Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

"Jack Linthi***" <jacklinthi***@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 3, 10:43 am, "William Black" <william.bl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > "William Black" <william.bl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> "D. Spencer Hines" <pant...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>> "Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!"
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>> >>> -- George Wa****ngton (letter to James Warren, 31 March 1779)
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>> >> All revolutionaries come out with crap like that:
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>> >> "the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously
fight,
>> >> without seeking our own interests..."
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>> >> Oliver Cromwell....
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>> > Comparing Oliver Cromwell to George Wa****ngton are we?
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>> Well they started out pretty similar didn't they.
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>> Farmers who became involved in politics and went on to become
successful
>> soldiers revolting against royal authority.
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>> It is possible (nay probable) that Wa****ngton was well aware of 
>> Cromwell's
>> failings and so deliberately avoided following  the path to tyranny.
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>> I think Cromwell was probably a better soldier though.  He essentially
>> invented the modern regular army as well as working out how to make 
>> cavalry
>> do more than one charge per battle...
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>> Wa****ngton was certainly a better politician...
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> You know that OC came close to immigrating to Connecticut?

I know he was invited.

I don't know how seriously he considered the offer.


-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.