When we are confronted by an esteemed scholar, a man with his sensitive fingers right on the pulse of history, we are obliged to listen. It would be sacrilegious, not to say graceless, to fail to do so.
[I strongly refute any suggestion that I have been paid by the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee to promote this video]
I hadn’t seen that before Tony - fantastic! Americans fighting Americans does seem to be his thing although never uphill of course…
ReplyDeleteThis is uncomfortably reminiscent of my Uncle Dennis, telling the crowd in the Snug Bar of the "Admiral Jellicoe" in Woolton Village about his adventures in the Home Guard. Dennis was never mentioned in our family after he was barred from the Bowling Club over that indecent exposure thing. Uncanny resemblance - you don't think it's AI?
DeleteWho needs history with such a concise, emotive and informing resume.........never fight uphill me boys, never fight uphill....
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Hey - I'm definitely rethinking my entire approach to tabletop warfare after this. I think I can see where I've been going wrong.
DeleteWell said, Neil! Never fight uphill!
DeleteFighting uphill - without golf buggies, too. Definitely a mistake.
DeleteAnd let us not forget this is not the first time that man has struggled to give us a history lesson. Here is his take on the American Revolution; "The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware, and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their Star Spangled Banner waved defiant."
ReplyDeleteSo remember never fight up hill and always take over the airports!!!
I am so embarrassed to be an American each and every time he opens his mouth....
Nick - I find it astonishing that the guy doesn't actually know anything at all (his niece Mary is on record as saying that he has always found reading very difficult?), but even more bewildering is the large numbers of people who seem to admire him. As what? - a former reality TV presenter? From this side of the ocean, his public persona seems a better match for Tag Wrestling than politics. And what, in Yogi Bear's name, is with all the tough expressions? Does he practise in front of the mirror? - what a hoot. My Uncle Dennis would have broken him in half.
DeleteBloody hell, what a twat!
ReplyDeleteRay - as ever, you have summed it up perfectly. I sort of hoped back in 2020 that maybe we would not have to tolerate that whiney voice any more. Ha!
DeleteWhat a thought provoking speech. I bet Lincoln is spinning in his grave at seeing his address so comprehensively trumped, I'm sure I'll never look at Gettysburg in the same way again!
ReplyDeleteIt is remarkable. I don't understand why anyone would wish to demonstrate in public that he is this dumb. Surely he must get just a faint idea of why everyone is laughing?
DeleteSuch eloquence, such a grasp of history.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he's a wargamer. He threatened 'Fire and Fury' in a speech a few years ago, but he never said if he meant the original edition or the newer regimental edition...
I saw veteran folk singer Paul Downes last night, and chatting in between songs he said said 'if Trump wins there could be a third world war, if he loses there could be a second civil war'. It's up to you, American voters.
By Jove, Paul Downes must be almost as old as me, and that's very old indeed. Interesting views on the no-win options for the US Election. Best quote on Trump I witnessed on TV recently was R De Niro, who described the Republican Nominee as a "fat moron" [expletives suppressed]. I am also concerned about DT's very obvious admiration for the methods of Al Capone.
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