Flashermac Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Nope. I'm wrong. Ike DID send in federal troops ... wonder under what authority. _________________________________________ Little Rock School Integration Crisis On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education that segregated schools are "inherently unequal." In September 1957, as a result of that ruling, nine African-American students enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The ensuing struggle between segregationists and integrationists, the State of Arkansas and the federal government, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus has become known in modern American history as the "Little Rock Crisis." The crisis gained attention world-wide. When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine students from entering the school, President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine" and that the rulings of the Supreme Court were upheld. The manuscript holdings of the Eisenhower Library contain a large amount of documentation on this historic test of the Brown vs. Topeka ruling and school integration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I'd be amazed if presidents weren't allowed to send in troops under any circumstances. I'm quite comfortable with them doing it, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Ah, here it is, from: http://louisianahistory.ourfamily.com/arkansas/littlerock9.html "Eisenhower was forced to act. Reluctantly, he federalized the Arkansas National Guard and dispatched 1,000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division ; a power that had been given to President Andrew Jackson during the Nullification Crisis of 1832." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_from_Jersey Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 The good news is there is no known cases of person-to-person communication of the present bird flu (virus). You only get it if you handle live/sick poultry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 The Thais that died here a few years ago either had handled diseased chickens or -- can you believe this! -- had cooked and eaten chickens that had died of the mysterious disease. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Bird flu for dummies. http://tinyurl.com/9sfph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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