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| A Famous General on the Press and its conceit |
| 2007-03-22 |
| Written by a famous General It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the cause by writing editorials - after the fact. -Robert E. Lee, 1863 |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #5 Nah, not even that useful. |
| Posted by: Mac 2007-03-22 17:45 |
| #4 For the most part, newspaper types are about as useful as tits on a boar hog. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-03-22 15:29 |
| #3 I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. William Tecumseh Sherman If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-03-22 13:08 |
| #2 Article at Snopes seems to think it might be true. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-22 12:30 |
| #1 Bwahahahah!!!! The more things change, the more they stay the same! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-22 12:24 |