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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

I am dazzled, stunned and overcome by the brilliance of today’s column.

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ditto

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Great column, Don. The tribute you pay to George Washington makes me want to strangle every son of a bitch that tries to destroy the history of our nation.

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Amen DJ

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Call me, I'll help you.

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Dialing.

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I move more slowly than my early days but never underestimate an old guys ruthlessness. My friends and I learned how to shoot and break things very well.

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Wish now that I had taken martial arts! I'd love to join you in your endeavor, if only to hold your coat while you do it.

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No Lawsy.. Bring brass knuckles and kick some ass.

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I'm so sad 😭. I would love to do that. I want to advise a friend who had an abusive friend boyfriend that I would hold her coat if she wanted to go and beat him up. Yeah that's how I advise people evil laugh.

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

Even Grok can't seem to find that meme of God, Washington, Lincoln, Trump. Would you be able to provide a link? Thanks in advance.

I live about 50 miles from Jefferson's House, and before the tour went Woke, made it a point to go through each and every year. As I go through, I always reflect(ed) on the probabilities of finding so many brilliant and courageous men in one place at one time. Now they can't even have a proper Christmas here in Virginia: nobody can find three wise men or a virgin.

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Feb 19·edited Feb 19

That was the linkup with the Smithsonian woke crowd….all about slavery and Hemmings…needs of the few…erase evidence of the Hand of Providence….Not sure if they even mention the Jewish owners (and graves by gardens) that saved Monticello from the civil war & collapsing, and/or becoming a hotel. Jefferson went to bat for Commodore Levy - see statute in Philadelphia, unless city removed it by now.

With Monticello, like Mt Vernon, private individuals saved our history, not the Federal or State government. Here they have been co-opted.

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Good idea. I live very close to the home Andrew Jackson built, and it was always first on our list to show to visitors. It is no longer free entry, but the Tennessee State Museum, close to the capital, IS free and very handicap accessible, across from the main city bus depot on Fifth Avenue, downtown Nashville. Ya'll come.

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

The story of America is so great that all other nations on earth have either tried to copy it or destroy it. Humble, moral courage does that, as Washington demonstrated.

There are many good presidents in history, but only one or two great ones. Washington was a great one.

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Best comment of the day! Well said.

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

And then today, Biden, a dude of perfidy, petty power plays, and horrible morals and temperament, supporting a life of crime. Oh, and in the business of selling out that very same country.

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Thank you for saying nicely something that I, an elderly, supposedly ladylike American, could not say if keeping a civil tongue was necessary.

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He serves no one but himself. God sees.

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gonna be a very LONG line come judgement day... sad and praying for many to repent

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

Don, that was outstanding! God bless you.

Before turning to this, I had texted my sons: Happy Real Man’s Day! Raise a glass to George Washington. May his descendants rise up!

My oldest replied: Yes, may they rise up indeed. How wonderful would it be that true men of God, with proper education and character return (or begin) to leading this country?

Needless to say, they both follow you, and I think bc of them, others are too.

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I think we should have risen up a long time ago......

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Obviously it awaits happening, or at least reaching the effect that’s needed. The USA is indeed teetering.

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Steve, we went over the cliff some time ago. Just remains to be seen how triage goes now.

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I’m with you. But at the same time, I know that God can give us victory and/or extend our time if only those who know him turn to him in faith and live obedient lives. Big if, from what I observe around me. 😔

Regardless, (thinking of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego now) we must stand up for truth and righteousness. George Washington’s example gives inspiration.

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"soft men lead to soft times..." we are all guilty... accept it

God wins.. thank you Lord for your rescue

quite a few of us are on a 3 day fast/prayer

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

Touch poll choice for me today. While I have the upmost respect for Abraham Lincoln, I lived when Ronald Reagan was President so I felt firsthand what greatness is.

