.........and this is surprising? :)
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Fighting to Avoid Union Chains
The Great Hall of St George's Hall,
Liverpool. In October 1864, the 'Confederate Bazaar' took place,
organised by the Southern Independence Association and hosted by Charles
Kuhn Prioleau's Liverpudlian wife, Mary, over a period of 5 days
raising £17,000 for the aid of Southern prisoners-of-war.
Many
in England saw the War Between the States as a bid for freedom against
Northern oppression and comparisons were drawn with earlier independence
movements in Greece, Poland and Italy. It was also asserted that the
independence of the South would benefit blacks with eventual
emancipation, “and outdo the hypocritical North by introducing full
integration.”
Bernhard Thuersam, Chairman
North Carolina War Between the States Sesquicentennial Commission
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Fighting to Avoid Union Chains
“Intervention
had in both regions [of Manchester and Liverpool] only the most cursory
appeal [but only] . . . Liverpool tended to hanker after not only
intervention but more active participation in the Southern fight for
freedom, and the city found its own ways of bypassing official sanctions
for such support. The constant breaking of the blockade and the
provisioning of warships for the Confederacy were so effective as tools
of war that the United States felt justified in suing Britain for heavy
compensation.
The
failure of the [pro-North] Union and Emancipation Society [in England]
is demonstrated by the prevalence elsewhere of the belief that the South
was fighting for a freedom which would ultimately encompass Negroes
while the North wanted to clap that freedom into Union chains.
Lincoln
was generally seen as a sad instance of a man whose native honesty had
disintegrated into the hypocrisy of the Emancipation Proclamation. He
totally lacked charisma in Lancashire eyes. Defeat [of the South] was
acknowledged as imminent but it was seen as the defeat of a noble and
worthy cause . . . [and many saw] a sad destruction of freedom by the
arrogant use of force.
Agents
were sent to Lancashire by the Federal government and private Northern
companies to popularize the idea of emigration and help fill the acute
labor shortage. Enthusiasm for the idea of a new life in a civilized
land . . . was marred by the widespread and sometimes justified fear
that jobs and fares were bait for luring men into the depleted ranks of
the Union army.”
(Support for Secession, Lancashire and the American Civil War, Mary Ellison, University of Chicago Press, 1972, pp. 191-193)
Versailles, from Louis XIII to the French Revolution and afterwards
The Beauty and Waste of Versailles
The palace of Versailles is one of the most recognized landmarks in Western Civilization. Built by Louis XIV, it is a striking artistic and architectural achievement, rivaled only by the marvels of antiquity. Yet, the palace is also a prime example of government waste and corruption and the problems of political and economic centralization.
The French economy crumbled following two expensive wars in the 18th century (The Seven Years War and The American War for Independence), not to mention the constant warfare under Louis XIV, and the bureaucracy of Louis XIV was a snake pit littered with intriguing courtiers and self-interested aristocrats. No one but the “Sun King” could manage it successfully. The court arrogated both power and wealth to the center through its heavy-handed mercantilist programs and dominated the provinces and the French legal system under the model of a unitary state.
During the reign of Louis XVI, Charles Alexander de Calonne proposed a series of reforms which would have transformed the French economy (free trade, hard money, reduced taxes on the 3rd Estate), but the 1st and 2nd Estates rejected it out of self interest. A political safety valve did not exist in France–the Estates General had been suspended in the early 1600s–and the economic and political problems spilled over into Revolution. Pre-revolutionary France offers fine examples for modern society to avoid: debt, waste, continual wars, centralization, corruption, a detached and decadent political class, inflationary monetary policies and central banking. We should heed the warnings.
More @ Liberty Classroom
We have three years to defeat the Communist opposition..........
..........and the only practicable way is to strengthen the Tea Party to take over the Republican Party.
All of us struggle to make sense out of what we see around us, and we're frustrated because we can't. For example, what sense does it make for an unknown Illinois senator who has accomplished nothing on a scale larger than a neighborhood get elected President of the United States? Why do labor unions continually support democrats when Obamacare is wrecking their members' benefits, and the immigration bill, if passed, will do nothing but lower wages? Why does the Attorney General of the United States think he can stonewall congress, be charged with contempt, and continue to stonewall?
Why does any congress vote for any bill that will affect 20% of the economy of this country without reading it or knowing its cost? Why does Obama support the elimination of gun ownership when he knows banning guns will not reduce gun crime? Why do most blacks support the Democratic Party and agenda when it is obvious it has locked them into poverty? And the list goes on. You know it already.
