Originally Posted by
Cecil
Here's one of my favorite for you armchair quarterbacks....
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(Paris Sorbonne,1910)
Man,,, I'm going to have to borrow this one. Love the "Armchair Quarterbacks" nickname... def have to use that one...
I couldn't agree more, brother. There definitely is plenty of "propaganda" to support views in favor & against many important events that have defined this great nation. And I can't for the life of me understand how all the negative ones are so widely accepted as the truth.
It's baffling really, that a native born would be so willing to denounce their country. But I guess for the most part, most of them have not lost family members during those important moments in history.
No I am not naive, nor am I in capable of accepting that there were people in charge that could have made better decisions. But what I am is intelligent enough to understand that I am afforded hindsight, therefore able to determine what a better course of action might have been. Something, our previous leaders, political or military, did not have.... "UNDER PRESSURE"
Regardless of your points of view... this is a great nation. If you don't like this land, I'll tell you what every dumb racist prick I've run into likes to tell me as if he had an ounce of intelligence...
Get the fuck out.