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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 8, 2022, 7:04 am

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On this date in 1790, President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union Address.
FELLOW CITIZENS Of the SENATE, and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,

I EMBRACE with great satisfaction the opportunity, which now presents itself, of congratulating you on the present favourable prospects of our public affairs. The recent accession of the important state of Northcarolina to the Constitution of the United States (of which official information has been received) — the ruling credit and respectability of our country — the general and increasing good will towards the government of the union, and the concord, peace and plenty, with which we are blessed, are circumstances auspicious, in an excellent degree, to our national prosperity.

In reforming your consultations for the general good, you cannot but derive encouragement from the reflection, the measures of the last session have been as satisfactory to your constituents as the novelty and difficulty of the work allowed you to hope.— Still further to realize their expectations, and to secure the blessings which a gracious Providence has placed within our reach, will in the course of the present important session, call for the cool and deliberate exertion of your patriotism, firmness and wisdom.

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defence will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.

The proper establishment of the troops which may be deemed indispensable, will be entitled to mature consideration. In the arrangement which will be made respecting it, it will be of importance to conciliate the comfortable support of the officers and soldiers with a due regard to economy.

There was reason to hope, the pacifick measures adopted with regard to certain hostile tribes of Indians, would have relieved the inhabitants of our southern and western frontiers from their depredations. But you will perceive, from the information contained in the papers, which I shall direct to be laid before you, (comprehending a communication from the Commonwealth of Virginia) that we ought to be prepared to afford protection to those parts of the Union; and, if necessary, to punish aggressors.

The interests of the United States require, that our intercourse with other nations should be facilitated by such provisions as will enable me to fulfill my duty, in that respect, in the manner which circumstances may render most conducive to the publick good: And to this end, that the compensations to be made to the persons who may be employed, should, according to the nature of their appointments, be defined by law; and a competent fund designated for defraying the expenses incident to the conduct of our foreign affairs.

Various considerations also render it expedient, that the terms on which foreigners may be admitted to the rights of Citizens, should be speedily ascertained by a uniform rule of naturalization.

Uniformity in the currency, weights and measures of the United States, is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to.

The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home; and of facilitating the intercourse between the distant parts of our country by a due attention to the Post Office and Post Roads.

Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of publick happiness. In one, in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the community, as in our's, it is proportionately essential. To the security of a free Constitution it contributes in various ways: By convincing those who are entrusted with the publick administration, that every valuable end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people: And by teaching the people themselves to know, and to value their own rights; to discern and provide against invasions of them; to distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority; between burthens proceeding from a disregard to their convenience, and those resulting from the inevitable exigencies of society; to discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousness, cherishing the first, avoiding the last, and uniting a speedy, but temperate vigilance against encroachments, with an inviolable respect to the laws.

Whether this desirable object will be best promoted by affording aids to seminaries of learning already established, by the institution of a national university, or by any other expedients, will be well worthy of a place in the deliberations of the Legislature.

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,

I SAW with peculiar pleasure, at the close of the last session, the resolution entered into by you, expressive of your opinion, that an adequate provision for the support of the publick credit, is a matter of high importance to the national honour and prosperity. — In this sentiment, I entirely concur. — And to a perfect confidence in your best endeavors to devise such a provision as will be truly consistent with the end, I add an equal reliance on the cheerful cooperation of the other branch of the Legislature. — It would be superfluous to specify inducements to a measure in which the character and permanent interests of the United States so obviously and so deeply concerned; and which has received so explicit a sanction from your declaration.

Gentlemen of the Senate, and House of Representatives,

I HAVE directed the proper officers to lay before you respectively such papers and estimates as regards the affairs particularly recommended to your consideration, and necessary to convey to you that information of the state of the union, which it is my duty to afford.

The welfare of our country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed. — And I shall derive great satisfaction from a cooperation with you, in the pleasing though arduous task of ensuring to our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a right to expect, from a free and equal government.

George Washington, January 8, 1790


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Re: America's history

Post by Khun Paul » January 8, 2022, 7:21 am

THE last sentence has left me bemused as The citizens right to expect a Free and Equal Government has apparently been ignored recently. I wonder why, ????

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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 9, 2022, 9:24 am

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On this date in 1861, a relatively obscure event occurred where the first shots were fired in the Civil War. While most history books point to April 1861 and Fort Sumter, this event on Morris Island between cadets from the Citadel Academy and the U.S. steamer "Star of the West" occurred months before.

The cadets were attempting to prevent the steamer from reaching Fort Sumter with troops and supplies.

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Morris Island about 30 months later.

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Re: America's history

Post by Khun Paul » January 9, 2022, 9:49 am

So children ( cadets ) were used by one side to thwart in an attempt to thwart the other side. Good Parenting, goes on today, children shooting others. Wonderful country. ..................lol

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Re: America's history

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » January 9, 2022, 10:13 am

The Citadel today is a University in which the students are like Bulldogs. I don't know if it was at the time, but I am guessing it must have been a training ground for military cadets. I gather the Citadel was unsuccessful on this occasion. It is an interesting bit of history.
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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 9, 2022, 10:39 am

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
January 9, 2022, 10:13 am
I gather the Citadel was unsuccessful on this occasion. It is an interesting bit of history.
Never good to guess when you do not know. The Citadel was successful in stopping the steamer.

