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It hasn't been easy getting people excited about celebrating the 200th birthday of that tall, gaunt, bearded, Kentucky-bred president who was born in a log cabin and went on to lead his people through a bloody civil war. tags civil confederacy confederate south southern statesNo, not Abraham Lincoln. It's that other tall, log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out to be something of a lost cause. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago |
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Most textbooks teach us that the north won the US civil war thanks mostly to their larger population and industrial capabilities. Another possibility is the fact of the internal divisions in the south had more to do with the Confederacy defeat than anything else. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
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"Ron Paul appeared on "Meet the Press" over the weekend, and gave voice to a sentiment scarcely heard in American politics. He claimed that the Civil War was unnecessary" picked by gammerus 8 months ago 11 comments edit related share politics |
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Ziff Davis filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District Court of New York today as part of a debt restructuring plan. The technology publisher said the restructuring agreement was made with an ad hoc group of senior secured note holders. picked by punthe 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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