We didn't really intend to spend three weeks on the topic of our Christian textbooks' coverage of the Civil War. Then again, both the North and South expected the war itself to take only a few months. With all the current talk of a "short, limited air campaign" against Syria, we wonder if maybe there's a useful metaphor in that? And maybe, while we're at it, in Mark Twain's
The late, great Alister Cooke read a letter written by President Lincoln to the millworkers in English - I believe in the city of Manchester - who went without work for a couple of YEARS rather than accept cotton from the Confederacy.
Actually they have an excellent art museum, full of the sort of second-tier old master paintings that used to sell for a song. Jones bought a lot of good religious art - mainly late Renaissance and Baroque.
Well, Youtube has failed me. I cannot find a clip from the 1972 film <i>The Hot Rock</i> where a mom and son sit down in their garage to listen to a car race, smiling at each other at a particularly good bit of engine sound.
St Paul: &quot;Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling&quot; Betcha that was Jackson&#039;s favorite verse.
If I understand the textbook correctly, this Christian god of theirs was working <i>both</i> sides of the war. So, he&#039;s either-- [a] a total dumbshit who can&#039;t figure out which side he likes, or [b] a total asshole who wants both sides to suffer needless casualties
No need to wonder why religious folks are so fkd up...
HELM. Why the hell am I calling him Helms? I can blame it on advancing age, or on having been a blithering idiot all my life. I&#039;ll go with blithering idiot.
Twisty billboards are twisty...human billboards carve snow...NASCAR goes around in bleeding circles. PLUS, whereas F1 and snow athletes are pretty much required to go as fast as possible, a few years ago, NASCAR put in rules that actually slowed the cars down so that the races would be more interesting. Yes, rationality doesn&#039;t really enter into it...but then, there are billboards <a href="http://collider.com/wp-cont..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/formula-1-...">http://collider.com/wp-cont...
Yes, he was from the south; Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, in fact. Here&#039;s the thing. Despite Wonkette convention -- to which I happily subscribe, and occasionally contribute -- not every white southerner is a shambling, barely articulate stereotype. Not even those from humorously-named places. Being from the south may suggest many things, but it don&#039;t define the whole person, do it?
Congress should always be called on to approve a policy of military action. But after that the President is the Commander-in-Chief and carries it out. If Congress wants to command the armed forces, they can amend the Constitution.
For a number of years the estimate of Confederate dead was about 260,000.
That&#039;s been upped through new research relatively recently.
Because they were made out of paper?
Charcoal sold as gunpowder. &quot;Hams&quot; carved out of wood. Paper shoes.
Enterprising capitalists made a fortune selling junk to the Union Army.
Things haven&#039;t changed much, now have they?
The late, great Alister Cooke read a letter written by President Lincoln to the millworkers in English - I believe in the city of Manchester - who went without work for a couple of YEARS rather than accept cotton from the Confederacy.
Actually they have an excellent art museum, full of the sort of second-tier old master paintings that used to sell for a song. Jones bought a lot of good religious art - mainly late Renaissance and Baroque.
Yes, it&#039;s mystery to everyone.
Well, Youtube has failed me. I cannot find a clip from the 1972 film <i>The Hot Rock</i> where a mom and son sit down in their garage to listen to a car race, smiling at each other at a particularly good bit of engine sound.
St Paul: &quot;Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling&quot; Betcha that was Jackson&#039;s favorite verse.
If I understand the textbook correctly, this Christian god of theirs was working <i>both</i> sides of the war. So, he&#039;s either-- [a] a total dumbshit who can&#039;t figure out which side he likes, or [b] a total asshole who wants both sides to suffer needless casualties
No need to wonder why religious folks are so fkd up...
Possibly a metaphor for something? I hear that Twain guy was good at the metaphorizin&#039;.
HELM. Why the hell am I calling him Helms? I can blame it on advancing age, or on having been a blithering idiot all my life. I&#039;ll go with blithering idiot.
Twisty billboards are twisty...human billboards carve snow...NASCAR goes around in bleeding circles. PLUS, whereas F1 and snow athletes are pretty much required to go as fast as possible, a few years ago, NASCAR put in rules that actually slowed the cars down so that the races would be more interesting. Yes, rationality doesn&#039;t really enter into it...but then, there are billboards <a href="http://collider.com/wp-cont..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/formula-1-...">http://collider.com/wp-cont...
and then there are billboards <a href="https://www.rfactorcentral...." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="https://www.rfactorcentral.com/skins/screenshots/...">https://www.rfactorcentral....
Yes, he was from the south; Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, in fact. Here&#039;s the thing. Despite Wonkette convention -- to which I happily subscribe, and occasionally contribute -- not every white southerner is a shambling, barely articulate stereotype. Not even those from humorously-named places. Being from the south may suggest many things, but it don&#039;t define the whole person, do it?
Impeach over location of boots?
Congress should always be called on to approve a policy of military action. But after that the President is the Commander-in-Chief and carries it out. If Congress wants to command the armed forces, they can amend the Constitution.
You never hear about anybody having fun in heaven, either. Who wants so sit around, listening to harp music for eternity?
The numbers on scales everywhere rose, didn&#039;t they?
&quot;Mysterious ways&quot;, etc.
&ldquo;The war is over,&rdquo; the General said. &ldquo;The Rebels are our countrymen again.&rdquo;
Not everyone got the memo.