http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/winstonchurchill/ en-us Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061569/posts LONDON: It seems that new history has completely forgotten one of Britain's tallest leaders — Winston Churchill. The wartime PM, who led Britain to victory in the World War II, failed to secure a place on the list of the most important people and events in UK history. In fact, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Captain Cook and Sir Walter Raleigh also couldn't get into the "British" list — though the Beatles found a place, the Sun reported. A team of scholars working for the History Channel has compiled the comprehensive list for a television series. Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061569/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965451/posts LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real. The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth. And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965451/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:03:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964824/posts One in four Britons don't believe wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill existed, according to a recent survey. Churchill is compared to Florence Nightingale and Sir Walter Raleigh, seen by many survey respondents as a mythical person, the London Daily Mail reported Monday. The survey, conducted with 3,000 respondents to test their general knowledge, reported other historical figures such as Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, Cleopatra and the Duke of Wellington were made up for books and films, the Mail reported. The survey, by UKTV Gold, also found that Sherlock Holmes was a real person. Daily Mail via FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964824/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1964778/posts LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- Newly declassified British documents provide a window into heated Cabinet discussions on Iraq, Israeli-Arab relations, protecting the environment, and a secret deal on when the prime minister would step aside for his ambitious No. 2. Although many of the preoccupations are the same, these are not about Tony Blair's final months as prime minister. The Cabinet notes released Monday provide a glimpse into the back rooms of Britain's post-World War II government as the sun was setting on both the British Empire and the era of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The notebooks of Cabinet Secretary... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1964778/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:11:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964609/posts Every once in a while, some pollster comes up with a survey that shows what idiots Westerners can be. They especially like to pick on Americans and their rather insular attitude towards geography, being unable in large numbers to actually find Iraq on a globe or to identify the correct continent for Guyana (South America, in case anyone asks). Jay Leno has a running gag on the Tonight Show where he goes out in the street and asks people simple questions and films them getting the answers spectacularly wrong. So I have some sympathy with our friends in Britain this... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964609/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:51:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945283/posts WINSTON CHURCHILL ON ISLAM - IN 1899! "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to... Winston Churchill - The River War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945283/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1744385/posts 1. The following was published 107 years ago in 1899. 2. It was authored by Winston Churchill who first became a household name forty years later during world turmoil leading up to WWII. 3. It was impossible for him to even imagine a fraction of the changes in technology or world politics yet to come. ~~~~~~~~~~~ "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems... mattholzmann.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1744385/posts#comment Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:05:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944392/posts Any man who is under 30 and is not a liberal has no heart; and any man who is over 30 and not a conservative has no brains. - Winston Churchill I guess we know what old Winston would think of Chris Matthews, then. Appearing on Morning Joe today, the Hardball host turned the Churchillian maxim upside down, claiming his gut leans right but his head pulls him left. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944392/posts#comment Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934733/posts "We will defend what is ours We shall never surrender" -Kosovo Is Serbia- Oficial Serbian Gov. bilboard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934733/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 23:14:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929711/posts Rumsfeld Remarks at Churchill Dinner PATH TO VICTORY Refashioning Institutions for the 21st Century Remarks by Donald H. Rumsfeld at the Claremont Institute's 20th Annual Dinner in Honor of Sir Winston Churchill, November 17, 2007.This past year has certainly provided ample entertainment for those interested in politics. The activities of Congress and the unexpected blessing of an extra year of presidential campaigning fill our newspapers, televisions, and blogs. The problem is that this entertainment tends to focus on the petty and the personal, and seems to avoid a serious discussion of the emerging challenges our country and the next... The Claremont Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929711/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:19:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865673/posts Daily Mail [UK] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865673/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865231/posts Churchill dropped from England's history syllabus Posted 9 hours 19 minutes ago Updated 4 hours 38 minutes ago Just not cricket ... the exclusion of Winston Churchill is likely to leave traditionalists aghast. (File photo) (Reuters: Toby Melville) Britain's World War II prime minister Winston Churchill has been cut from a list of key historical figures recommended for teaching in English secondary schools, a government agency says.The radical overhaul of the school curriculum for 11- to 14-year-olds is designed to bring secondary education up to date and allow teachers more flexibility in the subjects they teach, the Government said.But... ABC News (Australia), The Sun (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865231/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:42:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832912/posts The grandson of Sir Winston Churchill will tell an Ottawa audience tonight that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would be disastrous for the Middle East and for western nations. That grandson, also named Winston Churchill, will deliver his address, titled "Democracy and Freedom Under Threat," at the annual forum of Kollel of Ottawa, a centre for advanced Torah study. "If the Americans admit failure and withdraw soon from Iraq, I see the writing on the wall," Mr. Churchill told the Citizen in a phone call from Britain. "Our friends and allies in the region, as well as nations throughout the... Ottawa Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832912/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 18:45:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780618/posts Sir Winston Churchill, who today would be considered the master of the one-liner, understood politicians extremely well. With this simple, timeless, but quite accurate statement, Churchill captures today’s liberal Democrats in the American Congress without ever meeting any of them: “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.” The cacophony of parrot-jabber coming out of the House and the Senate is deafening and the racket doesn’t stop there. There has been plenty of blather coming from the green zone in Iraq as well. Like a herd of donkeys, some Democratic presidential hopefuls stampeded into Iraq so that they... