Saturday, April 05, 2008

Jacksonians vs Academics

Jacksonians believe in natural liberty -- I'll leave you alone if you'll leave me alone, but if you attack my family or my country, I'll kill you. Academics are, to say the least, lightly represented in the American military, and in economic terms they tend to compete with the military for public dollars. They seek honor for the work of peace as fiercely as Jacksonians seek honor for the feats of war. Hmmm...

3 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...

Jackson gave his word to some Indians that they could live on their own lands, and then nullified the treaties and forced them west of the Mississippi. Isn't that what you call a "flip-flopper" AI?

Tecumseh said...

Sounds like it. Tough hombre, Andy.

Arelcao Akleos said...

It's not Andy's fault, the poor tyke was born with a forked tongue.