The FReeper Foxhole Reviews "The Myth of the 5 Dead Rebel Generals" - October 30th, 2004

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[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Aeronaut. Hope your travels were pleasant.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for the "fall back" reminder.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Humal.

Thanks so much for your encouraging words. Everytime we hear about our threads being used for teaching it makes us extremely proud of what we do here.

[snippy_about_it]

General Hood was all guts, no brains, I'm afraid.

He didn't always seem to be that way, but in war it only takes once if you're not on the ball. From what I've learned here in the Foxhole I expect his failure at Franklin had to do with his downhill spiral after the loss of his limbs and the pain he was in.

For Hood to have gone on commanding was both worthy and at the same time sad because he put the troops at risk and they all paid dearly.

[alfa6]

I have run across some "chatter" regards that website on a couple of the aviation newsgroups. Cutthroat and addicitng would be two of the main comments as I recall.

I will have to see if I can reactivate some memory banks to be more specific.

PS don't hold your breath :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Tax-chick]

I should have added "in this case"! Earlier in the war, and at a lower level of command, Hood's single-minded aggressiveness was useful. Have you read James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead? General Hood has a very interesting role!

Jefferson Davis' selection of leaders in the West was such a disaster from start to finish!

[Samwise]

Thanks!

***marking for hubby***

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[snippy_about_it]

Howdy back atcha!

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning feather.

[snippy_about_it]

I should have added "in this case"!

I knew you knew that! Thanks for the book recommendation, the title makes it sound very interesting.

[The Mayor]

October 30, 2004

You Won't Get Away With It!

Read: Galatians 6:1-9

Our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. —Isaiah 59:12

Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 20-21; 2 Timothy 4

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A group of students at Renaissance High School in Detroit decided to cut classes to attend a rock concert in Hart Plaza. They felt they had gotten away with it, but the next day when The Detroit News appeared on the newsstand, it carried a color photo of the concert—right there on the front page. And who was in that picture? That's right—the delinquent students of Renaissance High, easily recognizable by anyone.

The Bible teaches that we cannot hide our iniquities. Oh, we may be able to cover them up for a while and even get away with them for an extended period of time. But the day will inevitably come when we must face up to them, either in this world or in the next. Paul told the Galatians, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap" (Galatians 6:7).

Perhaps you have some secret sin that you are hiding. If so, I urge you to confess and forsake it. Or maybe you are gradually being drawn into a situation that you know is wrong and you're tempted to pursue it, thinking you won't get caught. Then I plead with you to go no further. Your picture may not appear on the front page of a newspaper, but the Bible says you won't get away with it! —Dave Egner

The sinful things that we may do
Are often hid from human view,
But judgment day will bring to light
Those things that we have not made right. —D. De Haan

The seeds of wrongdoing may be sown in secret, but the crop cannot be concealed.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Neil.

That reminds me, have to get some goodies for the Trick or Treaters.

[SAMWolf]

Welcome back Aeronaut. How was the trip?

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C. We've been having the sun pop in and out all morning, it can't make up it's mind whether to be a rainy day or a sunny day.

[SAMWolf]

I've forwarded it to our U.D.C. president. We've used several of your articles for our history program over the years. Thank you for all your good information.

Thanks Humal. Now I have to get Snippy's feet back on the ground. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

History Channel just did a segment on Franklin. Tragedy is a good word. They just kept throwing troops into straight frontal attacks.

[Tax-chick]

I've been to the site, the house, the cemetery ... thinking about it makes me want to cry, but my nose would run!

[SAMWolf]

1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific)

"Halsey's bellicose slogan was 'Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill more Japs.' His 'bloodthirstiness' was not just a put-on to gain headlines. He strongly believed that by denigrating the enemy he was counteracting the myth of Japanese martial superiority . . . '

"Halsey's racial slurs made him a symbol of combative leadership, a vocal Japanese-hater . . . "

"Halsey was not an intellectual. His official reports were written in commonplace language. His speeches and private correspondence reveal that he often thought in cliches, that his vocabulary was narrow and that he had difficulty with syntax. His letters confirm his contempt for the Japanese in locker-room jargon . . . "

"Halsey had the knack of appointing extremely intelligent officers to his staff, on whom he relied for decision- making. On only rare occasions did he overrule them. 'Admiral Halsey's strongest point,' wrote a staff officer, 'was his superb leadership. While always the true professional and exacting professional performance from all subordinates, he had a charismatic effect on them which was like being touched by a a magic wand. Anyone so touched was determined to excel."

[From "Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr" by James E. Merrill]

[SAMWolf]

Morning alfa6. :-)