Andy1

Agree on part 1. Part 2, Montesquieu - Interesting, and someone I never knew of. This is the rare thread on PPP where I’m actually learning something.

This is rich.

Politically this is a dumb, impulsive move by Trump. This raises the political stature of Kelley and puts Trump and his party on the side of wanting the military to be able to execute illegal orders. It also involves free speech issues like - can the government regulate the speech of retired vets? I doubt it all goes anywhere.

America is a corporation - Truth. This seems to be the end result of capitalism.

Their relationship was more than just “knowing about” the Iroquois. According to the testimony, Iroquois chiefs were in Philadelphia and communicating with the Founding Fathers during the Revolution. Leaders of the Revolution were also moved to form closer ties with the Iroquois leaders to curry their favor and forge strategic alliances during these uncertain years.

I don’t get it either. The one repeated complaint of the cynics seems to be Burns reference to the Iroquois confederacy being an influence to the founding fathers. I guess they think that’s woke so it can’t be said. Upstream on this thread I posted the senate hearing with testimony supporting Burns position on this point. Regardless, this is a 5 second part of a 12 hour series so to dismiss the entire series due to this point is stupid.

They should just move their draft chips and $ in to the offense for Josh and sign the jags on the defense. Every year they end up playing jags or returning Bills players on D anyways since they always get injured anyway.

This is the same story every year. They don’t value the position in the draft. They don’t spend in the off season to get a high level player. They sign over the hill WRs to fill out the team. They get into the middle of the season, losing games, and realize the offense can’t function with who they have. And then they do the mid season signing of some vet that was cut. I’d rather they just prioritize WR earlier and go shopping for a linebacker or other position in mid-season.

I think we pretty much agree on definition of Patriot. I have mixed feelings on Biden but wouldn’t argue with your stance on him.

Over on the Ken Burns thread, NB twice asked people to define a patriot. No one took a stab at it except me. Now it seems that if you disagree, you should give us your definition of the term. Or maybe you do agree on the term but just don’t think Biden qualifies due to his financial deals.

Thanks. I’ll check out those books.

Thanks for the tip on the podcast. I’m a fan of podcasts and will check that one out.

Reading books is the best way to learn history. Different authors give different perspectives on events. I’m not sure if Burns discusses the Gnaddenhutten Massacre. I’m still working through the series and have not gotten to that time period yet.

This is a really good question given how this word is used in today’s politics. At its simplest, Patriot means one who loves their country. Then we need to examine what the word love means. It’s easy to love when no sacrifice is required. Those who sacrifice working for America in the military or in other capacities, representing America in foreign lands would certainly qualify. Politicians who serve with honor and loyalty to the Constitution, working for the betterment of all Americans, would qualify. Those whose actions put the welfare of their fellow citizens and our nation above their own self interest would qualify. Actions matter more than words.

This move restricts access of nursing students to Federal financial aide, forcing them to go to private loans with higher interest rates. America has a critical shortage of nurses. Trump just made it more difficult for young people to achieve their goals in this field. The billionairs will benefit while the rest of us will suffer with poorer health care. https://www.nurse.com/blog/nursing-no-longer-classified-as-a-professional-degree-whats-at-stake/