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Looks like Kong jizzed all over that poor 62.
 
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Anybody know where this statue is located ?

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Yeah, Are the lat/lon embedded in pic or have you been there before?

There was also a statue of Nelson Mandela but I thought it was Louis Armstrong before I read the name.


Somebody had printed copies of the Gettysburg Address and left them at base of statue held down by a rock.
 
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Not to get too heavy here but... Did anyone else find it odd that last week, on the 150th remembrance of this historic address, our President barely made mention of the event? And, when he did, he felt entitled to edit the text to leave out the words "under God"?

I would have thought our first black president would shout these famous ten sentences from the highest hill! Personally, I imagine that the entire last sentence sticks in his craw...

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this Nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
 
Blaming any thing other than his white half is obviously and blatantly racist!
 
I was thinking the same thing Chris. Mine may be on the market soon as I get promoted. Would be right up your alley Lenny!
 
Bossman said:
Not to get too heavy here but... Did anyone else find it odd that last week, on the 150th remembrance of this historic address, our President barely made mention of the event? And, when he did, he felt entitled to edit the text to leave out the words "under God"?

I would have thought our first black president would shout these famous ten sentences from the highest hill! Personally, I imagine that the entire last sentence sticks in his craw...

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this Nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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Bossman,

Thanks for bringing this up. Not only was it conspicuous that he - the self-proclaimed reincarnate of Lincoln - left those words out of his "reinactment," but he did it in such a way as to provide himself needed political cover. He had to play to his radical base, while remaining "arguably" correct.

There are several copies of the Gettysburg address known to exist, and surprisingly, one or two (can't remember) don't have the words "under God" in them (I suppose Lincoln is the only one who knows why). That being said, the ObaMao White House responded to claims of revisionist history by saying he was reading from the "original document." Technically, he was, but eyewitness accounts claim the version given at Gettysburg by Lincoln 150 years ago included the words, "under God"........so who do YOU believe is right.
 
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Bossman,

Thanks for bringing this up. Not only was it conspicuous that he - the self-proclaimed reincarnate of Lincoln - left those words out of his "reinactment," but he did it in such a way as to provide himself needed political cover. He had to play to his radical base, while remaining "arguably" correct.

There are several copies of the Gettysburg address known to exist, and surprisingly, one or two (can't remember) don't have the words "under God" in them (I suppose Lincoln is the only one who knows why). That being said, the ObaMao White House responded to claims of revisionist history by saying he was reading from the "original document." Technically, he was, but eyewitness accounts claim the version given at Gettysburg by Lincoln 150 years ago included the words, "under God"........so who do YOU believe is right.
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I'm working from memory here but I believe I am correct in saying that there are six known copies of the address in Lincoln's own hand. Two are believed to have been written before the speach and the remaining four were written afterward. I believe I am correct in saying that both the original "rough draft" and the "Bliss" copy (the accepted text of the actual speach) each contain the text in question. I do know that one or more of the copies written after differ quite a bit from the actual text presented.

I'll do a little more reading and see what I can find.
 
How about this crap at NIU (northern illinois university).


http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/15283/

CHICAGO – A public university in President Abraham Lincoln’s home state of Illinois is adorned with a plaque that states Lincoln – arguably the most famous and influential president in American history – was a Democrat.

Lincoln was a Republican.
 
All 3 of the amendments below were passed after the end of the Civil War.
edited with more information.

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13th Amendment: All Republicans voted for it.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130501074545AAZTRkv

13th Amendment ending Slavery passed with 100% Republican support, Why did 63% of Democrats oppose it?

Democrats of the 1860s were universally against abolishment of slavery.
The Republican Party, under Lincoln, not only in 1863 put forth the Emancipation Proclamation but
voted to free all Black slaves then and forever more by passage of the Constitution's 13th Amendment.
Not so the Democratic Party, as it did not support racial equality. The same phenomenon occurred in
the 1960s when the Democratic Party voted against repealing "Jim Crow" laws.

I do not understand why minorities vote in lock step for Democrats. The Democrats have never had the best
interest of blacks or Hispanics as part of their party platform.
Today, the Democratic Party, under President Obama, is pushing continued enslavement.
The Democratic Party is buying votes and loyalty by making all of us more dependent on government handouts.
We must stop the enslavement of Americans by finding a way out of the welfare trap.
We need employment, not handouts.

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14th amendment: No Democrat voted for it.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120901155829AAbVwka

How come not a single Democrat voted for the 14th Amendment, which granted full citizenship to blacks.?

"On June 13, 1866, when the 39th Congress, which was controlled by Republicans, passed the 14th Amendment
giving African Americans rights to due process and “equal protection” under law,
it did so with not a single Democratic Representative’s vote.
When the Senate voted to pass the 14th Amendment not a single Democrat supported it."

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15th Amendment. Every House Democrat voted AGAINST it.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120419195301AA5wA5k

Why did every House Democrat vote against the 15th Amendment that gave Blacks the right to Vote?


"The vote in the House was 144 to 44, with 35 not voting.
The House vote was almost entirely along party lines, with no Democrats supporting the bill and
only 3 Republicans voting against it"

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I do not understand why so many blacks do not like Republicans. They must not know their history.
Abraham Lincoln who abolished slavery was a Republican.
 
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Bossman said:
I'm working from memory here but I believe I am correct in saying that there are six known copies of the address in Lincoln's own hand. Two are believed to have been written before the speach and the remaining four were written afterward. I believe I am correct in saying that both the original "rough draft" and the "Bliss" copy (the accepted text of the actual speach) each contain the text in question. I do know that one or more of the copies written after differ quite a bit from the actual text presented.

I'll do a little more reading and see what I can find.
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Sorry, memory was a little foggy. Five known copies exist. Rough draft did not include the reference, Bloss copy of the actual speach did, three more copies made after the speach one of which did not include the subject reference.

The Bliss copy was the actual speach given and is the text inscribed on the memorial. That is the history and no one has a right to edit it.
 
But. But. He was a Democrat.
 
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