Funny, we watched the first episode of 'America; The Story of US' a while back and the narrator made a similar comment. Something about him being known for not telling a lie, but being very deceptive as an adult.
BTW - so far I am liking that series, we have them all DVR'd. On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, Washington wasn't noble. There's an example of history being > rewritten by the victors. He was a smuggler, not an idealist. He never > chopped down a cherry tree either. There were really on a couple people > in the whole bunch I'd have called noble. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:37 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Israel attacks and kills peace activists in international > waters. > > > Just a short point. My family was kicked out of the US for being loyal > to the legitimate government at the time. The extremists forced > loyalists into concentration camps and practiced what we would call > ethnic cleansing for any community that did not support the > revolution. Even the so called noble George Washington suggested that > it not be a crime if a loyalist was killed in his house or that his > land was seized etc. He went so far to advocate tarring and feathering > any loyalist left. > > Not too far from what various extremists want to do these days to the > opposition. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
