Posted: 9/18/2009 8:23:11 AM EDT
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Anybody remember President Andrew Jackson? His political party?
Betrayer of the very people who saved his life at Horshoe Bend, AL? What is that John Mellencamp once sang: Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em, you can't love em No good deed goes unpunished Aptly describes the Democratic Party of the US |
| Ya know, Jackson did some shitty stuff, but at least he understood that they Judiciary was the the least dangeraous branch. I am tired of executives and legislatures (on all levels of government) bowing down to Judges who refuse to obey the Constitution or the expressed will of the people. Every once in a while we need an executive who will tell the judiciary to FOAD or follow the Constitution. I don't agree with what Jackson did to the Cherokee but there is much wisdom in the quote "Marshall made his decision...now let him enforce it." |
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I believe the Cherokee people, of all tribes, were the ones we could have coexisted with. They actually adopted the settlers way of life. What happened to them was a travesty.
That being said, it's pretty cool when a United States President beats the living shit out of a would-be assassin with his cane! |
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Jackson was a hero. His loyalty was to the American people, not Indians. So you support what he did to the Cherokee Nation after they saved his arse at Horseshoe Bend?? Nice  It's called war. There are winners and losers. Nice has no place in a struggle between civilizations when survival is at stake. Nice cultures finish last. We are going to learn that the hard way. |
I didn't do nuff'n
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Jackson was a hero. His loyalty was to the American people, not Indians. So you support what he did to the Cherokee Nation after they saved his arse at Horseshoe Bend?? Nice It's called war. There are winners and losers. Nice has no place in a struggle between civilizations when survival is at stake. Nice cultures finish last. We are going to learn that the hard way. There was no war between the US and the Cherokee. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Jackson was a hero. His loyalty was to the American people, not Indians. So you support what he did to the Cherokee Nation after they saved his arse at Horseshoe Bend?? Nice This emigration should be voluntary, for it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers and seek a home in a distant land. But they should be distinctly informed that if they remain within the limits of the States they must be subject to their laws. In return for their obedience as individuals they will without doubt be protected in the enjoyment of those possessions which they have improved by their industry. |
