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To: GAB-1955

Where is B.F. Butler when you need him?

Polishing all the spoons he stole. Or, perhaps posing for the image that was used in the bottom of chamberpots.

You did not notice that in the early days of this hurricane there actually was someone involved named Ben Butler? I thought it might be some sort of sick joke.


810 posted on 09/30/2005 4:29:06 PM PDT by caryatid
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To: caryatid

BTT


811 posted on 09/30/2005 4:30:25 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: caryatid

I actually have a sneaking admiration for Ben Butler as a politician. With one concept he torpedoed slavery in the U.S., by declaring runaway slaves "Contraband of war" seizable by the U.S. government.


812 posted on 09/30/2005 6:34:54 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (Proudly confusing editors and readers since 1981!)
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