Wow! Know this!!!! At the time of the Civil War there were more 'free blacks' in the South than there were in the 'North' Further more
Black soldiers fought for the South than for the North.
'In April of 1861, a company of 60 free blacks marched into Richmond with a Confederate flag at the head of their column. They volunteered their services to the military, but were sfinesent home after being complimented for their show of Southern patriotism (Barrow, 1995).'
Eveything isn't always black & white. Lot of grey area!
exactly. if we're really going to ignore the catastrophic issues facing this country and focus on straightening up the deck chairs on the titanic...then we should pass a law stating that the cable company has to actually schedule an appointment, not just say "i'll be there sometime between 1:00 - 5:00 on tuesday". that really offends me because, its like they dont value my time.
yup, history has been rewritten by yankees.
I wonder if students learn about this quote from Lincoln in school?
“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything.”
by:
Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865) 16th US President
For 81 years they've been known as the Redskins and all of a sudden everyone's panties are bunched up over their name...where the hell have they been? Why wasn't that dopey windbag Costas whining about it in the beginning of his career if he feels so passionate about it? 30 years later he's got a beef with the name? I don't think so, he was paid to hate that name. I wonder how much the Obama administration paid Costas to blurt out that nonsense. Absolutely ridiculous. I wonder how Costas feels about the Chiefs, Indians, the Blackhawks, Seminoles, Fighting Sioux, Chippewas, Aztecs, Braves, Hawks, Tribe, Warriors, Redhawks, Winterhawks, Mohawks, and Tomahawks.
In 1985 & 86 St. John's basketball was always #1 or #2 in the country and they were the 'St. John's REDMEN' somewhere shortly thereafter probably a few liberal wackos cried that was offensive & St. John's caved in and soon after changed nanes to the 'REDSTORM.' REDSTORM!!!!!! What is a REDSTORM. Since they changed to the REDSTORM there fortunes have steadily tended downward.
To much political corredtness going on in the US but I guess its still better than Europe. After WWII the German's deleted 'Uber Alles'
from the national anthem ( I see nothing wrong with an anthem embellishing the fact that your country is #1 'over all'. Also soon after the notion of 'Germany for the Germans' was debunct and the country now has troublesome big immigrant populations of non-Germans.
The 'REDSKINS' have maybe the only & surely the best theme song of all NFL teams (HAIL TO THE REDSKINS) the name won't change
even if the most powerful liberals lunatics object to it.
Costas did say Braves, Warriors and Indians were no different than Vikings or Patriot.s His only objection was to Redskins. sQUOTE=bilbal;10236971]For 81 years they've been known as the Redskins and all of a sudden everyone's panties are bunched up over their name...where the hell have they been? Why wasn't that dopey windbag Costas whining about it in the beginning of his career if he feels so passionate about it? 30 years later he's got a beef with the name? I don't think so, he was paid to hate that name. I wonder how much the Obama administration paid Costas to blurt out that nonsense. Absolutely ridiculous. I wonder how Costas feels about the Chiefs, Indians, the Blackhawks, Seminoles, Fighting Sioux, Chippewas, Aztecs, Braves, Hawks, Tribe, Warriors, Redhawks, Winterhawks, Mohawks, and Tomahawks.[/QUOTE]
keep the name. most native americans don't mind the name. once again, the vocal minority always love to shit shit up. nothing better to do i guess. i can't believe we are even talking about it actually.
if they do decide to change it, they should change it to the Washington Jesus. that would really piss people off
if they do decide to change it, they should change it to the Washington Jesus. that would really piss people off
You are exhibiting a historical bias using this quote the way you do. There is no context to the times that it was said.
It would have been political suicide for Lincoln to be seen as an abolitionist. Shit, just freeing the slaves got him a bullet in his head.
"Before the debate at Charleston, Democrats held up a banner that read "Negro equality" with a picture of a white man, a negro woman and a mulatto child.[SUP][24][/SUP] At this debate Lincoln went further than before in denying the charge that he was an abolitionist, saying that:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln–Douglas_debates
