Abe Lincoln

Abe and Josh, Sittin' in a tree...

You can find anything on the internet.

http://www.quoteland.com/search.asp?query=initiative
http://www.brainyquote.com/quo...brahamlin122883.html
http://www.pathsofpatriots.org/3.html
http://waycoolquotes.blogspot....9/11/you-cannot.html

What makes your link better than mine?

That really p*ssed you off, didn't it?

"They were repeated in many printed sources, and are still regarded by many as authentic Lincoln quotes. Carl Sandburg, Lincoln's most famous biographer, dismissed them as spurious."

When it comes to Lincoln, I think I'll take Sandburg's word for it over yours.

It's sourced. If you don't agree that's your problem.

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Originally posted by LarseeBear:

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot keep out the trouble by spending more than you can earn.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should be doing for themselves."

-Abraham Lincoln

I think Lincoln said all of these lines shortly after posing for this picture....

1. *issed? That's your imagination. I asked a question. You're the one that got all huffy.
2. I'm glad Carl Sandburg is the end all be all.
3. Here's another quote from Lincoln along the same vein but I guess it should be off limits too:
"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
-Abraham Lincoln

not in italics = not true

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Originally posted by LarseeBear:
1. *issed? That's your imagination. I asked a question. You're the one that got all huffy.

Relax dude...it's just an argument on the innerwebs. - Ben Franklin

1. Not at all. I also wasn't the one that went digging up four websites in six minutes.

The link I posted is sourced. Again, if you still choose not to believe it that's up to you.

2. No, but when it comes to Lincoln Sandburg has a bit more credibility than you do.

Sorry.

3. Why would that quote (or any legitimate one anyway) be "off limits"?

For someone who didn't get upset, that's comes off as a pretty defensive comment (IMO).

I see. Counting the minutes that I go to quote pages isn't obsessive and dogmatic. Good to know.

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Originally posted by OkinawaMarine:

Along with that though, if revenue sharing goes away as Jerruh Jones has stated AND we go into an uncapped pay system ala Major League Baseball then you can pretty much hand the NFC North to the Bears 90% of the time and the Super Bowl trophy will rotate between Dallas, New York, Chicago, Washington DC and whatever super billionaire owner in the future who will spend to no end. Green Bay won't be able to compete, Minnesota won't be able to compete and neither will Detroit...Every 3 or 4 years one of the lowly "other" teams in the North will scratch out a wild card or division crown, and we can only hope post season appearances don't come around like they do currently for the Brewers.

The thing that really pisses me off about this is that not only will football become like baseball but I don't think the Joneses of the NFL give a s*** about destroying the NFL as long as they can buy Lombardi's.

So you must feel simply being observant is "obsessive and dogmatic"?

That's good to know too.

quote:

Originally posted by Coach:
Lincoln Didn't Say That

But he was thinking it.

Counting minutes for me to respond then accusing me of being the one *pissed is good to know.

I guess I should have taken 7 minutes. I could have hidden being *issed.

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Originally posted by LarseeBear:
The Pack paying part of brent's salary because the bi-queens are freeloaders sticks in my craw.

No debate here.

When the Pack sucks on the revenue-sharing teat like the bi-queens rather than pays into it, then I'll be concerned. Until then, the Pack is solid and the bi-queens can't survive without handouts.

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot keep out the trouble by spending more than you can earn.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should be doing for themselves."

-Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Didn't Say That

Good forum choice for this nonsense.

If any of you homos ever get near Springfield Il. do yourselves a favor and check out the Lincoln Museum. It's worth your time.

Sorry you moderators had to go through the trouble.

... and Middle America has been takin up the arse ever since.

Thanks Abe.

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Originally posted by FreeSafety:

quote:

Originally posted by Coach:
Lincoln Didn't Say That

But he was thinking it.

Great picture Yuck. I hear dude loved Jay Z.

Unlike Jefferson, Bush I and II, and Garfield, Lincoln was not one of our Presidents who had "Hooks for Hands". Nine presidents had hooks for hands.

http://books.google.com/books?...v=onepage&q=&f=false


Odd bit of trivia is that Jack Ruby had 17 weiner dogs and one of them was named Lincoln. . .

http://books.google.com/books?...ge&q=lincoln&f=false

Yuck has 16 cats, none of which are named Lincoln.

eerie

quote:

Originally posted by trump:
... and Middle America has been takin up the arse ever since.

Thanks Abe.

They love it. Middle America is so totally gay.

quote:

Originally posted by El-Ka-Bong:
Yuck has 16 cats, none of which are named Lincoln.

eerie

True fact.
.....although I do have 3 cats named Lee Harvey.

I think he's worth the 16th pick. I believe he's a free safety. I hope the Lion's don't get him, 'cause I hear he has problems at Ford.

I once had a bull named Oswald. What does that mean?

I'm so freakin confused with this thread.

Hauser can you splain it to me?

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Originally posted by ammo:
I once had a bull named Oswald. What does that mean?

If it was a rabbit, then that's how NBC got Al Michaels.

I think you have him confused with Abe Froeman