Posted on 03/10/2010 6:35:02 PM PST by Idabilly
Over the course of American history, there has been no greater conflict of visions than that between Thomas Jeffersons voluntary republic, founded on the natural right of peaceful secession, and Abraham Lincolns permanent empire, founded on the violent denial of that same right.
That these two men somehow shared a common commitment to liberty is a lie so monstrous and so absurd that its pervasiveness in popular culture utterly defies logic.
After all, Jefferson stated unequivocally in the Declaration of Independence that, at any point, it may become necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Natures God entitle them
And, having done so, he said, it is the peoples right to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Contrast that clear articulation of natural law with Abraham Lincolns first inaugural address, where he flatly rejected the notion that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Instead, Lincoln claimed that, despite the clear wording of the Tenth Amendment, no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; [and] resolves and ordinances [such as the Declaration of Independence] to that effect are legally void
King George III agreed.
(Excerpt) Read more at southernheritage411.com ...
I respect the Constitutional Dictatorship; the USA. I pay tribute to it every year, thousands, all for the privilege of being discriminated against(affirmative action, Unconstitional) and open borders(Unconstitutionally ignoring the law). As a subject, my rulers give me so little to love.
End the occupation
In a sentimental way I love what the USA was, I weep for it. I deserve better.
Sure. Pull the other leg while you're at it. It's got bells on it.
Nobody hates the country more than one who pretends it actually follows it’s Constitution and admonishes those that seek relief from tyranny.
For your educational purposes.
Innes Randolph didn't feel the need to qualify his hatred. On the contrary, he was upfront about it - he hated anything and everything to do with this country. I find it amusing that you hold him up as an honorable man yet feel the need to qualify your hatred and tap-dance around it.
I’ll let it go, you think what you want. One day, when it hits you like a ton of bricks, and you see what a cartoon republic this country has become, please don’t do anything rash.
Oh I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
That's one fine tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ1bnIEFhIs
I think what your posts lead me to think. Blame it on your saying one thing at one time, and another thing at another time.
One day, when it hits you like a ton of bricks, and you see what a cartoon republic this country has become, please dont do anything rash.
I'm not operating under any illusions so far as this administration is concerned. Or the damage that has been done to this country in the last 20 years. But this nation has survived that kind and it's survived your kind and it's still around and kicking. And while it is, there is hope that people can still bring it back to the course that it should be headed on. I leave it to you to dream your dreams of what your beloved confederacy would have become. The nice thing about imaginary worlds is you can make them however you want. You don't need facts and you can ignore inconvenient bits of history.
Not that Lincoln God status was hype. The victors write the history. What a joke that it tooks 4 years to conquer a third world country.....
And the losers write the myths.
What a joke that it tooks 4 years to conquer a third world country.....
The Revolutionary War took 7 years, give or take. Vietnam went on for what, 13 or 14 years? We've been in Iraq and Afghanistan for going on 8 years. What you meant is that the rebellion only took 4 years. And had Grant and Sherman been in charge from the beginning it would have taken less than that.
Non-sensical doesn't hate! I mean, gosh, just look at all the love that he has for the South and Southerners!
Almost forgot: /sarc
Bottom line with NS and the rest of the yankee coven is that they only love power and control and they'll use, distort, butcher, lie and misrepresent a beautiful set of documents in order to keep power and control. Lincoln did it and the Major's hatred stemmed from their abuse of those documents. They invaded a sovereign nation waving the Declaration, the Constitution and the Stars-n-Strips, butchered hundreds of thousands of people, terrorized hundreds of thousands more and then continued the terrorizing into an unlawful occupation dubiously coined 'Reconstruction'. It's like somebody taking up a beautiful work of art and using it to kill your mother. After that, it ain't so beautiful no more.
And, as we've seen in the last few days, the yankees haven't changed one bit. They waved the Flag, the Declaration and the Constitution while stomping all over it and are using it to destroy liberty.
The yankees continue to sink their own ship and have tied us to the bulkheads to make sure that we go down with them.
End the Occupation!
Free Dixie!!
The only rash thing that NS does is spit on his screen while he's typing out his hate.
Yeah, it's a policy of "no on gets out alive". They hate the though of a state(s) making a break for it and freedom. A mafia cartoon republic is a good description.
N-S goes thru a lot of keyboards!
Well then I can understand why you hate all three so much. </sarcasm>
Exactly. NS and his crowd are going to need somebody to blame when their house of corruption falls down around their ears and who better to blame than us, The Confederate States of America, the only ones that have consistently fought against yankee tyranny for over two hundred years.
End the Occupation!
Free Dixie!!
Anyhow, Have a Good day & Long live Dixie
Just for Damn Yankee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNIaLPG7Xuk&feature=related
It is a complete, utter and total waste of time to debate with ns or his ilk since we engage in honest and open debate and he and the rest of the damnyankee coven live by the lie.
In the case of ns, it takes some people a while to wade through his immense supply of bullshit but when they finally do, as most here have, they realize what a lying sack of pig guts that he is and how much vile hatred he has for the South and Southerners.
IMHO, our time is better spent enforcing our right to oppose yankee tyranny in whatever form that may take.
End the Occupation!
Free Dixie!!
The bottom line for N-S. He would rather live in the USA under a dictator ostensibly following the Constitution(Think Chavez), than let any evil states leave this abomination.
If history is doomed to repeat itself, ns will be the tip of the sword.
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