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[hatman]

You know, I've often wondered about Abraham Lincoln.

I'm not sure what kind of team he was on or what they were playing, but only four score in seven years? That can't be good.

Maybe it has something to do with nepotism or incest or something. I mean, the whole team apparantly only had four fathers.

And then there's that whole thing with his seperate residence. I can understand not wanting to mix team stuff with presidential duties, but there are better ways to keep things straight than keeping an extra household at your "Gettysburg address." Especially when, as far as most people know, you've never lived in Virginia. Something screwy going on there.

And yet, despite all that, he still managed to be one of the greatest presidents in our history. Hmm. Maybe that's something all those "family values" voters out there could learn from.

See? It pays to know your history.

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[(Anonymous)]

I just wandered on in looking for posts about Abraham Lincoln, and while your post is really funny, I'm just wondering if the Gettysburg Address really does confuse you. What seems to underlie the Gettysburg Address, ironically enough, is another way of viewing history than the one we've been taught - we look at history as a bunch of facts which can be verified via a more scientific methodology (i.e. carbon dating, books of records, eyewitness accounts). Lincoln viewed American history as the tension between liberty and equality, and what the heck, I'll just point you to my post here (http://inrethinking.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-democracy-feasible-reflections-on.html).

Sorry to spam you like this; you seem really well-read, and I thought I might as well say hi and that I did appreciate the post and yeah, drop a link too.

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Welcome, then. And thanks.

(And wow. That was fast. I just posted this.)

Glad you like.

And yeah, I may not be the best student of history around, but I do know a little more about things than this post might indicate. ;)