Oh really. Tell me about the Scythians and Cimmerians. And don't cut and paste either. In one thousand or so letters, without looking it up. Who were they, where did they come from? I know you can't do that without doing a internet search. And most internet sites are severely wrong in who they were anyway. I know who they were, where they came from, etc, and it's a hell of a lot more important than an attempted murder on the floor of Congress. People study what they choose to spend the time it takes to wrap their minds around. The fact that you know this particular incident by heart tells me you've spent too much time studying things that are vain, and have ignored the important turning points in history. You didn't even know the south ruled the tariff issue for decades before the Civil War, and you live for this stuff.
I study military history. Am I crying over over 70-year-old spilt milk because I know the history of the Eastern Front in WWII, or the intricacies of the Battle of the Ardennes in 1944-45? Don't attempt to insult me because YOU can't remember history. It's not my problem, just as it would not be my problem if you couldn't read, write, or do maths.
Maths? When this life's carousel is done, I'll be proud of the history I chose to absorb, and you, you'll spend the rest of your life life chasing bitterness, fueling your bloodlust for people you don't have any idea about.
You walked into my wheelhouse, which is Civil War history, and started shooting your keyboard off.
Ahistoric.
You didn't even know the south ruled the tariff issue for decades before the Civil War, and you live for this stuff.
Obviously the South did NOT rule the tariff issue for decades before the Civil War.
I'll step up and say that I have no idea who the Cimmerians are, but I'm a follower of Free Republic's GGG posting list, FReeper SunkenCiv presiding.
The Scythians, former inhabitants of the vast Eastern Eurasian steppes, are constantly making the GGG news. :)
Scythian warriors show genetic blending between Europeans and Asians
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2962499/posts
Kazakh Archeologists Discover Ancient Scythian "Sun Lord"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2555535/posts
Kazakhstan archaeologists discover Saka princess tomb
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3031165/posts
Big ancient Scythian drawings found in Altai Mountains (Russia)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491899/posts
Tiny Drone Reveals Ancient Royal Burial Sites [ Scythians ]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2790982/posts
Frozen Siberian Mummies Reveal A Lost Civilization
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2036465/posts
Ancient Mummy Opened: Scythian Cavalier Had Bone Disease
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034074/posts
And there's more. :)