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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Dear Rose,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I happened upon your "<SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">tidy"</SPAN></SPAN> little <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">blog</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> (without comment section) by mistake this evening. I thought I would read a couple of your latest <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">communiqués</SPAN></SPAN> for a laugh and comment on them here.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I thought that most of what you say about <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">rhubarb</SPAN></SPAN> "pie" very helpful. I like <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">rhubarb</SPAN></SPAN> in any form. What I found curious was your view about slavery, the "War of Northern <SPAN class=correction id="">Aggression</SPAN>" and the history that it spawned.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I wanted to know, you being a history buff and all, why you think that "the responsibility belongs to the confederation of slave-holding states" and not equally shared by the <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">northern</SPAN></SPAN> aggressor slave-holding states? (who by the way retained their slave holdings long after the emancipation proclamation and the end of the war.)</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I am also glad that you continue to use <SPAN class=correction id="">private</SPAN> e-mails for your personal <SPAN class=correction id="">benefit</SPAN> and that you continue to call me and my fellow members of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, in so many words, racists and <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">bigots</SPAN></SPAN>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thanks for keeping up your end of the <SPAN class=correction><SPAN id="">bargain</SPAN></SPAN> and remaining the "<SPAN class=correction><SPAN id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Mama-Intolerista</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>"!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Doug!</SPAN></div>
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<div>"Sadly, he does not. Actually, most folks in Moscow, while regretting the necessity of the Civil War (and let’s be clear, the responsibility belongs to the confederation of slave-holding states), have adjusted to and accepted that painful but crucial decision made 146 years ago. It is incredible that a sentient adult, living in 2007, would cling to a contrary position. Unlike <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Hieronymous</SPAN></SPAN> and his <A href="http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=645" target=_blank>co-religionists</A>, thankfully, most Moscow residents are neither disciples nor defenders of the Lost Cause."</div>
<div>Rose</div>
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