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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 3, 2011 22:13:36 GMT -5
...perfect for the party... Palin flubs explanation of Paul Revere’s ride Read the article 'Palin flubs explanation of Paul Revere’s ride' on the news blog the Upshot on Yahoo! News. Sarah Palin is a divisive figure. But no matter ... news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110603/od_yblog_upshot/...
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 3, 2011 22:19:43 GMT -5
she said he was riding around town telling the British Americans wanted freedom LOL!! ;D unbelievable....
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 22:21:20 GMT -5
...perfect for the party... Palin flubs explanation of Paul Revere’s ride Read the article 'Palin flubs explanation of Paul Revere’s ride' on the news blog the Upshot on Yahoo! News. Sarah Palin is a divisive figure. But no matter ... news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110603/od_yblog_upshot/... So what your hero Obama doesn't know the proper pronounciation for the term "corpsman"...or know the proper protocol for saluting, or toasting the Queen of England .. And most of us would be too embarassed or have too much pride to makes some of the stupid comments he makes about his rivals or about republicans.
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 3, 2011 22:29:41 GMT -5
Sure ;D
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Post by cereb on Jun 3, 2011 22:31:46 GMT -5
The really funny part was her talking about Paul Revere "hanging out" at the old North Church. Priceless.
Can you say...bimbo?
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 22:36:51 GMT -5
The really funny part was her talking about Paul Revere "hanging out" at the old North Church. Priceless. Can you say...bimbo? Hey she screws up a lot so what?? Is she in the same league as Joe Biden when it comes to screw ups or gaffs?? You be the judge..but Joe is pretty good at screwing up and his boss keeps him at a distance just to prevent another "big f******* deal" again..or falling asleep during a presidential speech.. I Can you say...bimbo? Yes and can you say "laughing all the way to the bank with her whatver it is...spin, hype, BS or whatever??
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 3, 2011 22:39:25 GMT -5
Sarah Palin: "He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and, um, making sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were going to be secure and we were going to be free."
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Post by lakhota on Jun 3, 2011 22:43:17 GMT -5
Yikes, that video gives me the willies.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 3, 2011 22:43:53 GMT -5
It is called rewriting history to suit your purposes...I guess??
I don't think there is any there, there with this one...or not that big a deal that our resident Sarah haters are trying to make it out to be..
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Post by lakhota on Jun 3, 2011 22:58:30 GMT -5
Sarah Palin: "He who warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms by ringing those bells and, um, making sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were going to be secure and we were going to be free." Ole Paul was a busy boy on that horse; lantern in one hand, gun in the other, bells in the other. Oh, wait, how many hands did Paul have. I wonder how he reloaded that musket...? Anyway, Paul was obviously very agile.
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 3, 2011 23:09:26 GMT -5
Yup, lotsa people making money off the chumps....
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Post by b2r on Jun 3, 2011 23:27:18 GMT -5
Someone should ask her how many states there are.
Number of States Fail
Has anyone seen my teleprompter?
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Post by lakhota on Jun 3, 2011 23:29:23 GMT -5
Aw, now we're supposed to switch to Obama... how nice...
Oh, how about a "Santorum"...?
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Post by lakhota on Jun 3, 2011 23:35:06 GMT -5
Palin caught writing on her hand again.
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Post by b2r on Jun 3, 2011 23:52:36 GMT -5
Obama FAIL. Pronounces "corpsman", "corpse man" I see dead people!
Occidental, Columbia and Harvard, ok.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Jun 3, 2011 23:52:51 GMT -5
Paul Revere's Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm."
Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend through alley and street Wanders and watches, with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church, By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,-- By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!" A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay,-- A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse's side, Now he gazed at the landscape far and near, Then, impetuous, stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns.
A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
It was twelve by the village clock When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer's dog, And felt the damp of the river fog, That rises after the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, black and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadow brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled,--- How the farmers gave them ball for ball, >From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm,--- A cry of defiance, and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo for evermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
When I was in school, I had to memorize this! (I just copied and pasted it here, in the decades since then, I've forgotten most of it ~ but I still recall the basics!)
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Jun 3, 2011 23:57:25 GMT -5
Obama had a couple of brain farts. Everyone does. Palin is a know nothing RW product.
