"  I'll place my knapsack on my back My rifle on my shoulder I'll march away to the firing line And kill that Yankee soldier I'll kill that Yankee soldier I'll march away to the firing line And kill that Yankee soldier I'll bid farewell to my wife and child Farewell to my aged mother Go and join in the bloody strife 'Til this cruel war is over 'Til this cruel war is over I'll go and join in the bloody strife 'Til this cruel war is over...SOUTHERN SOLDIER"    In the Civil War there were moments in time, when the South could  have won? Should have won? But didn't win  because of a combination of events beyond human planning, or  fluke, or karma or luck, or even good vibes. American history is weird; there are enough examples in it for you to come to the conclusion that  God's hand was at work. From the Divine Fog in the Revolutionary War, to the rainstorm which saved the White House in the War of 1812, to Josh Chamberlain being in c

  "We are a  band of brothers ,  and native to the soil , Fighting for our liberty with treasure, blood, and toil; And when our rights were threatened, and the cry rose near and far, Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Southern rights, hurrah! Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!...BONNIE BLUE FLAG"    The Battle of Gettysburg was the greatest clash of arms on American soil, in American History. On the first day alone, July 1, 1863, Union forces lost 9,000 casualties; the Confederates lost 6,000 casualties, in one day, in the first day of bat tle. The Union forces were led by Maj. General George Meade, a steady, unimaginative,    and uninspiring general. He commanded one of the most resilient armies in history, the Army of the Potomac. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was commanded by one of the great generals in American arms, the hero of the Mexican-American War, General Robert E. Lee. It was an army

  res ipsa loquitur.is Latin; it means, the thing speaks for itself. On June 27, 2024, Joe Biden and his nemesis, Donald Trump held the Mother of All Debates. Joe Biden’s performance spoke for itself: it was so bad, it was both tragic and farcical. It was as tragic as KING LEAR on the  moor; as farcical as POLONIUS behind the curtain. As Americans watched the debate, they wept for the Democratic Party….and wondered. How did the party  of FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Eugene McCarthy, John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Julian Bond turn its future over to a product that genuinely resembles the enfeeblement of inbred European monarchs: Henry VI of England,  Ivan V of Russia, Charles VI of France, Ferdinand VI of Spain? They were mad, enfeebled hereditary leaders; no nation, no people, in their right mind, would consider ELECTING a mad, enfeebled President…..until the Democrat of America in 2024. Oh yeah, Joe Biden will save America for democr

This Blogger was contacted by a college campus, non partisan ,youth group, which challenged him. They  wanted to know….in a pithy sentence( pithy was their word); what problem ,really, did Gerry Maxey have with Joe Biden? So, fresh from its triumphant release  to New York college students, here is  this Blogger’s pithy one sentence on Gerry Maxey’s real problem with Joe Biden. “HE IS WILLING TO PRESIDE OVER RUINS.” No young person should be lulled into accepting a Commander-in-Chief willing to accept presiding over ruins Ruins in standards of living. Ruins in educational standards. Ruins in manufacturing standards. Ruins in defense of Territoriality. Ruins in Cultural achievement.(this Blogger considers a Nigerian based culture- ruinous) Ruins in Military effectiveness. Ruins in foreign policy, wars everywhere. Ruins in nurturing young people ( Biden’s surgeon   general wants a warning label on computer, media, Iphone applications which appeal to young people; because young people'

     "SON OF THE MORNING STAR" is a great book, a study of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn  by a tremendous writer, Evan Connell; who wrote the great American novels, MR. BRIDGE and MRS. BRIDGE. George Armstrong Custer SON OF THE MORNING STAR,  is magnificent in its writing, its fairness to Custer and its depiction of the  battle of the Little Big Horn. The depiction is brutal, one of the fascinating tidbits presented to the reader is this,  many of the men of the 7th, Custer's Regiment, surrounded by legions of Sioux and Cheyenne dog soldiers,  KILLED THEMSELVES. The Native Americans were led by the very able field commander, Crazy Horse. When the relief column finally came up to the Rosebud and upon the battle field; they found many of the men of the 7th  had saved the last bullet for themselves and rather than be taken alive, had placed their guns in their mouths and pulled  the triggers. Such was frontier warfare. There have been a ton of