http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/history-bloggers/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 11:51:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023675/posts Friday, May 24, 2013 Friday Afternoon Roundup - Orwell Lives Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 0 Comments ORWELL LIVES Witnesses claim it took London police 20 minutes to show up and stop the two Muslim killers. But when it comes to something truly serious, like protecting Muslims from elderly British women, then the coppers were on the case. “An 85-year-old woman has this afternoon been arrested after abuse was hurled at Muslims outside Gillingham Mosque. The pensioner was handcuffed and taken away in a van by officers attending the Canterbury Street mosque for Friday prayers." Note... Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023675/posts#comment Sat, 25 May 2013 11:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023574/posts Why the hysteria about Russia? From the tone of what passes for policy discourse in Washington, one would think that Russian troops were massing on the country’s western border and that opposition activists were being executed by the hundreds. Some realities in Russia are indeed disturbing, but a sense of perspective is needed. If Moscow were really the capital of a brutally authoritarian anti-American state, things could be far worse — and profoundly damaging to U.S. national interests. But demonizing Russia doesn’t change conditions there and only undermines our ability to get what we want and need. Domestically, Russia is... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023574/posts#comment Sat, 25 May 2013 00:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023554/posts During much of the United States' existence, a significant portion of the population lived near to the uncivilized frontier. The frontier was a place where the laws of civilization did not reach, where Judeo/Christian morals were not in the ascendancy, a place of danger, where travelers must always be on their guard, where savage tribes held sway, a land often as not immersed in a low level of war, either between the tribes or between a tribe and western civilization, and where a man depended on his wits and weapons, and was not able to depend upon the force... Gun Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023554/posts#comment Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023417/posts With the Boy Scout of America’s (BSA) vote to allow gay scouts (but not gay leaders as if that makes a difference) the Gay Mafia won another victory in its ongoing effort to destroy the moral fabric of America. Since losing in the Supreme Court a decade ago when the Court said the BSA could exclude gays, the thug wing of gaydom has been threatening extorting and lobbying to get the organization to allow gays to be part of their “family.” For over 103 years the Scouts have turned out some of our best Americas. Their creed has always been... Coach is Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023417/posts#comment Fri, 24 May 2013 17:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023117/posts John Steinbeck's 1942 novel The Moon is Down is about people of a small  village occupied by Nazi forces somewhere in Northern Europe. They become sullen and their obedience is bought at an increasingly high price. Free people cannot remain conquered.Re-reading The Moon is Down left me with nagging questions about the extent to which the People of the United States remain free. Those questions did not arise when I first read it, many years ago. It now seems obvious that we are less free than we once were; yet perhaps (one can at least hope that) there are still enough to make... Dan Miller's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023117/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023026/posts The number of scandals and the speed at which they are both multiplying and growing in seriousness portends difficulties for Democrats in the near future. Nevertheless, they are a slippery bunch and never without a trick or two up their sleeve. All indications are that these scandals will end Democrat dreams of having useful idiots like Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan help them erase our borders thus giving them a fresh supply of voters. When that scheme ends, they will have to look elsewhere and that elsewhere is Statehood for Puerto Rico. A movement for statehood for Puerto Rico is... Coach is Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023026/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 16:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023020/posts h/t Kirby Reaganite Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3023020/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 16:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022983/posts In chapter 1 of the book "Public Opinion", Walter Lippmann writes the following: (page 40) The wireless constantly used the statistics of the intelligence bureau at Verdun, whose chief, Major Cointet, had invented a method of calculating German losses which obviously produced marvelous results. Every fortnight the figures increased a hundred thousand or so. These 300,000, 400,000, 500,000 casualties put out, divided into daily, weekly, monthly losses, repeated in all sorts of ways, produced a striking effect. Our formulae varied little: 'according to prisoners the German losses in the course of the attack have been considerable' ... 