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he could have stayed at the Mansion and save the taxpayers a ton of money not having 4 SUVs and 4 motorcycles working to protect his sorry carcass.

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Well, that's a bit much. A governor showing support for the flagship school is always fine.

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Later controversies (e.g., The Age of Reason, criticizing organized religion

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Reading Agrarian Justice, his premise for a national dole smacks of Marxist bullshite. The problem with the age of reason/the enlightenment, or generally the idea that you can reach the same moral conclusions christianity gives us by reasoning to those conclusions, is that it takes the moral premise legs out of western morality and leaves our own "reasoning" in its place.

In other words, what the age of reason did was birth nihilism. What nihilism does by having each person be the master of the world is allow each individual to be eternally subjective and justify him or herself by "reason," which quickly just turns out to be one's feelings and preferences. This void of objective morality is filled immediately here in the west by Marxism, which is eternally subjective regarding the things it wants to change and sternly objective for the things it wants to assert as fact.

In sum, give thanks to Payne for his vision of recognizing that the time was right to end the crown in place of an individual-centric constitution (even if he did not understand that individuals are to be preferred with basic universal rights based on universal Christian truths, not mere popular rule chaos), but don't believe that each individual can assert an equally valid moral conclusion, or conversely that the sum of popular whim justifies a particular action.

Subtle. Good ad.

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but strategically the fighting on the first day might have been the most important. The First and Eleventh Corps successfully prevented Hill and Ewell from gaining the heights south of town

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My memory is the Confederates just decided to stop because it was getting close to night. Whatever commander said something like hey the enemy is there. Let's go. We have them. But up command decided to sit for the night. That was probably the real potential for winning the battle. The 5th louisiana that my reenacting group represents I believe was there.

Baby. Another on the way. Wife respects and adores me. I have a job. I have a friend, hobbies, and health.

I want for nothing.

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Iced Earth

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Wow. Somewhat deep cut. Good buddy in college had a cd of theirs that I burned. Once in a blue moon I'll listen to it and think of him. I burned the cd just to collect it really, but it's just some good ol metal.

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Some people think it don’t be like it is, but it do.

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--Black Science Guy

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The confederacy was a doomed effort from the start

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I mean. The Confederacy was one late evening push on day one of Gettysburg from likely ending the battle and having Lincoln sue for peace. Or an 8th assault up the fateful Round Top on day 2. Or cavalry rounding behind the union center on day 3 to meet Pickett's Charge.

McClelland's timidity gave quite the opportunity.

Clients are just...something, man. They tell you their story and argument. You say yes, that's fair, but ALSO the rest of the evidence says X, Y, and Z. Then they act like they didn't hear you just say everything you did, usually getting indignant or offended that you would explain how things are likely to work instead of just agreeing with them.

Then when exactly what you said would happen does happen, they act Pikachu face shocked that they're just now hearing everything for the first time happen exactly like you said it could.

Ego brand is GOATED