We can expect the usual unamerican rantings his platform is known for. Although welcomed initially, the nra was soon criticized for overregulation and was unable to achieve. Jul 14, 2015 he said he learned as a child to call the civil war the war of northern aggression. Why the war was not about slavery personal liberty. He called barack obama a fake president, eric holder rabidly unamerican, and referred to the civil war as the war of northern aggression. Ladies and gentlemen, your new nra president balloon juice. In 1933 the new president, franklin roosevelt, brought an air of confidence and optimism that quickly rallied the people to the banner of his program, known as the new deal. May 05, 20 porter has called president barack obama a fake president, attorney general eric holder rabidly unamerican and the u. Its only a matter of time before we can own colored people again, has been making.
Meet your new nra president a man still fighting the civil war from the losing side. Meet the new nra president, jim porter, who calls the. Thomas clay jr in ancient arab culture, no man is prized. Yall might call it the civil war, but we call it the war of northern aggression down south. Last week media matters reported that the new nra president, an alabama lawyer named james porter, refers to the civil war just like his grand pappy did, as the war of northern aggression. May 31, 2017 the nra was founded in new york state in 1871 by exunion army officers who were dismayed at the poor marksmanship of the union soldiers during the war of northern aggression. Things are not as neat as they are usually presented in high school textbooks, and there is a moral obligation for some historical revisionism, in order to pursue true historical justice, and. How we know the socalled civil war was not over slavery. Author of that every man be armed, halbrooks latest book is target switzerland. Palin fires up nra crowd, hits obama for using newtown families. Soviet relations worsened by the recent downing of a south. Meet the new nra president, jim porter, who calls the civil war. Just in time for its wingnutfilled annual meeting tomorrow, the national rifle association is set to install a new president.
May 03, 20 the nra has for a very long time been the single largest threat to responsible gun ownership in the us. A more recent president, jim porter, called barack obama a fake president and referred to the civil war as the war of northern aggression. The georgia landmark is a testament to the enduring legacy. And he claimed that the nra was, started by some yankee generals who didnt like the way my southern boys had the ability to shoot in what we call the war of northern aggression. The aggressor in a war, explained confederate vice president alexander stephens, is not he who strikes the first blowbut the first who renders force necessary. He is also a sixthgeneration alabama landowner and is a strong advocate for wildlife management and hunting in 2014 maria butina presented thennra.
Previous nra president jim porter, who served two years as president beginning in 20, was also an apologist for the confederacy, having once stated, nra was started 1871 right here in new york state. New nra president carolyn meadows chairs the board of directors for the largest confederate monument in america. Porter, 64, whose father was nra president from 19591961, is part of the small, birmingham, ala. In the south, civil war has not been forgotten the new. Or, as it is sometimes called here, the war between the states. The lost causers had remarkable success, and not just in the south, said john marszalek, professor of history at mississippi state university and author of 10 civil war books. I spent a year reading shelby footes volumes and a few others so i had a better understanding of it so i could beat both of my parents in jeopardy which is a blood sport in. New nra leader james porter has history of controversial. New nra president chairs board of confederate monument. May 08, 20 last week media matters reported that the new nra president, an alabama lawyer named james porter, refers to the civil war just like his grand pappy did, as the war of northern aggression. This is the new deal and origins of world war ii, 19321939, chapter 7 from the book united states history, volume 2 v. The logic of the nra choosing ollie north as president. The nra was started, 1871, right here in new york state.
At the white house correspondents dinner, conan obrien noted that wayne lapierre, the national rifle association s front man, is merely its executive vice president, which begs the question, how freaking crazy do you have to be to be the actual president of the n. Apr 22, 2020 longtime antigunner, joe biden recently received obamas endorsement. The nra is facing off against kids who went to school in a pretty well off neighborhood and have the means to be loud as fuck afterwards. New nra head not fan of fake president obama, thinks. Whos who at this weekends nra annual meeting media. The new nra president fantasizes about whipping antigun. The nras new president has raised a few eyebrows with a speech he made at the new york state rifle and pistol associations annual meeting last june, which is now coming to light. Mar 14, 2017 a page from alexander torshins gun rights pamphlet, which echoed nraspeak.
