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Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters Posted on 23 September 2008 Editorial Book Reviews of: Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters Product Description: I hate the gooks, said John McCain, I will hate them as long as I live. Senator McCain said these words when asked about his continued use of the racial slur, “gook.”.

RICHMOND, VA — In a stunning eleventh-hour move, Colonel Robert E. Lee opted out of his contract with the United States and signed with the newly-created Confederate States of America, shocking many who assumed Lee would be promoted to take charge of the army to quash the secession.

Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961) is a U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is a member of the main Democratic Party. He has received international media coverage for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, delivered while he was still an Illinois state senator.

Between working on the inside and outside of my new home, I found some time to look around the web and find some Civil War material.  This edition of Civil War Odds & Ends features quite a variety of topics, including what happens when you mix monsters and the Civil War.  Read on to discover this for yourself!  If I answered “gay lyncanthropic soldiers”, would you believe me?

On a sweltering July 7, 1865, a mere 12 weeks after Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater, four of his assassin’s accomplices were hanged in the courtyard of the District of Columbia’s Washington Arsenal — present-day Fort McNair, and specifically its tennis courts.

Update: An astute observer has corrected a factual mistake. James Madison wrote “much of” - not “most of” - the Federalist. Alexander Hamilton wrote more, though Madison wrote many of the key essays that frame the meaning of Union. My faux pas.

On this date in 1864, the Union army in the American Civil War hanged a black deserter outside Petersburg, Va., for — in the delicate words of the army dispatch — “an attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at the New-Kent Court-house.” The Union army was just taking up position for the coming monthslong siege of the Confederate capital, Richmond.

You are: A high school principal who just learned your student-run newspaper is featuring a burning American flag on its cover and a bonus editorial supporting flag burning inside. Do you: A. Engage your student body in a spirited debate on the finer points of free speech and freedom of the press? B.

The Confederate Flag - The Colbert Word June 11, 2008 – 12:22 am | by admin Written by Michael Vass Never let it be said that I do not pay attention to the tradidions and symbols of the South. Beyond my rememberance of Rosewood, The Tuskegee Experiments, Jim Crow laws and similar events and actions there are my multiple posts about slavery and reparations (found at Vass and here).

Those that can’t write, Review! June 2008 James Durney *************************************************************** Book News Amazon.com has the long awaited MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT E RODES OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: A Biography by Darrell L Collins listed for July.