Like with the Hitler war afterwards, they will also wonder why we had resisted so little. We would be not only considered victims, but guilty as well because we had done so little to save ourselves.
I can understand Theodore Roosevelt, but why would you think Ronald Reagan would be a better President than Abram Lincoln?
Ronald Reagan was the one who declared war on terror in 1985. He subsequently used that premise to give himself, Government and the police, more power over the individual.
His foreign policy was to fight terrorism through terrorism. If they do it, it's terrorism. If the US does it, it's counter-terrorism.
He also increased substantially the national debts and practically destroyed the Unions.
His foreign policy was to fight terrorism through terrorism. If they do it, it's terrorism. If the US does it, it's counter-terrorism.
He also increased substantially the national debts and practically destroyed the Unions.
So I guess Bush should have paid attention how to do that and still stay popular with the people? He did the exact same, but became one of the most unpopular Presidents in memory.
Well as Reagan ended on a high note.
Ah well, i suppose Reagan's propaganda was better then.
Nancy consulted regularly with an astrologist, so possibly he always got his timing right. He was a nice man though, he came over with respect. Bush was a little on the arrogant side.Well as Reagan ended on a high note.
Ah well, i suppose Reagan's propaganda was better then.
How can you put Lincoln in that list? And don't say he got rid of slavery, it's still legal.
I'm also interested in an answer to this question. I don't understand why people are that taken by Lincoln. For me he was a "dark President" in dark times.
While I understand why many may consider Lincoln as one of the greatest presidents, it is also true that through the civil war he rejected states' rights and self-determination. Technically, what he did was not Constitutional either. I do see why some may see it as a necessarily evil, but personally, I think there were better ways of keeping the country together without a massive war. For that reason, I would not put him at the top.
I loath, not hate, loath the man. He leveled entire cities ("But not until I win reelection!"), overthrew 2 democratically elected and republican state governments replacing 1 (which had declared it's neutrality) with a military junta under a relative and otherwise trashed the Republic.
Necessarily evil my ass... "I have saved the Union by destroying the Republic." If the Republic must fall, what's the point of saving it?
The whole working class is oppressed. The truth is, the vast majority of black people are proletarian. And the vast majority of white people are proletarian. During segregation, however, they were to an even greater extent and indeed almost uniformly proletarian.
Also, since the US was even more of a fascist, racist police state than it is now, they were at even greater a disadvantage.
Also, since the US was even more of a fascist, racist police state than it is now, they were at even greater a disadvantage.
Yes, gotta love shitting on state sovereignty and suspension of habeus corpus...
We were one nation before Lincoln. We were just a nation that believed in liberty and local control of local affairs instead of totalitarian bureaucracy. Lincoln started the cancerous growth of the Fed in earnest.
Yes... too bad Obama is ignoring Reagan's advise example of massive deficits...
Can you source that quote, please?
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http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/foothill/media/war-of-northern-aggression.htm
A well written essay. I'll quote the relevant part:
Far from being one of the best presidents, Lincoln was one of the worst.
Since the United States was, at the time, a confederation of states the various states had a perfect right to cecede from the union. Lincoln did not care a whit about the slavery issue, only the cessession issue as is shown by his freeing the slaves only in those states that were in rebellion against the United States.
Lincoln suspended individual legal rights, jailed newspaper editors he didn't like and suspended the rule of habeus corpus.
Since the United States was, at the time, a confederation of states the various states had a perfect right to cecede from the union. Lincoln did not care a whit about the slavery issue, only the cessession issue as is shown by his freeing the slaves only in those states that were in rebellion against the United States.
Lincoln suspended individual legal rights, jailed newspaper editors he didn't like and suspended the rule of habeus corpus.
Without a doubt JFK.
Read "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why he Died and Why it Matters."
Yes it cost him his life 'cause the military (Curtis LeMay, shudder) industrial (Bell Hellicoptor, Brown and Root) complex were determined.
Lincoln belongs to the days when foreigners admired America and saw it as a source of hope. By going along with mass-mobilisation, alas, he destroyed the world he seemed to embody and transferred power from those who admitted they regarded other people as property to those who pretended they didn't and treated them like shit. That said, 'states' rights' that include slavery needed to be destroyed, and with all his hesitation, he did it well. He was, I'd guess, the last 'official' American who clearly stood for human decency, and that's not to be sniifed at.
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