George Washington was a great man, and a wise president; starting this nation off on the perfect foot.
Remember how "Crazy George" did not back the French against the British, when we were too weak and ill prepared to do so. We would have been most wise to follow the George Washington blueprint in Viet Nam, when Ho Chi Minh and his band of Communist patriots threw the French out of Viet Nam. It would have saved the lives of nearly 59,000 young Americans; not to mention how the horror of that war wrecked so many lives of those that made it home. Yes, "Crazy George" was a wise president. |
Thanks for the reminder. For those who difficulty with the search here is the link to Alex's article:
beaufortcountynow.com From 1776 until 1787 we basically had a Jeffersonian States Rights government (Confederation) which deteriorated into the mess that Alex describes. The distrust of a central government due to The King George III experience was so strong that we essentially had a schizophrenic government with 13 different countries. We may never get this right. My former workmate said it best when he often commented " you can run into the ditch on both sides of the road." |
Bobby or Tony & Stan,
I know you both have committed my blogs to memory but, in case you may have forgotten this one, I am referring your to this one... Terrible! Awful! Never Been Worse!...Or is it? Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 11:56 pm Read it slowly. It is hard to imagine how bad it really was. I'm glad they stuck with it (building our nation) and did not take a knee. Smartfella |
Thanks Alex for a reminder of one of our great leaders.
This country was extremely lucky to have a George Washington as our first President. His above the fray leadership pointed the way before the constant bickering and outright war between Hamilton and Jefferson (ongoing even today) almost destroyed the newly formed United Colonies before they in fact became United States in reality. He knew how fragile the Union was then as it is now, and cautioned against overly partisan excesses. Excerpt from his farewell address: "I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism." |
Today, as we learn that Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion while in a combat zone, after repeatedly pronounced a national hero by Barack Hussein Obama, and on multiple occasions by his right-hand-woman Susan Rice, who, stupidly, gave up 5 high level Taliban terrorists in exchange for the deserter, I am reminded just how ridiculously bad a president can be.
As President Trump struggles to clean up the unconstitutional mess of ObamaCare, the idiotic Iran Deal, and the neglect of North Korea as they work to aim their nuclear tipped missiles at America, I am encouraged that we now how a real, working president elected by real Americans, knowledgeable Americans. |
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George Washington and Ben Franklin were the adults in the room when the kids were bickering over the how many angels could dance on the head of the pin. Ben Franklin knew the fatal flaw of the Constitution regarding the Steak of Slavery but his goal was a larger Union that would solve the divisions once they solidified into a true Union of States.
Thomas Jefferson was a dreamer and ideologue who "was not a profound political thinker. He was, however, an utterly brilliant political rhetorician and visionary. The genius of his rhetoric is to articulate irreconcilable human urges at a sufficiently abstract level to mask their mutual exclusiveness." (Jefferson - An American Sphinx PG 10)
Most people do not know that George Washington never spoke or corresponded with Jefferson after Jefferson left Washington's cabinet. Jefferson did all he could to undermine Washington while he was his Secretary of State as he also did as John Adams' Vice President. It is perhaps fitting that they are next to each other on Mount Rushmore where they can spend eternity not speaking to each other.
Martha Washington, had no love for Jefferson because of his undercutting measures of George Washington both during and after his presidency.
"After George died on December 14, 1799, Martha was so devastated that she couldn't bring herself to step outside for the funeral. The day she lost her husband was, understandably, the saddest of her life. However, what she considered the second most painful day she had to endure is a little more surprising: it was Thomas Jefferson's visit to Mount Vernon in 1801.
This was a terrible event because Martha disliked and disdained Jefferson, sentiments she harbored due to his involvement with political attacks on her beloved husband. As Martha later revealed to a clergyman, she considered Jefferson "one of the most detestable of mankind" and his election to the presidency "the greatest misfortune our country has ever experienced." Basically, if you messed with George, Martha didn't forgive or forget." (biography.com/news/martha-washington-biography-facts)