'it is proved... PGA Weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022983/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022981/posts Today I want to talk about The Troubles. I previously talked about Operation Banner An Analysis of British Operations in North Ireland.That is worth reading though it is a bit dry. So here we go. For a brief recap the problems between England and Ireland probably go back 900 years or so. We will focus a bit more on current history. The Anglo- Irish war from roughly (start and stop points are hard for guerrilla wars) 1919 to 1922 ended up partitioning Ireland into 2 entities. The 26 counties that make up the majority of Ireland were granted Dominion... Total Survivalist Libertarian Rantfest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022981/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022950/posts There is a fascinating piece of audio out there from Aldous Huxley titled "The Ultimate Revolution". This lecture is a lot like the book Philip Dru, in the sense that a lot of conspiracy theorist websites have had a bonanza with it, which is sad commentary. I will say that a large 70-90% of what he's saying you have to throw out the window because it's nonsense, but in the first few minutes of the lecture he says something that is incredibly profound: Well now in regard to this problem of the ultimate revolution, this has been very well summed... PGA Weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022950/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 13:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022916/posts Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Afghanistan Comes to London Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 0 Comments After telling the story of Mohammed’s boast that he would make the mountain come to him, only to be forced to go to it, Francis Bacon observed, “If the mountains will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.” Americans, Englishmen, Frenchmen and countless others went to the Muslim world hoping to turn it into another Boston, another London and another Paris. Instead Boston, London and Paris are turning into another Kabul, another Islamabad and another Mogadishu. Mohammed has... Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022916/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 12:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022786/posts ...media elites are obsessed with sexual abuse testimonies when the Catholic Church is in the firing line. But, when children and adults are abused by powerful secular priests, watch them tiptoe away, or downplay events. There are numerous examples: I have to ask, where’s the loud, moral outrage surrounding the late Jimmy Savile’s five decades of abuse against vulnerable minors and women? After all, it’s understood that the child-abusing BBC presenter even sexually assaulted ill children in their hospital beds. I have to ask, where’s the media interest in serious allegations surrounding two male executives and the abuse of young... B.P. Terpstra http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022786/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 01:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022700/posts Interesting article on the website of Middle East and Islam scholar Raymond Ibrahim, written by Ralph H. Sidway, Orthodox Christian researcher and writer, author of the book Facing Islam: What the Ancient Church has to say about the Religion of Muhammad. The piece is important because it examines, among other things, the Orthodox Church clergy's little-discussed role in the liberation of Greece from Ottoman rule, and because it may help to reduce the gap among the different Christian Churches and denominations that can be an obstacle to a unified Christian response to persecution and common enemies. The article, alliteratively entitled Assassination Plot Points... Enza Ferreri Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022700/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022432/posts Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Partisan Nation Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog The use of the IRS to target conservative groups should be the least surprising development in years. Not only does that sort of thing date back to Clinton and JFK, both of whom unleashed the IRS on their enemies, not to mention Nixon who never managed to pull off the things that JFK grinned, did and got away with, but there was no reason for not to do it. The two reasons not to sic the IRS on your enemies are decency and the law.... Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022432/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 12:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022390/posts The Tsarnaev brothers’ brutal attack in Boston sparked renewed interest in terrorism in Eurasia. The subsequent disclosure that two students from Kazakhstan allegedly tried to hide incriminating evidence against Djokhar Tsarnaev has only heightened that interest. The not-guilty plea of Fazliddin Kurbanov, the alleged Uzbek terrorist in Idaho, underscores the new threat. And that’s a good thing. Understanding what was and is happening in Eurasia can help us better fight terrorism and prevent future attacks rooted in that region. Chechens and Uzbeks fought in Afghanistan with the Taliban, and fighters from the North Caucasus are involved in Syria on the... The National Interest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022390/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022382/posts MOSCOW — "Russia is like a tub full of dough. You push your hand all the way to the bottom, pull it out, and right before your eyes, the hole disappears, and again, it is a tub full of dough," Nikita Khrushchev once said, assessing the country he ruled. The former premier -- my great grandfather -- who 60 years ago denounced Joseph Stalin and his pervasive security apparatus, must be turning in his grave. Russia's legal institutions are still run along the lines of Stalin's "show trials." Following the politically motivated prosecutions of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and... The Foreign Policy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022382/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 06:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022279/posts Four Armed Colorado River Tea Party Members Exercise Their Rights About 50 people showed up at high noon in Yuma to exercise their First and Second Amendment rights. A common theme among the Tea Party members was that using the machinery of government to suppress dissent and political opposition is the very essence of tyranny. Signs varied from "Shut Down the IRS" to "We will not