... __ ADAM'S SCHITT REVEALED __ ...
Pop-eyed, pencil-necked, poised but mendacious
This pompous balding poseur just spouts venom
His voice is suave, his manner most ungracious
One knows he'd not be caught dead wearing denim.
He lies to every microphone in sight
With calm, impassive, reptile-like composure
Inside he's motivated by sheer spite
Agate-eyed his skull provides enclosure
For a cold-blooded passion for destruction
Wielding influence only to ruin
Those he thinks would favor the reduction
Of his ill-gained power to impugn
Insult and badger better men than he
Now poised to show Schiff lacks integrity.
~ FreeThinke
Kawanio che Keeteru!
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"‘Hearken to what I tell you. You know that the Great God, our greatest King, reigns in Heaven above us all. He sees all our doings, so that we ought to be wise and virtuous. This great gathering of our brothers is to commemorate the memory of our great-grand-father. It is a day of pleasure (pointing to St. Tammany colors). You know that your and our grandfathers loved one another and strongly recommended to their children to live in union and friendship with all their brethren and to bury the hatchet forever. I also wish (looking up to heaven) that we may all live as our great-grand-fathers lived, in peace and unity!
"‘The business I am come on is to have us all united as one man, and it will be my happiness to have it so. Let us keep fast the chain of friendship, and put the same around us. Then we shall have nothing to fear from the great kings on the other side of the waters. Brothers if we can effect this to become brothers united as one man there is no people that shall think evil of us, that a frown from us will not intimidate. I heard it said our great-grand-fathers are dead. They are not dead. They now look down upon us and know what we are doing. Much more; God looks upon us and sees what we are doing. I think God Almighty at this time is sorry for the poor Indians. He is grieved at the afflictions now come upon them. The cause of my sorrow is from the English on the other side of the water. They have brought it on us. You thirteen Sires, I am now to speak a word to you. I hope you have observed that I have always tears in my eyes. I am sorry that we have been led astray; I hope that you will do everything to put me right. Then God will look down upon you and us and help us; he will have pity on us both, if we do right.
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Delete"A discharge of thirteen cannon and three huzzas from the company, consisting of upwards of 2000 persons, testified their approval. The Chief was then led by the Sachems of St. Tammany to the council fire at the flag staff, where they and the officers of militia, with a number of citizens, formed a circle round the same, and smoked the great calumet of peace. The Indian Chief now said: ‘that we have been refreshing ourselves with wine, it is fit that our old friend who has gone before us (pointing to the portrait of St. Tammany on the colors) shall have a glass, and if we pour it on the ground, the ground will suck it in and he will get it.' On this he walked with one of the St. Tammany sachems round the council fire pouring out a libation of wine. The Chief then with his companions, at the request of the company gave a war dance, and was afterwards joined with the sachems of St. Tammany, and the officers of the militia in a peace dance, and a dance of mirth. The Chief and his people and sachems of St. Tammany, having seated themselves on the council seat of the wigwam sent by the Kuskusy Nation, for some minutes after which, one of the sachems of the Wigwam (The old Sachem not being present), gave the following answer to Captain O'Beal.
"‘Brothers we are glad to see you. You say that the great God above sees us and that we ought to be wise and virtuous. He is our great Father. We are his children, and you and we are all one family. He loves us when we love one another and live as brethren. This is to be wise and virtuous. We may say this is a day of pleasure. The Great Spirit is pleased to see us meet as friends, and live as brothers. Our great-grand-fathers lived as brothers, and wished it to be so forever. We meet as brothers, and it is to us a day of pleasure. We remember our great-grand-fathers. We meet here every year to remember our great-grandfather Tammany, and three years ago we buried the hatchet in a great deep hole near that stump; we covered it with heavy stones because we wished it never to rise again. You will see great trees growing over it under which we wish that our children may sit. We kindled a fire here, it is a bright fire, for our young men to sit by, and there are twelve other fires. But there is a greater fire than all of them. We are glad you are going to that great fire. You will find the road plain and bright. They will bind the chain of friendship round their bodies, and it cannot be broken, but by cutting them in two. We have nothing to fear. Our great men will dry the tears from your eyes. Then we will help to keep the eyes clear. We are pleased that you came; to effect this God sent you. He loves peace and friendship. We love you because you are from the great-grand-father, and we shall never forget that you visited our wigwam.'
"A salute of the cannon was then given and three huzzas—the several colours were struck, and the Indian Chiefs with the Sachems of Saint Tammany, were escorted by the militia under arms to their lodgings at the Indian Queen.
_____ On St. Tammany's Birthday _____
ReplyDeleteA shame the name of Tammany’s been linked
With the vilest of politicos named Tweed,
Who ran New York in manner quite distinct
Eschewing never any dirty deed.
The entity still known as Tammany Hall
Shall live in infamy, and so obscures
The truth about its namesake, overall ––
A noble savage, whose good name endures
Only in the writings of The Sachem,
Neddy, who on Tammany heaped praise.
But kind words today are scarce.
___ We rarely watch ‘em,
Because none restores these days, i
___ nstead they raze.
Of Tammany, himself,
___ we should think kindly,
Not follow
___ false associations blindly.
~ FreeThinke (2014)
"Tempora mutantur et nos mutamar cum illis.
Delete‘"We before stated, that many of the Revolutionary heroes after the struggle with Great Britain entertained views of self-aggrandizement— that the Society of Cincinnati, a privileged order, was erected (or that purpose—that the Society of St. Tammany was instituted in New York, to antagonize the aristocratical effect of the Society of Cincinnati—that upon the suppression of popular societies in Pennsylvania, the New York Society of St. Tammany enlarged themselves by an affiliation in this state—that as long as there was an external foe, the good effect of this affiliation was evident, notwithstanding the necessity of conclave and mystery.
"As soon as the necessity of conclave and mystery ceased, upon the establishment of equal political rights, the Tammany Society became a pest to the community, serving only as the engine of individual aggrandizement; this will appear in the sequel.
"In ‘94, the members of the Democratic Society were forced to dissolve that body, from a certainty that their every movement was watched, and that the most trivial step savoring of opposition to the administration, whether such as granted by the great charter of the constitution, or as usurped by them, would be made as a handle for persecution and destruction. Such was the temper of the times, that an open expression of private sentiment was frequently considered as bordering upon treason—these times have passed—may they never again recur.
Thank you for enriiching our store of knowledge about this little-known-but fascuntant chapter in our history, FJ.
DeleteHis bug-eyed countenance gives the impression he is being poked in the rectum from behind.
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant political sonnet, Franco!
ReplyDeleteThank you, AOW. I'll tell you the story how this little piece came to be written the next time we have a chance to chat, personally,
DeleteBrilliant My Ass!
DeleteSchiff Hires Ex-Chief of FBI Financial Crimes Section as House Intel Probes Trump’s Finances
ReplyDeleteDaily Beast
by Betsy Woodruff
Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has hired Patrick Fallon, former chief of the FBI’s Financial Crimes Section, according to two sources familiar with the move. It’s a significant hire that will bring expertise to the committee’s efforts to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s financial dealings. A committee source told The Daily Beast that Fallon started this week.
Schiff announced earlier this year that the committee will look at Trump’s finances to see if his personal interests are influencing his decisions as president. “That pertains to any credible allegations . . .
Impeach Schiff.
ReplyDeleteAdam Schitt like hot dogs and beans
ReplyDeleteIf so, what's wrong with that?
DeleteDoesn't everybody?
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