Posted on 11/15/2010 10:22:04 AM PST by Nachum
President Obama's picture book for kids, Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (Knopf, $17.99), pays tribute to 13 Americans whose traits he sees in his own children.
The 31-page book, for kids ages 3 and up, is filled with lyrical questions for Malia, 12, and Sasha, 9, opening with, "Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?"
The book, out Tuesday, is illustrated with Loren Long's paintings of the Obama girls and their dog, Bo, as well as the 13 famous Americans as kids and grown-ups.
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Native Americans...weren't Americans.
You win.
Although....I know plenty who would very much disagree.
Question....at what point in time do you see Native American's being thought of as "citizens of America"?
“Stands with Limp Wrist”
"Walking Eagle" comes to mind... (Designates at bird so 'full of crap' he couldn't possibly get off the ground...)
the infowarrior
Heh, heh.
GMTA.
They probably should have ordered him to arrest or shoot the white squatters, which was not politically palitable.
Was that the only battle that he excelled in?
How about “Sitting Bullsh*t?
No relation or offense to Sitting Bull.
Flying Eagle, Running Deer and Crazy Horse are typical Indian names portraying majesty, stamina and strength.
“Pooping Dog” would be a good one for BO, commensurate with Indian custom of naming the individual after an animal which embodies the individual’s most prominent characteristic.
George Armstrong Custer was arguably one of the worst men ever to wear the uniform of an American Army officer. He got his head handed to him at the Battle of the Bighorn. And by every objective military standard he deserved to. It’s just a shame the men of the 7th. Cav. had to pay the price as well.
I doubt that any Indians involved in that massacre of American GIs was a citizen, although by then some Indians were, most Indians were by 1924, and 100% were by 1940.
In reality, George Armstrong Custer was the finest Cavalry Officer that the US Army ever produced. The fact that he had the poor luck to be killed along with his men is what has allowed the survivors to heap all of the blame for the disaster on him, when in fact he was poorly served by a number of Officers in his command, and arguably, had they chosen to vigorously support Custer, the disaster at Little Big Horn might well have gone very differently.
And it was still Crazy Horse, not Sitting Bull, who led the attack on Custer.
But I get it.
No worries..
Thanks-
Have you ever read a bio of the man? I’d suggest you do. He was horrible. By todays standards he’d never have been made an officer and on any one number of occasions his conduct would have had him court-martialed. Had he survived the Bighorn he would have been.
On the other hand, he may have helped win the Civil War when his forces collided with Jeb Stuart's cavalry near Gettysburg, preventing them from hitting the back of the US line on Missionary Ridge at the same time Pickett's Charge was hitting the front.
Noticed your connection to American Indians in another thread. Figured this one might interest you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer
On May 24, 1862, during the pursuit of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston up the Peninsula, when Gen. Barnard and his staff were reconnoitering a potential crossing point on the Chickahominy River, they stopped and Custer overheard his commander mutter to himself, "I wish I knew how deep it is." Custer dashed forward on his horse out to the middle of the river and turned to the astonished officers of the staff and shouted triumphantly, "That's how deep it is, Mr General!" Custer then was allowed to lead an attack with four companies of the 4th Michigan Infantry across the Chickahominy River above New Bridge. The attack was successful, resulting in the capture of 50 Confederates seizing the first Confederate battle flag of the war...
In his first command, Custer affected a showy, personalized uniform style that alienated his men, but he won them over with his readiness to lead attacks (a contrast to the many officers who would hang back, hoping to avoid being hit); his men began to adopt elements of his uniform, especially the red neckerchief. Custer distinguished himself by fearless, aggressive actions in some of the numerous cavalry engagements that started off the campaign, including Brandy Station and Aldie...
Custer's style of battle was often claimed to be reckless or foolhardy, but military planning was always the basis of every Custer "dash". As Marguerite Merrington explains in The Custer Story in Letters, "George Custer meticulously scouted every battlefield, gauged the enemies weak points and strengths, ascertained the best line of attack and only after he was satisfied was the 'Custer Dash' with a Michigan yell focused with complete surprise on the enemy in routing them every time."
It's notable that Custer failed to the the last at Little Big Horn, likely because of his contempt of the Indians as a fighting force. It was clearly a fatal mistake.
On Custer: “I’m only too proud to say that I despised him’’. Fredrick William Benteen, Captain, 7th. Cavalry.
Stuart damn near won for on his own for us being awol on Lee for a good part of the battle.
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