Weep Afresh, America

[numan]

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Once again in the turning course of time it is here again---the melancholy anniversary of the most dreadful day in American history, the day that did so much to blight the shining possibilities of this continent. I seek shelter in the shade of cypresses, en deuil et crêpe noir, and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

How ironic that, as one runs over the absurd slanders against King George and the Home Government which fill The so-called "Declaration of Independence" of the insurrectionary terrorists, one is struck by how much so many of them are in fact true of the present US government and its cat's paws, either at home or in its rampages abroad :

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has made Judges dependent....

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent...swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies....

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution....

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

For protecting them, by a Mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit....

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

For depriving...in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury

For transporting...beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

He has plundered...seas, ravaged...Coasts, burnt...towns, and destroyed the lives of...people

He is at this time transporting large Armies of...Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy...of a civilized nation.
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[skookerasbil]

Love these people who are so miserable, they feel their mission in life is to try and make the rest of us miserable as fuck. We all know a few!

 

[WillowTree]

Shove it up yer arse! Whydoncha?

 

[numan]

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From the Toronto Globe & Mail :

FOURTH OF JULY NONSENSE ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING

When Washington assumed command, he wrote letters describing the patriots as rabble and "scum."

Washington was an extremely arrogant and aristocratic man, known in Virginia and at the continental Congress for his aloofness and coldness....Having no great inheritance, he set himself to making a fortune - he became one of the richest men in the Colonies. He achieved that in two ways :
One was through land speculation, on a grand scale in the very territories, further west, that the British government was trying conscientiously to keep for the native people. He would claim and survey land and then sell parcels to new immigrants. He had a reputation as a sharp trader who left more than a few with a sour feeling over their business.
Two, and most importantly, he married the richest woman in the Colonies, the widow Martha Custis, who had been left a good fortune. Theirs was not a warm and loving relationship, but kind of a cordial business deal....

Washington was a terrible general, losing virtually every battle in which he was engaged....A French aristocrat who came over to take a commission...remarked that there was more enthusiasm for the American revolt in the cafés of Paris than he observed in America.
[Washington's] poor soldiers never even received all their back pay. Eventually they were given script, which many sold at huge discounts to the face value because they could not wait so long for their little bit of money, that canny old Washington [was] one of the dealers in buying it up and eventually profiting handsomely.

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[williepete]

and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

I'll bet you're a hoot at parties.

 

[numan]

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The proper placing of adjectives is a very delicate matter. I remember a story of Mrs. Trollope about a newly arrived Frenchman asking a member of the French Embassy in Washington what he thought of Americans. The experienced officer replied :

Ces sont des fiers cochons, et des cochons fiers !

Just try to get the tone exactly right on that one !

I suppose, for the benefit of those whose French is not up to snuff, that I should make the attempt to translate the phrase, though it is painful to make the attempt, since I cannot possibly get the tone exactly right. Ah, well ! Traduttori traditori !

Ces sont des fiers cochons, et des cochons fiers !

They are splendid brutes, and conceited swine.
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[eflatminor]

So...you're a loyalist, a royalist? What they called Tories or King's Men back in the day?

Is it the English crown to whom you subjugate, or perhaps it's the idea of royalty you advocate?

Do tell.

 

[hjmick]

and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

I'll bet you're a hoot at parties.

Luckily he doesn't post often...

 

[skookerasbil]

I love these threads!

 

[skookerasbil]

I love these threads....

Somehow prompts one to recall THIS >>



Oh the lament of those sporting the bumpy cucumber on the 4th of July!

 

[MarathonMike]

Translation: We are tired of America being so dang strong and kicking our sorry asses. Wah! Mommy make it stop!

 

[Silent Warrior]

Why is the a picture of one of the smartest people used as an avatar on one of the dumbest posts?

 

[flacaltenn]

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From the Toronto Globe & Mail :

FOURTH OF JULY NONSENSE ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING

When Washington assumed command, he wrote letters describing the patriots as rabble and "scum."

