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2002-08-19 Home Front

An argument in favor of disbanding the NEA...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-08-19 09:10 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Who was it that actually said "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." Was it really Jefferson?

Uh, Madison I think. And in an almost exact parallel: Europe paying blackmail to some Mohammedan states, the brand-new US going along for about a generation, then going in an kicking some...

Anyway, "the Shores of Tripoli" of the Marine Corps is a reference to the same thing, action against the "Barbary Coast Pirates".

Posted by Anonymous 2002-08-21 04:32:45|| 2002-08-21 04:32:45|| Front Page Top

#2 The Byzantine Empire went for a few hundred years paying "bribes" to various Mohammedan barbarians to keep them from the gates. At the same time they were paying the bribes, their empire was shrinking until eventually all that was left was Byzantium itself, which fell in 1492.

Posted by Fred 2002-08-21 09:30:11|| 2002-08-21 09:30:11|| Front Page Top

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