Bollywood: Lincoln and the Civil War, 1 in a series Videos

jwoodswce Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Regarding Ls being anti-Lincoln, I think it is because at least some Ls are pro-Confederacy; not regarding slavery, but succession, anti-tariff, state's rights, etc.For example, in his Meet the Press interview during the primary, Ron Paul struck me as an unreconstructed confederate in his statements about Lincoln, 14th Amendment, and civil rights legislation.On Wiki, I see that Thomas DiLorenzo is a scholar with the League of the South Institute, and has spoken in favor of CSA succession.

brainpolice2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - We hate Lincoln because he was a nationalist, mercantalist, protectionist, habeus corpus violating, racist, anti-secession (and by extension, pro-centralization) statist.

brainpolice2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - *boinks the lincoln cult*

Moragauth Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - He sucks.

nine9s Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Argh! It's not "Why-kipidia." It's "Wih-kipedia." I was letting it go for a while, but now I'm gonna correct you every time I hear it. :)

MrCropper Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - There are another 15 videos in this series, so it isn't all on the table yet.

PursuitOfReality Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - *boinks the Lincoln cult*

gear2345 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Don't ever stop man!

TheAmericanAnarchist Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - true

Aristotle100 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Lincoln was a monster, a true dictator. And as for those who are studying him, those "whacy libertarians" are in the minority. If you criticize lincoln in academia your are shunned. Everyone idolizes him and makes him out to be some saintly hero. He was nowhere near this. He was a dictator.

jwoodswce Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Wow. I am shocked by the out-of-context Lincoln bashing in this vids comments.While I don't rank Lincoln as one of our greatest Presidents, because his assassination prevented him from completing the tasks needed to raise him to that level (in my opinion), he is one of our greatest commander-in-chiefs for his asserting civilian control of the military to the betterment of military effectiveness.

legendre007 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - "Wiki" is derived from the Hawaiian word meaning "fast." If you technically want to pronounce that root word the Native Hawaiian way, it's "wee-kee." "Why-kipedia" isn't any more incorrect than "Wih-kipedia."

grantsinmypants2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I read an article the other day by Dr. Walter Williams entitled "Oklahoma Rebellion" where he makes an interesting observation that the Civil War was in fact not a civil war at all.He explains that a civil war involves two or more parties fighting for control of the same government. The American Civil War, on the other hand, was a war of independence. A wrong-headed independence, but an independence nonetheless.Pointing this out makes the South's case a bit weaker I suppose.

MarkDouglasC Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - The best five American presidents - 1) Lincoln, 2)Lincoln, 3)Lincoln 4) Lincoln 5 Lincoln.The lunatics who hate Lincoln should thank him. Lincoln is responsible for America existing today, for the south, or north, to have the freedom and prosperity it does today. The South was a little Nazi land, where there was no freedom. Your children could be sold, you could be hung for having a book the white lunatic slave rapers didnt like. Of all the idiots Lincoln helped, he helped the south most

buff001 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Lincoln is hated by "wacky libertarians" because he was a dictator who repeatedly violated the supreme law of the land (the Constitution) and is directly responsible for the genocidal and destructive Civil War, due to his inability to let the Southern people decide their own political fate.The power of the government is derived from the consent of the governed. Anything further is tyranny.

GaGirlie777 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - "Wacky" libertarians?? Freedom lovers are wacky??This guy lost his credibility with me right away.

GaGirlie777 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Well stated! Thank you for setting the record straight.

803honda Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - slavery was legal all throughout yankeeland just 60 years before yall started callin us evil for not being the first to abolish it. what hypocrites you are!you say the south was like nazi land but is the north that practiced nazi style law. in reality hitler hated states rights and praised lincoln for his great militant dictator powers over the south and the constitution.

803honda Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - both hitler and lincoln support laws that kept diffrent races from settling near them both hitler and lincoln preached speeches of the benefits of deporting diffrent racesboth hitler and lincoln incarcerated countless press and civilians that opposed their evilnessboth hitler and lincoln censored and destroyed literature that spoke against themboth hitler and lincoln sent military terrorist to destroy property and murder civilians to persuade the public to stay in their empire

803honda Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - that is true. the feds call it a civil war so it dosent dound like they are denyin us our independance which they are.there is nothing wrong headed about our need for independance. we payed near 7/8 of the taxes that supported the feds. for this we recieved almost nothing in return. they used the money to grow their federal government and yankee citys. then one day out of greed they decide they were gonna raise federal export taxes to near 50% for products that only the south produced.

grantsinmypants2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - What's with all this "we" stuff? The war ended 150+ years ago. Long before you were born.Okay, if the South paid 7/8ths of the taxes, it was on the backs of slaves. What about their independence?I doubt these economics severly, but even if true, the South's ability to provide capital goods was a result of the thinking, science, and industry filtering down from the North. It would have been symbiotic.Also, "states" don't have right. Only individuals do.

803honda Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - we still want out. we aint givin up. there is no unity in a forced union. a recent poll shows that over 25% of folks in my state/country cant wait to get out. the numbers are still the same as they were in the 1860s and 1770s. the state derives it right from the people and should not have to answer to a foreign power in washington. yalls ideas that the people get their rights from the state is wayyy off. theres gonna be another revolution real soon if the feds dont change their ways.

Joseph565112 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ....March 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincolns inaugural day. Not long after 12:00 the clouds part on what was a cold rainy day. Lincoln begins to give his speech. He pledges his personal support for a 13th amendment to the United States Constitution to forever protect slavery and its expansion. An amendment drawn up and passed in Congress by his own Republican party. The 7 seceded States could have come back to help ratify it and slavery may still be here today. They did not come back. Lincoln=Devil