This was all a bit hard to follow , Brad, but at least you rescued “City on a Hill” from Reagan and located its true place in scripture and with your buddy, Winthrop.
"It is familiar ground for Mr Putin, who infamously penned a 5,000-word essay entitled "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" in 2021, which foreshadowed the intellectual justification the Kremlin offered for its invasion of Ukraine less than a year later."
All of these comments are from people who understand economics. Many Americans who were uneducated, but not stupid, thought we were sending money to Europe to win friends. The idea that the Marshall Plan money was not stored in a secret compartment, but actually spent in the United States was beyond their comprehension. I had a second cousin who was quite intelligent
and very good at construction work who thought that we were trying to buy friends, which was a bad idea because if you support people for nothing, they wind up hating you. Allen Kamp
This was all a bit hard to follow , Brad, but at least you rescued “City on a Hill” from Reagan and located its true place in scripture and with your buddy, Winthrop.
Rubio's license with history reminded me of something.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68255302
"It is familiar ground for Mr Putin, who infamously penned a 5,000-word essay entitled "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" in 2021, which foreshadowed the intellectual justification the Kremlin offered for its invasion of Ukraine less than a year later."
All of these comments are from people who understand economics. Many Americans who were uneducated, but not stupid, thought we were sending money to Europe to win friends. The idea that the Marshall Plan money was not stored in a secret compartment, but actually spent in the United States was beyond their comprehension. I had a second cousin who was quite intelligent
and very good at construction work who thought that we were trying to buy friends, which was a bad idea because if you support people for nothing, they wind up hating you. Allen Kamp
1861?
My fading memory says that American business elite was anti British well into 20th century.