The real truth is that the person most responsible for the aggressiveness of Nazi Germany was Josef Stalin. You'll find more people who know that per square inch on Free Republic than just about any other place on Earth.
More generally, your post is right. There are some asses here; I'm occasionally accused of being one of them because I don't suffer fools gladly. But none of it is personal in many cases; just strong opinion. And there are some very nice folks.
To FlJoePA, don't lose sight of a basic fact: anyone who claims Joe Paterno was a "pedophile enabler" is a moron whose opinion -- on any topic whatsoever -- is not to be taken seriously. Like the hysterical mob rule that sent so many people who ran day care operations to prison in the 1980's for "Satanic Practices," the actual truth about the Penn State "cover-up" is slowly coming out. It's highly unlikely that the idiots warming up their tar and lighting their torches will ever admit they were wrong. But that doesn't matter. They're wrong all the same.
Didn’t Churchill have a high enough opinion of Chamberlain to put him into Winston’s wartime Cabinet?
Yes, the non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia was signed about eight days before Hitler invaded Poland. Stalin was after territory. Cartoonist Low drew a picture of two gangsters. Hitler and Stalin bowing to each other. The dead body lying nearby is marked Poland. Both men trade friendly insults. Low also drew a cartoon listing the Versailles Treaty 1919,as giving birth to a war in 1940.
Britain had only six all metal fighters operational in 1938. At September 1939 there were 1000 Hurricanes and Spitfires. They worked night and day in those factories.
I am rambling here, I am afraid but....... where else could I do this so freely?
anyone who claims Joe Paterno was a “pedophile enabler” is a moron whose opinion — on any topic whatsoever — is not to be taken seriously
Not really...while it’s true they are childish and ignorant, you have no basis to make a statement about their propriety to speak on ‘any topic whatsoever’ ...
the actual truth about the Penn State “cover-up” is slowly coming out
Perhaps, but sadly the damage to Paterno’s legacy is already done...truly tragic; much like the classic literature he loved so much...
I’m occasionally accused of being one of them
It was after an unpleasant exchange with you (about football, believe it or not) I debated checking out...not because of your input, but my own, as I found myself seeking to debase you yourself, and not your argument...and at that point, one’s contributions are moot and unworthy...I have striven towards civility since then, don’t know if I’ve been successful...
Hey, Trump’s what’s gonna get people investing in this country again. There’s probably a good opportunity for a US company to start cranking those things out.
I bet dairy farmers aren’t the only employers of illegals starting to think about what they’d do under a Trump administration—and that’s a good thing!