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780618/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769084/posts The rap on George W. Bush is that he can't make a rousing speech like Winston Churchill, and indeed he can't. But who can? Not Hillary, not "the husband of," not John McCain or Rudy Giuliani, or even Barack Obama, worthies all. Churchill marshaled the language and sent it off to World War II. He was sui generis, one of a kind, an orator who played rhetoric like Babe Ruth hit home runs and Brooks Robinson played third base. But Churchill, the electrifier of frightened audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, had an advantage that neither George W. nor... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769084/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758958/posts On July 14, 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain addressed the nation on BBC Radio. The last month had seen the complete collapse of French and British resistance to German aggression on the continent of Europe. The French Army had been decisively defeated, and the Allied armies had been evacuated back to Britain from the coastline at Dunkirk. On June 14, the Nazis had marched into Paris. In the aftermath of the string of devastating defeats that had isolated Britain and left Europe prostrate before Hitler, Churchill spoke. "Should the invader come to Britain, there will be no placid... Creators Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758958/posts#comment Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752128/posts I was rewriting history, while walking along some cold lakeshore the other day. My thought was: if Churchill had only come to power in 1937, Chamberlain would have been installed to replace him in 1940. Had Churchill been in power, and refused to sign Munich, he would have been blamed for the outbreak of war. I can just hear the prattle in an English pub, circa 1950. "He pushed Hitler to it! Had it not been for Churchill, Hitler would have been satisfied with the Sudetenland, and England would never have had to surrender. Everything was Churchill's fault!" Today, everything... David Warren.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752128/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:10:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750429/posts You have a problem. It’s a problem shared by Jews in Hebron, Serbs in Kosovo, Hindus in the Kashmir, Catholics in Lebanon, and Americans walking the streets of New York. Consider the inter-connectedness of the following incidents, all of which took place in the past few months: In Indonesia, three Christian schoolgirls were beheaded. In Iraq, a Syrian Orthodox priest was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered. In Somalia, a nun was shot to death as she left the hospital where she worked, tending the sick and dying. In Lebanon, just days ago, a cabinet minister was assassinated. In Britain, authorities uncovered... Frontpagemag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750429/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:27:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735402/posts A notebook kept by Sir Winston Churchill's nurse has revealed a regimented routine in his final years which included her looking after his pet budgerigar. Muriel Thomson looked after Sir Winston as he neared death and, in addition to making sure he had his cigars and whisky to hand, was expected to put the bird 'to bed'. The former prime minister was an animal lover and it seems that, towards the end of his life, his budgie was seldom far from his side, even accompanying him to dinner. "Whisky and soda, specs, cards; bird to be brought into dining room... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735402/posts#comment Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710104/posts JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Radical Islam poses to Western civilization a threat similar to that of the Nazis and the Soviets, Winston Churchill said Sept. 26 at Union University. Churchill -– author, journalist, former Member of Parliament and grandson of the former British prime minister -– spoke before about 1,800 people at Union’s 10th annual Scholarship Banquet to raise funds for students scholarships. “Together we have overcome far more powerful enemies than those that assail us today,” Churchill said. “I have every confidence that, in confronting this new challenge, America and Britain -– together with our allies -– can prevail and shall... BPNews (Baptist Press) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710104/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706348/posts WINSTON CHURCHILL IN A SPEECH IN 1899! -- 107 years ago: "How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every... link not available http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706348/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:17:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690800/posts Editor's note: Seldom I disregard the editorial policy of dealing exclusively with issues of my country. The recent escalation of violence in the Middle East against Israel however merits our attention for the issue goes far beyond a dispute between the Islamofundamentalists of Hezbollah and Israel; it isn't about Israel's future and safety anymore, rather a 'holy war' between deranged people and freedom; between terror and the values and liberties the civilised and rational inhabitants of this world hold dear. Someone sent the following speech -originally published March 03, 2006, which I have decided to post for it couldn't have... Vcrisis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690800/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:04:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667449/posts Bill Engvale is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. For years he’s been doing a routine about stupid things that people say. Each example ends with the tag line, “Here’s your sign.” That means a big sign with STUPID written on it. Although geopolitics are not Bill’s metier, he offers a way to cut through the twaddle about the beginning of WW III. Let’s start with Howard Dean. (Remember him? He was in all the papers.) Dean cropped up today giving a fire-breathing speech to the faithful (and forlorn), screaming that we wouldn’t have these problems in the... Special to Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667449/posts#comment Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:45:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665571/posts Thanks to the manner in which the Ivory Tower makes poster children of its most problematic professors and the zeal with which college administrators excise “dead white guys” from their curricula, Winston Churchill is probably not as well known on many American college campuses as Ward Churchill. Indeed, I found foundations, scholarships, institutes, centers and even high schools named after Great Britain’s most famous prime minister but few classes on his life and work. About the only college course on Winston Churchill that I could find on a quick Google search was one at Hillsdale. Perhaps some of the great... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665571/posts#comment Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:22:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664511/posts A half-smoked cigar enjoyed by Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's war-time prime minister, was sold at auction for 365 pounds (670 dollars, 527 euros). Churchill had been puffing on the cigar when he arrived for a meeting in Blackpool, north-west England, on October 14, 1950, when he was leader of the Conservative Party in opposition, auctioneers Outhwaite and Litherland said. Upon being told he would not be able to smoke in the ballroom where he was due to give a speech, the politician stubbed out the cigar and handed it to a special constable standing next to him. The policeman kept... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664511/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:36:14 GMT