Kolek planning to go pro
I've generally found people do good deeds for two reasons. It's either to help others or to help themself. The former tend to do their good deeds and leave it at that. The latter tend to do their good deeds and go on to brag about them and use them to feel superior to others.Further, not every individual can combat every ill in the world. I think most people are best suited finding what they really care about changing and taking actions where they are capable, whether that's through financial contribution or direct action. You can't save the entire world and right all wrongs alone, but if we all do our part, hopefully we will eventually get there.
Kinda like posting a work promotion in both the alumni magazine then reposting it here???
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
keefe, unlike you, I prefer to keep my charitable and personal interests to myself. Scoop doesn't need more pompous braggarts than it already has.If that answer doesn't satisfy you...well tough sh*t.
This is where in my opinion you go off the rails. It is well and good that you see and fight injustice elsewhere in the world. I applaud you for it. What is curious to me is that you seem to overlook, if not actively attempt to diminish, what the current public discourse is about.It isn’t about statues per se, though the white supremacists would like to frame the discussion that way. It is about the message that those statues were intended to send when they were erected, and the same message the alt-right clings to today. The message that blacks may have been freed, but they will still be lynched. That they may be separate, but they will never be equal. That the law may say they have the right to vote, but we’ll do everything in our measure to prevent it. That the white man is, and always will be superior. They didn’t raise statues to Forrest because he was such a fine cavalry commander.Now the alt-right clings to that message, the message that blacks are 3/5th of a person, the message that the glorifying statues of Davis, Lee, and Jackson were intended to convey. We have a President that pretends that white supremacists beating a black man with pipes and Nazis shouting about exterminating Jews are on the same moral footing as those that oppose them.This isn’t even about slavery, as that question was settled long ago. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone that disagrees with your stance on slavery.It’s about racism.You can enjoy Faulkner’s prose, Lee’s ability as a field General, and even promulgate the obviously incorrect idea that we’d be a British colony today if it weren’t for South Carolina. But to use these as excuses to poo-pooh and dismiss the rise of white nationalism, in large part experiencing a resurgence thanks in part to a President that condones it, as inconsequential is ignoble.
Except, the Articles were and are no longer in effect. The Constitution completely supersedes the Articles. There is nothing in the Constitution that permits secession as it explicitly states the United States is "a perpetual union." The secession question is answered here:"The Constitution does not directly mention secession.[55] The legality of secession was hotly debated in the 19th century, with Southerners often claiming and Northerners generally denying that states have a legal right to unilaterally secede.[56] The Supreme Court has consistently interpreted the Constitution to be an "indestructible" union.[55] There is no legal basis a state can point to for unilaterally seceding.[57] Many scholars hold that the Confederate secession was blatantly illegal. The Articles of Confederation explicitly state the Union is "perpetual"; the U.S. Constitution declares itself an even "more perfect union" than the Articles of Confederation.[58] Other scholars, while not necessarily disagreeing that the secession was illegal, point out that sovereignty is often de facto an "extralegal" question. Had the Confederacy won, any illegality of its actions under U.S. law would have been rendered irrelevant, just as the undisputed illegality of American rebellion under the British law of 1775 was rendered irrelevant. Thus, these scholars argue, the illegality of unilateral secession was not firmly de facto established until the Union won the Civil War; in this view, the legal question was resolved at Appomattox.[56][59]"
I can cite legal opinions to the opposite.
That is precisely the point - at the Constitutional Convention the southern states did not accept all of the provisions and in fact considered themselves free and sovereign entities.
You need to do more research on what is a very complex issue. Fact is, the Constitutional Convention did not reverse the legal position of sovereignty.
It did broaden centralized powers for many things and, more specifically, addressed issues between small and large states.But it did NOT eliminate the legal status of the southern states and sovereign entities.
I'd love to work in the Arby's product development team. Hey, how can we make this stuff better?How about bacon? And bourbon? Let's try both.
I'd rather be in the marketing department and hang out with Ving Rhames as he is rehearsing his voiceovers.
I don't remember the last time I ate at Arby's, but their marketing department puts out some pretty funny ads. "If you really want to eat a quarter pound of beef...that's cool...just eat half of one of these." Beautiful. Or, "Can we be honest about something here? If you're getting a regular-sized sandwich for a dollar somewhere, you shouldn't be there. Something's up with that sandwich." Hilarious.Granted, the ads aren't getting me in the door...but at least they're entertaining me.
Favorite espresso place in Milwaukee? Mine is Anodyne in Walker's Point. Great espresso drinks and nice atmosphere....
I prefer anyplace that sells turkish coffee.
Ever been in a Turkish prison?
Not in the past couple years. Turkish prison coffee though is subpar. Kind of like prison wine.