abraham lincoln

When Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign, he did it in Abraham Lincoln's hometown. When he arrived in Washington, he followed the train route Lincoln used in 1861. When he needed a Bible for his swearing-in, Obama picked Lincoln's.

Heck, even Obama's lunch on Inauguration Day was modeled after Lincoln's favorites, right down to the seafood stew.  Read More »

February 12^th is Abraham Lincoln's birthday. This year will be the 200^th anniversary of his birth. While I suspect that fact will be noted, the celebrations that I am aware of that will take place on that day will be in honor of someone else who happened to share his birthday ... Charles Robert Darwin. No one denies that Abraham Lincoln was a great man.  Read More »

I am currently taking Advanced Placement United States history. I live in the North and am a proud Bostonian, so don't even try to say that this is just caused by a hypothetical Southern bias. And yes, slavery should never be practiced.

Firstly, yes, it is true that Lincoln eventually freed the slaves in America. However, it was the worst emancipation process in Western history. No other Western nation needed a Civil War to end slavery. (By the way, slavery was NOT even a major cause of the Civil War. It was about money, tariffs, and states' rights. The Northerners knew that if the South successfully seceded, their own economy would have died. If slavery was non-existent at the time of the Civil War, there is no doubt in my mind that the South would have had the entire world's moral support.)  Read More »

Since when did being an "intellectual" become such a negative aspect of our leaders? When I have surgery done, I want the best and the brightest--not just some guy or gal who is likable. The same should go for running the country, right?  Read More »

Lincoln's Birthday 2008--Funeral Cost Raised because of Abraham Lincoln's B,Day.

Feb 12th 2008, Today a family showed up for a loved ones funeral only to be told that their low cost family
funeral's price had gone up and tripled.
The details are here: http://wcbstv.com/topstories/othodox.jewish.wellwood.2.652433.html

In a previous post, I warned of funeral home scams  Read More »

Abraham Lincoln, frustrated with the candidate running for the republican presidential nominee, have declare that he wants to become the president of the united states, first on volpac, than on fox news Sunday with Chris Wallace.  Read More »