History Forum / General / British History / April 2004

"No Nuance Is Good News"
"The Washington Times' Tony Blankley *** has an astute observation on
American political rhetoric and John Kerry's difficulties:
"His friends say he is just instinctively nuanced in his thinking. . . .

Semper Fidelis.
DSH
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"Snipers are Strategic Weapons in Fallujah"

The University of Massachusetts in Amherst has long been known as a
bastion of the Angry Left and the Leftover Left.
There is quite a bit of overlap between those two groups.  U. Mass is
often described as having a Marxist History Department.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml
"I think two things. No. 1, this is a small minority of the military, and
No. 2, they need to understand that this is not the army," says Kimmitt.
"The Army is a values based organization. We live by our values. Some of

'How an Italian Died'
"Writing in National Review Online, Michael Ledeen has an interesting
theory about why Al-Jazeera did not air the tape of terrorists in Iraq
murdering an Italian hostage:

He's doing it AGAIN.
P.  Jonathan Gans, our flakey, Left-Wing chemist at NYU -- is LYING
again.
Gans says:

"XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE APRIL 27, 2004 12:59:04 ET XXXXX"
"$1000 HAIRCUT? KERRY FLIES IN HAIRDRESSER FOR TOUCH-UP BEFORE 'MEET THE
PRESS'"
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George Orwell [1903-1950] -- whose Real Name was Eric Blair -- is just
as right today as he was in 1945.
Yep -- the same guy who wrote _Animal Farm_ and _Nineteen Eighty-Four_.
Let's also keep in mind that Orwell was a "Man Of The Left" for most of

"Rudy Belongs at Turtle Bay"
"The position of U.S. ambassador to the U.N. is coming vacant, now that
President Bush has appointed its current holder, John Negroponte, to the
newly created post of ambassador to Baghdad.  If President Bush wants to

Not that there's anything wrong with this good history newsgroup, but
since that's what it is, can any reader please give links to what you
regard as the best and most active history discussion forums /
messageboards on the net and please give a brief description of what

"I wonder how they'd get the impression across to any prospective
employer how they feel,  especially when looking for those lucrative
consultancy fees from Saudi..."
William Black

Today, 25 April 2004 is the 89th Anniversary of the landings at what is now
known as ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli, Turkey.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

The Village Voice is the "hometown" newspaper of Greenwich Village, New
York City.
The Village Voice is an excellent barometer of the various fads,
formulas, fabrications and fevers that sweep over that benighted outpost

Dear Everyone ~
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 361-362 (sub Ferrers of Groby) includes a
good account of the short life of Sir John Grey (died 1461), son and
heir apparent of Sir Edward Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby.  Sir John

Horse Manure.  Vide infra.
And Salem J. Chalabi, Yale '85, an IRAQI will soon be showing why.
He is the General Director of the Iraqi Tribunal which will try Saddam
and the other alleged war criminals and evil doers.