Patricia Smith, whose son, Sean, was killed in the September 11, 2012
terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya said that Democratic presidential
candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “ought to be wearing
stripes” and “My son is dead because of her” on Monday’s “Varney &
Co.” on the Fox Business Network.
Smith said, “My feeling is that she went on TV afterwards, telling
everybody that I was the liar, that there’s someone here that is lying,
and it wasn’t her, and that I was liar. I want her to apologize to me
for calling me a liar on TV, because this is clearly not true. And I
want to know why my son was left to die breathing in diesel smoke, which
is the most horrible way to die, and she didn’t do anything to stop it.
She could have.”
Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) was regarded as one of the finest
American poets of his day. Born in Ireland, he settled in Georgia and
served several terms in the United States House of Representatives as a
Democratic-Republican and later Jacksonian Democrat. He supported
William H. Crawford for president in 1824. Wilde left the United States
for Europe in 1835 then returned in 1843 where he resided in New
Orleans and served as professor of law at Tulane University.
Lord Byron called Wilde’s “My Life is Like the Summer Rose” (printed
below) the best poem to come from the United States. Wilde was truly a
Renaissance Man; a gifted poet, student of law, and astute social and
political critic. Also printed below is a letter he wrote after the
disputed and corrupt election of John Quincy Adams in 1824. To Wilde,
it was already clear that the South was “the Ireland of the Union” and
that the game was rigged in Washington D.C. The two parties were in
fact one with the sole object of enriching themselves at the expense of
the Constitution. Shortly before Wilde penned this letter, Thomas
Jefferson had written to Crawford that:
A talk at The Fauquier County Civil War Roundtable on Tuesday, April
19, 2016
William Connery, Mosby House Museum docent during 2013 & 2014 will
speak on his History Press book Mosby’s Raids in Civil War Northern
Virginia
Meeting at 7:00 pm / Speaker at 7:45 The Warrenton Visitors Center 33
N. Calhoun Street Warrenton VA 20186 540-341-0988www.visitfauquier.com
The most famous War Between the States name in Northern Virginia, other
than General Robert E. Lee, is Colonel John Somersby, the Gray Ghost. He stands
out among nearly 1,000 generals who served in the war, celebrated most for his
raids that captured Union general Edwin Stoughton in Fairfax Court House and
Colonel Daniel French Dulany in Rose Hill, near Alexandria. By 1864, he was a
feared partisan guerrilla in the North and a nightmare for Union troops
protecting Washington City. After the war, his support for presidential
candidate Ulysses S. Grant forced Mosby to leave his native Virginia for Hong
Kong as U.S. consul. A personal mentor to young George S. Patton, Mosby’s
military legacy extended to World War II. William S. Connery brings alive the
many dimensions of this American hero. He will have books available for
purchase.
William Connery grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He has a degree in history
from the University of Maryland–College Park. Mr. Connery has been contributing
to the Civil War Courier, the Washington Times Civil War page and other
publications. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical
Gold Medal for his previous History Press book, Civil War Northern Virginia
1861. Mr. Connery is a member of the Company of Military Historians, the Capitol
Hill Civil War Round Table, and the E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore. He can be
reached at william.connery@verizon.net or
call 703-719-6639.
My last article in “The Bundy Affair” was published on October 31, 2014. That article was “The Revenge of the BLM“,
when the Bureau of Land Management tried to promulgate new rules, in
favor of critters and against the People of this country. Their effort
failed, and, well, I thought that was the end of the story.
Unfortunately, the government, like a spoiled child, does not like to
lose, even when they are wrong. It appears that we have returned to
that age when the King can do no wrong, and when the people do
stand up to them, forcing them into compliance with the Constitution and
the limitations imposed on them by that document, their vindictiveness
does not abate.
The incident that garnered the attention of the country, and much of
the world, culminating in the “Unrustling” of the Bundy cattle that had
been rustled by the BLM (yes, illegally taking cattle and attempting to
bypass Health and Brand inspections is rustling), on April 12, 2014,
was, as all assumed, the end of the affair.
When a crime is committed, the government’s obligation is to take the
matter before a Grand Jury, obtain an Indictment, and prosecute those
who have committed the crime. Justice should be swift, and the
government’s duty is to pursue that justice, if there is a crime, in a
timely manner.
This weekend's biggest, and most shocking story, was the report that
in response to a proposed Congressional Bill that would allow a probe
into the Saudi role behind the Sept 11 terrorist attack, Saudi Arabia
had threatened the US with dumping its roughly $750 billion in Treasury
holdings.
What was curious about the story is that while Saudi Arabia
implicitly admitted it had a role in the September 11, the Obama
administration was actively doing everything in its power to prevent the
Bill from passing, and thus to keep the truth under wraps, leading many
to wonder if Obama was more concerned about his own people or a handful
of uber-wealthy Saudi princes.
An online merchant has accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of
“trademark bullying” after a Bernie 2016, Inc. attorney sent him a cease
and desist letter regarding T-shirts, mugs, and sweatshirts depicting
the candidate with historic communist leaders.
