Tea at Trianon: Choose Wisely

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

Monday, September 16, 2024

Choose Wisely

Anyone who does not vote for Trump because he is not St. Louis IX is letting an avowed Marxist come to power in our country. Trump has done more for pro-life than any other president. From Karen Salstrom at Catholic 365:

However, there is a greater threat to our faith of which Our Lady of Fatima warned. It was around the time of the Bolshevik Revolution. Prior to this, Russia was a Christian Nation---but that was about to change. Mary warned three little shepherd children in Portugal over a series of messages of the need to pray the Rosary in order to stave off the Great Evil that would come from Russia and spread throughout the world: Communism.
In this election, you have the opportunity to stand by Mary's disdain for the worldview that replaces God with Government. On one hand is the party and candidate that wants to implement policy to edge us closer to the Communist abyss. Big government. Oppression against people of faith. Heavy taxation to fund their socialist agenda. A lax attitude regarding incoming dangers to citizens from illegals coming over the border...which plays out in an irreverence toward upholding laws.

On the other hand is the party and candidate that stands for freedom as God intends for all. Allowing those of faith to freely exercise it. Smaller, less intrusive government. Safeguards to protect the Nation from harm. And the party that has always represented true opportunity to pursue the American Dream...within the confines of law.

It is important not to be fooled by flowery speech that tickles the ear, but in fact has no real substance. It is also important to look at empty promises that lack follow through, and instead look at a candidate's history of trustworthiness. Does a candidate demonstrate that he can do what he promises? (Read more.)