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Title: The Last Trench
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Louis Beam
URL Source: http://www.louisbeam.com/lasttrench.htm
Published: May 10, 2008
Author: Louis Beam (Yes, THAT Louis Beam)
Post Date: 2008-05-10 08:29:46 by boonie rat
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The Last Trench As they walked through the bodies strewn throughout the overran trenches, one officer could not help but comment on the composition of the dead laying everywhere: "Old men with silver locks lay dead, side by side with mere boys of thirteen or fourteen. It almost makes one sorry to have to fight against people who show such devotion for their homes and their country." Silver haired men lay across the bodies of thirteen-year-old children piled in clumps or scattered individually where a last desperate stand had been made. The blood of both meeting in one final offering to freedom, liberty and homeland. In clumps they lay with bodies broken, mangled, and torn by shot, explosion, and hand-to-hand mortal combat. A last dying grimace of determination frozen forever on many of the faces. Their blood now coagulating in clumps upon each other and on a ground that could absorb no more. These then were the defenders of the last trench. No ancient Spartan battled more bravely at Thermopylae --- giving his life's blood for freedom. No desperate warrior struggled more bravely upon the parapets of the Alamo while shouting liberty or death to his last gasping breath. For these chosen few now lying at the feet of the victorious foe had died in desperate hand to hand combat when there was no longer time to load the weapons, no longer time to fire. Boys fighting grown men twice their size. Old men fighting hardened soldiers in the strength of their manhood. Young and old had determined to extract with their life's blood the last measure of resistance to the hated foe who now stood upon their soil in overwhelming numbers, war materials, and arrogance. Mothers would weep bitter tears this night, wives of many years would moan with grief. For their loved ones would never return from this last trench. But their deaths, their desperate bitter defense of all that is holy, would provide time for the Southern commander to make his decision for the rest of the outnumbered force to withdraw and live to fight another day. These honoured few, these children in rags but recently removed from their mothers' loving arms, moved even the heart of their bitter foe. Now these children lie in death, wrapped in the arms of their fathers, uncles and neighbours. These men and children showed by their courage and gave by their blood, an example for all mankind to follow in generations to come - when the stake is liberty and the prize freedom. Minutes before, two hundred and fourteen brave souls stood there staring intently while the Stars and Bars gently caressed the wind above their head. Some five hundred yards to their front six thousand battle hardened federal veterans prepared to assault. Suddenly, federal officers could be heard shouting commands and men stepped forward confidently, looking sure of sweeping over the handful before them. In the last trench the defenders looked at the thousands coming upon them and bowed their heads momentarily to ask God to help them aim straight, shoot fast, and kill many, and yes... “Dear Jesus take my soul to heaven.” For the God these men worshiped did not require them to turn the other cheek before the enemy of their people. No pleas to be spared were spoken this day. For this was their moment, their time, their home and loved ones they would die for. Eternal greatness had arrived. Looking up from prayers, young boys and old men glanced at each other in one last moment of reassurance that each would do his duty, fight to the last and die with determined resolve. Then the terrible struggle began. Yankee cannon blew men to pieces tossing their flesh upon the shirts and faces of their comrades. Lead bullets gouged gaping, gushing holes in the bodies of thirteen-year-old children now become soldiers. It was only with the greatest amount of desperate struggle that they were able to throw back the first assault. The last trench began to fill with patriots blood as the hated destroyer of their homeland fell back to regroup and a brave cheer went up among the defenders of the trench. Young voices that in weeks before had sung in small country churches now mixed melodiously with the mature voices of their grandfathers' generation. As the men regained their breath, a soft-spoken Southern accent could be heard drifting down the trench. While carefully stepping over the mangled bodies of young and old a Colonel offered encouragement as he moved down the line. His firm but gentle voice was laced with the nuances of a culture that was about to die. While later generations would mock his accent and trample his children's legacy, no Leonidas ever spoke fairer words or more firmly of duty, honour and homeland to hard pressed soldiers. Suddenly, as federal drums began to beat the advance, he stood for all to hear and his soft voice now grew in strength: “Stand fast boys! Think now of your mothers and sisters at home. Remember it is for them that you are here today. Be ready now, and when they come, give them your steel and bullets knowing that you fight for the liberty of your loved ones. Be prepared now! And extract from these cruel invaders of our homeland a last bitter measure of payment for our soil. Look you to each other firmly now, knowing that we all die here today as men who fulfill their duty. Eyes