MMC (01-10-2022)
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison
Standing Wolf (01-10-2022)
Well that one was in here.
Its a crock. And my statement wasnt much of a Political Statement just some truth.
This just came out recently. The Indepth reporting by Julie Kelly made the Lame Stream Media look like the Democrats tools that they are.....snip~
The Book did just come out recently. And Kelly scooped the entire Lame Stream Media. Wherein she did show all the Bias of the Lame Stream Media with what they did report.
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Dogs will mark their territory. The small yappy ones appear to be the most obsessed with doing so. And they could care less if they damage or even ruin something in the process.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
bdtex (01-14-2022)
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
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bdtex (01-14-2022),Collateral Damage (01-14-2022),Standing Wolf (01-10-2022)
My reading really fell off in 2020 and 2021. I only read 2 books in 2021. One of my goals for 2022 is to get back to my average of 12-15 books a year, if not more. I am 2/3 into "A Civil War Journey: The Letters of John W. Brendel". He was a Corporal in the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry. The author, Justin T. Mayhue, is a Park Ranger and Battlefield Guide at Antietam NMP.
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DGUtley (01-14-2022)
Mariano Azuela (Author), Sergio Waisman (Editor, Translator), The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution. Blurbed as "the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century."
Maybe it's the translation but it reads like someone describing an old play. Once you get used to it, it's a good read. As a novel it tells the story of Demetrio Macia, forced to join the revolution, becoming a general in Villa's army, only to become disillusioned with the cause.
The Revolution is the same told in Carlos Fuentes (Author), Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), The Old Gringo. The rebels are mostly bandits and outlaws who fight the federales who protect the rich and all the while it's the poor who suffer as various armies take and rampage and loot their towns. I don't think Mexico has changed much from that scenario.
Oh, also read Jack Schaefer's Shane, a delightful Western much like the movie.
Next in line Joe R. Lansdale's Paradise Sky, recommended by @Standing Wolf[/i]. The first paragraph is quite humorous.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler