Quote of the Day, plus a transcript

Posted By on June 6, 2005 at 10:49 am

I think it’s an affront to their memory that we have a tax on the books in this country today that says if you work and earn some money and you pay your income tax on it, and you try to give it to your kids or your family — the natural object of your bounty — you’re going to get taxed again.

— Lieutenant Lynn “Buck” Compton, one of the Band of Brothers



In honor of the 61st anniversary of D-Day and the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, Lieutenant Compton made an appearance on Fox and Friends this morning. As well as telling some of his own story, he has an issue he stands for. He laid his life on the line for this country. He deserves the courtesy of a respectful hearing.
I’ve tried, thanks to the DVR, to make a decent transcript of the entirety of LT Compton’s appearance on the program. A generation is passing away; things like this should not disappear down the memory hole.

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Quote of the Day

Posted By on June 3, 2005 at 2:40 pm

A classic:

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling that thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Mill, writing in opposition to British support of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
[Thanks to Firepower Forward for the reminder.]
Read further for the full (accurate) text from which the usual quote is taken.

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