America fought a war to free the slaves about 160 years ago. A slave is a person in servitude as the chattel of another. A slave is someone that is completely subservient to a dominating influence. Why would we so willingly give up freedom for a promise of security? Why?
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Wealth Tax History in Europe Is Instructive
Progressives love to point to Europe as an example for their policies. So let’s look there. In Europe, we find that the wealth tax as a policy has a fundamental flaw. Thirty years ago, 12 European countries had some form of wealth tax. Now, only three remain. Why is that?
We Stand for the Flag
In 1863 at Fort Wagner on Morris Island South Carolina, an American flag was waving. It flew over the head of a black man. His surroundings were acts of injustice, rage, and violence. William Carney wore a uniform tinged with red as he was kneeling in the midst of a green field.
Quick Thought – Democrats: Making You Hold Opposing Views at the Same time for Decades
Democrats Claim DACA kids shouldn’t have to pay for their parent’s crimes…
Notable Quote – David McCullough
With the radical Left trying to destroy history in various ways, this series of questions and answers from 2012 is more timely than ever.
Scandinavian Socialists
During this spring our government has been guilty of massive overreach. The people in charge were so fearful they felt they needed to put restrictions in place. They suspended the U.S. Constitution. Our political leaders would have us believe they needed to ban our freedoms to keep us safe.
Is America About Tearing It Down?
Is America about tearing it down? Our history says we are the best builders… ever. But today, mobs are defacing and tearing down our statues and monuments nationwide. They do so claiming “social justice.” Well, being full of hate has never produced justice.
So the National Democrat Party believes July 4th = White Supremacy Day?
The Democrats, disguised as Black Lives Matter and other disgruntled rich white kids without a sense of American history and those who just like to destroy other peoples stuff (but I repeat myself), have finally decided to be really open as to what they really think. First, it was just about Confederate soldier statues. Then … Read more
Blogline of the Day – First they’ve gotten History wrong, gotten morality wrong…
The Black Lives Matter movement highlights the horrors of the past but is blind to the horrors of the present Human history is replete with lots of horrors and many are not all that long ago no matter how hard Progressives think or say they can “evolve” the rest of us to be in their … Read more
Socialists are Democrats by Another Mother
Socialists are Democrats by another mother; they are non-voting utopians. They don’t live in the real world and they don’t want you to either. According to them what is going on is a great moment in American racial history.
“Those who erase history have no past – and no future.”
Over at Weekend Pundit, DCE has a proper observation of the NOW in politics (emphasis mine): Seeing the increasing attack upon history by overly-sensitive know-nothings, I am dismayed at the level of ignorance being displayed by those wishing to erase history. They have been convinced that 17th, 18th, 19th, and early/mid 20th century historical figures must be … Read more
Let’s move forward, not in circles
Driving home from PorcFest this evening, I noticed that on I-91, Vermont has combined traditional exit numbers with the new distance-based exit numbers mandated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). For example, one of the exits is marked Exit 18/Milepoint Exit 120. This seemed like a nice way to combine the old and the new.
“History is not supposed to make you feel good or bad. History is your best defense against ignorance”
Every country has written great pages and dark pages in History. For the United States, slavery and the Civil War that brought an end to it were definitely some of the darkest pages. And we must never forget.
Seems apt today….
Bruce Currie, former Government School teacher, approves of erasing history and substituting Communist ideology instead. After all, being a Bernie-Bro AND all of his comments over the years here at GraniteGrok pretty much backs up that assertion. Whereas, the rest of us want our history on display – especially the Civil War era as it … Read more
Poll Question: Should Franklin Pierce University Change Its Name Because Pierce “Supported” Slavery?
This morning we shared news about pressure applied to local universities: Franklin Pierce and UNH (the Franklin Pierce Law school). While Pierce owned no slaves, he was not anti-slavery. He believed the Constitution protected a State’s rights to slavery. For this, some want him canceled.
Another step toward making Indians invisible or irrelevant
OK, Native Americans. As I have said before, I don’t care what the Left’s politically correct / Cultural Marxism demands that I use for my speech – ain’t happening.
NH Democrats Are Gunning for ‘Racist’ Franklin Pierce, But Why Not Just Go All the Way
I’m not sure what they plan to do about his statue in front of the State House, but Franklin Pierce is in danger of being canceled elsewhere in the State. “Both the UNH Franklin Pierce Law School and Franklin Pierce University are receiving pressure to rename themselves.”
NotableQuote – a two-fer by Dan Henninger
Emphasis mine. No Guardrails (paywall, 1993) ..In our time, the United States suffers every day of the week because there are now so many marginalized people among us who don’t understand the rules, who don’t think that rules of personal or civil conduct apply to them, who have no notion of self-control. As the saying … Read more
No, Lord Andrew Cuomo – History will Judge YOU, not Us
According to Andrew Cuomo, the Lord High Governor of New York, history will judge us on how we dealt with the Wuhan flu. He wanted to do everything that he could. Then he played the “ultimate” card: Save one life, and it will all be worth it.
We Are At War To Be ‘We The People’ Again
The Democrats (D’s) want President Donald Trump out of the White House. Every other consideration, even mass starvation or death, seems irrelevant to them. They simply do not care. That’s what the ‘D’ really stands for… DEATH.