This is rich in irony.... - this crazy group says it doing this if some few are offended. How about the many that are offended by taking the pray out of graduation. - read some of the rich history of religion in the gov't -- the capital building was used for church services - the marine band played at church services. It is only in the last 60 years that this total separation of church and start. - the really scary thing is these elites don't know why the masses are mad as hell -- the pots going to boil over sometime soon and it isn't going to be pretty

A couple of things for those old enough to remember - the really big push for college degrees was in the 60's when the Supreme Court rule that employers couldn't give intelligent tests to new employee -- somehow it was racist the college degree became the proxy for intelligence. - it will be fun to watch those elite schools trim their staffs - you have so many prima donas - they are not going to be a happy bunch. - and trimming a tenure professor who has done jack for 20 years will be fun to watch, just wait for the lawyers.

The gov't, via a law, defined the 2nd amendment. What is being consisted today is how we define that line. I guess machine gun Kelly and the FDR charm allow the 1934 law to be written. It was wrong then, but we are living with its results. We have already messed with the constitution long ago in a different generation - we have to deal with what we have. in 1934 they rewrote the 2nd amendment, we don't need to do that again.

There are two camps on this 2nd amendment debate - One group claims they can read the amendment to say the feds can or should restrict ownership - the other group reads the amendment and sees the right to bear arms. The question is what are the 'arms'. Today the common wisdom is firearms, rifles and pistols. But arms really means cannons, bombs, etc. Back in 1934, they passed a law that defined automatic weapons, saw off shotguns as illegal. Hence the gov't has already defined what the 2nd amendment is all about. If, in 1934, they said how big the clip could be we wouldn't be arguing it today.

I kept reading your article and expecting a punch line at the end. You maybe right but I think that there are many more scenarios out there with a higher probability. The key to me is that there will be some foreign crisis that will mess everything up, OR more likely when the dollar is no longer the reserve currency of the world all hell will break out.

amen!

the erie canal in the 1820's was build by the irish because the slaves had more value.

just interested -- do you know what states or what parties push for the law that made it illegal for an owner to grant freedom to their slaves in their wills. I know it was a big deal in many states at that time. It goes counter to the narrative that all southern things were bad. Kinda of history buff and would like to know.

Brazil did away with slavery a couple of generations after the civil war. If you are into history about half of the black slaves when to the america the other half when to muslim countries. While the slave ships were terrible the death rate was even higher for those send overland to the muslim countries across the deserts. Muslims didn't allow their slave to reproduce so they just died - they were cheap they could replace them. Funny how it always about the south and slavery and never a word about the muslims...... Also most of the slave ships where managed by the rich in the North. read some history -- it is a lot more complex than the simple words of south bad - north good.

ah.... the indentured servants -- about half the population prior to 1740- were indentured servants. Also the term was typically 7 years - an amazing large number were accused of some minor offense at about 6.9 years and their term was extended another 7 years. Some made it and made it in the new country - most didn't and died young. Lots of bad stuff in the past, slavery was just one of the bad things. This black slavery thing is bad because we lose perspective of what life was like and there were many that had it much worst than the slaves. Get a life - it is behind us.