Higher Level History Hawt Talk Idea
Spring football game? @Gladstone Returns? Game of Thrones final season starts?
WRONG!
...well, actually technically you’re right if you answered any of those things, but I’m talking about @Doog_de_Jour’s annual viewing of the greatest PBS documentary series of all time:
Yup, to coincide with the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12-14th) I pop a little popcorn, and sit back, and get all giddy as Ashokan Farewell starts to play.
Since I know there’s a few fellow history noyds on the bored, I wanted to see if anyone cares to do a little watch along with me (note: not at my actual house...except for @Swaye of course, who will be perched in his usual tree outside with binoculars looking into my living room). What I’ll do if there’s enough interest is set up an OFFICIAL game day viewing thread for each episode (maybe one per week?) and we can all bitch about George B. McClellan, debate military tactics, etc.
Thoughts?
#OffSeasonBestSeason
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I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Me tooYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Race Bannon and Dr QuestPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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I can't believe he even asked.RaceBannon said:
Race Bannon and Dr QuestPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
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Well fuck all of you for watching it again without me!
Oh well, all the more Shelby Foote for me then.
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Once you took watching it at your place off the table........Doog_de_Jour said:Well fuck all of you for watching it again without me!
Oh well, all the more Shelby Foote for me then.
Rawrrrrrrr. -
Did we win?
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J?MikeDamone said:Did we win?
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You put Eisenhower in the running?YellowSnow said:
LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
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In the top 20.GrundleStiltzkin said:
You put Eisenhower in the running?YellowSnow said:
LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
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Please also give me placings for Mike Rowe, Yaphet Kotto, and Billy Mays.YellowSnow said:
In the top 20.GrundleStiltzkin said:
You put Eisenhower in the running?YellowSnow said:
LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
T.R.
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Depends where you are in relation to the Mason-Dixie line.MikeDamone said:Did we win?
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Poor Billy Mays. He was taken from us far too young.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Please also give me placings for Mike Rowe, Yaphet Kotto, and Billy Mays.YellowSnow said:
In the top 20.GrundleStiltzkin said:
You put Eisenhower in the running?YellowSnow said:
LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
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My Dearest Martha
Well Colonel Jonathon Smith is back from the hospital and has been given command of our unit again. Much grumbling amongst the men at this news. I endeavor to give the man a fair chance but it is hard to forget the thousands of men he lost in his last battle.
He seems a frail man with limited intellect and a fastidious manner that rubs troops the wrong way. It is hard to fathom how such a great leader as our General Petersen would continue to inflict this man upon the troops he loves. The very balance of the war hinges on this next battle and we go into it with no confidence in our leader. This is not good Martha. I fear for our country.
Give my love to Jeremiah and Rachel and know that I will love you forever even though I am likely to not return from this damnable war.
As always
Jacob Browning
Private
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Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Doog_de_Jour said:
Depends where you are in relation to the Mason-Dixie line.MikeDamone said:Did we win?
It would be hard to get to E1 on crisp Saturdays in the fall from anywhere close to the line. So your eyes are as good as mine. -
Not technically gifted...,DerekJohnson said:
My Dearest Martha
Well Colonel Jonathon Smith is back from the hospital and has been given command of our unit again. Much grumbling amongst the men at this news. I endeavor to give the man a fair chance but it is hard to forget the thousands of men he lost in his last battle.
He seems a frail man with limited intellect and a fastidious manner that rubs troops the wrong way. It is hard to fathom how such a great leader as our General Petersen would continue to inflict this man upon the troops he loves. The very balance of the war hinges on this next battle and we go into it with no confidence in our leader. This is not good Martha. I fear for our country.
Give my love to Jeremiah and Rachel and know that I will love you forever even though I am likely to not return from this damnable war.
As always
Jacob Browning
Private
Washington 81st Infantry -
That's a pretty good list, but you forgot Pumpy.YellowSnow said:
LincolnPitchfork51 said:
Lincoln, grant, sark...who else?YellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
Worshington
Grant
Jefferson
T.R. -
Can I yell my thoughts to you from the tree and you just type them for me?Doog_de_Jour said:Alright you assholes, you know what happens in April?
Spring football game? @Gladstone Returns? Game of Thrones final season starts?
WRONG!
...well, actually technically you’re right if you answered any of those things, but I’m talking about @Doog_de_Jour’s annual viewing of the greatest PBS documentary series of all time:
Yup, to coincide with the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12-14th) I pop a little popcorn, and sit back, and get all giddy as Ashokan Farewell starts to play.
