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The Civil War is Here
Frontpage ^ | March 27, 2017 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 03/26/2017 10:04:22 PM PDT by detective

A civil war has begun.

This civil war is very different than the last one. There are no cannons or cavalry charges. The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule. Political conflicts become civil wars when one side refuses to accept the existing authority. The left has rejected all forms of authority that it doesn’t control.

The left has rejected the outcome of the last two presidential elections won by Republicans. It has rejected the judicial authority of the Supreme Court when it decisions don’t accord with its agenda. It rejects the legislative authority of Congress when it is not dominated by the left.

It rejected the Constitution so long ago that it hardly bears mentioning.  

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: civilwar2; cwii; democrats; greenfield; media; nullification; obama
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To: archy

The fat’s in the fire!

Not enough horses for cavalry charges.

But plenty of cannons, hand and otherwise.


161 posted on 03/27/2017 1:15:31 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DallasGal
“Let’s go back to the Civil War (aka the War of Northern Aggression). On the surface it was about slavery, which was starting to wane; however, it was everything about the consolidation of power at a Federal level and the removal of States Rights.”

The cause of the Civil War was simply secession. A small group within the Democrat party planned secession and to create a slave based economy. The Order of The Golden Circle was one such group but there were others.

In the 1850’s the United States was a one party Democrat controlled government. They wanted to promote a slavery based economy in the Midwest and the west through the Kansas Nebraska Act and other means.

The Republican Party which was founded in Wisconsin in 1854 in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act.

It was not slavery in the deep south but the proposed creation of a slave based economy in the Midwest and west that led to this formation. Many Midwestern small farmers and tradesmen including Lincoln's father had left the south because they felt it was difficult to get ahead in the slavery based economy.

The secession was planned and executed before Lincoln was elected. The confederate states seceded before Lincoln was nominated. In February 1861, Jefferson Davis stated that it was too late to compromise. Secession was completed.

With the exception of South Carolina, most southerners did not want their states to secede from the union. Secession was pushed rapidly by a small group of leading Democrats and not a result of a popular vote.

By late in the Civil War, the small group of Democrat politicians who had led the southern states into secession were extremely unpopular throughout the confederate states.

162 posted on 03/27/2017 1:22:15 PM PDT by detective
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To: Art in Idaho

Bravo, Art.


163 posted on 03/27/2017 1:36:08 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Change4Mass

I will be pulling for you. Thank you for fighting the good fight!


164 posted on 03/27/2017 1:41:56 PM PDT by sport
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To: Pelham

Interesting info, thanks.


165 posted on 03/27/2017 1:45:03 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: crosdaddy

Indeed.


166 posted on 03/27/2017 1:45:43 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Change4Mass

You are a brave soul. I left the Boston area the same evening I graduated from college. 3200 miles away. I have never returned....not even for a visit. I honestly do wish you luck.


167 posted on 03/27/2017 1:50:19 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: bankwalker; Travis McGee; Lurker
Well, I’m ready when they are.

Good. Excellent! And you have your your partner, the one who's going to cover you and stand watch while you eat and sleep, you have that person equally up to speed in terms of training and at least as well equipped and supplied?

And now that you two are on roughly the same page, you two develop or identify two others with roughly the same qualifications, skillsets, points of view- and dedication.

Now you can really cover a perimeter... or can guard a critical asset or individual. You can do damage well out of proportion to your numbers. If you think it worthwhile, you can double your number again. or not. Or add in one or two critically needed specialists: a medic, or a signals communicator, oper a demolition engineer.

Anyway, glad you're ready. My pals and I aren't quite, but we're closer than we were.

168 posted on 03/27/2017 2:22:43 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: archy

I should be fine. I was damn good at Castle Wolfenstein.


169 posted on 03/27/2017 2:31:01 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Auchtung Kamerade!


170 posted on 03/27/2017 2:39:30 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Change4Mass
OMG are there messed up people here. Every single federal office holder is a donkey. I have decided to run against Niki Tsongas for the MA Dist 3 seat.

Best not to advertise that here, unless everything you posted is above reproach.

Probably one of the redder areas in MA.

"Redder" in what sense? Billerica, Tewksbury, and Dracut went for Trump, but the southern part of the district, suburban Boston, is solidly Democrat.

171 posted on 03/27/2017 2:54:59 PM PDT by x
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To: archy

Started with 2, went to 4, looking to add 2-4 more. That’ll about be the max for any decent span of control.

Even if we end up with only 6, well, we could put of a hell of a fight.

Good luck,

L


172 posted on 03/27/2017 3:07:03 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: little jeremiah
Yep...my b-n-law even through out Kasich, he hoped would have been president.

I didn't divulge my feelings, I loved having him bleed all over me with his liberal drivel. Enjoyed it very much.

All I said to him was, “it is very sad our country is so divided”.

He thinks we found common ground. He was so loaded and ready to find a conservative to pound on....He didn't get that satisfaction.

Hey...how’z that stout? lol

173 posted on 03/27/2017 3:22:27 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: detective

Nah. Nobody would want to be separated from their TV, computer, smart phone, and video games for long enough to fight and win a civil war.


174 posted on 03/27/2017 3:35:37 PM PDT by x
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To: Boomer
now you're no different than a radical far left liberal

lol...Don't go away angry. Btw, who's we? Ya got a frog in your pocket?

175 posted on 03/27/2017 3:44:17 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: servantboy777

Your relative appears to be somewhat sane despite being brainwashed. Mine are not even slightly sane, not even in the same county as sane. I can discuss weather maybe - oops, global warming. One is pretty conservative so that one I can discuss.

I hate getting in arguments especially with family members. They are 3000 miles away, which is a great help.


176 posted on 03/27/2017 3:54:57 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: ForYourChildren

It is the best kind of discrediting agitprop, very believable. Notice “Quinn” has to stop giggling at one point. The point is so well made: join Leftard antifa types, be an emasculated ninny.


177 posted on 03/27/2017 3:55:54 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: DuncanWaring
The fat’s in the fire!
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Not enough horses for cavalry charges.
That's awfully hard on the ponies anyway. It's enough if there's a few around for messengers or logistics runs.

But plenty of cannons, hand and otherwise.

Just so. But we at least have some excellent examples to follow. And some examples of colossal blunders to not repeat. And we have a motto:

When a million Soviet invaders came to Finland in late 1939, the Finns had a little saying about being outnumbered....

There are so many of them! And our country is so small!

Where will we bury them all...?

178 posted on 03/27/2017 3:57:22 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

I seriously hope you are right. I know President Trump is a fighter, courageous, and does not give up.


179 posted on 03/27/2017 3:57:27 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: 9YearLurker; Louis Foxwell

I think Louis Foxwell’s prediction more likely. Why? The Dems are going so hardcore commieprog that they are losing dem voters. They’re practically bleeding out. The real antagonists are are the embeds in fed government.


180 posted on 03/27/2017 3:59:17 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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