What? I wrote like a whole page! (Sorry folks, I just reviewed my posts and found this sucker-punch…)

One has to laugh at the sheer stupidity of the rebel yellars as they (to this very day) continue to perpetuate a myth that with just a tiny bit of reading ablility SHATTERS. For your reading pleasure Mr. Rex, the last sentance of Article 10:

“No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.”

Thank God most now know how pathetic the rebel yellars are and how they have become a caricature of red-neck in-bred racists in the process.

The sad aspect of all this is that folks such as Rex and Paul (who can’t to this day pledge his allegiance to the American flag) were the types of folks that spoke throughout the South and SWINDLED un-educated Southerners into supporting a war meant only to further an economic system that benefited the plantation owners.

Rex, your defense of slavery is in-defensible. Translated your defense reads: it’s ok to own another human being’s offspring and as long as I don’t rape or whip her momma I will be able to exact maximum productivity from said property.

Paul’s inability to speak to the truth of the CENTURIES of destruction of an entire race of human beings is in-defensible as well.

I wonder how much good Mr. James actually does for the world today. I see a lot of people who get fired up over the injustices of the past then run right down to the local store and buy products made with current slave labor. Try China. Go ahead put your feel good on while you perpetuate slavery Mr. James.

One more to help with your emotional rant: Slaves were the major part of the work force for many and not just the South. How much work do you get out of people by whipping and beating? How much work do you get out of people by rapping their wives and daughters? While bad things happened, it was not the norm. How many babies will die today because people like you stand for injustices of the past while today runs on?

I suggest you read for truth.

The 10th amendment in NO terms authorizes seccession. I notice you omitted the text in an effort to futher you CSofA distortion. Here in its entirety is the 10th amendement:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Secession was expressly PROHIBITED as I referenced above in response to doc’s question: Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1: “No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation;”

(the english language is tough on those rebel yellars)

Futhermore, your and Lady Josephine’s habit of referencing “resolves” and expecting those to carry the same weight as the UNANIMOUSLY ratified United States Constituion while making for hysterical CSofA talking points does not make legal the illegal.

Again, you refuse to answer the questions I posed to you. Your research eloquently professes the horrors endured by the citizens of Columbia for a very brief moment in time – now, see if you can be a man and bring yourself to speak the truth of the 2 CENTURIES of rape, murder, whippings, and other inhumane treatment of the black populace.

By James the Foot Soldier on February 14th, 2009 at 10:28 am

Miss Josephine,

“The question posed to me was which ARTICLE of the United States Constitution did not allow seccession.

I’m not lawyer (THANK GOD) but if my high school civics class memory serves me correctly, the WORDS of Thomas Jefferson carry a bit less weight than the words of the United States Constitution. He obviously didn’t have enough support to have those inserted – and scholars such as Mr. Graham could duly note the United States Constitution was ratified unanimously.”

Secession, is authorized by the 10th amendment to the Constitution, which is further elucidated by the Virginia and Kentucky resolves written by Jefferson and Madison in 1798.

Not that I think a piece of paper makes much difference when the enemies of freedom and liberty have money and guns. But if you need a piece of paper to tell you what you already know to be true, then there’s your source.

Graham says:
No one, especially me, is defending slavery, only the fact that the invasion of the south was illegal and that Lincoln has no concern for the slaves, so it cannot be used as a legitimate ends to justify a means– if morality and common decency would even allow such a thing.

The south did not invent slavery and cannot be held responsible for slavery in a historical time and place when slavery was no only legal, but accepted as such by the United States.

No confederate flag ever flew over a slave ship. This is a weak justification for a gross and illegal usurpation of power that has had the direct result of centralizing government power.

There were slave states who fought for the Union– Kentucky and Maryland come to mind– and non-slave owners, the vast majority of Confederate soldiers and citizens, in fact, that did not own slaves, who fought for the CSA.
There were free black slave holders and blacks who served in the Confederate army– this is not a simple middle school text book issue…

To lay the sins of the Union at the feet of the South is intellectually dishonest and has no basis in reality– although it does make some folks like you feel better about their country.

It’s quite typical, in fact, of Yankees (both born and home-made) to distance themselves from their own sins and blame them on others while failing to mention their own role in both the slave trade and slavery within their own borders.

What happened to the slaves in those northern states when they began to pass manumission laws? WHy, dey wus sold down da riber! Then laws were passed to forbid the entrance of “free negros” into their free labour (white labour) zones. Fine folks they are!

Massachusetts was the only state, as I recall, that did not legally sanction slavery at the time of adoption of the Constitution– this did not mean that they didn’t participate in the slave trade after that– they were big players in that profitable business.

Look, it’s not my job to provide you with an education, especially when you ought to know better– when has the government ever done ANYTHING that was designed for the betterment of any citizen or slave (little difference now)?

Next thing you are going to tell me is that the move to Socialism in the USSA is being done for some higher good. Come on, man. Wake up!

James says:
“My allegiance is the the flag of the United States of America – it’s clear for which flag the good ol’ boys in Anderson are marching – which flag do you pledge your allegiance?”

My allegiance is to my family, then to my community, then to my state, then to the constitution of the country in which my state is connected by compact.

Allegiance to a flag is idolatry and creates situations like the one in which this country now finds itself.

We are on the Titanic. We are sinking. We have 50 lifeboats, and people are still talking about how we can and must fix the ship.

Why? Because they love Union more than life or liberty…

Well, let me be the first to tell you in case you have not figured this out for yourself already, the ship can’t be fixed!

Forget the flag, man, you are missing the point all together!

You are now the slave and you are defending the honour of your masters. Wake up and face it now before it is too late!