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romansoldier1

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  1. Surratt is 49 yo if I'm not mistaken and since he's still relatively young, I wouldn't be surprised if he wins 10 more state championships before he retires. If he retires ever.I tell ya I wouldn't mind seeing Surratt coach at Odessa Permian.
  2. ​The original post was about one thing, but YOU extended on that and went off on a tangent. And no, the people who reply to me are other members. Trump is not in office yet so if you wanna ask where's the wall, go ask Obama.
  3. ​Harrier, you cleverly are attempting to backslide and distort the origin of your posts. You were talking about US Steel and then you blamed Trump for being lax on oversight of pollution when he's not even in office yet. Why don't you talk to Obama, he has been in charge of EPA for 8 years, so if there's been any lax oversight, its on Obama. You sound more and more Dem all the time. I'm starting to wonder.
  4. I agree REB, if he respects America, America chose Trump, not Harrier's pick. It's ashame that some people get mad and jealous because my posts are getting between 35 and 60 replies each, while theirs are getting an average of 3 replies and there's one they put up which has no replies. Just pay them no attention and the dude will stop pestering.
  5. ​Like I said Harrier trump isn't in office yet. Why do you even blame him for things ? Go talk to Obama.
  6. ​Dave, please excuse Harrier's last post. Harrier, Dave was talking about Horseshoe Bend in Alabama. More mindless fluff and spam from Harrier.
  7. ​Harrier, your posts were about US Steel, they have several plants around America, you didn't post about the plant in D'field. The article about US Steel talks about the US Steel plants in the North and Midwest, NOT the one at D'field. And you talk about Trump and he hasn't even taken office yet. And by the way, I don't smoke dude.
  8. ​Harrier, I am pretty certain that Obama has been in control of the EPA for the last eight years since he has been president since that time so why are you even talking about Trump and the EPA ? He hasn't been inaugurated yet. Any lax oversight of LSS/US Steel mill at Daingerfield-Lone Star you should discuss with King Obamarama.
  9. You wanna know what the saddest part about the slave catching done in old Africa was ? It was the fact that the kings of those tribes are usually the ones that caught the tribespeople and sold them to the whites in return for gold or money. Several of the kings ended up betraying the tribal warriors who wanted to band all the tribes together to fight the slavers.
  10. ​Errr...Harrier, I don't know if anyone has told you yet that when you posted about US Steel Corp. maybe you didn't know it, but the LSS plant at Daingerfield IS US Steel now.
  11. tensions between whites and Indians BEFORE Horseshoe Bend LED to battles like Horseshoe Bend.
  12. ​The author of the link is correct. Also CarthDawg, Not sure if you realized this or not but most tribes in old Africa had slaves BEFORE slavery was practiced in America. Also the Muslim tribes especially were known to go to far-off areas and capture peoples of different tribes and bring them back thousands of miles over the desert back to their own villages, where they made them slaves until their natural deaths. I don't know if you read the book ROOTS, but it talks about this quite a bit. Needless to say, I was shocked when I first read this many years ago. The Mandinkas in particular had a very beautiful culture ( except the slavery ) The slavecatchers should have left them alone. Also, most people don't realize that slavery STILL EXISTS. People are being kidnapped at a frightening rate and taken to unknown locations, never to be seen again. Here we are debating about civil war and slavery in the 1800s, when modern slavery is everywhere. If you want to combat slavery, there is plenty of opportunity right in front of us. I encourage you to go and fight it, if you have the skills and knowledge to do so. Frankly, football is not nearly as important as that cause.
  13. ​Wrong, the Indians helped the British fight our Continental soldiers and militias in the 1770s and 1780s and THAT is why the Indians were punished.
  14. but you should study WHY he wanted to preserve the Union. Like I said, the colonies did not give up their rights simply by joining a union to fight the Redcoats. the North is mistaken if it thinks so.
  15. ​Good points Good points. If you will forego the internet research and find some good, older books about the southern states, you will have a better understanding of the true events and situations. I believe in Manifest Destiny. If it didn't happen, we would all still be in Europe. And I don't see any liberals giving their land and homes back to the Indians, so they really don't care about Indians or other people , except every 4 years when they need their votes.
  16. ​wrong Wild74, the war was also about the punishing tariffs the North had placed on the entire South and about the new territories becoming states and about whether states have rights or not. States definitely have rights and Lincoln quashed them, so I have no sympathy with Lincoln.
  17. US History has been the victim of unpopular political correctness. We are supposed to live in a majority rules nation but school boards and curriculum directors usually yield like cowards to ONE SINGLE PARENT COMPLAINT, and next thing you know, that ONE SINGLE PARENT controls the politics of the entire district. This practice must stop. They need to tell that complainer to sit down and shut up or run for office if she(he) wants to change things. And Texas can print and write its own textbooks; we don't need Chicago or New York to write our books. Cut their contracts, find another publisher.
  18. As far as the Indians are concerned, I support General Andrew Jackson and his campaign against them. Without that, we would not have gotten Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. And I don't think any Americans are rushing to give their land and homes back to the Indians. Although I do think the Indians had interesting and natural civilizations. Also, all the Indian tribes fought one another so they were just as warlike as Jackson and his troops. It is human nature to be covetous, so you either conquer or become conquered. What sparked the outrage of South Carolinians against the Cherokees was the incident in which a man, who had not harmed Indians was taking his grand daughter out to his berry orchard because she asked her PawPaw to take her to pick and eat the berries. A party of Cherokees ambushed and murdered the man and his grand daughter and mutilated their bodies and scalped both of them. After that, the white citizens of SC and GA formed militias and drove the Indians out of not only South Carolina, but also the northern and western halves of Georgia. History books in public schools only tell kids about the Trail of Tears but they never tell you what atrocities the Indians committed to be put on that trail.
  19. South Carolina was a sovereign state; it shouldn't have been forced to remain in a union that was antagonistic to its best interests. FORCING a state to remain in a union is not freedom or consent of the governed. The Yankees should not have dared step one foot on the sovereign soil of South Carolina. The land in the state was won by hard fighting against Indians who murdered even children and women. it was won by honest toil. Its earliest pioneers and settlers were members or veterans of the Continental Army and patriot militias. Lincoln respected NONE of this. South Carolina made the right stand and a noble one it was indeed.
  20. Also, Ft Sumter was a RESPONSE to the North's blatant aggression. See the threats made by Simon Cameron against the south.
  21. ​I think at least half of the army would definitely NOT support a war against their own countrymen. If we tried to secede peaceably, most soldiers would refuse to fight us. I didn't say we should secede; I just think the states have their rights that should be respected.
  22. Texas ceased to be a republic when it's citizens voted by a vast majority to be annexed by the USA in order for the state to be joined by the US to fight the Mexican War. Annexation was wildly popular among Texans, which is proven by towns and counties being named in honor of pro annexation leaders like Abel Upshur and John Tyler. I believe that Texas should retain much of its laws and customs however.
  23. ​I didn't mean to cause you to type that long reply DaveTV1 but good read, good read. I still can't excuse Lincoln for his bellicose actions and instigations that led to an avoidable war. It is obvious that since the colonies joined the union voluntarily, they should be able to leave also. Joining a union for protection from the Redcoats and Tories in 1776 did not mean that states gave up their rights. ​Lincoln was tyrannical in trying to FORCE the states to stay in the union. It's like if a big city tried to forcibly annex your neighborhood without your consent, you might not want that. Consent of the governed is one our nation's agreements and laws. Remember that.
  24. Good points BrawnyMan, Lincoln talked about his opposition to racial equality in his early campaigns. And yes, he did abuse his powers.
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