tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post746080536230935962..comments2023-11-23T06:57:04.974-05:00Comments on American's Journey: Cruise Ship Disaster - NOT LIKE the Titanic - and Obama NOT like "Honest Abe" LincolnJack Rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03993964545901934731noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-162539825787501542012-01-16T11:04:04.758-05:002012-01-16T11:04:04.758-05:00...oh and thanks for the thoughtful comments showi......oh and thanks for the thoughtful comments showing that there was nobility at times - and that people weren't always the selfish football fans they've become. That goes for soccer too.<br /><br />Yes - the additional examples from commenters help to make the point that unselfish acts by heroic people were used as examples to ensure that the culture remembered the heroes while instilling the virtues in the coming generations.<br /><br />But now......it's taking some time to turn it back around to the right direction.<br /><br />Morals matter. A nation without morals is a doomed nation.<br /><br />Accountability helps some find their lost morals when taking decisions that affect others.Jack Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993964545901934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-91486120209191222072012-01-16T10:57:50.803-05:002012-01-16T10:57:50.803-05:00If Abe wasn't honest in any way - why did he f...If Abe wasn't honest in any way - why did he flat out tell everybody that he would do whatever it took to save the union - then followed up with actions demonstrating exactly that?<br /><br />If Abe wasn't honest - why did he fire everybody 'till he found that Grant could get the job done?<br /><br />Abe did what he hadda' do to keep the country together - and the strong federal government that resulted - well - we are now dealing with the monster it has become.<br /><br />Abe might have known the mess that would follow - but what was he to do? Things are complicated - unlike a Hollywood movie. <br /><br />As far a mass murderer - the North had an advantage in number of bodies that could be thrown at a problem - as sick as it may sound - when one has an advantage - it must be used to get the war over as quickly as possible - Grant knew that - Lincoln knew that - and when that advantage would turn the tide it was used.<br /><br />Lincoln's Gettysburg address shows he intended to treat the South with dignity following the conflict - but was killed too soon.<br /><br />Lincoln's printing the Greenbacks to finance the war shows he wanted to preserve US sovereignty.<br /><br />Lincoln cannot be dismissed in such a short ad hom attack. There has to be a better thought out attack.Jack Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993964545901934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-9719301486196053732012-01-16T10:03:25.544-05:002012-01-16T10:03:25.544-05:00Booth was an agent of the Rothschilds. He took ou...Booth was an agent of the Rothschilds. He took out Lincoln(like JFK) for creating greenbacksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-58794948636724776392012-01-16T09:43:34.127-05:002012-01-16T09:43:34.127-05:00Mass murderer? Wanna back that up?Mass murderer? Wanna back that up?Jack Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993964545901934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-38679053363375705962012-01-16T08:21:08.684-05:002012-01-16T08:21:08.684-05:00NobodysaysBOO:
We NEED some "TRUTH TELLING&qu...NobodysaysBOO:<br />We NEED some "TRUTH TELLING" thanks for a little insight for our dummed down TROLLS.<br /><br />OLD SCUMBAG ABE was NOT honest in any way and Lincole was A MASS MURDERER no excuses!<br /><br />Just a note, WHAT IF the potus THAT IS:"The PEOPLE of the USA" DEMAND repayment and REVENGE from ISRAEL for their CRIMES on 911?<br />a brave new world would be born!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-89417456272468725072012-01-16T05:19:44.410-05:002012-01-16T05:19:44.410-05:00In 1852, the British troopship H.M.S. Birkenhead w...In 1852, the British troopship H.M.S. Birkenhead was traveling to South Africa when she hit a ledge and foundered. On board were more than seven hundred men, women, and children. With only twenty minutes left before she would sink, the decision was made to place all women and children aboard the few lifeboats. The men would remain behind and face the man-eating sharks circling the disaster. Hundreds of men drowned or were eaten alive in full view of their children, but not a single woman or child perished that day. In past years, this story was known by every schoolboy and girl.<br /><br />The regiment, Officers and Men formed up on the deck, the band played and they stood there until it went down. No attempt was made by any in the water to reach the boats.<br /><br />As Rudyard Kipling put it :<br /><br />…To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, <br />Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; <br />But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill <br />is a damn tough bullet to chew, <br />An' they done it, the Jollies -- 'Er Majesty's Jollies -- <br />soldier an' sailor too! <br />Their work was done when it 'adn't begun; they was younger nor me an' you; <br />Their choice it was plain between drownin' in 'eaps <br />an' bein' mopped by the screw, <br />So they stood an' was still to the Birken'ead drill, <br />soldier an' sailor too!<br /><br />We're most of us liars, we're 'arf of us thieves,<br />an' the rest are as rank as can be,<br />But once in a while we can finish in style<br />(which I 'ope it won't 'appen to me)...PJ Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458769664127453136.post-36550934728126026452012-01-16T04:05:29.564-05:002012-01-16T04:05:29.564-05:00A Night to Remember is a British movie from 1958 t...A Night to Remember is a British movie from 1958 that accurately portrays the sinking. It was critically acclaimed at the time by actual survivors - unlike James Cameron's slush and bile fantasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com