tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post114826503354734370..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Politics: Rudyard Kipling in New Orleans.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148863604581561152006-05-28T20:46:00.000-04:002006-05-28T20:46:00.000-04:00"Holy State or Holy King-Or holy People's Will-Hav..."Holy State or Holy King-<BR/><BR/>Or holy People's Will-<BR/><BR/>Have no truck with the senseless thing.<BR/><BR/>Order the guns and kill!"<BR/><BR/>From McDonagh's song, another good Kipling poem. My wife swears she will have it engraved on my tombstone.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148448170822943392006-05-24T01:22:00.000-04:002006-05-24T01:22:00.000-04:00brilliant!brilliant!phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148443963239762182006-05-24T00:12:00.000-04:002006-05-24T00:12:00.000-04:00I value this poem so much, I've made it's 5th stan...I value this poem so much, I've made it's 5th stanza(quoted by Marc) my signature line on THR.org.<BR/><BR/>It is almost painfully embarrassing to see renewed proof of our fellow Americans' inability to learn from history, and thus be condemned to repeat it.<BR/><BR/>"By their fruits you shall know them..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148348093607731332006-05-22T21:34:00.000-04:002006-05-22T21:34:00.000-04:00I love to Kipple.Check out this one....The Grave o...I love to Kipple.<BR/><BR/>Check out this one....<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wargames.co.uk/Poems/Grave.htm" REL="nofollow">The Grave of the Hundred Dead</A>trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864994498681719476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148318582155847962006-05-22T13:23:00.000-04:002006-05-22T13:23:00.000-04:00The government, since the '60's, has rewarded inco...The government, since the '60's, has rewarded incompetence and irresponsibility.<BR/> Its called welfare.<BR/>The government, since the '70's, has used racism instead of ability as a system<BR/>of reward.<BR/> Its called affirmative action.<BR/>The government, since the '80's, has placed a 'one-way emphasis' on certain crimes,<BR/>and by extension, has de-emphasised exactly similiar crimes, based on race or sexual preference.<BR/> Its called 'hate crimes'<BR/>The government, since the '90's, has destroyed the result-based value system, instead determining worthiness by race or sex.<BR/> This is called 'Politically Correct'<BR/>The government, in hurricane Katrina, showed a remarkable willingness to punish the<BR/>prepared, reward the incompetent, ignore the corrupt and blame the innocent.<BR/> This is called MadnessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148273589448688022006-05-22T00:53:00.000-04:002006-05-22T00:53:00.000-04:00They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the ...<EM>They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.<BR/>But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,<BR/>And the Gods of the Copybook Heading said: "Stick to the Devil you know."</EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com