[Dixielandjazz] Lil Armstrong (remark about passport listingdivorce of Lil)

Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:14:15 EDT

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In a message dated 10/1/02 8:38:24 AM Central Daylight Time, 
charliehooks@earthlink.net writes:

> shoots down in flames Lincoln's reputation as the benevolent father
> > of  slave emancipation and democracy.
> 
> Yes, it needs shooting down because it just ain't so!  Lincoln deserves a
> lot of credit and enormous respect for having held the Union together, even
> though he did it illegally (the South had every right to seceed!) and at a
> bloody cost.  But as an icon standing tall over toiling slaves and saying,
> "These shall be made free,"  he deserves no credit at all--nor, I assure
> you, would he want any!  Lincoln was not fond of black people.  The modern
> politically correct attitude was something he would have found ludicrous. 
> As
> do I.  
> 
> Charlie

   It's interesting that Mr. Hooks has the nerve to speak so assuredly for 
Mr. Lincoln. 
   That is something that most of us would not attempt.  It is quite needless 
and pointless as Mr. Lincoln spoke quite eloquently for himself.

    Jim Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 10/1/02 8:38:24 AM Central Daylight Time, charliehooks@earthlink.net writes: 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">shoots down in flames Lincoln's reputation as the benevolent father 
&gt; of&nbsp; slave emancipation and democracy. 
 
Yes, it needs shooting down because it just ain't so!&nbsp; Lincoln deserves a 
lot of credit and enormous respect for having held the Union together, even 
though he did it illegally (the South had every right to seceed!) and at a 
bloody cost.&nbsp; But as an icon standing tall over toiling slaves and saying, 
"These shall be made free,"&nbsp; he deserves no credit at all--nor, I assure 
you, would he want any!&nbsp; Lincoln was not fond of black people.&nbsp; The modern 
politically correct attitude was something he would have found ludicrous. As 
do I.&nbsp; 
 
Charlie</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; It's interesting that Mr. Hooks has the nerve to speak so assuredly for Mr. Lincoln. 
&nbsp;&nbsp; That is something that most of us would not attempt.&nbsp; It is quite needless and pointless as Mr. Lincoln spoke quite eloquently for himself. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jim Beebe 
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