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I went with Ike. Won the war in Europe, ended the Korean War, and gave us the St. Lawrence Seaway, interstates and Richard Nixon. He also stayed out of wars and enforced the de-segregation orders of the Supreme Court

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It's a fair vote for sure. Teddy was the only one I couldn't fathom being on the list. He just isn't in the same league - and his vanity gave us Woodrow Wilson, a demerit so large it blots out much of what we remember him more fondly for.

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Teddy was a great man but not sure he really gave us Wilson or not. I think TR goes down in the list of good men who rose to the occasion and were able to see our country's future and understood the value of preserving it. So he gets on the "better than average" list for me.

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I am pretty sure that Teddy's jumping in as a third party when he could not garner the GOP nomination directly led to Wilson's election. SO I have much less doubt that you've suggested.

And of course, Wilson was the monster that gave life to the progressive technocrat, we can have utopia on earth, welfare state we now enjoy. So in my eyes that is a pretty big miss.

Would be an interesting question what would have happened had Taft won the 1912 election.

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Wilson was somewhat elected for the same types of reasons as Jimmy Carter it seems to me. I think FDR was similar to Wilson with respect to Utopia that has never existed and never will.

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Would be interesting to consider if FDR happens without Wilson's first progressive push. We won't ever know of course. We can wonder even if the votes had coalesced around one GOP candidate who would it have been. But if you look at what Teddy stood for, he in some respects was more radical than Wilson. He "demanded effective control of big business through a strong federal commission, radical tax reform, and a whole series of measures to put the federal government squarely into the business of social and economic reform." {Britannica write up}

Perhaps that meant Wilson would have won anyway, but the two GOP candidates received over a million more votes than Wilson received.

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I couldn't pick just one; but before I leave for the day I will give it more thought. Thanks for leading.

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Exactly why “I like Ike” still. That is not to take anything away from the other choices.

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so did I (Ike)

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Same here about today's poll. I was fortunate to be a part of the 4000 member choir that sang at the Republican Convention for Reagan in Dallas. Yea!!! I am bragging. It was awesome!!!

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Lincoln was fast and loose with respect to following the limits of the Constitution. For that I don't put him in high regard.

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The Constitution wouldn’t have been worth much if he hadn’t saved the Union.

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Great point, Victor!

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In what ways exactly? Not arguing with you here, just seek some insight into your comment.

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Basically his ignoring Habeus Corpus. A president can't just waive that right without congressional approval in time of war. But they are doing that today with j6 prisoners like Jake Lang so there's that

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

I was talking with a friend about Trump and his accomplishments as president. She said she hated Trump and his childish behavior. I said I understand but suggested she set that aside and focus on what he does,, not so much on what he says. Then I said, like our Founding Fathers, Trump is risking his life, his fortune and his sacred honor for our benefit and asked, "Who else is doing that?" She went silent and had to admit to this fact. Trump could have easily retired from politics, but he didn't. He is risking everything to make America great again...everything. This great problem solver was sent by God at this, our time of greatest need. There is no other explanation. He is strikng fear in the hearts of the Godless vermin inhabiting our government. Conventional jail time is way too good for them. They deserve far worse for what they've done.

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Gret comment. Nothing shuts up an anti-Trump person like the facts.

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President Trump is not using "childish behavior" to get out his message, he is speaking in terms that the majority of Americans are tuned into. He is a genius at trolling and getting peoples' attention and then making his point to those who need to understand what is at stake for the future of our Constitutional Republic and Americans.

When I hear such derogatory comments on his "childish behavior", etc., etc., I think to myself, well President Trump hit another home run! He's got them thinking, the comment is memorable and it stays in the listeners mind, and the circumstances of how or why he made a particular comment.

I believe it is all part of his genius and how he reads "the room" as he makes his grand entrance. He is always watching the crowd and their reaction(s), just as he does with his interviewer in a one-on-one interview hosted by the enemy MSM.

He is the Master Troller and that is part of his Genius as a Communicator.

MAGA!

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Yes, but death is far too an easy and expedient out.

