorite player from Baltimore. His legend is stamped into my consciousness, and the No. 19 has been, and always will be, my favorite. 'Nuff said.
I went to the final World Series game in 1979 with my grandmother and froze my butt off while Willie Stargell and the boys broke my heart (maybe it's sour grapes, but those Pirates uniforms sure were ugly).
When I was a kid, my favorite Oriole was Rick Dempsey. I just loved the enthusiasm he played with, and his sense of humor. The Babe Ruth antics during the Fenway rain delay were the coolest thing in the world and, as a kid, it really connected with me. He always seemed like he was having so much fun. He was also the MVP in the '83 World Series (which didn't suck).
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer. Also, I'm honored to call John "Boog" Powell my friend, and I enjoy seeing him whenever I'm at a game in Baltimore. And the fact that Terry Crowley remembers me from when I went to his baseball camp still amazes me ...
Neyer: Thanks very much for doing this, Josh. One of the perks of being a writer is that you get to meet lots of people that you respect. Just one more question, and I'll let you go ...
Movie buffs know that you played one of the principals in Dead Poets Society, but what some might not remember is that a few years later you appeared in a baseball movie, TNT's Cooperstown. That one notwithstanding, what's your favorite baseball movie?
Josh: My favorite baseball movie? That's a tough one. Off the top of my head I would say Bull Durham, followed by Field of Dreams, and The Natural.
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mexican love for california and norte amercanos es mucho grande
We have a saying in mexico about mexican love for California. " poor! poor! Mexico so far away from God and so close to California ".
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Tee Time: Etowah Valley Country Club
Published: Sunday, September 2, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 31, 2012 at 6:46 p.m.
We're not just talking about your nearby, friendly golf course when we mention Etowah Valley Country Club.
Just minutes from downtown Hendersonville you'll also find luxury lodging, an inviting clubhouse, meeting spaces, fine dining, tennis, swimming and croquet at the Etowah Valley Country Club & Golf Lodge.
Many residents are not aware that lodging is available at Etowah Valley, not only through the golf packages that they offer, but room rentals alone can be had for one or more nights.
The rooms border the course, so views are terrific. There's a dining room that serves a hot country breakfast buffet daily and dinner Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
On Tuesday and Friday evenings there's the all-you-can eat barbeque buffet at the Pavilion with live music and dancing.
Lunch is served daily at the grill.
A number of charity events are held yearly at Etowah Valley's championship golf course, and many of these events use the outside Pavilion for cookouts and socializing. Events can be scheduled year-round.
Both the public and members are welcome. Memberships to Etowah Valley are also available. For that information call 891-7022.
At Etowah Valley you'll find rolling valleys, rushing streams, deep green forests and lush fairways.
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Skip to comments.Ten Neo-Confederate Myths
Posted on 03/10/2013 8:19:44 AM PDT by BroJoeK
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Hood's wounds at Gettysburg, and loss of a leg at Chickamauga—really have to say he must have been driven- and reason/military logic escaped him. Terrible at Franklin, esp the loss of Patrick Cleburne.
Exciting to learn of a cache of Hood's papers/letters has been found, giving balance:
Your argument is invalid.
Sorry, FRiend, but the "revisionists" are all those who taught you whatever it is you think you know about the Civil War.
Both sides were Americans and that is all that matters.
Hell, our most famous General's family fought for the South - i.e. the Pattons of Virginia. The irony is that the South (generally speaking) has become the last bastion of freedom against the encroaching and sinister effects of socialism seeping in from the rest of the country. Folks in the midwest and Intermountain West need to stand with the Southerners on this before the left and east coast pukes have us all in serivtude. Posts likes this only serve to divide otherwise conservatively similar people on FR. Of course I do not mean this as a slight on FR's founder, who hails from California.
You're very observant.
He also didn't have a single vote south of the Mason-Dixon. He was president in the North, and only just barely that, winning Illinois with 53 percent, Iowa, with 54, Indiana with 51, Ohio with 51, New York with 53, etc.
He remains the only president elected with only 30 percent of the total vote, since South carolina was excluded from the election.
Make it decafe ''mom'',folks are already rilled up!
I'm more than that pal but I try always to be a gentleman which refrains me from telling you what you can do with that treasonous rag.
Bless your heart.
He also didn't earn a single vote south of the Mason Dixon. He may have been president of the North, but not of the South.
What the American Navy did to the Japanese Imperial Navy at Midway in 1942 is war as an art form. The South in the Civil War conducted itself as little more than an illiterate mob with guns.
