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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:37 AM Original message |
EXCLUSIVE: New Docs Show Truman Integrated Forces, Despite Military Objections |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Obama surveys, Truman acts - Obama is no Harry Truman nt |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Truman took 3 years to ACT. Truman was no savior. n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. you don't know the times. he was a savior. I grew up with segregation, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. "blitzkrieg speed"? 8 years? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. yeah. for the times, that was blitzkrieg speed. truly. Eight years now |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. "Obama surveys, Truman acts " -- guess you didn't read past the headline. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. well - isn't that interesting. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yep, it's called "being a leader" |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Truman's presidency has become underrated over the years - he gets a bad rap |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. How About HST! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. President Truman also signed Executive Order 9835 though... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What was 9835? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The first established loyalty program in the US... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I do recall that the political side of my family was quietly disgusted with him -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R -- |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. HST headed a committee that saved this country zillions of dollars |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Truman wasn't perfect by any means . . . |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. He was the last President to leave office not a millionaire. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It was harder to hide then . . . |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. and you can also hear the same too. free speech works both ways. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Evidently you didn't notice that's EXACTLY what I said to you . . . |
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Lightning Count (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Was this before or after he dropped the first atomic weapons on two civilian targets? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yawn back atcha. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Atomic weapons are a "yawn" . . . ??? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. He saved my father a#$#@^%$e |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Truman did not need Congressional approval. Obama does. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Presume he could suspend it . . . send it to the Supreme Court . . . ??? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Arguably he can suspend discharges. It's disputed. |
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