They need to exist in a state of prolonged deprivation of opportunity.

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Kim Clement prophesized that Trump would have 2 terms years before (2005) God allowed the exposure of the deep state to wake us up to the truth with the steal of 2020..

game on

praise God

we do not worship the human man..

we worship the God that has anointed his new David

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So true. I’m sure many of you did not see this movie, and it was an accident that I did, but the Hell depicted in “Babylon” from a few years back is where they belong.

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I'm so old that I remember the Washington Senators playing in the major leagues. They were so lousy the saying was, "Washington, first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League."

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I went to one of the Washington Senators baseball opening games. I don't think they won, but I still had a blast.

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They rarely won. Even with Ted Williams managing. He had high hopes in 1972, but wound up with the worst team in baseball.

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Yeah, but I LOVED them as the Minnesota Twins. (aka Minnesnowta, by transplanted girls from the south.)

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Yep, and they even won a couple pennants.

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They did, indeed. I was there for the 1963 one (or was it 1964?

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1965, I believe.

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Went big league with rent-a-pitcher and won two w ss.

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

Washington is rolling over in his grave seeing what has become of the country he fought for and founded. FJB

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I'm saddened by the idea that school children today aren't getting even 1% of the history lesson that Don provided here. They don't learn how great and brave these men were. Instead they are portrayed as evil conquerors. I noticed this morning the neighbor kids went to school instead of celebrating our first President's birthday at home like most of us did as kids.

This is a movement to downplay our nation's history and pride. This is part of the New World Order that George Bush spoke of. Could the school children in the future have a day off school for the birthday of Klaus Schwab?

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I sooo concur!

Without the study and knowledge of History, particularly that of our nation’s founding, our kids are being set adrift, rootless, into dangerous waters, without proper bearings, tossing them to and fro upon waves and waves of all manner of foolish doctrines and theories. It cannot end well.

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but for God.. hold on, its gonna get rough... but God wins

fear not

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The leftists follow the mantra of "if you don't know about it, it never happened". This will eventually bring down public schooling and usher in an era of alternative schooling in America. If colleges and universities don't see soon what has become of their institutions, they will simply vanish from the landscape. All the money in the world will not save them either. Makes you wonder just how smart these institutions really are, eh?

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I pray you are right as to ed. Reddog

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If so, I hope I'm long since dead.

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All one need know about the esteem in which we should George Washington was enunciated by King George III of England who, when told by the American artist Benjamin West that Washington was going to resign, said "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world." True then. True now. Washington's Farewell Address should be required reading in every school in this country. If you have never read it, please take the time to do so. You may find it here:

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/farewell-address

Pay particular attention to what is said about "party factions" and use it as a lens to view our contemporary situation, particularly in the democrat party, whose adherents seek not the benefit fo the country as a whole, but rather their own elevation to and continuation in power. Then reflect on his recognition that no political association can prosper unless its members have good moral character, then see how many contemporary politicians you can name who qualify. Finally, recognize how utterly America has ignored his sage advice to "avoid foreign entanglement," when we have negotiated treaties of defense with half the countries on Earth. We have ignored Washington's cagacity for too long. Let us hope it is not an irretreivable mistake.

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We should note that even in Washington's days this was true, even while the fight raged on there were plots and subterfuges to usurp him, all for the lust of power and glory.

I hope that we are seeing the stirrings of people recognizing the lust for power among the DC elite, and that we are accepting our duty to answer the call against this lust, as other Americans have in the past. It's a tough job.

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Our enemy, Satan, always has plots and subterfuges to usurp the good. I have to remember that, our church didn't talk much about evil except for "women smoking and men drinking." The denom has improved much since 1810.

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I meant to add that 1810 was called the Great Awakening, in America when big mega church bodies started to get back to the Gospel regardless of how a minister wore his collar, or the length of his formal education.

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My thoughts were turning to the Farewell Address and then I read your comment. Thank you! Well said.

