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Obama and Churchill Bust
kayak42

Posted on 02/05/2015 4:16:27 PM PST by kayak42

When Obama first entered the White House, he had the bust of Winston Churchill removed. It was assumed it was because of British Colonialism in Kenya. Maybe it was due to things said about Obama’s religion.

Quoted from Churchill over 100 years ago:

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step, and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it (Islam) has vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bust; churchill; churchillbust; islam; obama
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To: Fungi
"The feckless fool will be a sad footnote to nothing."

I'm not a religious person but I pray that you are right.

21 posted on 02/05/2015 5:22:52 PM PST by norton
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To: kayak42
It was assumed it was because of British Colonialism in Kenya. Maybe it was due to things said about Obama’s religion.

Sure looks that way.

22 posted on 02/05/2015 5:25:54 PM PST by uncitizen (They demand we judge them by the color of their skin)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Thank you for posting this information. Like you, I have a very great respect for the education levels of some of the older authors, especially those of the nineteenth century. I would like to call your attention to this book-
http://www.amazon.com/Life-General-Nathan-Bedford-Forrest/dp/B000SSVH1K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423185612&sr=8-5&keywords=The+life+of+General+Nathan+bedford+forrest by John Allan Wyeth. The author’s life is one of the most interesting I have heard of, having actually served under Gen. Forrest. I think that you will thoroughly enjoy the book, if you haven’t already read it. Again, thanks for your post about Churchill’s book.


23 posted on 02/05/2015 5:30:51 PM PST by matthew fuller (God bless Jan Morgan- owner / The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range.)
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To: Da Coyote

THe mulatto muslim needs to spend the rest of his worthless life in Gitmo in a sort of Spandau of the 21st century.


24 posted on 02/05/2015 5:35:08 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: kayak42
The new GOP Senate should have reached out to the Brits for the return of the Churchill bust. Should’ve been their first act.
25 posted on 02/05/2015 5:43:40 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I believe that this is a URL to John Allan Wyeth’s autobiography online-
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/wyeth/wyeth.html

I haven’t figured out how to download it, or if that is possible.


26 posted on 02/05/2015 5:57:07 PM PST by matthew fuller (God bless Jan Morgan- owner / The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range.)
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To: spokeshave

It is actually six volumes and each one is really thick. A whole lot of telegrams between him and Roosevelt.

It is a major undertaking.


27 posted on 02/05/2015 6:05:05 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: kayak42

Well, at least we know the bust of Churchill is safe in Britain’s hands. God only knows what ELSE has been LOOTED from OUR White House.


28 posted on 02/05/2015 6:09:35 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: ConservativeInPA

Avenge Gordon Pasha!


29 posted on 02/05/2015 6:15:22 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: matthew fuller
Thanks, for the link. There is a gold mine of free books on the Internet. Last year I read the Journal of William McClay. Most people have never heard of him, even those that drive down McClay street close to where I live. One day I was curious about who McClay was and I started to search the internet. It also happened that I have always been interested in what the US Congress was like at its beginning. Lo and behold, I found the journal of Pennsylvania's first senator and he begins his journal a few days prior to the first session of congress. It's a very interesting perspective, given that McClay wasn't extraordinarily famous.
30 posted on 02/05/2015 6:23:29 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (#JuSuisCharlesMartel)
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To: Ouderkirk
THe mulatto muslim needs to spend the rest of his worthless life in Gitmo in a sort of Spandau of the 21st century.

No. Obama would love the tropical climate and Muslim amenities provided to Gitmo detainees. Attu Island at the far tip of the Aleutians would be a better choice.

31 posted on 02/05/2015 6:33:21 PM PST by Spartan79 (I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man. Jefferson)
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To: kaehurowing

If I remember right, Viscount Garnet Wolseley fought his way in to Khartoum only to discover he was just late. Chinese Gordon had been executed by the Muslims the day before.


32 posted on 02/05/2015 6:33:38 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: ridesthemiles

the first thing that the successor to the White House muslim should be is to ask the brits to give it back to us


33 posted on 02/05/2015 6:36:29 PM PST by Stayfree
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To: yarddog

He wath killed by the Mahdi, who hath the thacred thpace between hith teef.


34 posted on 02/05/2015 6:45:22 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Stayfree

The first thing the next President should do is apologize to the world for our election of Buckwheat as president.


35 posted on 02/05/2015 7:59:03 PM PST by matthew fuller (God bless Jan Morgan- owner / The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
The quote comes from the book I am currently reading: The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan, Sir Winston S. Churchill.

That book has an interesting Wikipedia entry. The first edition was published in 1899. Churchill turned 25 on 30 November 1899.

Interesting factoid from the Wikipedia:

Churchill returned to England to complete his leave, before returning to India for three months and finally resigning from the army. As a direct result of Churchill's writings, a rule was introduced prohibiting serving officers from also acting as war correspondents. This was one factor contributing to his leaving the army, since his earnings from writing were some five times greater than his army pay during his three years of army service.[2]:125-126

In 1902, Churchill became an MP.

36 posted on 02/05/2015 9:04:23 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: kayak42

Winston Churchill Day is the 9th of April, every year. It was on that day in 1963 that Churchill was made, by act of Congress, an honorary citizen of the United States. Churchill’s mother was, of course, American.


37 posted on 02/05/2015 10:15:49 PM PST by Nucluside (ready)
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To: spokeshave

There are six volumes (in paperback, anyway). I’m halfway through volume 1. Great to read.

Here’s something for your listening enjoyment:

https://ia902604.us.archive.org/19/items/WWII_News_1940/400618_BBC_Churchills_Finest_Hour_Speech.mp3


38 posted on 02/11/2015 12:26:37 PM PST by Peter W. Kessler
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To: yarddog
Viscount Garnet Wolseley fought his way in to Khartoum only to discover he was just late. Chinese Gordon had been executed by the Muslims the day before.

There was an excellent movie about this with Charlton Heston playing Chinese Gordon.

39 posted on 02/11/2015 12:33:58 PM PST by AU72
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To: AU72

I saw it years ago. It was a good movie but knowing what was eventually going to happen made it hard for me to watch.


40 posted on 02/11/2015 3:41:27 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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