Posted on 03/30/2010 1:21:48 PM PDT by pogo101
Au contraire... Ellis Hennicam; Neal Gabler. And that's just from the Fox News stable of half-horses.
Juan, you silly rabbit.
and so the whitewash of history continues...
First they came for the Confederate Flag...
Then they came for the Gadsden Flag....
One needs to have a good sense of humor these days.
I thought Greta had “crossed over” after the way she was with Sarah Palin.
Didn’t know Juan was gay, but so is Shep.
Geraldo announced on an O’Reilly show that he is a registered Republican, I nearly fell out of my chair!
Although Benjamin Franklin helped create the American rattlesnake symbol, his name isn’t generally attached to the rattlesnake flag. The yellow “don’t tread on me” standard is usually called a Gadsden flag, or less commonly, a Hopkins flag.
These two individuals were mulling about Philadelphia at the same time, making their own important contributions to American history and the history of the rattlesnake flag.
Christopher Gadsden was an American patriot if ever there was one. He led Sons of Liberty in South Carolina starting in 1765, and was later made a colonel in the Continental Army. In 1775 he was in Philadelphia representing his home state in the Continental Congress. He was also one of three members of the Marine Committee who decided to outfit and man the Alfred and its sister ships.
Gadsden and Congress chose a Rhode Island man, Esek Hopkins, as the commander-in-chief of the Navy. The flag that Hopkins used as his personal standard on the Alfred is the one we would now recognize. It’s likely that John Paul Jones, as the first lieutenant on the Alfred, ran it up the gaff.
It’s generally accepted that Hopkins’ flag was presented to him by Christopher Gadsden, who felt it was especially important for the commodore to have a distinctive personal standard. Gadsden also presented a copy of this flag to his state legislature in Charleston. This is recorded in the South Carolina congressional journals:
“Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, “Don’t Tread on Me!”
The Revolutionary standard
The Gadsden flag and other rattlesnake flags were widely used during the American Revolution. There was no standard American flag at the time. People were free to choose their own banners.
Aha! So, that’s the reason why the libtards elected this clown.
He certainly doesn’t seem to have enthusiasm for the some of the talking points he is supposed to follow a lot of the time. He is like most lefties, just following the talking point agenda, whether he believes it or understands it...the just following orders mentality of the Left.
Juan doesn’t know his history. I don’t recall seeing anything like the Rattlesnake flag linked to McVeigh. If Timothy had an American Flag should that be taken to mean that all US flags be banned? What would we replace it with, the Rainbow Flag of the Gay movement?
Just proves that Juan Williams is certifiably Insane and just about as Dumb as a Rock! I always Loved and still Love the Incredious Smile that Brett Hume always gets when he is listening to another Super Stupid Comment from Juan Williams!!
ont You really mean:
“What The BIDEN!”
McVeigh and his...pals were/are islamist enablers if not pan-islamists themselves.
I saw this.
It is a common misconception that Timothy McVeigh belonged to a militia group. There is no credible evidence that he ever belonged to a militia group. McVeigh flirted with survivalism, but never joined a militia.
As Williams is normally somewhat intelligent, I am lead to believe that this smear was deliberate.
I’ve had my Gadsden sticker on the back window of my car in L.A. for well over six months now — not one time have I gotten so much as a ‘dirtyt look’ from another driver, and no flat tires, broken windows, nothing —
What I HAVE noticed is that my uber-lefty neighbors have ceased speaking — I am VERY pleased at that turn of events!
Is it possible a lot of these la-la land lefties don’t even know what the Gadsden flag is or means?
There is an argument that OBOZO is only 6.5% Black, 42% ARAB and 50% WHITE! The Missing 1.5% is gosh knows what!
I bought a Don’t Tread On Me flag and t-shirt at a Tea Party rally......the only connection I have to Timothy McVeigh is that I prayed for him in the days before his execution. I don’t belong to any white supremest anything...and I stood along side blacks at the rally. Listened to blacks speak and sing from the stage. Cheered them on, in fact. Juan is clueless as always.
No Kidding! Is GERALDO a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN? If Your answer is Yes, then I am going to fall over with the push of a Down Feather!
Now Juan being a HOMO! that explains alot about his Fruitiness and apparently Stupid Approach to most Facts!
Juan must make a Cute Couple with Bawnnie Fwank! Imagine them is Bed together! Thats a BARF TSUNAMI!!
jaun, you have every right to be a stupid racist jerk, but stop abusing it, o.k.?
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