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    May 28, 2012: Remembering Joshua Chamberlain

    MAY 28, 2012 9:19AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: people we should remember, civil war, gettysburg, joshua chamberlain, memorial day

    • 4 Ratings
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    Mother's Day: When Julia Ward Howe Changed Her Tune

    MAY 11, 2012 8:47AM

    By Living with Caer


    Topics: mother's day, war, battle hymn of the republic, civil war, julia ward howe

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    10 states my sons should never live in

    APRIL 30, 2012 5:19PM

    By Bob Gaydos


    Topics: civil war, thurmond, comedy, bad states, texas, arizona, south carolina, bigotry, bush, religious, perry, alaska, palin, intolerant, anti-gay, immigrants, mccain, goldwater

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    Radical Abe Lincoln

    APRIL 22, 2012 11:21PM

    By whirlwind


    Topics: negro militia, slavery, andrew johnson, abraham lincoln, civil war

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    • 10 Ratings
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    • 17 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • 22 Ratings
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    COULD WE ACCIDENTALLY WORK OURSELVES INTO ANOTHER CIVIL WAR?

    MARCH 13, 2012 3:45PM

    By Frank Apisa


    Topics: liberalism, conservatism, obama, civil war

    • 8 Ratings
    • 356 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Can I Call Sarah Palin the "S" Word?

    MARCH 9, 2012 3:37PM

    By Junesteward


    Topics: sarah palin, election 2012, barack obama, civil war, slavery, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 635 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    White Slave Children of New Orleans – Why?

    MARCH 2, 2012 2:28PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: yahoo news, huffington post, daily mail, white slave children of new orleans, sumner, slavery, raising freedom's child, open call, new york times, mirror of race, mary niall mitchell, mary mildred botts, greg fried, daguerreotype, civil war, cdvs

    • 5 Ratings
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    Anarchists attack white supremacists. Hell, yeah!

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 12:00AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, whites, white supremacists, white supremacism, south africa project, south africa, skinheads, sacramento, racists, racism, occupy sacramento, occupy oakland, occupy movement, occupy, ku klux klan, kkk, incitement of violence, incitement of race-based violence, hate speech, free speech, david duke, civil war, california state capitol, california, blacks, anarchists

    • 2 Ratings
    • 550 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    BEWARE OF SYRIA~ IRAN 1953 NOT ARAB SPRING BUT WW3

    FEBRUARY 24, 2012 7:11PM

    By mary gravitt


    Topics: belief/religion, books, business, design, economy, environment, family, feminism, fiction, gossip, movies, open+call, poetry, politics, science, technology, television, travel, video, neocons, neoconservatives, syria, civil war, march to war, arab league, world war i, colonialism, neocolonialism, iran, lies and more lies, green eyed women

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    Success and Failure Under the Pottery Barn Rule

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 7:08PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: war on terror, war of error, united states, troop withdrawal, taliban, saddam heusein, pottery barn rule, politics, military, iraq, iran, george bush, dick cheney, condoleezza rice, colin powell, civil war, barack obama, afghanistan

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 10657 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    A Very Impersonal Thing: Ron Paul's Polite White Racism

    JANUARY 25, 2012 1:28PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: ron paul, libertarianism, politics, republican party, race, civil rights, civil war

    • 3 Ratings
    • 741 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama: Our New Years Eve Nightmare

    JANUARY 1, 2012 12:57AM

    By Steve Thompson


    Topics: the patriot act, guantanamo, police state, civil war, human rights, due process, military court, constitutional law, constitution, losing civil liberties, civil liberties, civil liberty, indefinite detention, obama signs indefinite detention, ndaa, president obama signs ndaa, obama signs ndaa, barack obama signs ndaa

    • 23 Ratings
    • 837 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    Hannukah: Myth & Truth--I'm OK w Both

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 7:02AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: high priest(s), judah, mattathias, maccabees, ancient israel, jews, helenized syrians, myth, history, religious wars, civil war, hannuka

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    ANOTHER JIM JONES MASSACRE IS EXPECTED

    DECEMBER 1, 2011 9:54AM

    By AMLICAR CABRAL


    Topics: civil war, class aspirations, black hole, one percenters, stupid woman, pied piper, kock brothers

    • 3 Ratings
    • 482 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    To protect and to serve — the 1 percent

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 9:45PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: civil war, class warfare, cops, corruption, karma, law enforcement, law enforcement officers, non-violence, pepper spray, pigs, police, police brutality, revolution, seattle, thuggery, traitors, treason, violence, thugs, politics

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    A Veteran's Tribute to my Great Grandfather

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 9:59AM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: military veteran, reenactors, gettysburg, civil war, politics, open+call, military, family, veteran's day

    • 1 Ratings
    • 535 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Honor and Integrity is a thing of the past!

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 7:16PM

    By PonteVedraMan


    Topics: politics, union army, vicksburg, civil war, ulysses s. grant, william tecumseh sherman, penn state, joe paterno, barack hussein obama, william jefferson clinton, pontevedraman, jim walker

    • 0 Ratings
    • 68 Views
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    October 22-23, 2011 [Tribute 24]: A New Favorite Songwriter

    OCTOBER 22, 2011 1:18PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff that's inspiring, 54th massachusetts, african american soldiers, civil war, american music

    • 2 Ratings
    • 110 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Following the Batsons

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 11:54PM

    By lnsoutherner


    Topics: civil war, connecticut, mississippi, batson, family

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