I think it's interesting that with a few exceptions, the 2012 electoral map and the Confederate States maps look curiously the same.. I guess some people will never let it go...

Somehow there are those that would justify ignorant comments such as those of Hubbard in a similar manner as those who blame the victim for the crime committed against them. Hubbard is a crackpot. There are likely many that are not minorities that would incur the wrath of such a narrow-minded idiot. The majority does n...more

At the least, indentured slaves chose to become such. Indentured slaves usually had a time limit on their "slavery" and in reality could buy-out their contracts early sometimes. Contrast those circumstances to forced slavery and I think the differences are obvious..

, How did tuning out work for the folks that did not like Hitler's message? I think there were a few others that the " tuning-out approach" you mention should have been used for, maybe Pol Pot, and Mussolini for starters... Sometimes it's not as simple as tuning out for those that are the targets of such crazies and mo...more

There was nothing good about slavery for the slaves. If it was so good why are there no lines of volunteers to become slaves?

You sound like a true moron. People like you are what take the greatness out of this great nation. What we have here is a shameful blessing, it's the result of gains in wealth initially delivered upon the backs of slaves. Perhaps if your ancestors couldn't accomplish success without slavery, "they" should go back where...more

Typical post of someone lacking the intelligence to think for themselves.

I'm glad our soldiers don't give up as easily as you have! We'd be speaking a much different language here if they did! Change does not take place over night. Usually a course reversal takes almost twice as long as the original pace because you're going in this case from a very negative situation into admittedly a barl...more

Hey "CallingitFair,"   $500 million to Solindra pales in comparison to Wall Street bonuses and executive pay which was partly funded by the tax payer. Also you fail to mention a desire to know more about the numbers of domestic jobs that were outsourced to foreign soil. If you are going to keep score at least be fa...more