Recently I met a researcher from New Zealand, Trevor Loudon, who offers an explanation. In short, it is that communism is behind all of the things that don't make sense.
All of us struggle to make sense out of what we see around us, and we're frustrated because we can't. For example, what sense does it make for an unknown Illinois senator who has accomplished nothing on a scale larger than a neighborhood get elected President of the United States? Why do labor unions continually support democrats when Obamacare is wrecking their members' benefits, and the immigration bill, if passed, will do nothing but lower wages? Why does the Attorney General of the United States think he can stonewall congress, be charged with contempt, and continue to stonewall?
Why does any congress vote for any bill that will affect 20% of the economy of this country without reading it or knowing its cost? Why does Obama support the elimination of gun ownership when he knows banning guns will not reduce gun crime? Why do most blacks support the Democratic Party and agenda when it is obvious it has locked them into poverty? And the list goes on. You know it already.
Recently I met a researcher from New Zealand, Trevor Loudon, who offers an explanation. In short, it is that communism is behind all of the things that don't make sense.
More @ Freedom Outpost
Free Screening of MOLON LABE at 8:00 PM tonight 10/24/2013
The world premiere for MOLON LABE will be Thursday, 24 October 2013.
The full movie will be available below for free from 8:00PM until 12:00
midnight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (5:00PM – 9:00PM Pacific Time)
The purpose of the Premiere is to generate discussion of our nation’s
right to “keep and bear” in particular the Militia as discussed in Dr.
Edwin Vieira’s new book, The Sword & Sovereingty.
Tell your family, friends and associates about the Premiere and refer them to this page:
www.Molon.us/premiere. In the meantime, watch the MOLON LABE trailer below, pre-order DVDs or donate to the initial marketing campaign. We hope you enjoy it and we hope you enjoy the movie.
Obamacare “Death Spiral” Warned Could Collapse Global Economy By February
Via Timothy
A stunning Ministry of Finance (MoF) report released today on the global impact of the recently implemented Affordable Care Act (ACA) [otherwise known as Obamacare] in the United States is warning that this new law is now in a “death spiral” which could, by February 2014, collapse the entire world’s economic system as the US Federal Reserve would not be able to bail out its European Union (EU) counterpart central banks as it had done with the over $80 billion in secret loans given to them after the 2007-2008 financial crisis due to this laws “massive failure.”
According to this report, Obamacare was enacted to increase the quality and affordability of US health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government in an area which encompasses nearly 20% of the entire American gross domestic product (GDP).
What Obamacare has, instead, accomplished, this report says, is an unprecedented soaring in price of US health insurance, the dumping by American insurance companies of hundreds of thousands of previously insured people, and the skyrocketing of healthcare costs for everyone.
A stunning Ministry of Finance (MoF) report released today on the global impact of the recently implemented Affordable Care Act (ACA) [otherwise known as Obamacare] in the United States is warning that this new law is now in a “death spiral” which could, by February 2014, collapse the entire world’s economic system as the US Federal Reserve would not be able to bail out its European Union (EU) counterpart central banks as it had done with the over $80 billion in secret loans given to them after the 2007-2008 financial crisis due to this laws “massive failure.”
According to this report, Obamacare was enacted to increase the quality and affordability of US health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government in an area which encompasses nearly 20% of the entire American gross domestic product (GDP).
What Obamacare has, instead, accomplished, this report says, is an unprecedented soaring in price of US health insurance, the dumping by American insurance companies of hundreds of thousands of previously insured people, and the skyrocketing of healthcare costs for everyone.
More @ EU
DC Police Raid Man’s Home, Hold Children at Gunpoint – Find 1 Shotgun Shell & 1 Spent Casing
Not sure how we missed this when it actually happened earlier this summer, but apparently the trial in this case is about to get underway.
Kudos to Emily Miller at the Washington Times for bringing this to the attention of the public.
Mark Witaschek lives in Washington DC. He is a financial advisor, considered successful in his career and has no prior criminal record.
At the urging of his ex-wife, police conducted two raids on Witaschek’s home to look for illegal guns.
During one raid, 30 SWAT officers entered the home, broke down interior doors with a battering ram, pulled Witaschek’s teenage son naked from the shower at gunpoint and ransacked the home.
More @ Guns Save Lives
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