Liberal Professor Calls Thanksgiving Racist Holiday

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

it is more than wanting the land. every conflict, the brits (and the french in the french and indian war) had stoked up the indians to cause trouble. spain did so as well, since they still held florida also, when you look at the history of texas, the brits were very much interested in gaining that area. their involvement is a key reason why the u.s. decided to annex texas as a state. also, the brits still held land other than canada. it wasn't til james polk that the english accepted the boundary of the oregon territory.
and france became very involved in mexico. santa anna didn't lose his leg fighting americans, it was the french.
jackson didn't hate the indians, many had been his allies when he was fighting the indian tribes in the years before the battle of new orleans. the whites had a lot of land compared to population. he just felt they would be used, again, as they had been used so often before. that our enemies would use them to cause us issues.

Wow, nobody's said anything for two days. We must have put them all to sleep with our discussion about Andy Jackson. Too bad. I lilke historical discussions.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by cal828

Wow, nobody's said anything for two days. We must have put them all to sleep with our discussion about Andy Jackson. Too bad. I lilke historical discussions.

I love them too. Just finished a thorough biography of sam houston, and am now reading a new book on john quincy adams.

Have two books by h w brands up next (i tend to buy up books by authors i like), one is a new bio of grant, the other on teddy roosevelt. I read his books on jackson and on the early days of texas. Highly recommend them.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

I love them too. Just finished a thorough biography of sam houston, and am now reading a new book on john quincy adams.

Have two books by h w brands up next (i tend to buy up books by authors i like), one is a new bio of grant, the other on teddy roosevelt. I read his books on jackson and on the early days of texas. Highly recommend them.

I knew you must have gotten that warped stuff on Jackson somewhere. Must admit don't read much stuff like that. Reading A Game of Thrones Now. Mostly cause my son gave it to me. He likes things like The Lord of the Rings types of books. Finished The Hunger Games not too long ago. Would love to see the movie The Life of Pi cause I read that book. Not sure that my reading tastes are much like anyone elses. I often go to library and just pick up 2 or 3 books I've never heard of and go over and read a few pages of them and if I like them, take them home. Read a bunch of books like that I really liked by Irish authors. One entitled Ireland and another entitled Galway Bay. Both really good and lots of Irish history in them.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by cal828

I knew you must have gotten that warped stuff on Jackson somewhere. Must admit don't read much stuff like that. Reading A Game of Thrones Now. Mostly cause my son gave it to me. He likes things like The Lord of the Rings types of books. Finished The Hunger Games not too long ago. Would love to see the movie The Life of Pi cause I read that book. Not sure that my reading tastes are much like anyone elses. I often go to library and just pick up 2 or 3 books I've never heard of and go over and read a few pages of them and if I like them, take them home. Read a bunch of books like that I really liked by Irish authors. One entitled Ireland and another entitled Galway Bay. Both really good and lots of Irish history in them.

My oldest is a fan of all things tolkien. I would encourage you to try out bernard cornwell. Fantastic writer, with books set during the hundred years war, englad before the normans, and his version of the arthurian legends. Also has a huge series based on all the wars involving the duke of wellington, with the action centered on a rifleman.
Ceinwyn is named for a character in his arthur trilogy. My son has her brother, derfel, from the same book.

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As for jackson, i think his legacy suffers from people who only fasten on his indian removal policy, rather than looking into his detailed reasons why. After the revolution, before the 1812 to 1815 war, the brits frequently encouraged indian uprisings against us.

Oh, and our ally, france....yeah, she helped us vs britain, but didn't exactly want us to win. It was in their best interests to keep it going as long as possible, as a way to weaken britain, thus strengthening france.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Danzig

As for jackson, i think his legacy suffers from people who only fasten on his indian removal policy, rather than looking into his detailed reasons why. After the revolution, before the 1812 to 1815 war, the brits frequently encouraged indian uprisings against us.

Oh, and our ally, france....yeah, she helped us vs britain, but didn't exactly want us to win. It was in their best interests to keep it going as long as possible, as a way to weaken britain, thus strengthening france.

I'll have to get a copy of that book. I had pretty much already guessed that you were reading one.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by cal828

I'll have to get a copy of that book. I had pretty much already guessed that you were reading one.

Read it a few months ago...which lead me to reading brands on texas, which lead to sam houston... and reading jackson also made me want a book on quincy adams, and clay. Read on clay last month (and polk)
I like brands writing style, lots of info but not dry or boring. I think ill read grant next. His memoirs were good, but i enjoyed shermans more.

When i got the JQA book out, i said 'that author sounds familiar'. I have his book on james monroe

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

As for jackson, i think his legacy suffers from people who only fasten on his indian removal policy, rather than looking into his detailed reasons why. After the revolution, before the 1812 to 1815 war, the brits frequently encouraged indian uprisings against us.

Oh, and our ally, france....yeah, she helped us vs britain, but didn't exactly want us to win. It was in their best interests to keep it going as long as possible, as a way to weaken britain, thus strengthening france.

Haven't read many history books over the years, can count on one hand.
Think we talked about The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, i still have that in hard cover and paperback...and The Longest Day..have boxes of books in the attic...my favs were political thrillers and crime drama...my all time fav is The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, still have that one with rubber bands holding it together...read other books by him but that was the best.
Last book i read was The Da Vinci Code, very good..movies of books always fail, except maybe The Godfather and The Exorcist...

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Haven't read many history books over the years, can count on one hand.
Think we talked about The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, i still have that in hard cover and paperback...and The Longest Day..have boxes of books in the attic...my favs were political thrillers and crime drama...my all time fav is The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, still have that one with rubber bands holding it together...read other books by him but that was the best.
Last book i read was The Da Vinci Code, very good..movies of books always fail, except maybe The Godfather and The Exorcist...

You mentioned The Da Vinci Code. I've read 3 or 4 of those books by Dan Brown. They're all pretty entertaining. I think the last one I read of his was called The Lost Symbol. There's a lot of info in that one about the influence of the Masons on the founding fathers and on Washington DC.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Haven't read many history books over the years, can count on one hand.
Think we talked about The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, i still have that in hard cover and paperback...and The Longest Day..have boxes of books in the attic...my favs were political thrillers and crime drama...my all time fav is The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, still have that one with rubber bands holding it together...read other books by him but that was the best.
Last book i read was The Da Vinci Code, very good..movies of books always fail, except maybe The Godfather and The Exorcist...

Read the da vinci code. I enjoyed figuring out the clues, the round church, aka the temple church, for one. Will marshall buried there. Was obvious to me tho that he had written the book with a movie in mind.
The godfather movie was helped by puzo writing the script.

As for history, i was always interested in british history. But i have expanded over the years. i have a book guaranteed to cure insomnia. 'The history of europe'. It is booooring.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by bigrun

..movies of books always fail, except maybe The Godfather and The Exorcist...

Erwha?

Rosemary's Baby?
The Shining?
Misery?
Silence of the Lambs?
No Country for Old Men?
Jaws?
The Hunger Games?
Princess Bride?
Gone With the Wind?
Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Wizard of Oz?
Casino Royale?
The Shawshank Redemption? (okay, novella, whatever. So add Stand By Me, too)

What are your favorite adaptations?

However,I totally give you this- the films of The Exorcist and The Godfather are much, much better than the books. The list of movies better than the books is pretty short. Oh, Jaws. Move Jaws to this list. Much better than the book.