From a page called "Defending the Heritage" on FB:
TYRANNY When someone in the Executive Branch says they can kill you without due process .Id be a little concerned when they begin comparing the current resident of the White House with the 16th who...
... disarmed the Border States, suspended habeas Corpus, declared Martial Law, engaged the military without Congressional approval, threatened the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, imprisoned almost an entire state legislature, deported his most vocal opponent in Congress, shut down hundreds of newspapers and jailed the editors, made total war on civilians, sat by while his minions set fire to and looted whole towns, freed slaves only where he couldnt reach them and held them in bondage where he could have set them free, stationed armed guards at polling places to intimidate voters, recruited foreign immigrants to use as cannon fodder, promoted his generals after they executed innocent citizens, started a war to collect taxes on demand of his political and corporate cronies.
The latest research places the number of dead soldiers from his war at 750,000, add to that tens of thousands of Southern civilians and millions maimed or disfigured for life.
His law partner states that, he coveted honor and was eager for power. He was impatient of any interference that delayed or obstructed his progress."
Sound familiar, about the only thing he didnt do regularly was play golf and shoot hoops
Photo: Two fast talking lanky lawyers from Illinois
My mentor on this subject is James Madison, whose words I quoted immediately after the Virginia ratification.
In Madison's formulation, "mutual consent" to disunion is the moral equivalent of "oppression" or "usurpations" which are a "violation of the compact as absolves them from its obligations."
But there were no -- zero, zip, nada, none -- "usurpations" "oppression" or "injuries" in November 1860, just days after Lincoln's election and four months before his inauguration, when South Carolina slave-holders first began organizing to declare their secession.
That made their declarations neither "mutual consent" nor from "violations of the compact" of which Madison approved, but rather disunion "at pleasure" of which he did not.
I think your view that the war was only about slavery is as incorrect as the war had nothing to do with slavery. Virginia voted against secession in April 1861 and did not seceded until Lincoln called up troops for an invasion of the South.
My great-grandfather (4 of my great-grandfathers served in the Confederate army) served as a private in the 10th Virginia and was not a slave-owner, 95% of the population of Virginia were not slave-owners. Yet after the war he apparently raised two black teenagers for they are listed as part of his household in the 1870 census.
Union troops invoked total war against the citizens of Virginia— they burned farms, killed livestock, and destroyed mills. Sheridan's destruction of the Shenandoah Valley and "The Burning" conducted in Fauquier, Prince William, Loudoun, etc. are well documented.
Oh, I feel the same toward my fellow Virginians who voted for Obama, believe me. "All y'all", though, doesn't apply to my county and the surrounding ones, which stayed reliably red. This is redneck country, and we're proud of it.
Besides, making fun of conservatives because they live in blue states doesn't make much sense, does it?
"Both sides were Americans and that is all that matters."
General Ely S. Parker, a member of the Seneca tribe,
drew up the articles of surrender
which General Robert E. Lee
signed at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Gen. Parker, who served as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's
military secretary was an educated attorney who was once
rejected for Union military service because of his race.
At the meeting, Gen. Lee was at first taken aback
at the presence of an Indian being in such a position.
After he got to know Parker,
Lee is said to have remarked to him,
"I am glad to see one real American here."
Parker replied, "We are all Americans."
From Chapter 13, Jesus Wept, An American Story
Dude. Think.
"Y'all" is a contraction of "you all." When you use it in the singular sense, as Yankees sometimes do when they think they're being hilarious, it looks, well...dumb.
Exactly - just like "All y'all"
I didn't realize it was a requirement.
I agree with you about the loss of Cleburne.
You know, I'm not certain if you and I haven't debated this question before... indeed, you nom de FReep ;-) suggests you may know a thing or two about that 1860 election.
If so, then you may remember that I argue Lincoln was only conceivably elected in 1860 because the Southern Slave-Power, which had ruled the republic since its founding in 1788, suddenly in 1860 committed political suicide by splitting its majority Democrat party into two minority regional parties -- northern and southern.
These two Democrat regional parties allowed Republicans to become majorities in enough northern states to carry a majority of the electoral college.
Yes, I well know the objections to my suggestion, and the answer is: elections are matters of emotion as much as counting numbers.
When Democrats split their majority party in half, many former Democrats realized they had no incentive to vote for an obviously regional minority party.
They split up, some joined the Republicans, others in critical states like Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee voted for John Bell's Constitutional Union party.
