It’s Wrong to Blame Arizona

[justashooter 430]

The Southern states didn't want the North to dictate to them on whether they could own slaves.

if you read any history written before 1965 you will see that the principle issue was unbalanced taxation.

in the lincoln douglas debates lincoln himself indicated that he had no problem with slavery.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

(As you yourself say later, it's an op-ed piece.) For those who don't know, Ted Poe was a long-time and very highly respected judge in the Houston area, who was known for creative sentencing with punishments that nevertheless still fit the crimes (& the perpetrators). It was very seriously a loss for the area's judicial system when he ran for Congress. It's good that he's there (he's intelligent, involved, & concerned); the drawback is that he's not my Congressman.

That may be, but his op-ed piece is a big flaccid bag of hot wind that smells none too good!

[peejay 327]

That may be, but his op-ed piece is a big flaccid bag of hot wind that smells none too good!

It must really piss you off that most Americans agree with the congressman. At least Poe can come up with more than cheap one line quips from the peanut gallery.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It must really piss you off that most Americans agree with the congressman. At least Poe can come up with more than cheap one line quips from the peanut gallery.

No, it doesn't "piss me off". I think it is a badly written piece, sloppily argued with a poor premise. I guess that pisses you off, but I suppose that's what happens when you are so emotionally invested in the subject that you'll buy any old rhetorical tripe.

Edited June 3, 2010 by Its a MADHOUSE