The Citadel also continues to train enrollees for the U.S. military just like VMI, West Point, etc.
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Re: America's history

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » January 9, 2022, 10:52 am

Well, I was right about the Citadel football team, which is known as the Bulldogs.
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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 10, 2022, 6:12 am

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On this date in 1776, Thomas Paine published his 40+ page pamphlet "Common Sense." It was that day's 'no brainer' argument in favor of rejecting British tyranny. Published six months before the American Revolution, It had a major influence on the start of independence.

For its time, Paine’s work was considered radical; but an impassioned call for freedom and the creation of an independent republican form of government. Paine attacked the monarchy and all of the arrogant and smug aristocratic institutions. Paine urged a new beginning where personal and economic freedom would be the cornerstone of the new republic.

Because it was the first to speak directly to the masses, Paine's pamphlet enjoyed over 50 editions in the first year of its publication. Paine is credited with converting thousands to the cause of American independence.

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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 15, 2022, 5:53 pm

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On this date in 2009, Chesley Sullenberger lands US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in NYC. All passengers and crew members survive in what becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"

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Described by the National Transportation Safety Board as "the most successful ditching in aviation history", US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make an exceptionally dramatic water landing in the Hudson River in New York after it struck a flock of geese following take off.

Pilot Chesley Sullenberger was widely praised for his actions in ditching the plane, in which everybody survived. The dramatic tale of the landing was portrayed in the film "Sully".

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Re: America's history

Post by Giggle » January 15, 2022, 5:57 pm

Brittles absolutely hate it when America succeed. We should immediately stop considering them our allies.
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Re: America's history

Post by stattointhailand » January 15, 2022, 6:09 pm

Declan MacPherson wrote:
January 10, 2022, 6:12 am
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On this date in 1776, Thomas Paine published his 40+ page pamphlet "Common Sense." It was that day's 'no brainer' argument in favor of rejecting British tyranny. Published six months before the American Revolution, It had a major influence on the start of independence.

For its time, Paine’s work was considered radical; but an impassioned call for freedom and the creation of an independent republican form of government. Paine attacked the monarchy and all of the arrogant and smug aristocratic institutions. Paine urged a new beginning where personal and economic freedom would be the cornerstone of the new republic.

Because it was the first to speak directly to the masses, Paine's pamphlet enjoyed over 50 editions in the first year of its publication. Paine is credited with converting thousands to the cause of American independence.

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If he was alive today he would have looked around and asked for a time machine to go back and unwrite it :lol:

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Re: America's history

Post by Declan MacPherson » January 17, 2022, 11:04 am

Giggle wrote:
January 15, 2022, 5:57 pm
Brittles absolutely hate it when America succeed. We should immediately stop considering them our allies.
The government is not an ally. That is certain.

Many in the EU cannot be trusted either. One need only look at the trade imbalance, but that is only a small part.

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Re: America's history

Post by stattointhailand » January 17, 2022, 11:26 am

America and Britain don't trust each other
America and EU dont trust each other
America and Mexico dont trust each other
America and Canada dont trust each other
America and Russia dont trust each other
America and China dont trust each other

Anybody seeing some sort of pattern developing?

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Re: America's history

Post by jackspratt » January 17, 2022, 11:36 am

stattointhailand wrote:
January 17, 2022, 11:26 am

Anybody seeing some sort of pattern developing?
Yep - half of America doesn't trust the other half. :-s

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Re: America's history

Post by Khun Paul » January 17, 2022, 11:47 am

Yep 23.7$ of the worlds pop;ulation, do not trust the other 76 odd % .ใ Ain't life a bitch for those 23.7 %

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Re: America's history

Post by GT93 » January 17, 2022, 12:30 pm

And the American manosphere says American men need to be very wary of American women.
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Re: America's history

Post by stattointhailand » January 17, 2022, 12:42 pm

GT93 wrote:
January 17, 2022, 12:30 pm
And the American manosphere says American men need to be very wary of American women.
Only those called Karen ........ and the odd Virginia (advisable check the birth certificate :-" )

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Re: America's history

Post by GT93 » January 17, 2022, 4:03 pm

Ha ha. I take it you're not familiar with the genre. Many (or may be it's some) presenting in the American manosphere advise against marriage or even dating. It seems dating has become more and more problematic and modern young women much more difficult to deal with than the sheilas when we were young. I wonder if there are Brits asserting this too about British sheilas.
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Re: America's history

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » January 17, 2022, 8:14 pm

stattointhailand wrote:
January 17, 2022, 11:26 am
America and Britain don't trust each other
America and EU dont trust each other
America and Mexico dont trust each other
America and Canada dont trust each other
America and Russia dont trust each other
America and China dont trust each other

Anybody seeing some sort of pattern developing?
Yes, it's called diplomacy, realpolitik. Substitute the name of the United States with any other country and you will get the same result. Try it. Use Japan, for instance, or North Korea or Australia or even New Zealand.
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Re: America's history

Post by papafarang » January 17, 2022, 8:43 pm

Laan Yaa Mo wrote:
January 17, 2022, 8:14 pm
stattointhailand wrote:
January 17, 2022, 11:26 am
America and Britain don't trust each other
America and EU dont trust each other
America and Mexico dont trust each other
America and Canada dont trust each other
America and Russia dont trust each other
America and China dont trust each other

Anybody seeing some sort of pattern developing?
Yes, it's called diplomacy, realpolitik. Substitute the name of the United States with any other country and you will get the same result. Try it. Use Japan, for instance, or North Korea or Australia or even New Zealand.
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