"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
No, Washington’s horse is not smoking. It was cold at Valley Forge…
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Ah, now I understand the inspiration of the last post 🙂 It’s a horse’s front end in the top picture blowing steam in the cold, and a horse’s back end blowing smoke in the bottom picture.
*heh* Perri, I don’t see how I missed your comment earlier, but you may be giving more credit than I deserve. But the previous post was an inspiration for this one, as I contemplated putting up a picture of the asshat now living in the White Cafe-au-lait House (“Cafe-au-lait” here being a euphemism for “dung-spattered”).
Well, TF, it’s much more flattering than he deserves. At least I ,put him on the same page as a great president. (Not that Washington was without flaws of his own. I do hold the Whiskey Rebellion and the way it was handled against him a tad… Still, on a 1-10 scale of greatness, with Washington meriting a well-deserved 9, The 0! would rate in negative numbers. )
Ah, now I understand the inspiration of the last post 🙂 It’s a horse’s front end in the top picture blowing steam in the cold, and a horse’s back end blowing smoke in the bottom picture.
*heh* Perri, I don’t see how I missed your comment earlier, but you may be giving more credit than I deserve. But the previous post was an inspiration for this one, as I contemplated putting up a picture of the asshat now living in the
WhiteCafe-au-lait House (“Cafe-au-lait” here being a euphemism for “dung-spattered”).That’s not very flattering to say about the commenter in chief.
Well, TF, it’s much more flattering than he deserves. At least I ,put him on the same page as a great president. (Not that Washington was without flaws of his own. I do hold the Whiskey Rebellion and the way it was handled against him a tad… Still, on a 1-10 scale of greatness, with Washington meriting a well-deserved 9, The 0! would rate in negative numbers. )