Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Yes, the Green New Deal will take us back to the lovely 19th century.

NewGuy

You raise good questions. Thanks!!

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I did not. While I appreciated the genius of Jimi Hendrix, I was not a fan of his. My guitar heroes were Christian, Pass, Smith, Hall, Ellis, Kessel and a few others. For me, it was more about the music period and genre.
Thanks for the reference and note!
Mark

SuperFly48 Loc: NE ILLINOIS

The State of Illinois could sure use another Abe Lincoln to get the state out of it's mess!

No doubt Mr Lincoln was the right man at the right time in this country's history. As for great presidents, Mount Rushmore says it all for me....the BIG FOUR.

clint f. Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa

Failing to understand Econ, Science, History and Math doesn’t make you “not afraid” it makes you ignorant. The conservatives only have to point out the obvious to discredit this “truth”. Even the libs are running away from the Green New Deal lunacy. News flash, you are a liberal, not that there is anything wrong with that.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

South Carolina was the first State to secede from the Union, the next month after Lincoln was elected in November 1860. Four months later, it began at the Battle of Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Union soldiers surrendered. And that's how the Civil War began. Lincoln was only President for one month when that happened. What an awakening for him, that must have been. And a war that lasted for 4 years. Fort Sumter is a National Park today, with tourists from everywhere. I'd like to visit that place.

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

The reason you have no idea what states right are is because the Civil War ended "states rights". The central government became the all powerful and continues today!

Read your history!

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

Mark, I am sorry this post turned into a debate. My sincere apologies. I was only trying to state the huge problems he had to deal with. I studied the Civil War. While not an expert I do understand what President Lincoln did to save our union. I tried to stay away from the issue of north and south, as I pointed out the Americans lost during that awful war. God Bless President Lincoln may his legacy live on!

Bob

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

Mark, my take on Jimi: Jimi did some very interesting stuff, but bad contracts, to much drug mixing, and people always spiking the punch (so to speak), horrible scheduling, trolls and vampires, really took a toll on him. In another reality he might have made an even greater impact. I've heard some acoustic stuff (mostly his more inventive and poetic songs done without all effects, or other band members), very different from the stage stuff. But I'm from a bit later in the time line (Born in 1951), and I played a lot of his stuff in bands I played in during the 60's thru 90's time frame.

I didn't care for a lot of the live/stage stuff that is so often shown, but the studio stuff, and his engineer and master mixer made a couple of great albums: Axis - Bold as Love and esp. Electric Ladyland are superb, Band of Gypsy's was really good, even if he did have to do it as a freebie (court ordered and recorded live). Are you experienced was a rough introduction, not well recorded, and anything after Band of Gypsy's was folks trying to make a fast buck, as he was already gone, or it was stuff "in the can" in the studio.....

Your list of guiar heroes is a fine one too. Some fine players there. Jazz is another cool genre, and very experimental in its own right...

Another sensational guitarist that most people simply didn't understand, and dismissed, Frank Zappa, a whole lot of WOW there. I could probably go one all day, but will give everyone a break, Later man!! Stay cool.....

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Most excellent.
It was a very dark period of our history in loss of life and shattered lives and ways of life.
Lincoln had very hard decisions to make both as commander in chief and as a politician.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Slaves were not free labor. They were expensive to buy and maintain. Most slave owners treated their slaves as valuable assets.

It is impossible to understand that world from our point of view today. Consider that two of our first three presidents ( Washington and Jefferson) owned more than a hundred slaves each.

One has to wonder if someone else might have brought about the abolition of slavery, as happened in many other countries, without having over 600,000 citizens die, millions with lifetime wounds, and enormous US property destruction.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Jefferson wrote extensively in letters on slavery.
Uneducated need to read these letters before they comment.
Washington and Jefferson and others struggled with the issue of slavery and again read the debates and writings of this matter at the founding of this nation.

Your comment is spot on here.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Visited it last spring (for a second time in 40 years). Don’t get your expectations up. The actual fort was obliterated by the bombardment. The rebuilt part makes a nice museum and the boat ride is OK, but there are much nicer places around Charleston.