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      <![CDATA[Sorry Betsy, whether isolated or laying the base for expansion in the future, this voter just doesn't happen to agree with the positions of the "apparent" majority that re-elected the President. I've always honored those with a good or even great resume versus the made up one's of the individual or as in this case the over hyped one presented to us by the partners in the Press
        
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      <![CDATA[There is a difference between the national debt and the annual  deficit. The annual deficit contributes to the national debt.
        
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      <![CDATA[No, Obama has not doubled the debt in four years:  "So, far from doubling the deficit, Obama (along with, it should be noted, some Republican help in Congress) has instead reduced the deficit by about 8 percent."<br>
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/st…
        
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      <![CDATA[@CA:  He's doubled the national debt in four years!!<br>
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Once again:  Bush Added four trillion to the national debt in eight years.<br>
                     Obama has added eight trillion to the national debt in four years! Your share is over $50,000.
        
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      <![CDATA["Obama's spending at a rate that, if we end up like European countries who we've surpassed in debt, will guide us to unprecedented unemployment, riots, burning buildings -happened in Greece, could happen in Spain (the burning), and you happily voted for him."<br>
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He's spending at a lower rate than W or Reagan, and you're a big fan of both of them. So what's your point?
        
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      <![CDATA[@Zombie:  Obama's spending at a rate that, if we end up like European countries who we've surpassed in debt, will guide us to  unprecedented unemployment, riots, burning buildings -happened in Greece, could happen in Spain (the burning), and you happily voted for him. I. on the other hand,offer alternative opinions and viewpoints, ask a few questions that no one else would even think of, and you, being the epitome of tolerance, call me vile names.
        
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      <![CDATA[While it is fictionalized, "Lincoln" does give some truthful insight as to the political difficulties of getting the Thirteenth Amendment passed and ratified.<br>
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The take-away is that the President is not a dictator.
        
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      <![CDATA["Commentators are seriously using Hollywood scriptwriters as a source of history?"<br>
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I asked if he had ever READ anything about Lincoln and threw in as an aside or "seen the movie." I haven't even seen Lincoln (yet).
        
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      <![CDATA[gast, dyspeptic acidic squirt of diarrhea: "[h]ave you ever heard of any African-American saying thank you to the soldiers from the North? Hell, no."
        
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      <![CDATA[Best example: "Gods and Generals" (embraced by neo-Confederate as propaganda) re. gast, "[c]ommentators are seriously using Hollywood scriptwriters as a source of history?"
        
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      <![CDATA[Did'nt the greatest wave of desertion in the Confederate Army come after the "20 Negro Law" that exempted those who owned 20 or more slaves from the draft?
        
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      <![CDATA[Commentators are seriously using Hollywood scriptwriters as a source of history? And they they think that's a good thing?
        
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      <![CDATA["Have you ever heard of any African-American saying thank you to the soldiers from the North?"<br>
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I'm just going to let this sit here and stew. It is making me laugh for at least three different reasons.
        
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      <![CDATA[Sharing beliefs is an entirely different thing than imposing beliefs.
        
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      <![CDATA[for example, if you want to share your belief with me that YOU should be able to force others to share what belongs to them as YOU dictate, should I be free to reject your efforts to impose your beliefs on me?  Yes or no?
        
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      <![CDATA[But, Min, do you believe that a person should also be free to reject what another wants to share?
        
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      <![CDATA["do you believe that a person should be left free to share what belongs to them as THEY choose to share? Yes or no? "<br>
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Not if he has bubonic plague.
        
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      <![CDATA[Question for all in this discussion - do you believe that a person should be left free to share what belongs to them as THEY choose to share? Yes or no?  <br>
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Please respond.
        
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      <![CDATA[@Min:  All those Germans who died in WWII were supporting rich men? Nah, they died for the motherland.
        
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      <![CDATA["Chris, what do you think about the question I asked Betsy? If the Civil War was declared solely because of slavery...why did it take Lincoln two years into the war before he declared them free?"<br>
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Have you ever read anything about Lincoln (or as someone asked, seen the movie)?
        
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      <![CDATA["and I find it amusing that collectivists always use the argument you use here, Chris. That is, "democrats changed over to republicans".
        
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      <![CDATA[Poor young men are often talked into being cannon fodder for old rich men's causes. What else is new?
        
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      <![CDATA[I once read a quote by someone wise that said, paraphrased, "Ask the most ragged beggar in the worst, most oppressive dictatorship, to fight for the homeland, and he will fight to the death." The quote would pretty much explain why  Southern boys got themselves killed for wealthy slave owners - the young men fought for state's rights.
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:17:25 -0600</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Sounds like someone needs to go see a Hollywood Blockbuster about our 16th President!
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:01:17 -0600</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA["So do you really believe hundreds of thousands of non-slave-owning southerners died just so their evil rich greedy neighbor down the road could keep his slaves?"<br>
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It could be viewed as a precedent for the modern Republican base in the South, which keeps voting against its own best economics interests and for consolidation of wealth in the greedy few.
        
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