be Intimidated" to "Obama IRS Tyrant!" to "Congress disregards the Constitution it's up to us to do something" About 50 Protesters Showed up. I counted nearly 40, and several joined the group over... Gun Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022279/posts#comment Tue, 21 May 2013 23:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022255/posts Islam is a supremacist doctrine that affirms not only Muslim superiority over non-Muslims, but also Arab superiority over other ethnic groups and races. Both Islam's holy texts - the Quran and the Hadith, namely Muhammad's official biography - and scholars are testament to that. Muhammad himself bought, sold and kept African slaves. Historically, Muslims' slave trade of black Africans has been by far the world's greatest numerically and the most long-lasting, spanning over 1400 years (watch the video "The Arab Muslim Slave Trade Of Africans, The Untold Story", by clicking on the link just below this post title). Arab Muslims... Enza Ferreri Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022255/posts#comment Tue, 21 May 2013 22:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022074/posts No political campaign ever justifies obstructing justice, or harassing individuals, or compromising those great agencies of Government that should and must he above politics. To the extent that these things were done in the 1972 campaign, they were serious abuses, and I deplore them. As we look at Watergate in a longer perspective, we can see that its abuses resulted from the assumption by those involved that their cause placed them beyond the reach of those rules that apply to other persons and that hold a free society. It became fashionable as individuals and groups increasingly asserted the tight to... Watergate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3022074/posts#comment Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021850/posts The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of political corruption and voter intimidation. Here is what happened: Following World War II in 1946, violence erupted when returning American soldiers discovered their Tennessee county had been taken over by political corruption. Their plan to take it back involved bullets—lots of bullets—and dynamite. Why Athens in McMinn County, Tennessee became a battleground was due to Paul Cantrell,... Wake Up America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021850/posts#comment Tue, 21 May 2013 00:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021795/posts After enjoying mass capitulation over unrecognizing Halloween (now ‘Black & Orange day’), St. Patrick’s Day (‘Wear Green’ day, which I find particularly offensive), and the outright denial of Christmas (Happy Holidays my ass), those who wish to change or erase historical dates have set their sights on nailing the leftovers. LPSullivan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021795/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 22:06:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021746/posts Remember Enron? Remember Kenneth Lay? How about the tens of billions that were lost in that scandal? It was a series of events that will be talked about for decades to come, yet history seems to be repeating itself in 2013. Not in the private sector, but in the Federal government. For those who may not know or need a refresher in history, Enron was once one of the largest companies in the world. Its business was primarily in the energy sector. Unfortunately, accounting fraud and corruption led to its ultimate downfall, one of the largest bankruptcies in history, and... Hardhatters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021746/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 19:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021562/posts Sunday, May 19, 2013 Radicals, Moderates and Islamists Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 0 Comments The radical-moderate continuum that has defined the dialogue on Islam in the War on Terror is not an authentic perspective, it is an observer perspective. To the Western observer, a suicide bomber is radical, a Muslim Imam willing to perform gay weddings is moderate and the Muslim Brotherhood leader who supports some acts of terror, but not others, is moderately radical or radically moderate. These descriptions tell us nothing about Islam or about what Muslims believe, but do tell us a... Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021562/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021504/posts On the evening of 23 March, 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered a televised address about defence and national security. "Let me share with you a vision of the future," the president began in what was a last-minute addition to the half-hour speech. In Reagan's vision, we would "embark on a program to counter the awesome Soviet missile threat with measures that are defensive." It was the first mention of Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), the plan to change America's nuclear posture from offensive to defensive. His goal was to render the Soviet nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." Reagan's admirers praised SDI... The Wired (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021504/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 04:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021327/posts A friend of the court brief by Lucas Daniel Smith appears on line as having just been filed with the Alabama Supreme Court in an appeals case seeking to reinstate the challenge of President Obama’s eligibility to serve as US President. The online link shows the fully notarized Amicus Curiae (1) which Smith sent to Chief Justice Roy Moore and ten other authorities and includes a copy of the Mombasa certificate of live birth of Barack Hussein Obama II. Other exhibits include passport photos of Obama, Sr. and a postal mailing of the Senate Publication dealing with the Natural Born... Coach is Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3021327/posts#comment Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:07 GMT