Thanks CheshireTheCat.
Posted on 04/29/2020 5:16:28 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1818, on the authority of a military tribunal of doubtful legality, a general who would become a president hanged two British citizens for aiding America’s Indian enemies.
The First Seminole War saw the ambitious General Andrew Jackson appropriate for himself authority considerably beyond that authorized by Washington to escalate border conflicts around Spanish Florida into an outright invasion.
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Andy Jackson LOATHED the British, after one of them almost cut his arm off, and his brother and mom died because of being in British captivity during the American Revolution.
I would say Jackson had the biggest “Payback is a M**********r” moment at the Battle of New Orleans, followed by hanging those two Pommies.
History/Education BUMP! Thanks very much for posting.
From obstruction & perjury all the way up to TREASON, and justice cannot put a ham sandwich on someone’s head. Uh...ok...you’re out of ham. All you got left is BALONEY? You can’t indict a BALONEY sandwich.
King Kong Bundy could’ve delivered better justice...
It’s a BIG CLUB out here, and they ARE NOT in it. How do “we the people...” proceed? Dossiers on our reps, the scum and their propagandists. 330 MILLION vs. 535+++++++ SUPERCRIMINALS.
STFU, PAY OUR TAXES & DIE?
Our glorious President Trump has Andrew Jackson’s portrait on the wall of the oval office. Tradition says that a new President’s choice of predecessor portrait is a sign of admiration and of approval of their principles.
“America’s evolving pattern of imperial conquests”
ESAD, you lying canker sore.
If there’s ever a President MuttTheHoople, my portrait would be of Calvin Coolidge.
Coolidge was also a favorite of Reagan’s, even to the point of having his portrait on display in the oval office. The phlegmatic Coolidge was a genuinely kind and thoughtful person, much like Reagan.
Thanks CheshireTheCat.
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