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Okay, I can't take credit for these beauts. Totally stolen from the Internets, but:

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by MrFun
I will let you in on a secret . . . . .


I'm a history graduate student who specializes in Civil War and Reconstruction.

I was a history major in under grad, and I had 15 credits of Civil War/ Reconstruction history. I decided to go to Law School rather than pursue a graduate degree in history, though. Sometimes I wish I had went for the history degree.

[MrFun]

So are you a lawyer now? Completely done with law school?

[Elok]

It's mostly dead now, thank God, but I feel obligated to point out additional ways in which that Civil War analogy was stupid:

-The Republican Party (EEEEVIL!) was AGAINST slavery at the time. It effectively was represented by "the blue states." From that perspective the party situation has effectively flipped. The Democrats, or ancestors thereof, were populists who stood for "states' rights," i.e. slave ownership. America just "voted against the party that defended slavery." At least that's how I remember history, correct me if I'm wrong.
-The Civil War was over a century ago. None of those people who supported slavery in 1860 were alive to vote for Bush, even the first time. Honestly.
-If you look only a few decades before that, you see that England was in a war with America. You know that rotten Tony Blair hates us! Nuke London!
-Remind us again how stereotyping people, e.g. "Arabs and Muslims are all terrorists who hate America," is a bad thing?
-We're not quite there yet, but Godwin's Law looms.

And so on. This is absurd. I mean, I dislike Bush too, but people who defend civil liberties should in theory pretend to be "civil" about it. You know, environment of open-mindedness, respect for others' ideas, Voltaire's "I may not agree with what you say..."? And liberals are supposed to be the smart and tolerant party. No wonder the voting public is so apathetic. Bah.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Elok
It's mostly dead now, thank God, but I feel obligated to point out additional ways in which that Civil War analogy was stupid:

-The Republican Party (EEEEVIL!) was AGAINST slavery at the time. It effectively was represented by "the blue states." From that perspective the party situation has effectively flipped. The Democrats, or ancestors thereof, were populists who stood for "states' rights," i.e. slave ownership. America just "voted against the party that defended slavery." At least that's how I remember history, correct me if I'm wrong.
-The Civil War was over a century ago. None of those people who supported slavery in 1860 were alive to vote for Bush, even the first time. Honestly.
-If you look only a few decades before that, you see that England was in a war with America. You know that rotten Tony Blair hates us! Nuke London!
-Remind us again how stereotyping people, e.g. "Arabs and Muslims are all terrorists who hate America," is a bad thing?
-We're not quite there yet, but Godwin's Law looms.

And so on. This is absurd. I mean, I dislike Bush too, but people who defend civil liberties should in theory pretend to be "civil" about it. You know, environment of open-mindedness, respect for others' ideas, Voltaire's "I may not agree with what you say..."? And liberals are supposed to be the smart and tolerant party. No wonder the voting public is so apathetic. Bah.

I see that pic struck a nerve.

It seems the coincidence is too much for people to handle.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
If that were so the Gettysburg Address would have freed all slaves and not just those currently in rebellion. PWND!

You mean the Emancipation Proclamation? The Gettysburg Address freed no one. It was a memorial for a graveyard at Gettysburg.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


You mean the Emancipation Proclamation? The Gettysburg Address freed no one. It was a memorial for a graveyard at Gettysburg.

They already caught him with this mistake.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Nebraska was a slave state?

Nebraska wasn't a state at all, but after the Dred Scott decision, all of the territories were opened to slavery.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
They already caught him with this mistake.

I was partying all weekend. I just got back. I catered and got $200.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I was partying all weekend. I just got back. I catered and got $200.

great -- so when are you mailing me that check?

[Ted Striker]

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[Ted Striker]

Asian women for Kerry/Striker '04

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by MrFun
So are you a lawyer now? Completely done with law school?

No, I'm in my first semester of law school. I'm 22, and I just graduated from undergrad this past May.