(and Lincoln)

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 once saw a fake tabloid poster showing, along with the well known photography, 
 the following fictional headline: 

    "CIVIL WAR PRESIDENT REVIVED FOR 90 SECONDS: 'GENTLEMEN, WHERE AM I?!'"

 kfl


gregor schrieb:
>
> Uhyeagh.  I got done reading about Lincoln and the civil war and realized,
> 1.  Lincoln started mandatory military service in this country
> (with a tip of the hat to "Gangs of New York", a sloooow but seemingly 
> accurate
> look at 1860s New York and nativists vs. Irish)
> 2.  Lincoln started income tax here.
> (Barf      :)%%    'nuf said.)
> 3.  Lincoln authorized Seward to arrest and hold hostile newspaper editors.
> 4.  Lincoln spent much of his time listening to pleas from "Republicans" 
> seeking jobs.   (the parties are so different now, I think quote marks are 
> appropriate.)
> Okay, maybe not  facistic, but a far cry from Jeffersonian ideals.
>
> Perry "still tapping my feet waiting for weapons of mass destruction to show 
> up
> which maybe they will once we make and plant them", Sams.
>