Since I know there’s a few fellow history noyds on the bored, I wanted to see if anyone cares to do a little watch along with me (note: not at my actual house...except for @Swaye of course, who will be perched in his usual tree outside with binoculars looking into my living room). What I’ll do if there’s enough interest is set up an OFFICIAL game day viewing thread for each episode (maybe one per week?) and we can all bitch about George B. McClellan, debate military tactics, etc.
Thoughts?
#OffSeasonBestSeason -
Of course!Swaye said:
Can I yell my thoughts to you from the tree and you just type them for me?Doog_de_Jour said:Alright you assholes, you know what happens in April?
Spring football game? @Gladstone Returns? Game of Thrones final season starts?
WRONG!
...well, actually technically you’re right if you answered any of those things, but I’m talking about @Doog_de_Jour’s annual viewing of the greatest PBS documentary series of all time:
Yup, to coincide with the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12-14th) I pop a little popcorn, and sit back, and get all giddy as Ashokan Farewell starts to play.
Since I know there’s a few fellow history noyds on the bored, I wanted to see if anyone cares to do a little watch along with me (note: not at my actual house...except for @Swaye of course, who will be perched in his usual tree outside with binoculars looking into my living room). What I’ll do if there’s enough interest is set up an OFFICIAL game day viewing thread for each episode (maybe one per week?) and we can all bitch about George B. McClellan, debate military tactics, etc.
Thoughts?
#OffSeasonBestSeason -
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Well that seems harsh @MikeDamone.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker has continued during the last week to make a fool of himself and to mortify and shame the intelligent people of this great nation. His speeches have demonstrated the fact that although originally a Herculean rail splitter and more lately a whimsical story teller and side splitter, he is no more capable of becoming a statesman, nay, even a moderate one, than the braying ass can become a noble lion. People now marvel how it came to pass that Mr. Lincoln should have been selected as the representative man of any party. His weak, wishy-washy, namby-pamby efforts, imbecile in matter, disgusting in manner, have made us the laughing stock of the whole world. The European powers will despise us because we have no better material out of which to make a President. The truth is, Lincoln is only a moderate lawyer and in the larger cities of the Union could pass for no more than a facetious pettifogger. Take him from his vocation and he loses even these small characteristics and indulges in simple twaddle which would disgrace a well bred school boy.YellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Can you expand on this opinion? I’d like to hear more.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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I would too. My high school history teacher was the only other person I’ve ever heard speak ill of Abe. Lincoln did things like suspending Habeas Corpus, etc., but I hardly think that wipes out everything he did while in office.YellowSnow said:
Can you expand on this opinion? I’d like to hear more.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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Knowing what I know of @MikeDamone i think the first income tax in our? History might be the culprit.Doog_de_Jour said:
I would too. My high school history teacher was the only other person I’ve ever heard speak ill of Abe. Lincoln did things like suspending Habeas Corpus, etc., but I hardly think that wipes out everything he did while in office.YellowSnow said:
Can you expand on this opinion? I’d like to hear more.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
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So then he must really hate Woodrow Wilson for bringing it back:YellowSnow said:
Knowing what I know of @MikeDamone i think the first income tax in our? History might be the culprit.Doog_de_Jour said:
I would too. My high school history teacher was the only other person I’ve ever heard speak ill of Abe. Lincoln did things like suspending Habeas Corpus, etc., but I hardly think that wipes out everything he did while in office.YellowSnow said:
Can you expand on this opinion? I’d like to hear more.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1861
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1913
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Fun fact. And it was only levied on the high income earners.YellowSnow said:
Knowing what I know of @MikeDamone i think the first income tax in our? History might be the culprit.Doog_de_Jour said:
I would too. My high school history teacher was the only other person I’ve ever heard speak ill of Abe. Lincoln did things like suspending Habeas Corpus, etc., but I hardly think that wipes out everything he did while in office.YellowSnow said:
Can you expand on this opinion? I’d like to hear more.MikeDamone said:
Nope. Fucker was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:
Is this an attempt at whooshing me @MikeDamone ?MikeDamone said:
Lincoln was a piece of shitYellowSnow said:I just finished it for like the 10th time. Lincoln and Grant were two of the top 5 Americans that ever lived.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1861
Income Tax: The Revenue Act of 1861 levied a 3% flat rate income tax on those with an annual income at or exceeding $800. In 1861, only 3% of the population earned more than $800 per year; as such, the tax enjoyed relatively widespread support among legislators.
