tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post6829448444536538919..comments2024-03-29T05:24:27.224-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: FASCINATING: How presidential elections are impacted by a 100 million year old coastlineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-40493102247907302002012-11-22T21:08:14.151-05:002012-11-22T21:08:14.151-05:00When I saw the large version of the states by red ...When I saw the large version of the states by red and blue 2012 election results, I noticed the same area as your stripe and thought "where have I seen that pattern before?" A look through recent bookmarks revealed the page:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/10/opinion/20101210_Disunion_SlaveryMap.html<br /><br />Interesting connection that you point out from Gondwanaland --> slavery --> modern voting tendencies. Thank you.edward rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-8637858768618178492012-11-21T23:12:07.070-05:002012-11-21T23:12:07.070-05:00The Republican Party ended the Whigs by finally de...The Republican Party ended the Whigs by finally deciding that ending slavery mattered, although Lincoln was at first reluctant to take that path at the expense of others permitting some servitude. However, after the War and the retreat from Reconstruction, the Republicans declined, and after the Great Depression, they became a party that only promised less but not an end to servitude to government, while the Democrats were only too happy to erase history and place peoples into thralldom in order to keep Dems in power. When and unless a political force arises that frees all people from lies and beholden lives to government given largess that government has by taking, we will all be speedily or slowly condemned to slave for what should be our responsibility. But all we hear is that we should love our chains and fear each other and freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com