If we had compromised with the British in 1776

[LiberalEsto]

We would in all likelihood be singing "God Save the Queen" and saluting the Union Jack.

If the Union had compromised with the Confederacy in 1860, we'd probably still have slavery.

If we had compromised with Nazi Germany in 1940, I don't even want to THINK about what could have happened, both here and around the world.

All I can say, Mr. President, is

To HELL with compromise!

[eleny]

1. K&R

[cowcommander]

2. We'd also have free health care today nt

[onehandle]

5. Jinx. You owe me a Coke. nt

[onehandle]

3. Yeah, but we would have Universal Healthcare.

And the Beatles would have been from Newark.

[LiberalEsto]

6. And Margaret Thatcher nt

[Arkana]

4. What the fuck?

[CakeGrrl]

7. What unassailable reasoning!

Let's just treat every situation the same and apply the same attitude to them all - that will work BRILLIANTLY!




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[Change Happens]

8. OMFG!!!

That's all I can say

[stray cat]

9. If the colonies had not compromised with each other they would have never been a country

Or a successful revolution

[stray cat]

10. The tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and oppressors - the tea party

[Puzzler]

11. The US may have been more like Canada....

... universal health care, less hand guns, no death penalty, and slavery would have ended much earlier.

(BTW, I do get your point)

[Boudica the Lyoness]

12. What's wrong with universal healthcare?

And the Union Jack is a mighty fine flag. I have always thought the US would be a much better county if it was still British.

[Clio the Leo]

13. I'm gonna go fix myself some dinner and then we're gonna have a little history lesson. nt

[Ter]

14. Even though I agree with what you are getting at...

Those are some bad examples.

[StevieM]

15. Thank you for pointing out the truth about the Confederacy. Putting aside whatever anyone thinks

about Obama and the tax cut compromise, I think it's important to point out the truth about the Confederacy.

Had the South won the Civil War, slavery would not have ended gradually. It would have lasted in perpetuity for decades to come, until ended by force from an external power.

And the U.S. and the Confederacy would not have been like the U.S. and Canada. They would have been our bitter enemies, antithetical to everything we stood for. And there likely would have been additional wars between the two sides.

It sickens me to listen to people glorify that evil country. I shudder to think of what the world would look like today had it survived.

[cowcommander]

16. +1 to infinity

I agree, can't emphasize your post strongly enough.

[LiberalEsto]

17. Amen to what you wrote

I wish the South would "get over it" already.