“Would you believe,” as Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86, used to say, that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin knows more about American history than the members of what Rush Limbaugh calls “the drive-by media,” who are currently making fun of her?
Probably not. But she does, at least as far as Paul Revere’s ride is concerned.
Palin recently said that Revere, as part of his famous ride, warned the British that they would have a fight on their hands if they tried to seize the caches of arms and ammunition that the colonists had hidden at places like Lexington and Concord. [See 5 reasons Palin will win the 2012 GOP nod. and 5 reasons she won't.]
“Hah Hah,” the media said. “Everybody knows that Revere rode through ‘every Middlesex village and town’ to warn the colonists that the British were coming,” the media said. “What an idiot,” the media said. Uh huh.
Palin has read American history. The media must have only read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem—which is no more the definitive account of Revere’s famous ride than Oliver Stone’s JFK is the true story of the Kennedy assassination. [See photos from Palin's bus tour.]
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I believe that she also said that the "rung the bells" to warn the patriots. But of course it was signal lamps. One lamp if by land, two if by sea.
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The "problem" with Sarah Palin, I doubt she will take orders from anyone, and if elected President, and refuses to take orders from the CFR…she will be assassinated within a year!! Part of the reason of Kennedy's assassination was his refusal to take orders from the CFR!!
BTW…Comin…Huge shootings at Malls & Police stations!! withing a month or two…YEP..Black flag operation to take away our guns…they said Obozo, our Liar in Chief was working under the radar to get our guns…This video tells all about it…Please pass it on!! You have to fix the (dot)!! http://www.freedomsphoenix(dot)com/News/091166-20… -sunday-edition.htm?From=News
Palin got some of it right, some of it wrong–not bad, for her. http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/making-sense-o…
And the fact that she calls "“What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?” a "gotcha question," making it tough for even Chris Wallace on Fox to avoid eye-rolling, demonstrate as clearly as the answer itself why she doesn't have the chops to be a credible presidential candidate.
Like you don't get things right all the time. Yeah, and as for Chris Wallace eye-rolling his eyes, big deal. How many times have I shook my head when the messiah and the VP made so many gaffes, and you liberal don't blink an eye.
Right on Terry, and he is still continuing to make them!
Did you read the article stating that she was correct in her assessment regarding Revere? Perhaps, you need to read, before you open your mouth.
Paul Revere Never Finished His Ride
As a homeschooling mom, I have to make sure my child gets the correct teaching of history. Below is the truth about Paul Revere's ride. There is no mention of "One if by land, two if by sea", lamps or any thing else but one rider making it yelling "The British are coming". During that period of time is was quite common for church bells to be rung to warn a community of fires, or a town meeting, or danger of any type including indian attack. But there is no mention of this being used, although I would imagine once these men warned a town someone may have rang a church bell to warn those all over the villages and countryside, because these 3 men would not have been able to hit every farmstead or dwelling with their own warning.
Here is the truth…We all know about Paul Revere's Ride, right? We all know about how Paul Revere rode from Lexington to Concord to warn the Americans that the British were coming. We all know about how he rode through the streets yelling, "The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!"
We all know about it; yet it isn't true.
The truth is that Paul Revere never finished that ride that come to be named after him. Paul Revere was stopped by a British patrol on his way to Concord. He never made it!
In fact, he was riding with two other men, only one of whom succeeded in warning the Americans in Concord that the British were coming.
William Dawes also rode with Paul Revere that night. He, too, was stopped by a British patrol. He managed to escape, as did Dr. Samuel Prescott, the third rider.
Revere, meanwhile, didn't escape until much later, and without his horse. He walked back to Lexington and made it there in time to witness part of the battle on Lexington Green.
Dawes, meanwhile, got lost in the dark and never made it to Concord.
Only Dr. Samuel Prescott reached Concord, where he delivered the warning, "The British are Coming!" And when the British came to Concord, the Americans were ready.
Why is Paul Revere famous? Several reasons:
He was a well-known figure in the Revolutionary community. He was a silversmith who made lots of things out of silver and sold them to all kinds of people, including the Sons of Liberty.
He made the famous engraving of the Boston Massacre that stirred up so much hatred for the British.
He was the subject of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that became very famous.
Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a poem known by generations of American school children. The views many Americans hold about Paul Revere are derived from this poem, which was written in 1861, more than 40 years after Revere's death. The poem was actually written at the outbreak of the Civil War, when many writers were trying to rally Northerners to fight against the South. Longfellow succeeded in stirring up the spirit of many Northerners with this poem, rallying them around the idea that one person could take a bold stand for his country and make a difference. Revere was only a regionally known person until the publishing of this famous poem, which turned him into a beloved national folk hero. The poem however, was not meant as an historical account of the famous midnight ride and it contains many inaccuracies.