Had the slave-holding "Fire Eaters" been willing to stay with their "Dough-faced" Northern Democrat allies, 1860's outcome could have been quite different.
there are remarkably few records of civilians murdered or raped ...the best known exceptions are Grant at Vicksburg and Sherman's "march to the sea". In both cases, their actions were crucial to victory.
You are calling THOUSANDS of civilian lives murdered an "exception" "crucial to victory."
In contrast there is one known civilian casualty due to Confederate forces (a farmer at Gettysburg).
There is no doubt in my mind that slavery is/was not good for anyone involved.
My question is, paraphrasing a Philadelphia mayor of the early 80s, "When is the debt paid up?"
Oh, I kind of like "all y'all." It REALLY sounds Southern.
Wow, that old Confederate battle flag sure has your knickers in a twist.
My question is, paraphrasing a Philadelphia mayor of the early 80s, When is the debt paid up?
Most likely never, if most blacks and their enablers have anything to do with it.
In fact, there is no documentary evidence of any major issue except slavery as a reason for slave-holders' declarations of secession.
And it was not "complex" in the least, but rather as simple as simple can be: slave-holders believed their chief assets (slaves) and very prosperous way of life were threatened by the election of "Black Republican" Abraham Lincoln.
As for slaves serving the Confederacy, doubtless thousands, likely tens of thousands did, and many of those escaped to Union lines whenever they got the chance.
Slaves worked in all manner of Confederate military construction, service and supply jobs.
Some man-servants even went into battle with their white masters.
But there were no slave-units equivalent to the hundreds of thousands of Union colored troops, many of whom fought heroically and died to win the freedom they deserved.
Bless your Heart!
We of the South really enjoy the warmth of your message. We are looking forward to setting down with you, sometime, to a fine "supper" of fried chicken. mashed taters, biscuits and sweet tea.
My parentage is Alabama and Pennsylvania. We gave up on fighting each other years ago. Maybe you should consider it today, as it is a beautiful SUNDAY!
Again, may I say , Bless your Heart!
Lincoln won absolute majorities in those states in spite of the fact that there were as many as 4 candidates on the ballot. I'd say his victory in those states was overwhelming.
He remains the only president elected with only 30 percent of the total vote, since South carolina was excluded from the election.
Check your facts. Lincoln won almost 40% of the popular vote - 39.65 to be exact. John Quincy Adams won election in 1824 with 31% of the vote. And South Carolina was not excluded from the election; they cast their 8 electoral votes for John Breckenridge. Given your screen name I'm surprised you didn't know that.
What I fully recognize is that you wish, instead of discussing facts or debating issues on the subject, to carp on endlessly about "Yankee self-righteousness".
So that is not my problem, madam, it is yours.
But, yes, I certainly do give you permission to heal.
Heal, I say!
Again, not true if you're talking about popular vote. Lincoln got about 1800 votes in Virginia and 1300 votes in Kentucky.
So are you going to secede from Virginia?
Nothing to do with slavery? Nothing at all? Do you honestly believe that?
Why would you think so?
New Yorkers fold their pizza.
I'd like to see someone try to fold a Chicago pizza. Maybe someone from down South has tried.
Yes sir! Go ahead and try!
Also like to see a square cut connecticut pizza be folded. Gonna be messy!
"In contrast there is one known civilian casualty due to Confederate forces (a farmer at Gettysburg). "
Think about this a bit, with the numbers killed that is simply impossible. Can you name a source for that conclusion? Give me some time and I can give you civilian casualties due to Confederate forces. It was war, it happened.
So, you're having a slow day?
Something that people always ignore when they open up these discussions are the economies involved and the reasons events occur. In the 19th Century, the north was a manufacturing economy. They had the raw materials necessary and the factories that enabled them to produce as much as they needed.
The south had an agricultural economy. Unlike the north, when the south needed to produce more food, they had to plant more land or obtain more cattle. If they plant more land, they need more hands to work the land.
Since there were no federal crop subsidies to enable farmers to be paid for crop losses, etc., southern farmers had few options to increase production and increase revenue.
We also forget that wages were incredibly low in those days. It was common that the average wage was around $10 to $20 per month. The farmers in those days lived on the edge of poverty. Any bad crop or bad season could spell the end for them. Without crop subsidies from the government (as they have today) and crop insurance, things were pretty tight.
The same was not true for the north. Manufacturers could increase production when necessary and, if the price of the raw materials increased, that price increase got passed along to the consumer, just as today.
But, there is another piece that the anti-slavery crowd ignores and that is that farmers were largely prohibited from raising prices without government permision. So, their hands were tied. To increase production they had to plant more land which took more hands. To increase prices, they had to get government permission.
