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Traitor? Treason? [Robert E. Lee]
Old Virginia Blog ^
| 5/10/10
| Richard Williams
Posted on 05/10/2010 3:17:06 PM PDT by Davy Buck
"If Lee was a traitor (and I don't believe he was), he would be the only traitor for which a ship in the United States Navy was ever named. He would be the only traitor in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. He would be the only traitor whose image was used in a positive way to recruit military personnel to fight and win WWII. Quite an accomplishment for a "traitor", wouldn't you say. . ."
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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: civilwar; confederacy; dixie; rel; robertelee; treason
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To: Idabilly
I never realized that Vladimir Putin was bound by the US constitution to let Georgia secede.
361
posted on
05/12/2010 6:14:29 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: central_va
Read Lincolns second inaugural speech, 2nd paragraph real closely. IMHO Its actually an admission of war crimes.Is it in the penumbra?
362
posted on
05/12/2010 6:15:21 PM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: Who is John Galt?
"Rebellion?" Prove it for us, sport - You call yourselves rebels don't you...sport?
363
posted on
05/12/2010 6:19:08 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
To: central_va
Of course I did. And I as I said, only in your mind. This ends my discourse with you.
364
posted on
05/12/2010 6:24:10 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
To: Idabilly
Their offer was directed at your throne palace, Washington D.C. You know, the place depriving its citizenry of their 2nd Amendment Rights.
Obviously 2).
Nailed you good and proper. You can't even write a coherent sentence. This ends my discourse with you.
365
posted on
05/12/2010 6:26:06 PM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
To: Who is John Galt?
Wow! Talk about dead wood (or dead something) and lookie what oozes out! It’s You Ain’t Galt. Feeling particularly frisky today gramps? Did the nurse put a little Geritol in your Maypo?
It’s awful nice of you to try to defend a damsel in distress, but really - she ain’t no damsel...and you ain’t no gent...
366
posted on
05/12/2010 6:30:35 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
You Ain’t Galt would really like to, but his nurse won’t let him out after 4:00PM...
367
posted on
05/12/2010 6:33:41 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: rockrr
368
posted on
05/12/2010 6:40:18 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
To: Cheburashka
What the hell are you talkin' about you Marxist
Pig!
You conveniently forget like the rest of your "Cyndi Lauper Wanna Be's" The States created the General Government! They are the delegating authority! They can destroy, and yes secede from your General Government. Your War answered Nothing. See you in hell Yankee!
369
posted on
05/12/2010 6:40:59 PM PDT
by
Idabilly
(I'm tired of being Johnny B Good and I'm Gonna be Johnny Reb)
To: Idabilly
Careful va - we’ve already had one intervention today. Don’t blow a gasket.
370
posted on
05/12/2010 7:09:21 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Idabilly
Oops...all you people look alike to me lol...
371
posted on
05/12/2010 7:10:18 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Do you want me to quote others saying the same thing? There are plenty. How about James Madison? How about the Supreme Court? How about Justice Scalia? Go for it, sport. With my personal, written invitation to do so.
;>)
Just because I disagree with what Lee did, and where he thought his highest loyalties lay, doesn't meant that I automatically have to believe that everything he said was wrong.
Oh, you betcha - claim he's an expert in one area (of your choice), and claim he's an idiot everywhere else. Welcome to FreeRepublic, Comrade Obama...
But I will say that if any modern military officer resigned his commission to join the side fighting against the army he'd recently served, no one would think twice about calling him a traitor.
Will you say the same about "any modern military officer" who resigns his commission to defend our Second Amendment rights, if the D@mocrats ever ban firearms ownership? Hmm?
You're a rabid weasel - nothing more, nothing less...
372
posted on
05/12/2010 7:33:32 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: mac_truck
You call yourselves rebels don't you...sport? Sorry, sport, but I've never called myself a "rebel." In other words, you're a scum-sucking liar (but then, we all knew that already ;>)...
373
posted on
05/12/2010 7:35:54 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: rockrr
Wow! Talk about dead wood (or dead something) and lookie what oozes out! Its You Aint Galt. Feeling particularly frisky today gramps? Did the nurse put a little Geritol in your Maypo?
Its awful nice of you to try to defend a damsel in distress, but really - she aint no damsel...and you aint no gent... Nothing I like more than bringing the brain-dead 'Blue Avenger' zombies back to life! Any historical documentation in your post? Of course not. Any logical thought? Of course not.
Shamble on down the street, drooler. As I noted above, you would have to climb 40 feet to reach root level...
374
posted on
05/12/2010 7:40:55 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
Comment #375 Removed by Moderator
To: Bubba Ho-Tep
You and I both know that there is no constitutional clause prohibiting secession. Nor is there one sanctioning it. Therefore its a constitutional question to be adjudicated by the courts... Wrong - again:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
(In other words, the Founders were quite literally telling you to kiss my @ss! ;>)
376
posted on
05/12/2010 7:47:32 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: rockrr
WIJG: Any historical documentation in your post?rr: No less than yours gramps.
WIJG: Any logical thought?
rr: That's funny coming from someone whose last logical thought was somewhere around 1983...
LOL!!! Thanks for proving my point, sport: "You would have to climb 40 feet to reach root level"...
377
posted on
05/12/2010 7:51:31 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: Who is John Galt?
LOL!!! Thanks for proving my point, sport: “coming from someone whose last logical thought was somewhere around 1983...”.
378
posted on
05/12/2010 7:52:44 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: rockrr
As they say, "Those who can't do, teach. And those who can't rub even two living brain cells together post under the name 'rockrr' on FreeRepublic."
;>)
379
posted on
05/12/2010 7:59:44 PM PDT
by
Who is John Galt?
("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
To: Who is John Galt?
380
posted on
05/12/2010 8:00:26 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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