Usa most of us dont want a second civil war, though many of us will fight, and a very few even think war is a good idea. Yoweri kaguta museveni president of uganda since 29 january 1986 museveni was involved in the war that deposed idi amin dada, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the milton obote regime in 1985. Incoming nra president james porter has reportedly called barack obama a fake president, and referred to the civil war as the war of northern aggression. In the somewhat rambling speech, jim porter referred to the civil war as the war of northern aggression and went on to. New nra president talked fake president obama, war of. Recently i looked at the appearance of the phrase war of northern aggression in digitallyarchived newspapers over the last 150 years, and noted that it seems to be clearly a modern term, one that first starts appearing in newspapers in the mid1950s, often in conjunction with the civil war centennial or, more disturbingly, as part of the rhetoric wielded by segregationists against the. Demonizing the enemy with moral language works for the victor. Incoming nra president calls civil war the war of northern aggression. Meet your new nra presidenta man still fighting the civil. Like all northern opponents and reluctant supporters of lincoln, he knew the war was about economic domination. New dealers hoped that the national recovery administration nra would produce a collective social conscience among businesses through coordination of management, labor, and the federal government. Cornerstone speech by the vice president of the confederacy. The nras new man refers to the civil war as the war of northern aggression. During the tense crisis months that followed the secession winter of 186061 practically all observers believed that lincoln and the republicans would begin attacking slavery as soon as they took power.
In the somewhat rambling speech, jim porter referred to the civil war as the war of northern aggression. The national recovery administration nra, established in 1933 with the national industrial recovery act nira, attempted to end cutthroat competition by setting codes of fair competitive practice to generate more jobs and thus more buying. In 2014 maria butina presented thennra president porter with an honorary. The nra was founded in new york state in 1871 by exunion army officers who were dismayed at the poor marksmanship of the union soldiers during the war of northern aggression. New nra president jim porter the nra defies the odds. New nra president refers to the civil war as war of. Incoming nra president calls civil war the war of northern. Best new thing in arizona, blog news, bob lord, books, border, budgets. Porter calls the civil war the war of northern aggression. Meet the new nra president, jim porter, who calls the civil war the war of northern aggression. A widely shared article from the website the free wood post headlined, nra president jim porter. The nra has a new president and judging by a speech he made at the new york rifle and pistol associations annual meeting last june he could push the gun lobbying organization even further to the. The war of northern aggression as modern, segregationist.
On friday, he repeated his call for training every u. Nra elevates crackpot conspiracy theorist to be their new. Having once been a war hero north jumps the shark by joining a super right wing antigovernment group. New nra president calls civil war a war of northern.
Obama and biden team up to ride again against your rights. In the united states, civil war is the most common term for the conflict. The national park service, the government organization entrusted by the united states congress. First, he appears to signal a doubling down on the nras base among older, white male southerners or to put it more frontally, to racists, calling the civil war the war of northern aggression. Jim porter, whose father was also an nra president, will begin his. On november 6, 1860, the sixyearold republican party elected its first president.
Nra executive tells members that gun control efforts will. He refers to the american civil war as the war of northern aggression, widely seen as a racist term. Nutty new nra president jim porter still fighting war against. On may 7, 2018, the national rifle association nra announced that north would become the organizations next president within the following weeks. Civil war still being fought in schools the washington post. Explaining the nras roots during the same june 2012 speech, porter said, nra was started 1871 right here in new. It was started by some yankee generals who didnt like the way my southern boys had the ability to shoot in what we call the war of. In a june speech, porter noted the nra was started by some yankee generals who didnt like the way my southern boys had the ability to shoot in what we call the war of northern aggression. These include his braying at a gun convention last year about the war of northern aggression, which we. If you guys want to reach anyone, then you need to stop calling people bat shit crazy. The first president of the nra was general ambrose burnside, a former yankee general. One of the most infamous gun control duos in the nations history is teaming up again as former president. Museveni was involved in rebellions that toppled notorious ugandan leaders idi amin 197179 and milton obote 198085 before capturing power in the 80s. Porter ii born february 7, 1949 is an american lawyer who was president of the national rifle association from 20 to 2015.
Theres a new face and president of the nra a man who actually calls the attorney general unamerican and refers to the civil war as northern aggression from some yankee generals who didnt. How freaking crazy do you have to be to be the actual president of. Not only that, but the kids who are speaking up are not only loud, but intelligent and children of the internet on the cusp of adulthood. New nra president calls civil war northern aggression. Which brings us to now and the second hitler parallel. Nutty new nra president jim porter still fighting war. Grants book is the best book ever written by any president and likely ever will be.
