Posted on 07/06/2005 2:10:20 PM PDT by GretchenM
I think I would have counseled against the Revolution right up to the point of no return, and then would probably have sided with home and new country and family right or starry-eyed idealist wrong.
The younger I was, the more of a rebel I would have been. So it would have depended on my age, too.
What are you doing up this late
Besides, if it was Karl - surely the MSM would have outed it before the election in 2004.
Well .. the MSM deserves all the scrutiny .. they're the ones who were lusting to damage Bush to the point they were willing to forge documents, lie, cheat, steal or "whatever it takes" to do the dirty deed.
I'm glad it has come back to bite them since it was their yowling for an investigation that stirred everything up.
"Yes I am OK can you let everyone know that on the Dose and that I will be posting it as usual tonight I am 60 miles from London so way out of harms way.
Great words by your President, our PM, the Conservative Leader Michael Howard even Ken Livinston.
See you all later tonight.
Love Eleanor"
I didn't last very long last night! I went to bed right after I posted and didn't see your reply til this morning.
Thanks for posting message on the dose much appeciated I did not have time lunch time to do that myself.
***Yes, 1776 by David McCullough would be very suitable for a 13 year old. ***
Patti, thanks for the answer above. My grandson is in public school and I've been researching for a book that would tell the truth about our history, so far w/o any good result. I'll order it today.
1776 doesn't gloss up our history.
But it does cause the author to conclude (during an interview) not in the book, that it was a miracle we won the war.
It also gives one a good idea how the average soldier suffered to defend and insure the improvement of the government of his country during that time, and how much we owe them for sticking it out during the "times that try men's souls."
It makes one realize that a gift like that ... from Providence and from such individual sacrifices by so many...should not be treated lightly.
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