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John Henry Thomas: We’ll give them a taste of General Sherman’s War
Confederate Col James Langdon: I remember
The Undefeated 1969
About a year before his more famous march through Georgia, William Tecumseh Sherman led a two pronged attack on Mississippi, namely on Meridian, and while the Cavalry prong was broken off by Nathan Bedford Forest against 2-1 odds Sherman’s main force hit the town and the country side around it in a devastating fashion causing millions of (1863) dollars of damage and laying waste to the area as a preview what would happen during his famous March Though Georgia (and South Carolina) in the coming years.
After his withdrawal from Meridian he put out a paper with the intention of having it widely circulated to as he put it “prepare the South for my coming”. It said in part:
If they want eternal war, well and good; we accept the issue, and will dispossess them and put our friends in their place. If they think different, let them persist in war three years longer, and then they will not be consulted. Three years ago by a little reflection and patience they could have had a hundred years of peace and prosperity, but they preferred war; very well. All the powers of earth cannot restore them their slaves, any more than their dead grandfathers. Next year their lands will be taken, for in war we can take them, and rightfully, too, and in another year they may beg in vain for their lives. A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence
And that in a slightly round about way brings us to Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough. A topic that I must confess I’m surprised to still be writing about a full week after this could and should have died.
I’ve already explained both why I presume there is no “there” there in this case and why President Trump saw advantage in the move. In fact Twitter’s caving into the Democrat mob on “fact check” might already have produced advantage, namely an excuse to remove their protection from suits, treating them as a publisher rather than a platform, but the more I see the reaction out there the more I think I missed the real point of this.
Gandalf: Saurman you were deep in the enemy’s counsel. Tell us what you know.
Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King Extended Version 2003
As a businessman who had to do business in deep blue cities and deal with deep blue pols, as a celebrity involved in the TV and movie business, as a person who ran casinos and as a much sought after source of funds for political campaigns, Donald Trump, like Saurman was deep in the enemy counsel. For almost half a century he was feted by these types. I suspect he has heard every single bit of gossip and rumor than all these types offered up after a few rounds (while he remained sober) and like the businessman he is squirreled that away for future reference.
TV Exec 1: What’s he writing?
TV Exec 2: “Duck? Did anyone do anything with a Duck?“
EdTV 1999
Furthermore we’ve already explained that Donald Trump is a Jacksonian who has no compunction about giving back exactly what he has gotten. Treat him nice, he’ll treat you nice. Say a good word about him, he’ll say a good word about you. Try to destroy him, and he will retaliate.
President Trump would have likely let this go if Mika and company had not gone after Twitter over it. And he has plenty of other balls in the air that he is giving his time to. But now that Mitt and others are trying to hit him over it. I think it’s likely that he might give this story one more hit to make the point clear to the next celebrity, newsman, pol who he has known for decades who tries to cross him.
Gillom Rogers: Mr. Books, How is it you’ve killed so many men? My spread wasn’t much bigger than yours.
John Bernard Books: First of all,friend, there’s no one up there shooting back at you. Second, I found most men aren’t willing, they bat an eye, or draw a breath before they shoot. I won’t.
The Shootist 1976
If he is willing to go this far with Scarborough he is certainly willing to do so with you. The left has suggested that they will retaliate against and and all who are Trump allies. Trump has now made it clear that no amount of pressure will prevent him from giving the Scarborough treatment to any person who comes after him the same way if he so chooses, and he has a long memory for events.
I’d swear his ancestry was Sicilian
Every time I see large groups of individuals gather to protest the draconian restrictions many governors have placed on their citizens I am happy. I am also relieved to know that decades of progressive indoctrination has not squashed this in everyone, even though educators and the media have made great inroads. Far too many have blindly accepted the trampling of their rights and far too many oppose the efforts of their liberty minded friends. Of course the liberal media has done an excellent job vilifying those who demand a return to the good old days when freedom and liberty were the only normal we accepted.
I am extremely happy and relieved that the mass protests have not resulted in spikes in virus cases. It it did happen I know the media would have trumpeted that news loudly.
When researching last week’s article I came across the perfect example of the type of liberal indoctrination that takes place. This example was this definition of the rule of law I found on the Merriam Webster Dictionary “a situation in which the laws of a country are obeyed by everyone.” When I saw the definition I was angered because it goes against so many important principles that are at the core of our great republic. These principles have been core principles since the first sparks of the American Revolution began.
There is nothing more American than taking a stand against unjust laws. That notion was at the very heart of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson immortalized this principle when he wrote this in a letter to James Madison:
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government.
I want to make it clear that I am in no way advocating armed rebellion now or ever. Nonviolent civil disobedience has always proved to be far more effective. I am extremely grateful that we have the Second Amendment to protect our God-given natural right to bear arms which is our ultimate defense against a tyrannical government.
We must only accept laws that are just. If they are not we must speak out and protest. Questioning unjust laws does not mean we do not value the rule of law, it means we properly understand it is a two way street.
For the rule of law to apply the laws must also be passed by those who have the true authority to pass such laws. Governors issuing stay at home orders and lockdowns most likely do not have the proper authority under the state constitutions therefore they are not valid laws.
The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the United States. Laws that violate the Constitution are not valid therefore the rule of law does not apply. We should protest unconstitutional laws more readily.
Many states, including Massachusetts, are way too slow with their reopening process even though the curve of the Coronavirus has trended downward and not just flattened. I am hoping the protests soon kick into high gear.
Stacy McCain ran this map a few days ago at his site and again on twitter:
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsU.S. COVID-19 per-capita death rates (by @AnadalePhilo) pic.twitter.com/6twCf2kmOl
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) May 27, 2020
Ask yourself this question: If this map showed the virus hitting red states vs blue states would you expect to see it lead on every newscast every day?
I’m rather astounded that we’re still talking about this a week later and I understand how some do not like this tactic as it’s not one I would have used myself, but ask yourself this: If an intern had died in Trump office twenty years ago and he had been cleared at the time. would the left in general and Morning Joe in particular have used that against him, over the last three years?
As a brief corollary to the above. Ask yourself this: If the left had done this would there be any chance that Mitt Romney would defend the President?
As more info is declassified the more it’s plain that not only did Obamagate involve trying to fix and election and illegally investigate an opposition candidate, but the more it’s plain that the primary job of the Mueller probe was to keep this information from every seeing the light of day.
Essentially, this approach confirms the second-prong purpose of the Mueller investigation itself. First, use the special counsel in 2017, 2018 and into the beginning of 2019, as a shield (hide information); and secondly a weapon (threats) against any entity who would reveal the background intelligence that undercut the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.
Ask yourself this: If a republican administration had done this to a Democrat candidate would the press not treat it as the biggest political scandal in our nation’s history?
As Biden mixes up D-Day and Pearl Harbor we’ve actually reaching a point where if Joe Biden doesn’t make a gaffe during a press appearance it’s news (cue the Babylon Bee)
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsTo Save Time, The Babylon Bee Will Now Just Republish Everything Biden Says Verbatim https://t.co/6om7g3Anyc
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) May 25, 2020
Ask yourself this: If the Democrats thought they had any prayer in November do you really think this is the guy they’d run?
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