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[John]

** 04-Jul-2019 John Brown's Body and Battle Hymn Of The Republic

While I'm at it ...

In 1861, in the midst of the bloody Civil War, the most popular
marching song was John Brown's Body, telling the story of the
abolitionist John Brown:

John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave
John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave
John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave
His soul goes marching on

Chorus:
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!
His soul is marching on

He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew
His soul is marching on

Chorus:

John Brown died that the slave might be free
John Brown died that the slave might be free
John Brown died that the slave might be free
But his soul is marching on!

Chorus:

The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down
The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down
The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down
On the grave of old John Brown

Chorus:

John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back!
John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back!
John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back!
His soul's marching on!

Chorus:

His pet lambs will meet him on the way
His pet lambs will meet him on the way
His pet lambs will meet him on the way
They go marching on!

Chorus:

They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree!
They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree!
They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree!
As they march along!

Chorus:

Now, three rousing cheers for the Union
Now, three rousing cheers for the Union
Now, three rousing cheers for the Union
As we are marching on!

Chorus:

Another abolitionist, Julia Ward Howe, took on the task of writing
"better words" to the same song, and the result was The Battle Hymn Of
The Republic:

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.

Chorus:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.

Chorus:

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.

Chorus:

He has sounded form the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Chorus:

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

Chorus:

[Guest]

And the next US civil war will feature poorly written rap songs and narco ballads to cheer the uneducated and unwashed hordes as they try figure out why there is no longer any electricity or running water after toppling the white man.

[FishbellykanakaDude]

And the next US civil war will feature poorly written rap songs and narco ballads to cheer the uneducated and unwashed hordes as they try figure out why there is no longer any electricity or running water after toppling the white man.

I thought you were off to Hungary, or thereabouts?

..or is that some other "Guest" that isn't you?

In any case, your prediction ain't happenin',.. you do know that don'tcha? I do appreciate the interesting premise as fodder for some possibly good fiction, though.

How do you see such a scenario unfolding?

[zzazz]

In any case, your prediction ain't happenin',.. you do know that don'tcha? I do appreciate the interesting premise as fodder for some possibly good fiction, though.

Been done---Larry Niven: Lucifer's Hammer. The blacks turn cannibal and the whites massacre them in the big clash of cultures war.

BTW, After the July 4th fiasco, does anyone still think Donald Trump has the intellectual capacity to understand the argument (right or wrong) that GD makes, or history of any kind whatsoever?

[John]

** 05-Jul-2019 Intellectual capacity

> BTW, After the July 4th fiasco, does anyone still think Donald
> Trump has the intellectual capacity to understand the argument
> (right or wrong) that GD makes, or history of any kind
> whatsoever?

I suspect that his IQ is a lot higher than yours. Also, based on your
previous postings, you don't have the intellectual capacity to
understand GD.

[Guest]

And the next US civil war will feature poorly written rap songs and narco ballads to cheer the uneducated and unwashed hordes as they try figure out why there is no longer any electricity or running water after toppling the white man.

I thought you were off to Hungary, or thereabouts?

..or is that some other "Guest" that isn't you?

In any case, your prediction ain't happenin',.. you do know that don'tcha? I do appreciate the interesting premise as fodder for some possibly good fiction, though.

Said the German Jew in the 1930s...

It's the perfect storm of ignorance and arrogance of your kind that I find amazing.

How do you see such a scenario unfolding?

Exactly as it is unfolding now. It's people like you that won't get it until the machete gangs come for you.

And no, I wasn't planning on moving to Hungary. Please direct me to that guest's posts. I'm curious to read what he had to say. I have left the US, but I'm not in Hungary.

President Donald Trump is America's last chance. If he fails, America fails. It's that critical.

[John]

** 05-Jul-2019 Chinese hatred of Japanese

I was speaking with someone today who used to work in a lab several
years ago. There were two elderly Chinese working there, and they
were as nice as can be. A young Japanese man, around 30 yo, came to
work there, and he was nice as can be too. But the two Chinese men
absolutely hated the Japanese man. They never spoke to him at all,
and for months never referred to him except in the most contemptuous
way. This hatred is based on the numerous atrocities that the
Japanese committed on China during World War II.

This is the kind of vitriolic hatred that's leading to a world war.
This hatred runs so deep that it can't be described as anything but a
desire to exterminate the Japanese.

