Anonymous wrote:The real question Americans should be asking themselves is why, over the past few decades, there has been an increasing leadership vacuum in the House, Senate and candidates for POTUS ?
My speculation is that beginning with Kissinger era of his basically via his dual role as Sec State and Chief of NSC, the engine that has been primed in thos country is not our democratic institutional systems but the nexus of CIA/DNI, military contractors, communications spyware and lobbyists draining away generation after generation of people who could have lead this country to a better future to instead just focus on narrow interest of accumulating their 1% 'er status and attempt to dominate abroad.
Of course, what has been sacrificed is America's reputation not just in global south ( which they don't care about ), but among our Allies, the middle class in America, aspects of our infrastructure ( roads, bridges, electrical grid, schools, health care - basically anything that is not military or spyware related) and , ultimately the undermining of our civil institutions: Congress ( the Johnsons , the Majory Taylor Greenes) , SCOTUS ( Thomas, Alito ) and the lobbyist revolving door in Washington half of whom work for Saudi Arabia despite their attacking us on 9/11.
So, here it is the eve before 2024 election and the choices are: 1) a rapist/ fraudster and fascist 2) an Octogenarian in/out of mental acuity whose Nose is so far up Israel's A** that his last public act as POTUS is going to be to arm, fund and support Genocide or 3) A light weight SC Gov of Indian descent who at her core seems to miss the fact that every political idea she supports would reject her parents on the basis of their ancestry
Anonymous wrote:By the way under the 13th Amendment slavery still exists in the US. Can be enforced against those in prison.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was told by more than one teacher and college professor that it wasn't "slavery" but "states rights" or some economics of the South, fueled by slavery.
So, numerous historical sources don't necessarily agree that "slavery" is the number one reason the Civil War was fought.
This is from the PBS.org website:
What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America?
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
A key issue was states' rights.
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/
Poor Nikki Haley actually thinks she's speaking to people who studied and did their homework during American history class, not people who think in terms of one word answers.
+100
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Like most politicians at that level, a corrupt liar. But more palatable than the other corrupt liars.
Perhaps, but she has shown herself to be weak and feckless. How will she deal with all the crises that a U.S. president deals with on a daily basis?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was told by more than one teacher and college professor that it wasn't "slavery" but "states rights" or some economics of the South, fueled by slavery.
So, numerous historical sources don't necessarily agree that "slavery" is the number one reason the Civil War was fought.
This is from the PBS.org website:
What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America?
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
A key issue was states' rights.
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/
Poor Nikki Haley actually thinks she's speaking to people who studied and did their homework during American history class, not people who think in terms of one word answers.
States rights to.....keel slavery legal.
Please.
Exactly. There was no other “state’s right” at issue. Just slavery. So yes, the war was about slavery and nothing else.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I was told by more than one teacher and college professor that it wasn't "slavery" but "states rights" or some economics of the South, fueled by slavery.
So, numerous historical sources don't necessarily agree that "slavery" is the number one reason the Civil War was fought.
This is from the PBS.org website:
What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America?
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
A key issue was states' rights.
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/
Poor Nikki Haley actually thinks she's speaking to people who studied and did their homework during American history class, not people who think in terms of one word answers.
States rights to.....keel slavery legal.
Please.