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ANY THOUGHTS ON WILLIAM AYERS SIGNING A PETITION TO OBAMA ASKING THAT HE NOT HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT?

FOR THE CONFEDERACY???

This is the guy who thought, and still thinks, that bombs and murder are appropriate forms of dissent in this Country.

He is a PROFESSOR at the U. of Chicago - lives in B.O.'s neighborhood and is B.O.'s buddy.

You don't have to agree with slavery to honor those who fell for the SOUTH! Most of them had never even seen a slave and the War of Southern Rebellion WAS NOT fought to free the slaves.

Update:

It never WAS an issue until now. They believed they WERE fighting for their Country. MY ancestors fought for the North so you can't say I'm biased in this regard.

Update 2:

And, yeah - he IS in bed with TERRORISTS!

Update 3:

Only Americans need comment as they are the only ones with even a basic knowledge of the Civil War.

Update 4:

YAYA - is the AP good enough for you - or would you rather I tune in PRAVDA?

Update 5:

I agree, Xeny - the guy wasn't taught our history, and yet he feels qualified to TEACH it. Affirmative Action at its finest.

Update 6:

Okay - now the AP lies? I thought ALL media were in the Liberals pockets. This has nothing to do with Obama/Bush - you know, the usual b.s. The issue is where does a white guy get off on telling the President what he should or should not do vis a vis a Confederate Memorial?

Get your facts straight - if that's possible without throwing Bush into the mix. I gather you like Bush 41 and Reagan...

Update 7:

Thanks Wiliemom - that's the sort of family history that should be treasured and passed down. So many men ( and BOYS) fought for Virginia, South Carolina, etc. As you said - they fought for their STATES - not the Confederacy - and they had every right to do so. Those who equate the Civil War with slavery are jumping on the same political b.s. bandwagon Lincoln used when he came up with a way to get new recruits because WE WERE LOSING!!

Obama's "blackness" (is that a word) is NOT Southern Black - his father was an African who came here in the 60's for a free education then abandoned his son.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yes. He should be shot for treason, along with his fellow haters of freedom, honor, America, and God. Obama is 1st on the list. Both of them are trash.

    We the people will honor the Vets. They are Vets same as those who fought for the USA. We do the best job, because we're the only ones who understand our own history. Obama has a better memory of Kenya, and Ayres remembers best when he bombed federal buildings.

    Pardon to those who say the Southerners committed treason, YOU do NOT understand the Bill Of Rights which gives the right to secede from the Union. They committed NO crimes in their attempt. These people saying they did are ignorant. States have the right, and the authority to be sovereign from the Union.

    The states voluntarily joined the Union, so logically, they had the right to leave it. You can see the right to secede is one of the rights reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution.

  • 1 decade ago

    We visited one of our confederate dead yesterday, there is a memorial marker off the beaten path close to where the Battle of New Market took place. My 4th great grandfather's name is etched on the simple stone with three other men who died that day. He fought for Virginia and nothing more. This duty repeats itself over and over in my genealogy during the civil war, they were fighting for their states and like Lee , where Virginia goes they followed. Take heart that as long as someone holds their memory and honors their sacrifice , Ayers is beaten.

  • 4 years ago

    no remember how a lot of people sign, you could no longer impeach the President that way. purely Congress can. whether the Republicans earnings administration of the homestead and in a burst of insanity bypass a piece of writing of impeachment, they won't have the mandatory votes in the Senate to convict. additionally, it could advise the subsequent time a Republican is in the White homestead, with a Democratic Congress, they are going to do the comparable. Sorry, yet each and every thing on your checklist is political. There are not any impeachable offenses there.

  • Is this an issue? Why would any president of the United States be called upon to honor those who took up arms against the country?

    BTW, just as a historical note: given the prevalence of slavery in the pre-civil war south, the only people who had never seen a slave were those who were blind. The soldiers may or may not have owned slaves themselves, may not have agreed with the practice, but they saw them every day in the cities and on the farms.

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  • Yaya
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    What are you really trying to say?

    That Obama's in bed with former terrorists?

    You really need to get your news from more than one source.

  • 1 decade ago

    screwim

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Why would the US honour treasonous southerners for?

  • Helios
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    AND THE LOUD AND STUPID REPUBLICAN LIES JUST NEVER STOP!!!!

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