tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6948978836063343757..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Let's Play Along And Say That Putin Did "Take" CrimeaRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61852149489838541392014-03-25T10:31:21.019-04:002014-03-25T10:31:21.019-04:00It's not "absurd" to say that Putin ...It's not "absurd" to say that Putin took Crimea any more than it's "absurd" to say that Hitler took the Sudetenland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50423260423981636682014-03-22T17:57:49.893-04:002014-03-22T17:57:49.893-04:00As one of the great historians of the 20th century...As one of the great historians of the 20th century, A.J.P. Taylor, said in another context: "No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reasons are always economic." The Ukraine is the "bread basket" of the Russian nation, comparable to the Great Plains of the North American continent in productivity. After the October Revolution, the resistance of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1977554378944781642014-03-22T15:35:57.557-04:002014-03-22T15:35:57.557-04:00As Karl Marx and, later, the American so-called pr...As Karl Marx and, later, the American so-called progressive historians pointed out, Northern capitalists who financed and held the mortgages on Southern plantations and needed continued cheap access to their output for New England textile mills were not about to let Southern aspiring entrepreneurs cut them out of the money loop by dealing with their foreign customers (especially in the UK) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7453387478252021822014-03-22T07:50:50.028-04:002014-03-22T07:50:50.028-04:00As replies to JW indicate, defenders of Southern s...As replies to JW indicate, defenders of Southern session are easily put on the defensive by the implication, if not the accusation, that they're somehow justifying slavery. Then they then try to make the case that session was "legal" as opposed to being "illegal."<br /><br />These replies only serve to dignify those who promote intellectually corrupt, politically correct, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23278995545905209462014-03-21T12:21:37.029-04:002014-03-21T12:21:37.029-04:00There are two possible interpretations really. Eit...There are two possible interpretations really. Either the south was not part of the Union, and therefore Lincoln invaded the South, or it was part of the Union, in which case Lincoln committed treason as defined in the US constitution. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84806518587383952432014-03-20T13:42:15.248-04:002014-03-20T13:42:15.248-04:00Even if secession was expressly prohibited in the ...Even if secession was expressly prohibited in the US Constitution, which of course it wasn't, so what? Spooner makes the case that whatever the founding fathers agreed to in 1789 should not be binding on future generations. Additionally, people always have the right to dissociate themselves from a tyrannical, in their view, government. Why should any government have the moral right to kill Josiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283350026155164077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18761919967289537162014-03-20T13:32:27.222-04:002014-03-20T13:32:27.222-04:00Such a beauty to behold how JW's arguments kee...Such a beauty to behold how JW's arguments keep getting taken apart by EPJ readers. <br /><br />At what point will JW realize that the trolling is becoming counterproductive (from the point of view of the troll) when it does not confuse anymore, but is actually useful as a sparring partner / devil's advocate to hone ones argumentation skills?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56530212615009137552014-03-20T11:14:47.753-04:002014-03-20T11:14:47.753-04:00Re: Jerry Wolfgang,
-- Lincoln did not "invad...Re: Jerry Wolfgang,<br />-- Lincoln did not "invade" the South. -- <br /><br />Yes, he did. He sent troops to sovereign states - that's an invasion according to Mr. Noah Webster.<br /><br />-- Lincoln was President of the United States and the slave states were part of the United States. --<br /><br />The fact that Lincoln was the president of the United States does not invalidate OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52308158305411239152014-03-20T10:00:18.139-04:002014-03-20T10:00:18.139-04:00Jerry, you keep using the term "slave states&...Jerry, you keep using the term "slave states" in a disingenuous, propagandistic way of attempting making anyone who is against northern aggression an apologist for slavery. It's so laughable and easily refutable when you realize that there were four "slave states" that remained in the sacrosanct "Union" that protected slavery with the Fugitive Slave Act (DelawareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38696626149948235452014-03-20T09:38:30.694-04:002014-03-20T09:38:30.694-04:00I take it that logic is not one of your strong sui...I take it that logic is not one of your strong suits Jerry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66139108423601206702014-03-20T06:05:18.401-04:002014-03-20T06:05:18.401-04:00"Since secession was illegal". Oh, ok th..."Since secession was illegal". Oh, ok then. I see.<br /><br />JW, what a persistent troll. You've got to give him/her/it/them that. <br /><br />"Welcome to the Hotel California... <br /><br />You can check-out any time you like,<br />But you can never leave!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35547276886639548442014-03-20T06:02:18.153-04:002014-03-20T06:02:18.153-04:00JW: TrollJW: TrollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60261413054344958292014-03-19T23:09:34.573-04:002014-03-19T23:09:34.573-04:00Lincoln did not "invade" the South. Linc...Lincoln did not "invade" the South. Lincoln was President of the United States and the slave states were part of the United States. Since secession was illegal, the slave states never left the United States. The slave states violated Art IV by forming their own government. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51376804221585580542014-03-19T20:59:02.839-04:002014-03-19T20:59:02.839-04:00The better analogy is when the US annexed Texas fr...The better analogy is when the US annexed Texas from Mexico. Texas was roughly half white settlers and half hispanics and natives. Texas voted to join the US. Anyone who views Russia's actions as wrong must also decry how the US has treated Mexico.<br /><br />Further, the US then prompted an unnecessary war, and after it's inevitable victory, annexed territory where it truly had no prior Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com