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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: What if the Confederacy had been allowed to remain separate? |
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dryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. My views |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Fair enough response, but... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You know, so do I. |
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mot78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. It's most the issue of strict vs. loose construction of the Constitution |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think we should have let them go |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. That was exactly why they left in the first place. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Other....................... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. SIC 'EM Hubert! |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Prosperous slave free North and South |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I don't know about that |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
78. Reminds me of a witness in the OJ trial. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Decent chance in my opinion |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. I think you have it right except |
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LeahMira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 07:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. Bizarre. |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. It isn't about reality, it is about perception. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:20 PM Original message |
Confederate State is either neutral towards Hitler or an Axis Member |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think they had invented gays yet. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Whatever. Confederacy sides with Nazis |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. They mirdered gays? The hell they did. The nerve! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
84. Yes, the Nazis murdered gays. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. You're assuming the Confederates of 1861 |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Not sure about the gays, but... |
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mot78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hatred of those groups was in the North too |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm well aware of that, but it was not institutionalized |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hitler never comes to power |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. And yet WW II happens right on schedule |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. If Bismark had his way Germany and Russia would have been best |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. There were quite a few Jewish Confederates. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Was just about to post this QC |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Well, you know what they say about great minds ;-) |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
82. Did you even read my posts above? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Yes, I read them. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I don't believe I specifically said or implied antisemitism was central |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
87. Actually, I'm a Civil War buff who's read quite a bit on the topic |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
85. I am well aware of Judah Benjamin |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Perhaps... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I think you are correct Roy |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Agreed about Turtledove... |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. I Love Turtledove's alternate histories... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Don't you love the character Avtar gdtr? |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. I liked Atvar |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin was a Jew... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. Tom, your post is full of crap. Period. Maybe you should take a.... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe Other |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. A good question ThoughtC |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Prosperous, UK-like USA, developing, Ireland-like CSA. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. remember, apartied did fall |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Jerry Falwell would wear really goofy hats |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. This tired topic again? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. This poll is based on false assumptions... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Don't agree with you this time Roy |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Interesting way to look at it... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. tough to track such a long period |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. South part of Britsh empire? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #45 |
76. economics |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. OK all uh y'all. Just for THAT... |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Grits! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. DAMN! GRITS! |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Ok, what I like to eat in that list... |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. State of constant war... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. oooo. I need to borrow your crystal ball. |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Microsoft will invade Poland |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. The south would have been swallowed as it has been now |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Pomposity, thy name is... |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. I'll take the bait |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Difference is |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. They're just fantasizing about a Whiter USA..... |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. BTW You have the easy social grace of the "better" southerners |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 07:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Oh, sir. I blush. Thank you. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. trof, I repeat AGAIN... |
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kymar57 (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Mason Dixon Line dweller here |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Confederacy would never have been viable w/only 7 members |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. A good point Carolina YD |
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kvnf (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. wait a minute |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. The North would be on alternative energy by now |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. Prosperous South/ Poor North |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. But the northeastern industrialists discovered that wage slavery |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Brazil was the last major nation to give up slavery |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
81. Yes and no |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Yes and No |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. Virgil Caine is the name |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. Big wheels keep on turnin' |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 07:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. . |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
69. I don't think they would have prospered. |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
70. "Some of you laugh, to scorn the idea of bloodshed... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
71. other. divided USA conquered and reverted back to colonies. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
72. I hope my ancestors would have had enough sense to move, or I'd be stuck |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
79. "That's What I Like About the South" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
80. Confederacy splits over something or other, Balkanizes |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. Sounds Like time to plug: |
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