Thursday, September 14, 2017
J G RANDALL ON SCHURZ' ACCOUNT
"His account illustrates the fact that investigators in matters of this sort often find what they are looking for, and all his generalizations must be used with the greatest caution by the critical historian." p 717
"...(a point historians repeatedly ignore, often operating with an ethics of success which blames losers for their failure)..." Schroeder, The Transformation of European Politics, p 741.
"I cannot be sure of my facts here, but I suspect that Mitch Landrieu was the first white southern politician since the time of the Civil War itself to state publicly that the Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity, as he put it, and that it rightfully lost the war." DK on Mayor Landrieu's Confederate Monuments speech.
"...(a point historians repeatedly ignore, often operating with an ethics of success which blames losers for their failure)..." Schroeder, The Transformation of European Politics, p 741.
"I cannot be sure of my facts here, but I suspect that Mitch Landrieu was the first white southern politician since the time of the Civil War itself to state publicly that the Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity, as he put it, and that it rightfully lost the war." DK on Mayor Landrieu's Confederate Monuments speech.
Friday, June 16, 2017
RE DK CURRENT WHIG POST
"...I cannot be sure of my facts here, but I suspect that Mitch Landrieu was the first white southern politician since the time of the Civil War itself to state publicly that the Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity, as he put it, and that it rightfully lost the war...." DK
Good try.
Rather like saying something like: " Mitch Landrieu was the first Catholic since the time of the Reformation itself to admit that the Catholic Church was on the wrong side of history and humanity, as he put it, and that it rightfully lost the Reformation...."
Something like that....
Monday, June 19, 2017
FOLLOWING UP ON MAYOR LANDRIEU'S REMARKS
Why not just go ahead and make all oppressed and poor people, everywhere, melting pot citizens of America?
Never mind what their government says, either way. Totally ignore their govwernments!
Just do it! Like Lincoln, freeing the slaves.
Just like that!
The democratic revolution dream come true!
Sortof following, and takeing step further what Ambassador Power was saying:
This is the theme of an article in the current New York Review of Books (which unfortunately is available to subscribers only) by our UN Ambassador, Samantha Power, who wants us to do more to show that we are on the side of oppressed peoples and against their governments. She specifically calls on our diplomats not to spend so much time dealing with their host governments--always their primary function--but instead to engage with the people. "This should include building relationships not only with well-known civil society organizations," she writes, "but also with groups like teachers’ associations, workers’ unions, and leaders in the business community—and not only with the vocal majorities, but with the minorities who are harder to find and hear. This kind of engagement demands a greater investment in our diplomatic efforts at a time when many governments—including the United States—are facing significant pressure to scale back the resources they dedicate to investments overseas, and to cloister diplomats in fortress-like embassies in the parts of the world where such local connections are actually needed most. So leaders must make the case to the public not only for why we cannot isolate ourselves from these problems, but also why we must widen the scope of our diplomatic engagement as a national security imperative."
Sortof following, and takeing step further what Ambassador Power was saying:
This is the theme of an article in the current New York Review of Books (which unfortunately is available to subscribers only) by our UN Ambassador, Samantha Power, who wants us to do more to show that we are on the side of oppressed peoples and against their governments. She specifically calls on our diplomats not to spend so much time dealing with their host governments--always their primary function--but instead to engage with the people. "This should include building relationships not only with well-known civil society organizations," she writes, "but also with groups like teachers’ associations, workers’ unions, and leaders in the business community—and not only with the vocal majorities, but with the minorities who are harder to find and hear. This kind of engagement demands a greater investment in our diplomatic efforts at a time when many governments—including the United States—are facing significant pressure to scale back the resources they dedicate to investments overseas, and to cloister diplomats in fortress-like embassies in the parts of the world where such local connections are actually needed most. So leaders must make the case to the public not only for why we cannot isolate ourselves from these problems, but also why we must widen the scope of our diplomatic engagement as a national security imperative."
Monday, June 19, 2017
This was a Northern political poster, 1866, from Pennsylvania, against the Radical Republicans in Congress.
Wonder why?
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