Tea at Trianon: Obama in Brazil

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

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Obama in Brazil

Why is Obama in a foreign country lying about our gun laws? Gun laws change from state to state. Can he ever say anything good about America? From The Washington Times:

Former President Barack Obama told a crowd in Brazil on Thursday that the gun laws in his own country “don’t make much sense.” Speaking at the VTEX DAY digital innovation convention in Sao Paulo, Mr. Obama said the “most difficult day” during his two-term presidency was the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 elementary students and six staff members were gunned down. “My daughters were only a little bit older than these young children that had been shot, and I had to go and comfort the parents. And some of you may be aware our gun laws in the United States don’t make much sense. Anybody can buy any weapon any time,” Mr. Obama said to a round of an applause, according to videos taken at the event. (Read more.)

From Townhall:

When it comes to spewing anti-gun trash, there is no better salesman than the Democratic Party. Since 2012, Democrats have swing far to the left on the issue of gun control. We have 2020 candidates who are straight up peddling confiscation, bans, and a nauseatingly stupid talking point circling around so-called “military-style” rifles. It’s the same old game, but former President Barack Obama took the level of stupid to a new level in Brazil, where he said you could buy machine guns over the Internet. And this was a man who swore to uphold our laws for eight years. He doesn’t even know the basics of the National Firearms Act (via Washington Examiner)...(Read more.)

From Explain Life:

Why is Obama so boldly lying about US gun laws? No, not anyone can buy a “machine gun” anytime. I notice, over and over, that left-wing politicians have to lie about the premise of an issue in order to bolster their case for government intervention. It poisons public debate. (Read more.)