We mark Pearl HarborWe mark 9/11We will mark 1/6What joyful things do we mark, remember, celebrate as a nation? Or is that the nature of the beast? We only mark our tragedies?
How do you about "settling a score"? Do you set it up or do you have to wait for it to reveal itself to you? Is it a SURE THING or something serendipitous that just falls int... moreHow do you about "settling a score"? Do you set it up or do you have to wait for it to reveal itself to you? Is it a SURE THING or something serendipitous that just falls into your lap?Are you a long revenge retaliating score settler. What's your score? WINS/LOSSES/DRAWS?
25 of the 55 who signed it owned slaves.They included that "3/5 a person clause". Did no one there notice how insulting a thing that is?We pray to the Constitution and insist it is... more25 of the 55 who signed it owned slaves.They included that "3/5 a person clause". Did no one there notice how insulting a thing that is?We pray to the Constitution and insist it is followed because it the basis of what we are whom we are. Allegedly.Well it was certainly who THEY WERE at the time they wrote it.It is NOT WHO WE ARE NOW. Mostly. Some reactionaries who dream of owning slaves once again would disagree. They are the insurrectionists who want their country back to what it used to be in 1776! How forward thinking of them. Visionaries all of them. less
Why would she think they would care enough to care enough to support it? They made up their minds in advance because they were WHIPPED INTO IT BY THAT SON OF AN ITCH MITCH.Now six ... moreWhy would she think they would care enough to care enough to support it? They made up their minds in advance because they were WHIPPED INTO IT BY THAT SON OF AN ITCH MITCH.Now six defied him and I don't know if he has contracts out on them to take them out but he will make them pay in some way.The rest of the spineless whinya** girlymen rolled over for him as expected and voted NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.Sad. Embarrassing. Shameful. Humiliating.Typical Republican. They chicken out at the last minute. They flinch. They cringe. They shake. They shiver. They fade. They melt. THEY DON'T DELIVER. less