[mojitojoe]

Prior to taking the reins of power as the world's first economic fascist, Lincoln was an advocate of the 'American System,' or 'Mercantilism.' Lincoln devoted his entire career to the establishment of a central bank. As a new Republican, he was able to establish a central bank and implement the failed 'corporate welfare' policies of the Whig party, financed through the printing of paper ignorantly perceived as money. Upon taking office Lincoln committed a series of unconstitutional acts Including launching an invasion of the South without consulting Congress, as required by the Constitution; declaring martial law; blockading the Southern ports; suspending the writ of habeas corpus for the duration of his administration; imprisoning without trial thousands of Northern citizens; arresting and imprisoning newspaper publishers who were critical of him; censoring all telegraph communication; nationalizing the railroads; creating several new states without the consent of the citizens of those states; ordering federal troops to interfere with the elections in the North by intimidating Democratic voters; deporting a member of Congress, Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio, for criticizing the administration's income tax proposal at a Democratic Party rally; confiscating private property; confiscating firearms in violation of the Second Amendment; and effectively gutting the ninth and 10th amendments to the Constitution, among other things.

Great post. Lincoln isn't the upstanding Mr. Wonderful that some people think he is. He also let Sherman rape and pillage the South on his path of destruction all the way to the ocean long after the war was won. Nothing more than an act of terrorism in my book. Lincoln also said that even though he freed the slaves, the negroes should never be considered equal with whites(don't have the exact quote, but that was close). So this is who zer0 admires. he probably doesn't even know anything about Lincoln except that he *freed the slaves*

[Non-Sequitur]

Lincoln also said that even though he freed the slaves, the negroes should never be considered equal with whites(don't have the exact quote, but that was close).

As opposed to those well known supporters of equal rights for all and advocates of racial tolerance Jeff Davis, Bob Lee, and Thomas Jackson?

[Nephi]

Thanks.

One day, out of curiosity over why the Southern states weren’t allowed to secede, I googled, “Abraham Lincoln” and “Civil War.”

Some of the results included a book by Thomas J. DiLorenzo entitled, “The Real Lincoln.” So, I googled, “The Real Lincoln” and found that there seemed to be a hit squad mentality at the ready to assinate anyone who dare challenge the institutional idolatry of Lincoln. Their tactics don’t differ too much from those on the short side of the facts in the realm of political discussion. For those clinging to their romantic version of history, truth is a non-sequitur.