GOOD MORNING MEGHAN! Best wishes for your continued happiness, and many blessings on your marriage. English, Holland, and I wish your family well!
Meghan is Frank’s beautiful daughter. The proud father is traveling to Florida for this joyous family occasion. Travel safely, Frank!
“On balance, he‘s a better person to be attorney general.”
–Representative Nancy Pelosi (D. Ca.), endorsing Virginia Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones, a man who fantasizes about murdering his political opponents. Also, a convicted criminal.
The Democrat Party is the party of violence. If they lose power, if they do not get their way politically, they will resort to violence, including murder, to achieve their objectives. The Democrat Party are the real fascists and authoritarians.
Monday is Columbus Day (observed). It is NOT “Indigenous Peoples Day”, no matter what officials in D.C., Alexandria, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and San Francisco proclaim. IT. IS. COLUMBUS DAY.
As every child knows, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ocean blue”. It was a bold expedition, taken at a time when many believed the Earth to be flat, in an attempt to find a western route to India. Instead of landing in India, Columbus arrived at an island that is now part of the Bahamas. He discovered the “New World”, lands previously unknown to the “Old World”.
The significance of Columbus’s voyages cannot be understated. He opened up the America’s to European exploration and colonization, a process which naturally resulted in the establishment of, first, the Jamestown Colony, and eventually, the 13 English colonies and the United States of America.
By contrast, the “indigenous peoples” (aka Indians), accomplished . . . nothing. The Observations is not being harsh in noting that the Indian tribes were savages. They practiced human sacrifices, practiced slavery, worshipped pagan idols, engaged in endless wars with other tribes, raping women and scalping and murdering enemy prisoners, and figuratively speaking, raped the land, as they had no knowledge of conservation and wise land stewardship. They were uneducated nomads, barely subsisting. They established no societies or countries. They were squatters on unsettled continents.
Now if this edition of The Observations were to leak to the usual suspects, no doubt I would be burned at the stake by the outraged mob. Just like the indigenous peoples would have done all those years ago. But that the American Taliban would inflict such a crime would not change history. Facts are facts. And it is a fact that Columbus was a consequential man who accomplished great things. Monday we celebrate Christopher Columbus.
You realize, of course, that if our public schools still taught history, all Americans would know this. But . . . .
President Trump signed a Columbus Day proclamation, praising the “Admiral of the Seas”. That is what American Presidents used to do.
One hundred fifty five (155) years ago this coming Sunday [October 12], Robert Edward Lee died of pneumonia. Over the previous 5 years, General Lee had transitioned into President Lee, leading the struggling Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, and placing it on solid ground. Having spurned the many lucrative offers from businesses all over the United States following the conclusion of The Late Unpleasantness, Robert E. Lee accepted the offer from Washington College’s Board of Trustees to become its president. For the next 5 years, Robert E. Lee worked tirelessly at improving the school devastated by the War, attracting students from the entire country, as well as donors interested in supporting the school. He founded the College’s law and journalism schools, created the Honor System, and built what was known as Lee Chapel (until The American Taliban struck in 2022). Upon his death, President Lee was buried beneath the Chapel, adjacent to his office, which remains today as he left it 154 years ago.
Robert E. Lee is best known for his leadership during The Late Unpleasantness. But his greatest legacy and effect is that which he had on “his boys”, the students that matriculated and attended Washington College, and those who came after to Washington & Lee University. We, “his boys”, all aspire to replicate his example, knowing all the time we shall fall far short.
Robert E. Lee was a great American, a great Virginian, and a great man. We can all take a lesson from the example he set while on this Earth. R. I. P.
You realize, of course, that if our public schools still taught history, all Americans would know this. But . . . .
The federal government being shut down, it is not releasing economic data. But into this void, private companies are stepping in, and releasing economic data, far more accurate than that of the federal government. Super! So why exactly do we need federal agencies to exist to provide this data, when the private sector can do it better and cheaper?
The United States Court of Appeals paused a Portland, Oregon federal district judge’s order preventing the federalization and deployment of the National Guard in that city, in order to execute federal law. The Court of Appeals allowed the federalization of the National Guard, but did not permit its deployment pending further review. The district judge’s ruling is going to be overturned. It was always incorrect, as a matter of law.
The Washington Post published an article about “Lavender relationships”, where a homosexual is married to a heterosexual. The article prattles on how this is the new thing. Sigh. Just when I thought it was safe to read the Post again.
“My wife [fellow Pride Kel-So co-founder Shaina Dreyson] and I both grew up in Keller and had no idea for the longest time that there’s such a huge LGBTQ+ community within Keller despite this area being so conservative. We didn’t have any visibility here, but now we’re providing it to the community . . . It was very beautiful and we’re still processing how incredible the festival was.”
–Pride Festival co-founder April Dreyson. April thinks that she is married. She is not.
In Keller, Texas, St. Martin-In-The-Fields Episcopal Church hosted a “Pride Festival”. They wanted to hold it close to “National Coming Out Day.” Lovely.
It is one thing for a church to be open to sinners. For we are all sinners. It is quite another for a church to celebrate sin. And in this case, St. Martin-In-The-Fields celebrated 2 sins, pride and homosexuality. Sigh. No wonder the pews are empty on Sundays. And every other day.
Sonoma County, California is instituting a mask mandate in anticipation of the upcoming flu season. Hmmmm. Ordinary citizens must wear a mask, but ICE agents are [presumbably] banned from wearing masks. Fascinating.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D.) bloviated on and on about “climate change”, and the dangers it posed to Californians. As one of his examples, he cited the Pacific Palisades fire. Uh, Governor Hair Gel? THe Pacific Palisades fire was started intentionally by a man. “Climate change” had nothing to do with it.
And not just any man. It seems that the suspect in the Pacific Palisades fire is an environmental extremist, a “climate change” activist, and . . . a Democrat. Go figure.
Pro-Hamas agitators rioted in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, resulting in property destruction, injuries, and arrests. Apparently the terrorist supporters do not care for President Trump’s proposed peace deal.
The Wall Street Journal ran a hit piece on UNC head football coach Bill Belichick, speculating that he would not last the season. Huh. As a reminder, I am no fan of Bill Belichick. But it seems a bit harsh to blame Carolina’s faltering season entirely on him. After all, there is Jordan Hudson. And Mack Brown. And the fickle fans who are always ready to declare a basketball season over if the team loses to UVA. No, Bill Belichick finishes the season, and he will return next season. Maybe by then UNC fans will have learned a little patience.
The New York Yankees are out of the MLB playoffs, and that hurts Robert. Which makes me angry. Right now I hate the Yankees.
The Seattle Mariners are still in it. Win for Nathan!
Susan Newman, actress and daughter of actor Paul Newman, has died at age 72. R. I. P.
Joan Kennedy, beleaguered wife of Senator Edward Kennedy, has died at age 89. R. I. P.
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