forward!” Then, in but a few short moments, the second massive wave was upon them and less than one-hundred and fifty yet remained to stand against the shot and shell of the thousands. Desperately they fought, each with every ounce of strength he could muster beating back the flood of foe upon their trench. Unbelievably, as old man and young child stood side by side fighting with their every fiber, gasping for breath not even with time for the wounded to wipe the blood from their eyes — again they turned the tide back. Exhausted, out of breath, and with no hope whatsoever of relief, they were yet proud to the very center of their being of having fulfilled their promise to the commander "to not give up." Once again across the carnage of this field cheering could be heard. Yet it was fainter now, softer, for there was not so much breath left to carry it to the ears of those in the distance. As voices of young lads who but days before left their mothers loving arms, united with those who long since buried mothers in a far away time, tears sprang to the eyes of comrades. Hearts beat heavily, pounding with emotion for those dead and dying all around them who were giving the last final measure of their lives to their beloved homeland and liberty. The foe, too, was no coward, and now aware of the mettle of those he faced, he stared at the last trench in growing disbelief. Federal troops regrouping but a short distance away left hundreds of their dead and dying in front of the determined men in the trench. For how could so few hold back so many? In spite of themselves and completely involuntarily, admiration began to spring forth in their hearts for such bravery as they now faced. Fear also raced into their being. Not a fear of losing, for so many could not lose to so few. But rather, fear of death. For they understood clearly now, if they had not before, that when the order came again to move forward, many more of them would have to die if they were to prevail over this valiant band of resolute defenders. They were not so sure their cause was worth this sacrifice. Unlike those who stood now in so few numbers desperately clinging to their positions in the last breath of life, the attackers suffered doubts of the rightness of their government's decision to destroy the liberty of those they opposed. Many in the enemy camp thought to himself that death was to be avoided if at all possible. For they knew for certain, as they listened to the now fainter cheer from the last trench, that strength of numbers, might, and power, do not make for right. They sensed in their very souls that they were killing the best of this land. Once again the command was given to move forward and take the last trench. Two thousand more fresh federal combat veterans were thrown into the attack. Across the field with blood now dried upon most faces, steely eyed men and boys looked one last time at friends they had come to love. Comrades with whom they had shared their meager rations or huddled with, shivering in the previous winters' snow. The older men, their gray hair now stained red with gore from friend and foe, looked upon mere children who so bravely stood beside them. The sun seems now to stand still as each one shares for one brief moment in time a final, everlasting glance of reassurance, encouragement and sweet bitter love. Their beloved flag, the Stars and Bars, now stained with the life’s blood of three children who will never turn fourteen and which symbolizes all their hopes for liberty, stirs to life at the sound of the approaching foe. Eight thousand federal soldiers are now thrown against them. It is a tidal wave of men, bullets and bayonets. Each Southern defender knows that he breathes his last breath as he braces for the fury. Desperate scenes of mortal combat break out all around as the flood sweeps upon and over them. Each man fighting to stave off first three, then five, then ten, then twenty. Each striving to exchange his life for as many of the enemy invaders as he can. Liberty or death has never had stronger defenders nor greater blood to nourish it than that which flows from those dying here. One upon the other they fall, old upon young, young upon old. Finally one last gunner remains standing at his position with all comrades dead or wounded. Surrounded by his enemies they demand for him to cease firing or die. In a brief moment of but a final heartbeat, he enters into the heroic annals of all eternity with the final words "Shoot and be dammed," as he fires off one last devastating round into the ranks of the foe. Their bodies have not yet hit the ground when his own comes apart from the bullets tearing through his flesh as he falls upon his discharged weapon. Truly here, April 2, 1865 at Fort Griffen Virginia stood greatness. Liberty never before know braver defenders. All grows silent now. Seven hundred of the invaders lay dead and dying. All the defenders of the last trench are dead or wounded and the federal officer steps forward to rip down the Stars and Bars, for there are no men left to defend the colours. This officer serves in the Army Of The United States. He represents the power and force of the central government. He rips from this nation more than a flag, but tears asunder the constitutional liberties of the people of the United States. For with the last breath of the defenders so, too, has that of the Republic expired. The Republic will be replaced by unchecked central authority which, as years pass, will unleash a government upon the people that will envelope and choke not just the South, but the very decedents of the officer ripping down the flag. There