One has to study history. The last time we tried it, it did not work out
that well for us.
Maybe the intervention of the 82nd, 101, the 2nd and 5th Marines and of
course the Yankee Navy and Air Force should be sufficient to quell those
secessionist in Vermont. We should study those tactics to see if there is
any chance we should try again. The last time it just did not work out to
well.
HAPPY 4th of July for those of us who still love this country, warts and
all.
John Philip Adams
Texas
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:09 AM
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Subject: 07021358Z08 Virginia Almost Got It Right But Almost Isn't Good
Enough Or Keep A Lid On Your Hot Heads
Hmmm, me thinks I spent too much time reading the conclusion of their (the
insurgents) suicide pact: "----And for
the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of
divine Providence, we mutually pledge to
each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Too bad the "Secessionist States" didn't take a hard look there to --
perhaps they might have cut a "deal".
Me thinks, Mr. Lincoln made the "D of I" irrelevant (to the Right of the
People to alter abolish it) and not the
lowly likes of me and Mr. Booth got really, really angry.
Power is that what you achieve in practice and the 82nd Airborne doesn't
take its "breakfast" in Texas. Governor
Wallace could speak to that (deployment of the "well regulated") if he were
still with us.
Any discussion about concepts of "modern" secession should be framed, in
practice or theory, around the orderly
progression of grievances as provided for by the Constitution -- or not if
we persist in being poor students.
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