If this is true, it sounds like a perfect reason why we need to clean house, just as I have been advocating. We have a saying in texas.
If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. Pointing out our past mistakes will make you no friends, but working with others to help correct the wrong, will make you lots of friends... Virgil Bierschwale http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helio W. Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 4:05 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Do you think McCain is right? " McKinley ordered the American warships sent to the Philippines at approximately the same time he sent the battleship *Maine* to Cuba and instructed the American Navy to support the Philippine rebels against their Spanish rulers. McKinley asked Congress to declare war because of the sinking of the battleship *Maine*, but we know today that the explosion occurred within the ship and, therefore, could not have been done by the Spanish. In the Philippines, the native rebels were successful in throwing off their Spanish rulers and were aided in their effort by the American Navy. Once the rebels had succeeded, McKinley ordered the American guns turned upon the rebels, murdering them in cold blood by the thousands, and snatched their islands away from them. McKinley then ruled as a military dictator without authority from Congress. Next, without any authority from Congress, he sent five thousand marines into China to help put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was an effort by the Chinese to expel foreigners from their own soil. McKinley joined with other European nations in seeking the spoils of China and sacrificed America's integrity and her right to be called a leader for freedom. " http://www.mises.org/story/2355#3 On 11/26/06, Helio W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " Lee clearly saw the North's victory as the beginning of the growth > of empire at home, the loss of freedom to Americans and the > destruction of the original ideas of our Founders. He also saw that > the domestic empire would lead to an empire abroad. Consolidation of > power into the central government is the basic premise of > collectivism, and it was the basic idea the Constitution attempted to > avoid. After the creation of the domestic American empire as a result > of the Civil War, and then after the next three decades, America > specifically repudiated its one-hundred-year old foreign policy and > initiated the Spanish-American War, allegedly to free Cuba. We now > know, however, that the original and ultimate purpose of the war was > to take the Philippine Islands away from Spain in order to provide > coaling stations for the trade with China that was considered by many American economic interests to be essential to America's expansion. " > > http://www.mises.org/story/2355#3 > > > On 11/25/06, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Get a grip. > > We'll do the same thing we've done every other time we've ran up > > against a wall. > > > > We'll invent the next fuel source, after all that's where the term > > american ingenuity comes from <grin> > > > > > > Virgil Bierschwale > > http://www.tccutlery.com > > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