will be no victory here today for those men who now stand over the crumpled bodies of the defenders. For unknown to them, they bought today with their own blood the chains that will enslave their posterity. America would descend from the lofty plains upon which it was founded to the bitter pits of involuntary service to the government’s every dictate. That year was 1865; the last trench was Fort Griffen, Virginia. You live in the fruits produced by that Pyrrhic victory for Washington, D.C. I, the writer of this essay, your narrator of times past, have brought you to the last trench so that you may know those things so craftily hidden from you before now. And to announce to you that not all the seeds of those men have ceased to exist. For we are here! We fight for the principals of our forefathers — justice, liberty and freedom from oppression. We see the brutal power of the foe, the guns, black boots, badges of federal tyranny. FBI, ATF swat teams and ten thousand corrupt government officials of a thousand descriptions have now replaced the federal officer holding the shredded flag. They stand to our front, once again gloating in their power, strength and numbers. But know, reader, they are weak miserable cowardly men - dogs, fit only to lick the boots of our ancestors. We fear them not. In all their strength and might they have not the power to make us quit the trench of liberty. Today’s servants of federal tyrants cannot crush the spirit that resides in our soul from a thousand previous generations. It is a spirit that cries out for freedom for our children and liberty for our people. While today’s minions of evil may rule from ocean to ocean, they will never rule our minds and hearts. For we are in the last trench and will not yield to the hated foe. For unlike them, we are prepared to give the last full measure for the principals of our fathers. Police state enforcers are but mere slavish brute creatures, unprincipled men, who fear dying for the unprincipled bastards who send them and give them their daily bread. Let then the foe close upon us. Come! We await thee! Look into our faces and see the defiance that greets you. And know; know with all your miserable cowardly fear — that we will fight to the last desperate breath. Many there shall be among you who will join better men then yourselves before the Throne of Judgment. We look across the distance now and see our enemies. And lo! As we look down this trench that we have dug with our lives, we see others! We are not alone! Others, like us, now look at the foe of liberty with grim determination. Stout hearts there are many, and they beat in strength with ours. From the mountains, the valleys, from shore to shore, the folk will once again send its sons to fight for freedom. The last trench this time is filled with Northern patriot, Southern Rebel, Western Farmer and American Red Bloods from the heartland. Each in his own mind has sworn: “Liberty or Death —Live Free or Die!” while knowing that the federal foe swears only in his profanity. "Meet you now, ye tyrant’s tool — the real men of this nation!" This struggle knows no end, its destiny will not tire, nor its defenders abandon the sacred cause. Each generation produces anew --- Sons of Liberty. To each and every foe of freedom and liberty in the federal government, let this message soak to your miserable bones: Your threats, your mistreatment, your unceasing attempts at intimidation, your arrogant abuse and slander of all that is holy, your raw brutality upon the helpless, your vulgar use of armed might upon the weak, your shedding of innocent blood, your rushing to a new world order of old world tyranny, none of this will save you from the justice you so richly deserve. Understand — you miserable pestilence upon mankind — that we shall do our duty as our ancestors before us. Know that we realize that we are now in the last trench. So step forward! Come! Our Colours await you — you need but take them from us... Blood, honour, soil, faith and folk. Know ye then, enemies of liberty, that the last trench insures eternal memory and glory to those who stand in it. While granting to those who attack it only a miserable empty death for filthy lucre’s sake. Come now our enemies before us! Drink of this cup we have prepared for you! And as you in your brutish force move toward us — understand that while we are in the last trench — you are in your last moments. Victory or Death — Live free or Die! Endnotes: Note 1. The attacking foe was the forces of federal tyranny on April 2, 1865 at Fort Griffen Virginia. Note 2. The defenders of the last trench were the brave boys and men of the South who fought for the Constitution, individual liberty and freedom (in spite of what one may have been taught in the public fool system). Note 3. Though future generations may become weak and debased in their wealth and comfort, there will yet remain among them brave hearts whose souls know their duty, whose hearts know their destiny. Though millions may forget the brave sacrifice described above at Fort Griffen, we will remember. Be it that many of our own countrymen in their ignorance become as their enemy and turn their face and hearts from us, we will yet remain true. Though shunned by weak and miserably cowardly souls around us — we will live as our ancestors before — learning well from their example. And when the time of destiny for our souls comes, we, too, will offer up our lives for the life of our people, be they grateful or not. For their gratitude or ingratitude does not grant nor revoke our duty to the folk and Creator. Note 4. To hell with the federal government!