Claire Hawkins, a lawyer with Garvey, Schubert, Barer — which said it
is “the official organization” of the campaign — sent the letter to
Daniel McCall, demanding his company, Liberty Maniacs, stop selling the
items.
The products show Sanders next Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, and others with the tagline, “Bernie is my comrade.”
“I was surprised Bernie’s campaign would have done that,” McCall, who
designed the image, told BuzzFeed News. “He didn’t seem to be the type
of candidate, the type of guy, who would do something like this.”
“I’m waiting to see what happens, but I would think Bernie, or one of
his staff members will step in and put an end to it. It appears to be
pretty silly.”
On Monday, April 18, legislators' offices will be visited by
individuals associated with a group unknown to most lawmakers: The
United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO). In the interest
of helping members of the U.S. Congress understand precisely who their
interlocutors are, permit a brief introduction: The USCMO is the latest
in a long series of front organizations associated with, and working to
advance, the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States.
Members of Congress should be clear about the true nature of that agenda. It is laid out most authoritatively in a document
introduced into evidence by federal prosecutors in the course of the
largest terrorism financing trial in the nation's history, U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation et al.
Written in 1991 by a top Muslim Brotherhood operative, Mohamed Akram,
and entitled "The Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal
of the Group in North America," this internal correspondence was meant
for the eyes only of the organization's leadership in Egypt. So, the
document is direct and to the point: It explicitly states that the
mission of the Muslim Brotherhood in North America is "destroying
Western civilization from within ... by [the infidels'] hands and the
hands of the believers so that Allah's religion is made victorious over
all other religions."
North Carolina NAACP President William Barber was removed from a
flight in Washington, D.C., Friday night after he was deemed a
“disruptive passenger” by an American Airlines pilot.
Barber (pictured) wrote
in a statement that he had boarded the plane and was sitting in the two
seats he had purchased when he overheard a man sitting behind him
talking loudly. Barber says after he asked a flight attended to ask the
man to lower his voice, that’s when the altercation started.
“But as she left, I heard him saying distasteful and disparaging things about me,” Barber said in the statement. “He had problems with ‘those people’ and he spoke harshly about my need for ‘two seats,’ among other subjects.
I bought a used one in 1977 in a Camino Capistrano, CA gun shop for $175. I sold/traded it for an AK and a Saiga 12 in 2008 and and thought I did great, well today a 1995 model goes for:$8,000.00
We here at GunsAmerica can get pretty passionate about the blades in
our pockets or on our hips.
And why should that be a surprise? Our
knives are utilitarian tools and backup defensive weapons.
I’ve been
carrying a gun for years, but I grew up with knives. I began EDC of a
pocket knife when I earned the rank of Eagle Scout at age 13. I didn’t
give a shit that my middle school and high school didn’t allow knives. I
simply kept it concealed and stayed out of trouble.
As a devotee
of all things cutting edge, I really enjoy knife reviews. But to what
end? Odds are very few of us will ever take a fixed blade knife to the
point of failure. And the nicest knives on the market these days cost
more than some guns, and even though they’re built to withstand the
Apocalypse, they never leave their original boxes, and stay safely
tucked up in the safe.
A RARE look at Merle Haggard in the studio. Thom Bresh shot this
electro-film while "Hag" was recording this song. This is NOT a studio
mix. It is RAW, just as it came down on the session. It's incredible to
watch him deliver the lyrics. This song was thought, by the record
label, to be too controversial to be included on his CD. Isn't that
called "Censorship"? It is pure, honest, 100% Haggard.
Some folks call me a ramblin’ man
I do a lotta thumbin’ and a kickin’ cans
And it wouldn’t do an ounce of good to call my name
Cause daddy’s name wadn’t Willy Woodrow
And I wadn’t born and raised in no ghetto
Just a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
Well I’m out to find me a wealthy woman
And a line of work that don’t take no diploma
I ain’t got much to lose but a lot to gain
Well some might call me a goodtime fella
I ain’t black and I ain’t yella
Just a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
Yeah I don’t want no handout livin’
Don’t want any part of anything they’re givin’
I’m proud and white and I’ve got a song to sing
Well I’ve said a few things and I’ll admit it
If you wanna get ahead you gotta hump and get it
I’m a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
Hump and git it now
Yeah I’m a small town boy been around a little
I like guitars and I like a fiddle
And that’s the kinda soul it takes to fan my flame
Well I’m a blue eyed Billy kinda frail and ruddy
So I’ll have to work to be somebody
I’m a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
I don’t want no handout livin’
And don’t want any part of anything they’re givin’
I’m proud and white and I’ve got a song to sing
Well I’ve said a few things and I’ll admit it
If you wanna get ahead you gotta hump and get it
I’m a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
I’m a white boy lookin’ for a place to do my thing
“The difference between the leather-clad liar from Lesbos and
the disheveled communist from the Old Hippies’ Home is merely one of
degree. Both are now committed to the doctrines of Marx and the methods
of Lenin. Either one in office will confirm the impression formed in the
last 8 years under the Marxist Muslim from Mombasa, that this country
is now controlled by its enemies and governed by traitors, and that as
in ancient Rome, the republic is dead unless concerned citizens do what
is necessary to re-establish it.” — “Miles Drake”