Just to reprise what I've written several times before, it's been
obvious for at least 15 years that the Chinese are planning to launch
a war against America. We know this because they've been developing
and massively deploying large intercontinental ballistic missile
systems with nuclear weapons with no purpose except to destroy
American cities, American bases, and American aircraft carriers. So
it's been obvious for many years that China has been planning on
launching a war with America, and it was coming with 100% certainty.

But I had a major change in views towards the end of last year, thanks
to the research I was doing on my book. I began to understand that
China does not want a war with the US. China wants a war of
extermination against Japan to get revenge for WW II, and China wants
a war of annexation against Taiwan. So why is China planning to
launch a war with the US? Because the Chinese know that the US will
defend Japan and Taiwan, so they have no choice.

It's been widely believed -- and I bought into this as well -- that
the Chinese wanted hegemony over the whole world. They were sending
their navy to Africa, the new Silk Road to Europe, and a massive
missile attack to the United States.

One thing we know from China's ancient text Sun Tzu's Art of War, the
Chinese view every relationship with outsiders as a relationship of
current or future war. And there is no concept in the Art of War of a
United Nations or a community of nations. Everything is based on
deception and subterfuge. China will sign international agreements,
and expect others to adhere to them, but will ignore the requirements
they impose on China. We've seen this in trade, in the South China
Sea, and everywhere else.

And I've come to the conclusion that part of China's deception today
is to let everyone believe that the Chinese want hegemony of the
entire world. China's military certainly doesn't believe anything so
idiotic, nor do senior CCP officials, but there are many delusional
people, inside and outside of China, who do believe.

And that's really very convenient for the Chinese, since it hides
their true intentions. If China wants hegemony over the entire world,
then you know that's never going to happen, so you decide not to
worry about it.

But if you understand the truth -- that China wants a revenge war
against Japan, then that's very different. You know that China could
launch such a war at any time, and you'll prepare for it, which is not
what the Chinese want. So instead, they'll let you live your life as
usual, thinking that China will never attack the whole world, so
you're safe.

[FishbellykanakaDude]

And the next US civil war will feature poorly written rap songs and narco ballads to cheer the uneducated and unwashed hordes as they try figure out why there is no longer any electricity or running water after toppling the white man.

I thought you were off to Hungary, or thereabouts?

..or is that some other "Guest" that isn't you?

In any case, your prediction ain't happenin',.. you do know that don'tcha? I do appreciate the interesting premise as fodder for some possibly good fiction, though.

Said the German Jew in the 1930s...

It's the perfect storm of ignorance and arrogance of your kind that I find amazing.

How do you see such a scenario unfolding?

Exactly as it is unfolding now. It's people like you that won't get it until the machete gangs come for you.

And no, I wasn't planning on moving to Hungary. Please direct me to that guest's posts. I'm curious to read what he had to say. I have left the US, but I'm not in Hungary.

President Donald Trump is America's last chance. If he fails, America fails. It's that critical.

You've got your opinion,.. I've got mine. Only time will tell, of course.

I'll be leaving the US, proper, for elsewhere, myself. The tiny islands of the Pacific in a tiny boat that won't rely on petroleum based fuel (any more than absolutely necessary [chuckle!]).

You'll have to find that other "guest" that talked up Hungary, and/or various other places in eastern Europe, yourself if you want to pick his brains. I rather like the idea of eastern Europe, as I'm not too bad with picking up languages, and they DO have quite a bit of "societal inertia" that would stabilize them substantially from the "migrating mobs" that make the world a "very silly place". (And the women are really quite amazing, actually.)

Where HAVE you gone, then? I'm always interested in places that might be more "safe".

..actually, some places in and around Argentina might be worth looking at as well.

Best to 'ya! Aloha a me mahalo 'oe. <shaka!>

[FishbellykanakaDude]

.... And I've come to the conclusion that part of China's deception today is to let everyone believe that the Chinese want hegemony of the entire world.

.. And that's really very convenient for the Chinese, since it hides their true intentions. If China wants hegemony over the entire world, then you know that's never going to happen, so you decide not to worry about it.

But if you understand the truth -- that China wants a revenge war against Japan, then that's very different. You know that China could launch such a war at any time, and you'll prepare for it, which is not what the Chinese want.

So instead, they'll let you live your life as usual, thinking that China will never attack the whole world, so you're safe.

That's the angle into the conundrum that allows clarity of the situation.

..and the simple task of those seeing that clear vision is to get out from under the explosives.

How much space is necessary to hold provisions for sailing half way across the Pacific? Let's find out... and create that floating space.

[John]

> How much space is necessary to hold provisions for sailing half
> way across the Pacific? Let's find out... and create that floating
> space.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish
and he'll eat for a lifetime.