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A few facts the 'historians' leave out: The U.S. flag flew over slavery for 89 years. The Confederate flag flew over slavery for only 4 years. The American slave ships were based out of Mass., New York, and Rhode Island. They all flew the U.S. flag. The South owned no slave ships, nor did it import negroes directly through it's ports. Even though the Constitution banned importation in 1808, New England continued to import slaves illegally right up until 1860! That year, 15,000 were smuggled in thru New York harbor. The Confederate constitution specifically forbade the importation of negroes. The Confederacy offered to free the slaves, if granted recognition by England and France; both of whom were strongly considering it. The first state to threaten secession was Vermont in 1803. The last slave state admitted into the U.S. was West Virginia in 1863. The first state to legalize slavery was Mass in 1654. The first state to oppose slavery was Virginia. The first slaves were native-Americans, then white indentured servants. The Georgia Colony began as a white penal colony where the exiles were little more than slaves. When these proved unable to supply the labor demanded by the Federal Government (England); negroes were imported by the English Crown. The first slave-owner to demand that slaves be "held for life" was a black man; himself a former slave who had bought his freedom and had later become a prosperous planter. The first integrated army in the continental U.S. was the Confederate Army. Approximately 65,000 Blacks served in the field. By law they received the same rations, clothing and pay as their white counterparts. As of Feb. 1865 there were 1,150 Black seamen in the Confederate Navy. 15,000 Hispanics and 3,500 Jews also served in the Confederate military. The first military monument in the U.S. Capitol that honors a Black soldier is the Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, which was designed by Moses Ezekial, a Jewish-Confederate, in 1914. He wanted to correctly portray the "racial makeup" of the Confederate Army. A black Confederate soldier is depicted marching in step alongside the white troops. There is also a depiction of a white soldier giving his child to a back woman for safe-keeping. The Confederacy was the first to officially free the slaves. In 1864, President Jefferson Davis approved a plan that proposed the emancipation of slaves, in return for the official recognition of the Confederacy by Britain and France. Although Blacks hadn't been "officially enrolled" as soldiers, thousands had been voluntarily serving since the beginning of the war. This changed when the South took progressive measures to rebuild it's depleted ranks with the creation of the Confederate States Colored Troops. The law called for the enlistment of 300,000 blacks. Had the South been successful, it would have created the worlds largest army of of black soldiers. This would have given the Confederacy a much different appearance than what modern day racist, anti-Confederate liberals conjecture. Jefferson Davis proposed that Black - Confederates receive bounty lands for their service. In March 1865, Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin promised freedom for blacks who served, and $100 bounty was offered for their enlistment. Benjamin said "Let us say to every negro who wants to go into the ranks, go and fight, and you are free. Fight for your masters and you shall have your freedom." Confederate officers were ordered to treat them humanely and protect them from "injustice and oppression." In Richmond alone, 83% of the black male population volunteered. Southern slavery was over. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation didn't free a single slave. It did not apply to the Northern States and Tennessee was specifically exempted. It only 'applied' to States not under his control. It was no more than a feel good speech used to drum up public support for Lincolns sagging war effort. The U.S didn't officially free it's slaves until AFTER the war, in 1866. HIGH TAXES...THE REAL CAUSE OF SECESSION: The South paid an undue proportion (87%) of all Federal taxes in 1860. They paid 83% of the $13 million federal fishing bounties paid to New England and paid $35 million to northern shipping interests which had an iron-fisted monopoly on all Southern shipping. The South was paying tribute to the north! The 1860 Republican platform called for much higher tariffs and was adopted by the new congress as the Morill tariff act of March 1861. It imposed the highest tariffs in U.S.. history; over 50% duty on iron products, and 25% on clothing, all tax rates averaged 47%. The first amendment in U.S. history to be signed by a president was the original Thirteenth Amendment, signed by A. Lincoln. The Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States, approved March 2, 1861. "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution, viz.: "Article Thirteen." ..."No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." NOTE: If the reason the South fought the War For Southern Independence was to protect slavery, as modern "historians" alledge; then, why didn't the Southern States just stay in the Union and ratify the amendent which had been pased by the Northern controlled Congress OVER A MONTH BEFORE THE FIRING ON FORT SUMPTER???!!! "Under Federal legislation, the exports of the South have been the basis of the Federal revenue. Virginia, the two Carolina's, and Georgia, may be said to defray 3/4 of the annual expense of supporting the Federal government; and of this great sum, annually furnished by them, nothing or next to nothing is returned to them, in the shape of government expenditures. That expenditure flows in an opposite direction-- it flows north, in one uniform, uninterrupted and perennial stream. This is the reason why wealth disappears from the South and rises up in the north. Federal legislation does this." ...Senator Thomas Hart Benton When asked by Horace Greely why he didn't just let the Southern States go "in peace"; A. Lincoln replied, "I can't let them go. Who would pay for the government?" "The northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal it's desire for economic control of the Southern States." ...Charles Dickens 1862 "Honest Abe" ON SECESSION: "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable a most sacred right, a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government, may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can, may revolutionize, and make their own, of so much territory as they inhabit." from an 1848 speech given by Abe Lincoln in support of the Marxist Revolt in Europe. In 1861, Lincoln the consummate politician said that secession was illegal and rebellious. Then without Congressional approval, he ordered the States to supply him with troops to invade the newly formed Confederate States of America; which was recognized as an independent "defacto nation" by England and France. "Honest Abe" The Great Emancipator? Suspended habeas corpus, ordered the arrest of Chief Justice Taney after his ruling that Lincoln's act was unconstitutional, replaced civilian courts with military courts martial and imprisoned 14,000 of his own people because they opposed the war. also shut down 300 northern newspapers for their opposition to"Lincolns war". Will the real NAZI's stand up? Official US Policy on Confederate POWs "Rebel prisoners in our hands are to be subjected to a treatment finding it's parallels only in the conduct of savage tribes and resulting in the death of multitudes by the slow but designed process of starvation and by mortal diseases occasioned by insufficient and unhealthy food and wanton exposure of their persons to the inclemency of the weather." PREAMBLE to the H.R. 97 , which passed both house and senate. The Cause: Southron Independence The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself; though it may be at another time and in another form. Jefferson Davis CS Pres. Modern day, politically-(in)correct historians would have you believe that "The Lost Cause" is merely a myth perpetrated by the "sore losers" and their disgruntled descendants. Well, they are partly right. The "myth" is that The Cause was lost. The Cause was, and is Southron Independence! The Confederacy lost a war, not the cause. When, by force of superior arms, the Southron armies were made to surrender, they did not surrender the government of the Confederate States. Although conquered militarily, and occupied under martial law by the Federal army until 1876, the Confederate government never officially signed any armistance agreement, terms of surrender or capitulation. Although imprisoned for 2 years and charged with treason, President Davis was never brought to trial. The Chief Justice of the U.S. feared that if the case went to court, Davis would be acquitted and would be able to prove the Confederacy's right of secession and existence. As you read the prophetic words of our Southron Founding Fathers, compare them with current conditions in this country today. The empire that they predicted and that the South fought against, has come to pass. Now, the descendent's of the Confederate Republic must live under the rule of the beast created by Lincoln. But, for how long? The Cause has never been lost; it lives on today in the hearts and mind of millions. The South shall rise again. ALL THAT THE SOUTH HAS EVER DESIRED WAS THAT THE UNION, AS ESTABLISHED BY OUR FOREFATHERS SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT, AS ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED, SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED IN PURITY AND TRUTH. R.E. Lee Jan. 5 1865 While I have considered the preservation of the constitutional power of the General Government to be the foundation of our peace and safety at home and abroad, I yet believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the