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bluto
Oct 19, 2004, 11:46 PM
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Jimmy Carter Calls the Revolutionary War Unnecessary
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From Hardball on MSNBC
In reply to: Mr. President, thank you. It‘s an honor to have you on. JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you Chris, good to be with you and your folks. MATTHEWS: Let me ask you the question about—this is going to cause some trouble with people—but as an historian now and studying the Revolutionary War as it was fought out in the South in those last years of the War, insurgency against a powerful British force, do you see any parallels between the fighting that we did on our side and the fighting that is going on in Iraq today? CARTER: Well, one parallel is that the Revolutionary War, more than any other war up until recently, has been the most bloody war we‘ve fought. I think another parallel is that in some ways the Revolutionary War could have been avoided. It was an unnecessary war. Had the British Parliament been a little more sensitive to the colonial‘s really legitimate complaints and requests the war could have been avoided completely, and of course now we would have been a free country now as is Canada and India and Australia, having gotten our independence in a nonviolent way. I think in many ways the British were very misled in going to war against America and in trying to enforce their will on people who were quite different from them at the time. |
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iltripp
Oct 20, 2004, 12:34 AM
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What's your point?
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bobd1953
Oct 20, 2004, 12:52 AM
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In reply to: What's your point?
There isn't one!
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 1:11 AM
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So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy.
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iltripp
Oct 20, 2004, 1:15 AM
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In reply to: So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy.
Sorry if I failed to get your point...
Again, what are you trying to say? Are you just posting this for the hell of it, or is this supposed to mean something?
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 1:18 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy. Sorry if I failed to get your point... Again, what are you trying to say? Are you just posting this for the hell of it, or is this supposed to mean something?
Just an interesting observation into the mind of an ex-president. Some might even think it's rather controversial to suggest that the war that brought our nation into being was unnecessary.
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treesail
Oct 20, 2004, 1:23 AM
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There's no way in hell I'm voting for Carter now!
(P.S. "Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner and one of this country's greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty." --Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
P.P.S. So what?)
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bobd1953
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In reply to: So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy.
Keep trying!
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 1:42 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy. Keep trying!
I'll try some inane, baseless, anti-bush comment next time, then you'll be mindlessly buzzing around it like a fly on a piece of dog crap. :wink:
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bobd1953
Oct 20, 2004, 1:46 AM
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In reply to: I'll try some inane, baseless, anti-bush comment next time, then you'll be mindlessly buzzing around it like a fly on a piece of dog crap.
Time to get a life or at least spend some of that time climbing. You're getting a little up-tight.
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curt
Oct 20, 2004, 1:47 AM
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The obvious point is that Carter is a moron.
Curt
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 1:50 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: I'll try some inane, baseless, anti-bush comment next time, then you'll be mindlessly buzzing around it like a fly on a piece of dog crap. Time to get a life or at least spend some of that time climbing. You're getting a little up-tight.
Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it.
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iltripp
Oct 20, 2004, 1:50 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: So sorry I failed to reach the Bobd / iltripp threshold of relevancy. Sorry if I failed to get your point... Again, what are you trying to say? Are you just posting this for the hell of it, or is this supposed to mean something? Just an interesting observation into the mind of an ex-president. Some might even think it's rather controversial to suggest that the war that brought our nation into being was unnecessary.
What he's saying isn't that controversial when you read the entire thing instead of just your title
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bobd1953
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In reply to: The obvious point is that Carter is a moron. Curt
By making a statement like that I think we know who the moron is. You republican's are good at name-calling. 8^)
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In reply to: Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it.
We can compare lives, climbing background and insults anytime you want, tough guy.
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Oct 20, 2004, 1:56 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it. We can compare lives, climbing background and insults anytime you want, tough guy. |
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 1:57 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it. We can compare lives, climbing background and insults anytime you want, tough guy.
No thanks Bob, I'm not questioning yours, yet you seem compelled to question mine.
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In reply to: bobd1953 wrote: Quote: Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it. We can compare lives, climbing background and insults anytime you want, tough guy. Name caller!
Here comes another one out of the woodwork! 8^)
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charley
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Some could say all wars are unnecessary.
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bobd1953
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In reply to: No thanks Bob, I'm not questioning yours, yet you seem compelled to question mine.
Smart move on your part.
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In reply to: Some could say all wars are unnecessary.
Charley, you oughtta be o.k. if they're too busy throwing punches at each other. But I'd duck, just in case: they don't like that kind of peace talk in these parts. :wink:
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In reply to: In reply to: bobd1953 wrote: Quote: Suprisingly Bob, I am somehow able to juggle a life, climbing, and taking the occassional shot at you. It's called multi-tasking, you should look into it. We can compare lives, climbing background and insults anytime you want, tough guy. Name caller! Here comes another one out of the woodwork! 8^) |
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bluto
Oct 20, 2004, 2:07 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: No thanks Bob, I'm not questioning yours, yet you seem compelled to question mine. Smart move on your part.
Spare me the posturing Bob, it's starting to make you look rather foolish and hypocritical.
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In reply to: Might I suggest some Geritol, ya grumpy old f---!
There is only so much of that crap you can drink in a day. Any other ideas? :D
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