Washington was an extremely arrogant and aristocratic man, known in Virginia and at the continental Congress for his aloofness and coldness....Having no great inheritance, he set himself to making a fortune - he became one of the richest men in the Colonies. He achieved that in two ways :
One was through land speculation, on a grand scale in the very territories, further west, that the British government was trying conscientiously to keep for the native people. He would claim and survey land and then sell parcels to new immigrants. He had a reputation as a sharp trader who left more than a few with a sour feeling over their business.
Two, and most importantly, he married the richest woman in the Colonies, the widow Martha Custis, who had been left a good fortune. Theirs was not a warm and loving relationship, but kind of a cordial business deal....

Washington was a terrible general, losing virtually every battle in which he was engaged....A French aristocrat who came over to take a commission...remarked that there was more enthusiasm for the American revolt in the cafés of Paris than he observed in America.
[Washington's] poor soldiers never even received all their back pay. Eventually they were given script, which many sold at huge discounts to the face value because they could not wait so long for their little bit of money, that canny old Washington [was] one of the dealers in buying it up and eventually profiting handsomely.

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Seriously dude? Hitting on Washington? Those soldiers were rewarded with land grants.Passed even before the END of the hostilities. And a pension act that took a couple to pass restricted to "needy" veterans. The fact of the lack of money and supplies lends even MORE to Washington keeping the army together.

What are you? From a long line of Crown supporters with no joy about freedom? You're in deep shit. You need prosac or counseling or something.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

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From the Toronto Globe & Mail :

FOURTH OF JULY NONSENSE ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING

When Washington assumed command, he wrote letters describing the patriots as rabble and "scum."

Washington was an extremely arrogant and aristocratic man, known in Virginia and at the continental Congress for his aloofness and coldness....Having no great inheritance, he set himself to making a fortune - he became one of the richest men in the Colonies. He achieved that in two ways :
One was through land speculation, on a grand scale in the very territories, further west, that the British government was trying conscientiously to keep for the native people. He would claim and survey land and then sell parcels to new immigrants. He had a reputation as a sharp trader who left more than a few with a sour feeling over their business.
Two, and most importantly, he married the richest woman in the Colonies, the widow Martha Custis, who had been left a good fortune. Theirs was not a warm and loving relationship, but kind of a cordial business deal....

Washington was a terrible general, losing virtually every battle in which he was engaged....A French aristocrat who came over to take a commission...remarked that there was more enthusiasm for the American revolt in the cafés of Paris than he observed in America.
[Washington's] poor soldiers never even received all their back pay. Eventually they were given script, which many sold at huge discounts to the face value because they could not wait so long for their little bit of money, that canny old Washington [was] one of the dealers in buying it up and eventually profiting handsomely.

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Canada leading the world in being just North of The United States.

 

[skookerasbil]

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From the Toronto Globe & Mail :

FOURTH OF JULY NONSENSE ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON AND AMERICA'S FOUNDING

When Washington assumed command, he wrote letters describing the patriots as rabble and "scum."

Washington was an extremely arrogant and aristocratic man, known in Virginia and at the continental Congress for his aloofness and coldness....Having no great inheritance, he set himself to making a fortune - he became one of the richest men in the Colonies. He achieved that in two ways :
One was through land speculation, on a grand scale in the very territories, further west, that the British government was trying conscientiously to keep for the native people. He would claim and survey land and then sell parcels to new immigrants. He had a reputation as a sharp trader who left more than a few with a sour feeling over their business.
Two, and most importantly, he married the richest woman in the Colonies, the widow Martha Custis, who had been left a good fortune. Theirs was not a warm and loving relationship, but kind of a cordial business deal....

Washington was a terrible general, losing virtually every battle in which he was engaged....A French aristocrat who came over to take a commission...remarked that there was more enthusiasm for the American revolt in the cafés of Paris than he observed in America.
[Washington's] poor soldiers never even received all their back pay. Eventually they were given script, which many sold at huge discounts to the face value because they could not wait so long for their little bit of money, that canny old Washington [was] one of the dealers in buying it up and eventually profiting handsomely.

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Canada leading the world in being just North of The United States.

