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Jimmy Carter Says US More Polarized Than During Civil War
Republican redefined ^ | 9-21-10 | By T. CHRISTOPHER

Posted on 09/21/2010 6:59:21 PM PDT by STONEWALLS

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To: Cobra64

It’s southern for “probably”. Kind of like “supposeably”. LOL


21 posted on 09/21/2010 7:07:56 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: hinckley buzzard

Good point! I imagine Jimmah is broke like the rest of us. All this “hope and change” has been really hard on the wallet.


22 posted on 09/21/2010 7:09:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I don't know which is dumber. A pert or an expert.)
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To: STONEWALLS; All

...to me, the issue is not Carter....but IMHO the very real possibility of the country breaking apart again.


23 posted on 09/21/2010 7:09:47 PM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: STONEWALLS
Here's how narrow the split was. Take Northern Virginia, and I don't mean just the stuff North of Richmond, but the part focused on Alexandria, VA and Fairfax County.

That tight !

Civil War came and General Lee was leading the Souf'. He was from Alexandria right across the Potomac from DC and had an estate in what is now called Arlington VA.

Pretty local guy.

In the War of 1812, 48 years earlier, a bunch of the locals in Fairfax and DC got burned out by the Brits. These folks knew the same Lee family. They were the cousins. They loaded up their stuff to the degree they could and went up the Potomac and around to Cumberland and overland to other rivers, and on down to Louisville, and then into Southern Indiana and Ohio.

Those are Lee's cousins out to a couple of generations.

Their kids and grandkids came back under Ulysses S. Grant and burned out the cities of the Southland.

Are we there yet?

I don't think so, but you do have churches splitting. If they were just the Baptists that'd be normal, but the Anglicans and Lutherans are definitely off their feed and that ought to make us all worry.

24 posted on 09/21/2010 7:11:00 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: STONEWALLS

Of course we’re more polarized now than during the Civil War — we are more multi-cultural and ethnically diverse.


25 posted on 09/21/2010 7:14:47 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
It’s southern for “probably”.

I live in North Carolina and have never heard, "prolly." I guess some people's spelling is substandard, or they are too lazy to spell out the word.

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"u r prolly rite"

26 posted on 09/21/2010 7:15:55 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: STONEWALLS

Well Geee JImmuh wonder who caused that.


27 posted on 09/21/2010 7:16:04 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: muawiyah

“I don’t think so, but you do have churches splitting. If they were just the Baptists that’d be normal, but the Anglicans and Lutherans are definitely off their feed and that ought to make us all worry.”

...I agree...and have you noticed that the church acrimony is getting more strident?....plus break away churches are taking their property with them.


28 posted on 09/21/2010 7:16:09 PM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: STONEWALLS

“more polarized than it was during the time of Abraham Lincoln and the “initiation of the ‘war between the states.’”

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt. Wrong. That you for playing peanut boy.

Try “War of Northern Aggression”.


29 posted on 09/21/2010 7:17:04 PM PDT by rickb308 (I love watching libruls heads explode as they see their dogma run over by their karma.)
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To: STONEWALLS

As I recall, although I was not alive at the time, it was the election of Abraham Lincoln to POTUS that ignited the Civil War. It is only when people believe that they have no other viable means to address their ills that they will rise up and revolt. All wars are essentially over economics, and when people see their economic opportunities destroyed by an oppressive government, they will revolt. This is the reason that people are stirred up today. With nearly 20 percent real unemployment and under employment in the country, higher taxes, higher deficits, increased regulations, underdevelopment of natural resources, and government corruption, the country is ripe for a civil war of survival.


30 posted on 09/21/2010 7:19:40 PM PDT by Nosterrex
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To: 353FMG

“Of course we’re more polarized now than during the Civil War — we are more multi-cultural and ethnically diverse.”

...yep....and multicultural/multiethnic empires often come apart with violence.


31 posted on 09/21/2010 7:20:12 PM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: STONEWALLS

What if Jimmah backed the Shah, who was a friend of the USA, instead of baling on him?


32 posted on 09/21/2010 7:21:14 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: STONEWALLS

when did they let the lunatics out of the asylum


33 posted on 09/21/2010 7:22:13 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: STONEWALLS

No Sh!t Jimma!

Thank your party for spreading the hate!


34 posted on 09/21/2010 7:22:18 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: STONEWALLS

And Jimmy Carter has a lot to do with that polarization. What a putz.


35 posted on 09/21/2010 7:22:37 PM PDT by behzinlea
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To: STONEWALLS
..more about jobs, and who in a leadership role is listening and can turn this country around economically and psychologically-too many branches makes the tree top heavy and starts to rip the roots out of the ground..a focus on social issues like homosexuality or which churches are split over which issues is not going to put food on the table, pay the mortgage or preserve the baby boomers hard earned retirement funds.

Meanwhile our troops are still caught up in life and death situations.

36 posted on 09/21/2010 7:23:26 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Cobra64

u r the only one who has never heard prolly in NC, lucky u


37 posted on 09/21/2010 7:23:38 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: STONEWALLS

He may be mostly correct on that one.


38 posted on 09/21/2010 7:23:59 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: Cobra64
I have been known to use ‘prolly’ at times, usually as a way of reinforcing my negative opinion (ie Jimmah prolly is a senile old fart). I know the correct word is probably. I can spell probably. I am not lazy. :-)

No prolly about it. Jimmah is a senile old fart. Sadly I can remember when he was our Governor.

39 posted on 09/21/2010 7:25:16 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Cobra64

I have lived in the South a great portion of my life and I can assure you that that is a common pronunciation of “probably.” As a few of my speech teachers pointed out, sometimes Southern speech results from laziness in articulation. This is an example.


40 posted on 09/21/2010 7:25:43 PM PDT by OldPossum
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