Tea at Trianon: Educating Nancy

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Educating Nancy

From I Love My Freedom:

Last week, Felipe Alonzo-Gomez died in U.S. custody after his father dangerously forced him to embark on a long journey from Mexico to the U.S. and then refused medical attention from American officials. In response to Alonzo-Gomez’s death — which likely could have been prevented if his father had accepted medical treatment — Pelosi slammed ICE and federal immigration officials.

Homan explained why he was so frustrated with Pelosi and brought the data to prove how wrong Pelosi is on the issue. “She is 100 percent wrong, so let me educate Ms. Pelosi. As far as crime coming across the border, ICE arrested 138,000 criminals last year. These are people that entered the country illegally and committed a crime against a citizen of this country,” he began.

He added: “Over 2,000 homicides, over 11,000 weapons violations, over 11,000, almost 12,000 sexual assault crimes and sexual crimes. So crime does come across that border. The didn’t just miraculously appear in the United States. They entered the country illegally.” Homan said that also applies to migrants bringing diseases across the border, noting that ICE screens for TB, chicken pox, measles, lice, and other diseases.

“I remember a case two years ago where a man had a strain of TB we couldn’t even treat,” Homan said. “We had to work with the CDC, the Texas Department of Health to try to find a way to treat this gentleman so we kept him locked up for months at great taxpayer expense.” Homan also encouraged Pelosi to examine the data for ICE arresting MS-13 gang members and fentanyl-laced drug confiscations. (Read more.)

julygirl said...: Many illegals are picked up in my area of the country, (and this is probably true for other areas), for driving without a license, even driving big rigs without a license and proper training. So what this says is that American businesses are 'aiding and abetting' illegal immigrants.; January 5, 2019 at 10:08:00 AM EST