Well actually, they do routinely kick our ass in hockey but pretty much nothing else. That country definitely has an inferiority complex that is more profound than pretty much any country you can think of. You notice it when a bunch of Canadians come to New York City to see bands from Canada.... without exception every fan in the place has a flag wrapped around them. I mean, c'mon now.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

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Once again in the turning course of time it is here again---the melancholy anniversary of the most dreadful day in American history, the day that did so much to blight the shining possibilities of this continent. I seek shelter in the shade of cypresses, en deuil et crêpe noir, and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

How ironic that, as one runs over the absurd slanders against King George and the Home Government which fill The so-called "Declaration of Independence" of the insurrectionary terrorists, one is struck by how much so many of them are in fact true of the present US government and its cat's paws, either at home or in its rampages abroad :

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has made Judges dependent....

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent...swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies....

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution....

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

For protecting them, by a Mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit....

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

For depriving...in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury

For transporting...beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

He has plundered...seas, ravaged...Coasts, burnt...towns, and destroyed the lives of...people

He is at this time transporting large Armies of...Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy...of a civilized nation.
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Can you imagine their disappointment over Bush, Obama and our Orwellian Police state?

 

[TheParser]

In fact, some thoughtful people agree with the OP.

*****

If England had continued to rule the colonies, maybe:

1. Slavery would have been abolished much earlier.
2. There would have been no Civil War (with the slaughter of at least 600,000 young men).
3. Like Canada, the colonies would have eventually become independent, with nominal allegiance to the Crown.
4. Large sections of Mexico would not have been seized.
5. The current ethnic unpleasantness would not be occurring.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

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Once again in the turning course of time it is here again---the melancholy anniversary of the most dreadful day in American history, the day that did so much to blight the shining possibilities of this continent. I seek shelter in the shade of cypresses, en deuil et crêpe noir, and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

How ironic that, as one runs over the absurd slanders against King George and the Home Government which fill The so-called "Declaration of Independence" of the insurrectionary terrorists, one is struck by how much so many of them are in fact true of the present US government and its cat's paws, either at home or in its rampages abroad :

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has made Judges dependent....

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent...swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies....

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution....

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

For protecting them, by a Mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit....

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

For depriving...in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury

For transporting...beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

He has plundered...seas, ravaged...Coasts, burnt...towns, and destroyed the lives of...people

He is at this time transporting large Armies of...Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy...of a civilized nation.
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[Skull Pilot]

Numa(n) Numa(n)

 

[Roudy]

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Once again in the turning course of time it is here again---the melancholy anniversary of the most dreadful day in American history, the day that did so much to blight the shining possibilities of this continent. I seek shelter in the shade of cypresses, en deuil et crêpe noir, and weep at the ruin of of so many bright hopes.

How ironic that, as one runs over the absurd slanders against King George and the Home Government which fill The so-called "Declaration of Independence" of the insurrectionary terrorists, one is struck by how much so many of them are in fact true of the present US government and its cat's paws, either at home or in its rampages abroad :

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has made Judges dependent....

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent...swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies....

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution....

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

For protecting them, by a Mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit....

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

For depriving...in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury

For transporting...beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

For abolishing the free System of English Laws

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

He has plundered...seas, ravaged...Coasts, burnt...towns, and destroyed the lives of...people

He is at this time transporting large Armies of...Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy...of a civilized nation.
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“What, me worry?” – a lesson from Alfred E. Newman
– a lesson from Alfred E. Newman

Some of you may not recognize the name, Alfred E. Newman. He is not as popular as he once was. No, Alfred is not a great philosopher, teacher or orator. He is the “mascot” of Mad magazine. But we can take a lesson from him.

Worry is one of the most pervasive things we face in life. It consumes some of us and effects nearly all of us in some way. We worry about all sorts of things, small and large in our lives. We worry about the world; wars, immorality, famine and hunger, disease, oil prices and the world-wide financial crisis. We worry about things in our individual lives; our finances, our children, our spouses, our health. And we worry about very mundane things like the expiration dates on the milk and eggs in our refrigerators.

Women tend to worry more than men. It’s in our genetic make-up perhaps, or social conditioning. But worry drives men to more drastic actions more often, up to and including suicide. When worry comes to consume us it can be a very debilitating thing.