1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

  2. ROCKETS GAMEDAY
    Will facing a tanking team help? Rockets in Memphis Friday night to face the Grizzlies. Come join Ben & Dave for live reaction in postgame!

    LIVE! ClutchFans on YouTube
Welcome ClutchFans Live

RIP Abraham Lincoln, 150 years ago today

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Commodore, Apr 14, 2015.

Tags:
Page 1 of 2
  1. Commodore

    Commodore Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2007
    Messages:
    34,581
    Likes Received:
    18,530
    RIP to our greatest President, who died 150 years ago today for the American sin of slavery

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>President Abraham Lincoln went to Ford’s Theatre 150 years ago tonight: <a href="http://t.co/BIjcMpsNcJ">pic.twitter.com/BIjcMpsNcJ</a></p>&mdash; Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/587963363675742208">April 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BvA0J_2ZpIQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #1 Commodore, Apr 14, 2015
  2. bobloblaw

    bobloblaw Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2013
    Messages:
    4,677
    Likes Received:
    1,624
    The South will rise again.

    Hopefully in the next 150 years.
     
    #2 bobloblaw, Apr 14, 2015
  3. peleincubus

    peleincubus Member

    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2002
    Messages:
    27,353
    Likes Received:
    15,880
    ahhh the last sane republican.
     
    #3 peleincubus, Apr 14, 2015
    1 person likes this.
  4. CCorn

    CCorn Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2010
    Messages:
    22,568
    Likes Received:
    23,624
    Too soon bro.
     
    #4 CCorn, Apr 14, 2015
  5. Dairy Ashford

    Dairy Ashford Member

    Joined:
    May 20, 2002
    Messages:
    14,608
    Likes Received:
    1,902
    Not named Teddy Roosevelt or Nazikiller Interstate Spaceprogram.
     
    #5 Dairy Ashford, Apr 14, 2015
  6. javal_lon

    javal_lon Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2010
    Messages:
    12,261
    Likes Received:
    10,237
    I did a report on him in elementary... He was my hero when I read that he ended slavery, then my drunk afro-centric uncle told me " He really could care less about ending slavery, just did it just because of the Union ..... lol... Even funnier reading that Robert E Lee fought for slavery only because of his dedication to Virginia... Switch em up and they basically are the same..lol
     
    #6 javal_lon, Apr 14, 2015
  7. peleincubus

    peleincubus Member

    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2002
    Messages:
    27,353
    Likes Received:
    15,880
    booo no need for facts
     
    #7 peleincubus, Apr 14, 2015
  8. PhiSlammaJamma

    PhiSlammaJamma Member

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 1999
    Messages:
    30,192
    Likes Received:
    8,182
    Good Friday.
     
    #8 PhiSlammaJamma, Apr 14, 2015
  9. Mr. Brightside

    Mr. Brightside Member

    Joined:
    Mar 27, 2005
    Messages:
    18,965
    Likes Received:
    2,148
    RIP + brah
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Apr 15, 2015
  10. Jontro

    Jontro Member

    Joined:
    Feb 3, 2010
    Messages:
    36,994
    Likes Received:
    26,809
    My condolences to his family.
     
    #10 Jontro, Apr 15, 2015
  11. daywalker02

    daywalker02 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2006
    Messages:
    105,763
    Likes Received:
    53,804
    Abe

    One of my favs
     
    #11 daywalker02, Apr 15, 2015
  12. Haymitch

    Haymitch Custom Title

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2005
    Messages:
    28,371
    Likes Received:
    24,024
    #12 Haymitch, Apr 15, 2015
  13. conquistador#11

    conquistador#11 Member

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2006
    Messages:
    40,374
    Likes Received:
    30,275
    a visionary, who made the neckbeard respectable
     
    #13 conquistador#11, Apr 15, 2015
  14. NewRoxFan

    NewRoxFan Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2002
    Messages:
    55,794
    Likes Received:
    55,870
    Also was pretty good with an axe and vampires...
     
    #14 NewRoxFan, Apr 15, 2015
  15. Surfguy

    Surfguy Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 1999
    Messages:
    25,316
    Likes Received:
    13,488
    Don't forget his time traveling comeback appearance in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" in the 1980s.
     
    #15 Surfguy, Apr 15, 2015
  16. DaDakota

    DaDakota Arrest all Pedophiles
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 1999
    Messages:
    132,939
    Likes Received:
    44,616
    2nd best President ever.

    Behind Obama.

    DD
     
    #16 DaDakota, Apr 15, 2015
  17. rocketsjudoka

    rocketsjudoka Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2007
    Messages:
    58,264
    Likes Received:
    48,559
    I think Lincoln personally was always against slavery but balanced that with other issues. Initially Lincoln considered preserving the Union of paramount importance and was willing to tolerate slavery if it kept the Union together. His views changed (evolved) as the war dragged on and realized that there was no way of having a Union where slavery still existed.

    Robert E. Lee's views on slavery are very complicated and there is a fear amount of evidence that he actually considered slavery immoral. He went along with it as that was the culture he was brought up in and considered it the will of God. It is very clear that his primary motivation for fighting the Civil War was because of loyalty to Virginia and if not for that he likely would've commanded the Union army.
     
    #17 rocketsjudoka, Apr 15, 2015
  18. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2002
    Messages:
    36,990
    Likes Received:
    10,660
    I remember where I was when I heard the news.

    RIP
     
    #18 ima_drummer2k, Apr 15, 2015
  19. PhiSlammaJamma

    PhiSlammaJamma Member

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 1999
    Messages:
    30,192
    Likes Received:
    8,182
    Abe's autograph is on ebay for 100k.

    His wife's auto was on ebay for 5k last month. Which I thought was a steal given I've never seen it before.
     
    #19 PhiSlammaJamma, Apr 15, 2015
  20. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 1999
    Messages:
    48,984
    Likes Received:
    1,446
    OK, Deckard.
     
    #20 Rocketman95, Apr 15, 2015
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page