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Post by b2r on Jun 4, 2011 0:16:48 GMT -5
I guess she should carry cards with her speeches on them.
Obama Failed Toast To Queen During National Anthem
What, you people don't allow teleprompters in here?
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Post by lakhota on Jun 4, 2011 0:24:52 GMT -5
hello fromWarsaw, I'm sorry your thread is being hijacked.
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Post by b2r on Jun 4, 2011 0:27:53 GMT -5
Oh, how about a "Santorum"...? No thanks!
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Post by EVT1 on Jun 4, 2011 3:33:34 GMT -5
Right- she knows nothing- why is she relevant at all?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2011 5:18:36 GMT -5
I'm assuming that this post means that Palin knows nothing about the poem about Paul Revere's ride. The poem wasn't based on the true history of what happened. Dawes actually rode farther as I remember it before being caught.
Before I went on & on about someone not knowing history (or in this case, a inaccurate poem) I would probably bring up that she (or he) was educated in a liberal school system where the main aim is that people feel good about themselves rather than actually being taught something (or being required to be able to read to graduate). I'm kind of surprised that nobody pointed that out but I assume that you all feel good about yourselves. Just my thoughts.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 4, 2011 5:39:50 GMT -5
Obama had a couple of brain farts. Everyone does. Palin is a know nothing RW product. Ok but if all and I mean all of my old buds had a choice to have dinner with Sarah Palin or with Barrack Obama which one do you think they would all choose?? Here's a hint she wears glasses and was the governor of Alaska..
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Post by vonnie6200 on Jun 4, 2011 7:52:35 GMT -5
Obama had a couple of brain farts. Everyone does. Palin is a know nothing RW product. Ok but if all and I mean all of my old buds had a choice to have dinner with Sarah Palin or with Barrack Obama which one do you think they would all choose?? Here's a hint she wears glasses and was the governor of Alaska.. I know for sure who would be my preferred companion on a camp out.
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Post by upstatemom on Jun 4, 2011 7:53:56 GMT -5
I'm assuming that this post means that Palin knows nothing about the poem about Paul Revere's ride. The poem wasn't based on the true history of what happened. Dawes actually rode farther as I remember it before being caught. Before I went on & on about someone not knowing history (or in this case, a inaccurate poem) I would probably bring up that she (or he) was educated in a liberal school system where the main aim is that people feel good about themselves rather than actually being taught something (or being required to be able to read to graduate). I'm kind of surprised that nobody pointed that out but I assume that you all feel good about yourselves. Just my thoughts.
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Post by vonnie6200 on Jun 4, 2011 7:54:34 GMT -5
Love the poem Molly - I only has to memorize the first couple of stanzas.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 4, 2011 7:57:31 GMT -5
Betcha there's a person that knows a whole lot less about America and our history- the Bamster.
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Post by upstatemom on Jun 4, 2011 8:15:13 GMT -5
Betcha there's a person that knows a whole lot less about America and our history- the Bamster.
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Post by privateinvestor on Jun 4, 2011 8:26:40 GMT -5
I like Sarah's daughter Pipper who is cute especially when she tries to protect her Mom from the press who only want to demonize this lady...
There's an old Irish Quote.........."Any Man who likes to constantly denounce a Woman is NOT much of a Man."..
So if your thing is to demonize or denounce this lady then maybe you ought to get a life..IMHO..
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Post by cereb on Jun 4, 2011 8:49:24 GMT -5
"Before I went on & on about someone not knowing history (or in this case, a inaccurate poem) I would probably bring up that she (or he) was educated in a liberal school system where the main aim is that people feel good about themselves rather than actually being taught something (or being required to be able to read to graduate). I'm kind of surprised that nobody pointed that out but I assume that you all feel good about yourselves. Just my thoughts. "
Well, I went to what some "neocons" would call a "liberal public school". So didn't most folks I grew up with. We all seem to be perfectly aware of the historical accuracy of Paul Revere. the Longfellow poem is also part of the standard curriculum for 3rd and 4th graders in this area. BTW, I graduated from college with a rather high GPA, didn't have a problem getting in and why yes, since you put it out there, i feel very good about myself. ;D
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