This Day In History

• 1865 Slavery was abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution being ratified. We were one of the first nations in history to recognize that slavery was inherently evil and we choose to put an end to it. I'm proud to be a citizen in a country like that. Whites fought for the freedom of blacks. Unfortunately too many blacks still place all of the blame for slavery on whitey and conveniently overlook the fact that most blacks were sold into to slavery in the first place by other blacks. Slavery was not invented by whites, it was a common practice in almost every culture from the dawn of time. We stopped it. Most blacks also overlook the fact that it was the Republican Party that was instrumental to making the change happen and that far more Republicans than DemocRats voted in favor of the Civil Rights legislation than DemocRats. And no the term black is not a racial slur, I just believe Hyphenated-American terms serve to divide us rather than unite us.
• 1912 The U.S. Congress prohibited the immigration of illiterate persons. Now if we stop producing them domestically, we may make the DemocRatic Party a thing of the past.
• 1969 Britain's Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder. The moonbats argue that the death penalty doesn't deter anyone from committing murder. I know of at least one person that's deterred, the executed murder is deterred from murdering anyone ever again.
• 1998 The U.S. House of Representatives began the debate on the four articles of impeachment concerning U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was only the second time in U.S. history that process had begun. He was impeached eventually and rightfully so for committing perjury. It was never about the sex moonbats. It was about breaking the law. Perjury falls well into high crimes and misdemeanors.
• 1998 South Carolina proceeded with the 500th execution in the United States since capital punishment was restored. 500 deterred murders.
• 2002 Nine competing designs for the World Trade Center site were unveiled. The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Expected to choose a design by January 31, 2003. As most Americans I have very mixed feelings about building anything on that site.