So is this how Capt. Von Trapp felt when he knew his beautiful Austria was going to disappear forever?

1/12/21 | terart

[terart]

Sorry all for the vanity, just feeling very melancholy tonight watching everything that was good about our country be destroyed at such a quickened pace....

[CJ Wolf]

Life imitates Art. Art is a funny guy. Buck up old chap. America isn’t over.

[BiglyCommentary]

Wrong movie, I know that having just watched Casablanca again. lol

[ransomnote]

So is this how Capt. Von Trapp felt when he knew his beautiful Austria was going to disappear forever?
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No. To me it feels like I’m watching 1000 cowards all cry out and drop into a fetal position in unison.

PSA: We are not going to become China’s slaves. That is all.

[DoodleBob]

Indeed...I look to MacArthur and his departure/escape from Corregidor. It was clear the Island would fall to the Japanese, and MacArthur announced that he and his family intended to "share the fate of the garrison".

Roosevelt knew better, and while Ike had his misgivings - "I cannot help thinking that we are disturbed by editorials and reacting to 'public opinion' rather than to military logic." - FDR's effective Chief of Staff was "certain we must get MacArthur out, as being worth 'five Army corps' ".

So MacArthur escaped.

To Joseph Goebbels, MacArthur was a "fleeing general", while Benito Mussolini labeled him a coward. Sound familiar?

FDR issued a public statement saying I know that every man and woman in the United States admires with me General MacArthur's determination to fight to the finish with his men in the Philippines. But I also know that every man and woman is in agreement that all important decisions must be made with a view toward the successful termination of the war. Knowing this, I am sure that every American, if faced individually with the question as to where General MacArthur could best serve his country, could come to only one answer.

So....is it wise, to give up on everything when the going gets tough, and accept as fate the fall of the American experiment? Shall we be lectured to by putzes like Twitter, FB et al, and just wait for TEOTWAWKI?

I think Mac would recommend we give it our all, and if we are surrounded, then we escape/regroup. In our case we needn't resort to bullets. While the enemies of life, liberty and property may have landed a sucker punch, we can outthink, outmaneuver, outsmart and overcome these jackwagons.

As for Mac, we know how THAT ended...

[locofoco]

No, if Hillary won in 2016 then yes.

We have the SC and the state legislatures. Even if they hate Trump, this movement isn’t about Trump. It is about something bigger. The smoke will clear in late January.

The dems overplayed their hand and are desperate.

There only chance is to cheat. And they cheated in states with Republican legislatures stupid stupid move. The next two years will be interesting. Even golden boy newsom will be recalled.

Twitter and Facebook are irrelevant. Alternatives to all liberal controls continue to be innovated and established.

30 years ago it was only Rush on one station on AM 3 hours a day. The Soviet Union was still a thing as was the wall. Ted Kennedy was still a gas bag.

We are winning in the long run, ever forward.

[diverteach]

Don’t be a dam surrender monkey. Too many here are like the dam Hebrews that watched God perform miracle after miracle even so much as walking free from Egypt yet still didn’t trust in the Lord.

[madison10]

No. We will be South Africa.

[TheDon]

I agree with your sentiments.

[ransomnote]

No. We will be South Africa.

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Who’s “we”? Count me out of your plans for servitude.

[Any Fate But Submission]

There is still hope. Look at this post. Trump will force 6 state legislators under Martial Law to choose delegates according to the Constitution. They choose Trump or Biden, but they are obligated to constituents to choose Trump. This after a long EAS to every TV, radio, computer and phone in the US to get the truth out. Big Tech cannot censor.

https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-constitutional-attorney-says-pence-congress-violated-constitution-trump-can-use-eas-to-circumvent-censorship/

[stanne]

Oy. Vey.

Austria v USA?

[Starcitizen]

The Free American States will rise again. Texas, you know what to do..,

[laplata]

And especially Quisling RINOs.

[KTM rider]

I hear you and feel the same way, just about everyone around me feels the same way

Everyone is about to snap and have ideas of what is happening and believe they are being lied to. But the politicians have no clue about the percentage of the population who wants to .....well nevermind ...nuff said

[Political Junkie Too]

I think he was just angry that the mailman was doing his daughter.

-PJ

[Hoosier-Daddy]

I’m not down but I do hear where you’re coming from

[AnxiouslyWaiting]

Nicely done. Lol

[PureConservatism]

This is nonsense.

Conservatism has never been stronger. The Republicans got more African-American voters this past election than ever before. Did you forget about the African-American unemployment we’ve enjoyed the past 4 years?

The stock market has NEVER been higher. The good ol’ USA has millions of immigrants every single year coming here to become Americans and be free and participate in the economy.

If America is so bad, why would we have the highest immigration levels EVER? Why would more African-Americans vote Republican than ever before?

[olivia3boys]

I’m very, very hopeful about the fact that Trump got almost 50% of the Latino vote. I’m in CA.

Note the new CA senator is Latino and the new Secretary of Education is a Latino. It’s the rise of the Latino, since now they are a force and not wedded to one party and can’t be taken for granted. And they are the future—they have lots of babies.

Like many conservatives, Latinos are churchgoing, own or work for small businesses, have big families, have conservative values, and aren’t as fond of the left as many think. I think Trump got the majority of the Latino vote in FL. Certainly Latino men are now GOP (Trump).

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

“The GOP-E types remind me of the young Nazi boyfriend who betrays them in the Church.”

It was shocking. Republican politicians and bureaucrats stabbing their president in the back when they should have been defending him. I found the disloyalty hard to process.