Friday History Lesson
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thrash;246796 wrote:
I never said I'd move to Canada. They are much worse than here. Hate-speech "courts" scare the weewee out of me.If you know of a ND-secession group that's looking to create something like Galt's Gulch here in ND, I'm interested in joining though
im down, can northern MN come with too?
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thrash;246796 wrote:
I never said I'd move to Canada.Sorry...meant to say Alaska...don't know why I typed Canada.
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As far as secession goes...I don't think we'd lose the second go-round. And before the idiots have a field day with that comment, study up on the American Civil War and discover the truth as to why The South lost.
integra_gsr98;246584 wrote:
I lost all my guns in a boating accident.I left all mine in a sugarbeet field in Grand Forks.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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Afsil80;246841 wrote:
As far as secession goes...I don't think we'd lose the second go-round. And before the idiots have a field day with that comment, study up on the American Civil War and discover the truth as to why The South lost.I left all mine in a sugarbeet field in Grand Forks.
Their troops were FAR better than Union troops but the Union was able to destroy their economic livelyhood and thus basically strangle them into submission...
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The South definitely had better commanders/officers, but the sheer number of Union troops and the superior methods of transporting goods (and the availability of raw materials in general) made it increasingly difficult for the South to win
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One of the policy decisions I'd make if my say mattered is that the various state NG's could never be commanded by a federal authority... they answer to the state and that's it. Furthermore, it would be illegal to deploy them beyond US national borders.
I'd sign up for the guard if I knew I'd never be deployed overseas and never have to answer to the feds (as opposed to the governor). I'm willing to fight pretty hard to defend my home. Not as excited about going to the other side of the world to shoot at people.
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well put thrash
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thrash;246907 wrote:
One of the policy decisions I'd make if my say mattered is that the various state NG's could never be commanded by a federal authority... they answer to the state and that's it. Furthermore, it would be illegal to deploy them beyond US national borders.I'd sign up for the guard if I knew I'd never be deployed overseas and never have to answer to the feds (as opposed to the governor). I'm willing to fight pretty hard to defend my home. Not as excited about going to the other side of the world to shoot at people.
But, when the National Guard DOES go overseas, they collect a Federal paycheck ON TOP of their State paycheck.
It's referred to as 'double dipping' since they are collecting the same check twice. That's why I always tell people going in to either go 100% active, or go Guard.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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The issue isn't about getting paid, it's about not having to do something you didn't sign up for.
As long as there's the possibility of a protracted overseas deployment, I won't signup for the NG. I very breifly thought about going AF reservist after 9/11 but wussed out.
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