tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post116887411307023956..comments2022-10-10T13:38:58.389-05:00Comments on The Virtual Nun: The First American Dictator - George W. BushUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post-772504908425677022007-11-07T14:34:00.000-06:002007-11-07T14:34:00.000-06:00Did Lincoln not unilaterally decide not to remove ...Did Lincoln not unilaterally decide not to remove troops from the South? Did he not, despite immense domestic opposition, decide to attack the C.S.A.? The Confederacy existed because of the failure of the United States to uphold the Constitution. As far as they were concerned in the South, the Constitution was abandoned and therefore they had no reason to remain part of the Union. The secession was an attempt to remove themselves from the corruption and disregard for liberty that has become a hallmark of the United States.<BR/><BR/>Ron Paul 2008.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post-87956003984868968412007-10-26T09:50:00.000-05:002007-10-26T09:50:00.000-05:00Lincoln faced a major insurrection. A large porti...Lincoln faced a major insurrection. A large portion of the country turned traitors and declared themselves beyond our laws. That is a serious crisis that calls for extraordinary measures.<BR/><BR/>Bush decided unilaterally to invade another country without provocation, claiming it was a "preventative measure". He then used his invasion to declare a state of war and claim that gave him the right to ignore the constitution he swore to uphold. History will show Bush to be one of the largest threats to our constitutional freedom in a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post-3461095687834102642007-08-09T10:54:00.000-05:002007-08-09T10:54:00.000-05:00Ah, how soon we forget history. During the Civil W...Ah, how soon we forget history. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was called by his friends, and to this day even his supporters, the American dictator.<BR/><BR/>Lincoln suspended <I>habeus corpus</I> not for Confederates, but for Northerners. Federal storm troopers held some 13,000 US citizens in military prisons without charges, without trials and without any legal recourse.<BR/><BR/>Lincoln declared martial law in the North, imposed heavy taxes, suspended the Bill of Rights and in some Northern states suspended free elections. He arrested half the Maryland legislature who were going to vote for peace and shut down newspapers.<BR/><BR/>He did it in complete violation of the Constitution to support his power base and fight a war that us Unconstitutional.<BR/><BR/>Lincoln was the first American Dictator and makes Dubya look like an amateur by comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com