leeman101

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Could just be a short squeeze.

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No pun intended right!

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lincoln gave zero fricks about slaves. he only really cared about preserving the union and his power.

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Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley.

Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 22, 1862.

Hon. Horace Greeley:
Dear Sir.

I have just read yours of the 19th. addressed to myself through the New-York Tribune. If there be in it any statements, or assumptions of fact, which I may know to be erroneous, I do not, now and here, controvert them. If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptable in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right.

As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men every where could be free.

Yours,
A. Lincoln.

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Heart disease

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or obesity.

All these burger joints are killing us.

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The only path is an amendment, now.

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Can there be limits placed on the 14th like they have on the 2nd amendment?

I've heard on social media today people argue the US is a melting pot of various nationalities and cultures. Is there a point in time we don't have to be a melting pot? Have we reached it?

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The 14th has always been one huge clusterfrick. Why couldn't the guys back in 1865 have simply worded it: "All descendants of African slaves are hereby granted U.S. citizenship." That was the entire point of the 14th - to codify into law that slaves are now citizens

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Good point.

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Can’t wait for Congress to cry about it since they just voted on it.

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Senate is on vacation till mid July thanks to Thune. I wonder if that was part of the plan.

Nixon had just won by a landslip and very popular. I had some people at different times that were around at the time, said if he just came out in the beginning and confessed and did an apology it would have been a nothing burger. Instead he tried to cover it up and sweep it under the rug. And then it festered.

I still think the CIA had something to do about it.

What's happened to XRX the past five years?

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We had a 72% tax braket until the 1970s

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It seems the estate tax then was 77% and Reagan lowered it to 50% in the mid 80's. Allowing for great transfer of wealth to the next generation.

Buc-ee's has ruined it for the little guy.

Circle K's and have taking over Huntsville. Along with Twice Daily. Then there is Costco, Sam's, Bj's and now Kroger selling gasoline.