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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Come to think of it.....didn’t Eisenhower “militarize” Little Rock, AK so that a few Black kids could go to school amid the threats of violence from a horde of angry rednecks?


70 posted on 04/23/2011 8:55:38 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Thumper1960

‘Come to think of it.....didn’t Eisenhower “militarize” Little Rock, AK so that a few Black kids could go to school amid the threats of violence from a horde of angry rednecks?’

Absolutely! The commander of the troops was General Edward Walker, later of the John Birch Society. If a government in the US attempts to suppress free speech it subjects itself to military occupation.


76 posted on 04/23/2011 9:00:13 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Thumper1960
Come to think of it.....didn’t Eisenhower “militarize” Little Rock, AK so that a few Black kids could go to school amid the threats of violence from a horde of angry rednecks?

It was the 101st Airborne.

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92 posted on 04/23/2011 9:22:26 PM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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To: Thumper1960
"didn’t Eisenhower “militarize” Little Rock, AK..."

Oh wow...they had a race problem in Little Rock, Alaska, too? That's weird...I didn't know there was a Little Rock in Alaska. Little Rock, AR...sure. But AK? /smartass comment

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95 posted on 04/23/2011 9:25:35 PM PDT by wku man (Who says conservatives don't rock? www.myspace.com/10poundtest)
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