I bought a t-shirt long ago that says on the back in big letters surrounded by flames:

Government is like a fire: useful in the fireplace but if it gets out of its place it will consume everything you own.

I wear it every time I go to vote.

I became curious about the quote it supposedly came from and wanted to verify it came from Washington which led me to the Farewell Address. I’ve considered him the greatest president ever since.

Additionally, I learned that in the original quote, the word is not Government, but Party. That gave me pause and I was a bit disappointed the word wasn’t government in general. But like you have expressed so well, I came to see that what Washington was warning about was exactly what was happening in the Democrat Party. They are not content to have a fair election and be happy with the results because we are, after all, ALL Americans, but they are about shutting out the other side totally and being the only ones to decide anything. Party over Country. This was so obvious with the way the vote was done under Obama and Nancy Pelosi on Obamacare. Even a few in their own party who voted against it paid the price and were not re-elected. It doesn’t even seem to matter which faction in their party is taking control, as long as every winner has a D beside the name. There is no room for debate and the only objective is to win the election, hook or crook. And then they have the gall to say that conservatives are a threat to Democracy! 😡😡😡. Projection, once again! Not to mention that by saying Democracy they are erasing the idea of republicanism which gives all a voice, not just the majority of wolves who want to eat the minority of sheep. I guess in some twisted way the GOPe has the same problem of putting Party above Country. They just lose to do it.

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Well said Steve !

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

"He could have been king". IIRC when King George heard that Washington had relinquished his commission as commander in chief of the continental army and retired to private life he is said to have remarked "If he did that he will be the greatest man in history". How true.

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

I loved visiting Mount Vernon, and seeing the Key to the Bastille that the Marquis de Lafayette du Motier sent to his adoptive Father, in the glass case by the stairwell; has been hanging there since ~1790. Lafayette was a young wealthy 19 y/o French nobleman that came to the colonies, supported Washington and prevented those jealous from firing George Washington for false rumors - the Conway Cabal (sound familiar?). Washington let him charge tho redoubts in the Seige of Yorktown.

The extended house tour visits the basement with the original cornerstone, ‘LW’ from his half-brother Lawrence, who served in the Caribbean under Admiral Vernon.

Douglas Southall Freeman’s 7 volume Biography of Washington is incredible in its depth of the world GW was going to enter and what he did in it….

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Feb 19Liked by Don Surber

This was a tough vote. Lincoln, because he successfully guided us through a civil war, and paid with it from an assassins bullet, thus changing the future irrevocably. Jefferson, because he understood the value of the Louisiana Purchase and realized as much as we wanted to be left alone that we would have a significant role to play in the world and set us on the path to doing so. Reagan because he took a faltering light and restored it to its glory, and my hope that he made it strong enough to withstand its current crisis.

I voted Reagan, but any of the three could take it. Washington was and will be forever one of the greatest men who ever lived, who walked away from power when it was in his hand, something never done before or after. He very well may have had the hand of divine providence on his shoulder, for who knows how the almighty chooses to work among his creation. To those who would attempt to tear him down, I can only say you are small , and your un-importance and pettiness and uselessness is there for everyone to see.

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💯💯💯

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Thank you for the reminder history lesson, Don! I learned all of that so long ago, back when a year of real American history was required in high school to graduate, that a lot of it was lost to memory.

IIRC, congress changed Washington’s Birthday to “President’s Day” during the Clinton administration and I was horrified that we were being forced to include vermin excrement like him in the list of honorees for that day. I’m doubly horrified that 0bama and Pedo Joe are now on the list.

Washington must be grinding his wooden teeth into sawdust at what has been allowed to happen to his glorious creation.

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Let's see, Washington, Lincoln, Ike, Reagan, .......................Barack Obama, Joe Biden. Who doesn't belong in that group?

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A great Sesame Street/Electric Company ditty: One of these things is not like the others, which one can it be?"

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Hmm, I”m gonna play that game with my grandkids! 😆 Great educational tool!!

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