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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Floats Secession As Possible Response To Health Care Reform.–Think Progress headline, 2/22/2010

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Of course, this follows the Texas governor’s
moronic discussion of the same. 
Patapsco Creek Jack came up with a solution.

“What would be fun is if contemporary America found its Sherman and sent him and three divisions into certain states and Congressional districts.“
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Images: (1) via iacmusic.com (2)by Matthew Brady via civilwargazzette.wordpress.com […]

Posted in Republicans, Health, Iowa, Texas, Civil War, Treason, Gen. W. Tecumseh Sherman |

One of these guys has thought about taking his state out of the Union…

Friday, September 11th, 2009

I had never realized that WWE had its own standing army.

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Images: (Governor Perry of Texas) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com (Vince McMahon) via ugo.com

Posted in Constitution, Texas, Wrestling, Civil War |

Georgia and Russia on brink of full-scale war–Euro News headline, 08/08 20:44 CET

Friday, August 8th, 2008

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Images: (Putin) img.dailymail,co,uk; (Sherman) Photo credit: Bettmann/Corbis via wired.com; (zil) toyota-pro-motors.ru; via airliners.com; (moon equipped) sh-boomm.com.au; (blue logo) cartype.com; (hu`rst) firstgencamaro.com; (wine) avenuevine.com; (modern sign) mta.com.mt; (Atlanta) thegarageblog.com via blognetnews.com; (eagle) axisbird.com;

Please find the story here.

Posted in Russia, Automobiles, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Civil War |

This makes the venality of the Civil War purchasing process look commendable.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Study: Lack of MRAPs Cost Marine Lives
By RICHARD LARDNER – 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes.
The study, written by a civilian […]

Posted in Iraq, Pentagon, Civil War |

P.S.: Nevertheless, after Georgie McClellan, you’re a regular Alexander the Great!

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

National Archives Uncovers Handwritten Note by Lincoln
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 7, 2007; 2:28 PM
The National Archives announced today that it has uncovered in its stacks a hand-written note sent by Abraham Lincoln to one of his top generals four days after the battle of Gettysburg, at the height of the Civil […]

Posted in National Archives, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln |

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