Longtime antigunner, joe biden recently received obamas endorsement. Formed in november 1926 after the fengtian victory in the antifengtian war, the npa was tasked with countering the advance of the kuomintang kmtaligned national revolutionary army nra of chiang kaishek, who had launched the northern expedition in june 1926 3 the npa also included zhili clique generals, such as sun chuanfang. New nra president calls civil war a war of northern aggression in case you missed the newsand i cant really blame you for tuning it outthe national rifle association has gotten itself a new president. Slavery is no more the cause of this war than gold is the cause of robbery, he said. New nra president carolyn meadows chairs the board of. Not only is the war of northern aggression a term that was not widely used at the time of the war, it didnt come into wide use for nearly a century after, from the mid1950s on. But a number of factors changed in 1983, including new leadership in moscow, different radio communications by nato, the arrival of new pershing ii missiles in europe, and ongoing deterioration in u. Did nra president jim porter say that its only a matter of time before. The man i was talking to was in his 70s and had a good understanding of the civil war. North is a board member in the nra and appeared at nra national conventions in. The nra is looking more and more like a consortium of white supremacy groups.
Yoweri kaguta museveni project gutenberg selfpublishing. Mar 11, 2016 governor joel parker of new jersey, a reluctant democratic supporter of the war, knew what it was all about. With which group did the supreme court side in its 1936 decision against the agricultural adjustment act aaa. Nra elevates crackpot conspiracy theorist to be their new president. Porter ii born february 7, 1949 is an american lawyer who was president of the. Aug 24, 2017 blaming the war on slavery was the way the northern court historians used morality to cover up lincolns naked aggression and the war crimes of his generals. Other presentations at the 20 meeting reaffirmed the nra s hardline stance following the 2012 mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school, including the claim of new nra president jim porter. Yet, to a certain extent, racist southerners do have a point when they claim that the 18611865 civil war was actually a war of northern aggression. Incidentally, you may not know this, but wayne lapierre is merely the. He didnt say if he calls it something else now, but he did accuse foes of scrubbing history. Understanding the war between the states is the most comprehensive single book on the american holocaust.
Swiss armed neutrality in world war ii 1998, sarpedon publishers, dept. Jul 16, 20 it is very funny, with just the right amount of sarcasm and incredulity to make it a fun read, but the underlying message is very clear. New nra president calls for americans to have military training. Constituting one more major step toward war, the law permitted the united states to provide war supplies to shore up great britain, following the german invasion of france. When the nra brought its annual meeting to charlotte in 2010, i covered it for politics daily, but even if i hadnt had the assignment, i might have stopped by. May 05, 20 the war of northern aggression is a common term among white southerners, even those who are not consciously part of the lost cause. Jim porter, incoming nra president, talked fake president obama, war of northern aggression by nick wing the national rifle association chose its new president earlier this week, selecting jim porter, a 64yearold alabama attorney and the organizations current first vice president, to take the reins from outgoing president david keene. Porter has called president barack obama a fake president, attorney general eric holder rabidly unamerican and the u. Born in birmingham in 1949, his father, irvine porter, was president before him, serving from 1959 to 1961. Now yall might call it the civil war, but we call it the war of northern aggression.
One of the most infamous gun control duos in the nations history is teaming up again as former president barack obama. Not saying the war of northern aggression was about slavery, just. The new president of the national rifle association, whose father was nra president, is an alabama attorney who has called president obama a fake president. Porter ii, an alabama attorney, and he said that the nra and its masters and minions are in a culture war with the rest of america. This is not a battle about gun rights, porter declared at a breakfast meeting. This book is licensed under a creative commons byncsa 3. Awesome just in time for its wingnutfilled annual meeting tomorrow, the national rifle association is set to install a new president. Taking the fight to the nra jim porter, the nras new president i hardly ever agree with anything the national rifle association says, but the organization has elected a new president, james w. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, the president declared in his inaugural address to the nation. This is a significant mainstreaming of neoconfederate ideology. Nato conducted war games in europe at the same time each year, so the soviets knew they were exercises rather than a real attack. It is a tribute to the 16 brilliant historians who packed so much important information into what is actually a small book. Hes a charming tub of a man by the name of jim porter, and monday was officially his first day in his new job.
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