Posted on 04/25/2016 5:53:08 AM PDT by harpygoddess
It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?
Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.
In the name of God, go!
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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken.
~ Cromwell (letter to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, August 1650)
The story of the post-mortem adventures of his decapitated head are quite interesting, too.
Cromwell was no Prize either.
He was great as long as you have a thing for blood thirsty tyrants.
“Cromwell was no Prize either.”
He’s so revered in Ireland (sarc)
I have a soft spot for Cromwell, probably from a biography I read of him years ago that portrayed him in a sympathetic light. But he will remain forever a blight to the Irish.
Eric Flint’s ring of Fire series presents Cromwell in sympathetic light.
Cromwell was a military genius
After that he left quite a lot to be desired
Unfortunately, I don’t recall the title or author of the bio I read. It was not entirely sympathetic to Cromwell, but painted him as a gifted Parliamentarian and an accomplished military commander who only reluctantly authorized the execution of King Charles, and who wasn’t nearly the prude he is thought to be.
Unfortunately, I don’t recall the title or author of the bio I read. It was not entirely sympathetic to Cromwell, but painted him as a gifted Parliamentarian and an accomplished military commander who only reluctantly authorized the execution of King Charles, and who wasn’t nearly the prude he is thought to be.
lol, yes not a favourite here..i do have a great story and since i know FR loves a story. ready?
honestly cant recall the exact time but it was during the peace negotiations on the north, 20 or so years ago, an irish minister and his team were invited to London for talks (this might have been when Blair first took over). The talks were to take place in some no doubt amazing building in London. one of the UK team walked into the building and on the wall was a giant painting of some one armed guy and his sten gun who had, how shall we put this, a rather unique spell of time in Northern Ireland. the UK team, panicking, told the guy working there to get it down and put something else up. so this poor guy takes this giant picture down, goes to the basement, dusts off another giant picture, looks at it and says, looks fine to me!. brings it up, hangs it on the wall and says, job well done.
the irish delegation are met on the steps, all friendly hand shaking, warm welcomes, etc etc, cmon in for a coffee and cake before we start...and they walk into reception, where the entire irish team stop and stare with jaws dropped, all thinking WTF!.
the uk team look on as no one talks. the irish team think a message is being sent, a kinda f&*( U. no one talks for several minutes till finally one of the UK delegation asks whats wrong. one irish guy points at the picture and says, any reason you have a picture of Oliver Cromwell on the wall? the uk guy is doing 2 things a. who is cromwell or 2. its just an old picture. finally one of the uk delegation recalls the history and the ‘oh f^&* moment arrives’. then there is the usual round of apologies etc etc. considering this was one of the earliest meetings on the peace process...not the best start...LOL LOL LOL.
i always find that story fantastic on so many levels. sometimes you do your best and no matter what you do, you trip on your own shoelaces..
of course we all know that was planned, darned brits...;)
if you are unaware, the history of cromwell in ireland (and scotland as well by the way) would be like benedict arnold, general corwallis (oh by the way we had that gift after ye finished with him...thanks America!) and darth vader’s love child...none to popular this side of the pond. still hugely popular in the uk for what he did locally however.
Puritans in general were not the prudes that moderns assume them to have been.
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Too bad there isn’t a video of Cromwell killing all the priests in Ireland may he rot in Hell.
Cromwell was a miserable piece of dog shiite and that was his best quality. Just spend a week in Ireland and you can become aware of what that scumbag did.
Cromwell’s legacy cropped up in New England in the shape of King Phillip’s War. Where Cromwell’s veterans used his “kill ‘em all” tactics on the Indians.
I’m sure Hitler was a fan of Cromwell’s methods.
Happy birthday to Ollie.
Yes. He is still hated, but he rid England of a corrupt king and a corrupt parliament, and refused to be king himself.
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