Originally Posted by curdog4570
Anybody who wrote as long on one subject as Jackson did right there is just like a feller who talks all the time........

he's bound to lie some.


Jackson had no basis in fact, had no Founder's support for his "argument", and was simply trying to justify his imperial tendencies. His history shows clearly that he was no friend of the Constitution, freedom, or the people. Citing him as a means of supporting a position opposed to Jefferson and other Founders, as well as the Constitution, says a hell of a lot about the person making the argument. It'd be akin to citing Obama on a Constitutional issue, only Hussein has not (yet) sent Federal troops into states to march people off to concentration campsreservations, or to enforce a Federal law that the states opposed. Yet...


Originally Posted by Mannlicher
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.