In order to meet these requirements, they couldn't afford to pay their field hands. If they did, the price of produce, even bread, would have skyrocketed beyond what anyone could afford.
So the only other option was slaves. Before I go any further, allow me to explain that I am neither condoning nor justifying slavery. My point is to explain why they were needed and why, when notherners began pushing for the abolition of slavery, the south felt threatened. Their very way of life and livelihood was being threatened. This is what brought us to secession and the whole Civil War.
It is also important to note that the Founders established the Constitution on the basis of the balance of power. The balance of power is visible throughout the Constitution including the 3 branches, different responsibilities, etc. While secession was not codified in the Constitution, it was acknowledged by several of the Founders in the Federalist Papers as another measure available to the states to maintain the balance of power against a strong central government.
The Second Amendment was about both defending the country as well as maintaining the balance of power so that the government would not be the only entity with the means to either defend the country or wage war. And, secession was another part of that balance of power.
History is great and I love history because it teaches us so much. However, you cannot study historical records in a vacuum, nor can you ignore the various stresses present on a society. When we read historical documents, we must read them in the context of the day, not as abstract things that say "x and such". The documents often shed light on the WHAT of an historical event, but not the WHY. The WHY of an event is the reason that the historical document exists.
So, you may want to re- re- re- re- re-fight the Civil War ad infinitum on the basis of the historical records but, if you fail to understand the prevailing pressures of the day, you fail to understand what history has to teach us.
The north was fighting for a principle that history teaches us was, ultimately, the right one. However, they way they chose to go about it was the wrong approach. The south was fighting for its very life and, as biologists have long told us, the will to survive is the strongest will we have.
If you get to this point, you will undoubtedly blather on about how I am actually defending slavery and the south was just trying to maintain slavery because all southerners are inherently evil bastids. And, if you respond that way, we will not have had a civil discourse and, once again, another individual will have failed to learn what history has to teach us by taking events out of context.
What's your point? (as if I have a damned thing to do with slavery, having been born in Texas in 1967, NOT 1847) It's a done deal and has been for almost 150 years.
As to "how" they were freed, well, millions of white guys died to free them.
It would be ignorant to say that there were no anti-slavery people in the South or any pro-slavery people in the North.
Generalities and stupid stereotypes on this subject are grossly wearisome, y'all.
All this talk about pizza and now THIS!
Good article. Maybe it's the "all" and "only" that sets some people off. The problem is that some states didn't secede when it was all about slavery, but waited until war had already begun. I'd just say secession was about slavery and leave it at that.
Nice post.
Instead, secession (or "disunion") is always seen as a last resort, requiring mutual consent or material usurpations and oppression.
In other words, the Federal Government was not created as compact or contract between the states, but a legal framework ratified "by the people."
This claim will always seem absurd, since:
1. the constitution was ratified by the states 2. later states were not represented in it's formation
3. "the people" is an abstraction
4. Most important, it closes the door to secession in the future-- perhaps not that distantwhen it--or more practically its implicit threat--might be the last measure to forestall tyranny.
In other words, this reading will make it possible for the Federal Government to imprison or assassinate citizens it deems seditious, or mobilize the army against its own citizens-- (a violation of its own constitution.)
First of all, you sound like one of those "low information voters", who sort of walk around in a daze, don't really understand anything, and randomly pick up a lot of false information, right?
Second, "good" and "evil" in this case hugely depend on your views toward slavery.
If you consider slavery evil, then those who declare war to defend it should have a pretty hard time proving they are somehow "good", right?
In historical fact, the Confederacy was formed precisely to modify the Constitution to add clauses which protected the "rights" of owners of human "property" -- yes, "forever".
miliantnutcase: "The more I studied the civil war and compared it to modern day politics the more I see parallels happening.
Ive grown to question my belief of Lincoln, and who was really 'right' regarding the war."
But you haven't studied the civil war, you really know nothing about it.
Instead, you've absorbed some propaganda from Neo-Confederates, and now can't separate their nonsense from what really happened.
That's why you're so confused.
miliantnutcase: "As I see states rights continue to erode to this day, I believe we are doomed to repeat history."
It's true that states rights continue to erode, but the reason is not Abraham Lincoln, it began with the 16th and 17th Amendments, both ratified just 100 years ago, under Progressive Southern Democrat President Woodrow Wilson.
As for "doomed to repeat history", it's just not going to happen, so long as good people obey the laws and act peacefully to achieve their political goals.
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