Tea at Trianon: Exclusive from General Flynn: Five Lessons I Learned

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, March 9, 2021

Exclusive from General Flynn: Five Lessons I Learned

From The Western Journal:

If America falls, where will you go? Where will you go to find another nation that provides the opportunities and individual guarantees of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Where will you find a nation whose founding documents guarantee a government of, by and for the people? Name a place that offers you and your family the same or more than our United States of America. The answer is simple: There is no such place.

In spite of our downward slide, America is still the best nation on the face of the earth. This is our land, these are our people, these are our cities, neighborhoods, and streets. This is our country. Though the battle for the soul of America is fierce before us, we cannot afford to look away in hopes of finding retreat. There will be none. Though I may sound pessimistic, I am anything but. God enabled me to endure a yearslong campaign by the left to destroy me and my family. They wanted me to serve as an example to anyone who would defy the entrenched bureaucrats of the swamp. (Read more.)

From Crisis:

Students have been told it is their job to turn in other students, and they have been taught to blame them when COVID-19 peaks. Students walk around campus looking for offenders, waiting to become heroes for “saving others.”

The truth is, college campuses have become places of fear. Conformity is the only option, and students have been recruited to make sure this is a reality.

The monster that killed Maple Street has awoken in our youth and is here to kill our freedom to think freely. The mob will win if we do not open our eyes. If we are not careful, we will allow our students to become the monster.

“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” ends with these harrowing words: “For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children…the children yet unborn.” (Read more.)

julygirl said...: I have noticed that one of the ploys of the radical-left-socialists in this country is to create a victim mentality in people. Once this takes place in a person it causes them to feel helpless, angry, intolerant and vengeful. It doesn't move the Country forward in a positive way, but most likely that is the plan.; March 9, 2021 at 11:33:00 AM EST