States, and to the people, not only essential to the adjustment and balance of the general system, but the safeguard of the continuance of a free government. I consider it as the chief source of stability to our political system; whereas the consolidation of the States into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of the ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it. R.E. Lee Dec. 15 1866 "I grieve for posterity, for American principles and American liberty. Our boasted self Gov't. is fast becoming the jeer and laughing stock of the world. R.E. Lee March 1868 "If I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no sir, not by me. Had I foreseen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in this right hand." R.E. Lee Aug. 1870 "It is to me simply incredible, that a people so shrewd and practical as those of the United States, should expect us to have discarded, through the logic of the sword merely, the convictions of a lifetime: or that they could be deceived by us, should we be base enough to assert it of ourselves. They know that the people of the South were conquered, and not convinced; and that the authority of the United States was accepted by us from necessity, and not from preference. The people of the South went to war, because they sincerely believed that the doctrine of State - Sovereignty for which they fought, was absolutely essential as the bulwark of the liberties of the people." R. L. Dabney JEFFERSON DAVIS FIRST ADDRESS TO THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS: "We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor. In independence we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we have been lately confederated. All we ask is to be left alone -- that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This, we will, we must resist to the direst extremity. The moment that this pretension is abandoned, the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amnesty and commerce that cannot but be mutually beneficial. So long as this pretension is maintained, with a firm reliance on that Devine Power which covers with its protection the just cause, we must continue to struggle for our inherent right to freedom, independence and self-government." _____________________________________________ "When certain sovereign and independent states form a union with limited powers for some general purpose, and any one or more of them, in the progress of time, suffer unjust and oppressive grievances for which there is no redress but withdrawal from the association, is such withdrawal an insurrection? If so, then what advantage is a compact of union to states? Within the Union are oppressions and grievances: the attempt to go out brings war and subjugation. The ambitious and aggressive states obtain possession of the central authority which, having grown strong in the lapse of time, asserts its entire sovereignty over the states." "Whichever of them denies it and seeks to retire is declared to be guilty of insurrection, its citizens are stigmatized as "Rebels", as if they revolted against a master, and a war of subjugation is begun. If this action is once tolerated, where will it end? Where is constitutional liberty? What strength is there in bills of rights-in limitation of power? What new hope for mankind is to be found in written constitutions,what remedy which did not exist under kings or emperors? If the doctrines thus announced by the government of the United States are conceded, then look through either end of the political telescope, and one sees only an empire, and the once famous Declaration of Independence trodden in the dust as a "glittering generality," and the compact of the union denounced as a "flaunting lie." "Those who submit to such consequences without resistance are not worthy the liberties and rights to which they were born, and deserve to be made slaves." President Jefferson Davis
On July 26, 1920, H.L. Mencken wrote " . . . all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most easily (and) adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." -
thanks for the very excellent thread which is a breath of fresh air on today's board that is full of bickering and hatred even.
Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Thanks for this inspirational and most educational thread.
Bump for later (can't wait) Thank you for posting this...
Outstanding and educational story, thank you! Not to get off on a tangent, but talking to today’s TV educated people I’ve learned that the Civil War was fought for the love of few gorgeous women and to free the slaves. WW II was fought for the love of few gorgeous women, and one gorgeous Jew, and to free the rest of the Jews. Period. My education is complete.
"Meet you now, ye tyrant’s tool — the real men of this nation!"
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Post and commentary of the year stuff.
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