In fact at this link you can read Paul Revere's own account of that night. You will also get other facts, including that the one and two lantern warning was meant for a town across the bay where they could not ride to. Here is the link… http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/paul-…
My compliments to you, Bonita. Thank you. You have done a wonderful job showing the brilliance of a home schooling parent. Keep it up.
What the left wingers complain about, doesn't address the real question. Why are schools teaching, courses about Stuff, a film produced by Soros endowed organizations, , also teaching young people that they can choose whatever sex they want to be? This is perverted, yet its taught to kids. Why??? Some schools , do not address the Founding fathers or the Constitution of the USA. Our children, are learning some distorted lessons from uber left leaning teachers, and many Socialist Professors,.some who have radical backgrounds.. Americans, should be concerned about their children's future, not whether a politician made a perceived error,.in telling an age old story. I never hear the lame stream media report on the USA Education's SAFE SCHOOL TZAR, Kevin Jennings, who preaches about sex between men and boys. The media, keeps their mouths sealed on this travesty. and his controversial reading list for children.
Palin bashing, it this a sanction NCAA sport? On this specific subject all of you failed. Revere's own account of his ride state that he warned the British that the Americans were ready and waiting, 500 of them. To bash without the facts is foolish. If nothing else Palin had many of us looking up the facts, so she did accomplish something in getting us to know our history. Not bad for an uncertified, non-union non teacher.
..does your know you're playing around here saying dumb things..?
..does your mother know you're playing around here posting dumb comments?
Hey if Barry says there are 57 staes there are 57 states. geees I just got a tingle up my leg typing Barry
Barry, if asked prior to Palin's comment, probably wouldn't even known about Revere! He was schooled in the middle east! If Palin's elegibility to be POTUS hinges on this, boy does that ever make Barry inelegible! (Along with all the other baggage he carries!)
Barry probably would say that Paul warned the Hawaiians.
You forgot, "I been to 57 states and one more to go", "my bowling is like watching the special olympics" and "the cambridge police acted stupidly". This man is an educated man and gets a pass from the media but they attack Bush because of his southern drawl, and Palin because of her open candor, and back woodsy jargon.
No body’s perfect and that’s what makes you perfect applies to Libs only. http://www.goooh.com
P.S. Have you voted this week at “you cut”? http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/
To the quick and simply said; none of us knows exactly what was said or not said, done or not done, because none of us were there. When Revere was stopped by the British patrol, he may well have told them that they would not easily get the munitions of the American patriots. History does show him to be a bold man, so it would seem very logical to imagine his "bluster" to the enemy. And also keep in mind that histroy does have a most definite way of being distorted…
Sarah Palin visited Boston and attended a tour of Paul Revere's house, during which she got some sort of historical briefing that she understood about half of. Later, a reporter asked her to speak about Paul Revere, and the tape was edited in such a way that Palin appeared to have her facts all mixed up. She said that Revere warned the British and that the warning involved the ringing of certain bells and the shooting of certain shots.
History Lesson. Paul Revere learned that the British would attack Massachusetts by sea. He and two other men, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, hopped on horses and rode out to alarm the countryside. Revere went toward Lexington. Prescott rode toward Concorde. Dawes also went to Lexington, but by a longer route, and part of his job was to warn Adams and Hancock that the British might be trying to arrest them. As they went along the roads, the three men would stop at the houses and warn the colonists to load their guns and prepare for the British invasion.
After their rides, the three alarmists met each other just as a British patrol came galloping around a curve to arrest them. Prescott got away. Dawes escaped after a chase. Revere was captured by the Redcoats. The British leader, a Major Mitchell, walked up to Revere, pointed a gun at him, and demanded to know what Revere had been up to. Revere admitted that he and two other men had raised the colony against the British and that the colonists would be prepared for the attack. The British decided not to shoot Revere, and they let him go. However, they kept his horse, and Revere had to walk back to town.
I suppose that counts as a warning, though one considerably less defiant than Sarah Palin made it seem. But I'm still not sure where her "bells" and "shots" come into the story.
It appears that the media edited out the first part of Palin's remarks about Paul Revere, showing only what she said last. They did that to make her seem even less suited for public office than the actually is. People naturally expect to hear about the "two if by sea" lanterns in the church tower and the ride to alarm the men of the colony. When all the TV viewers heard was Sarah Palin's account of what happened to Revere after his ride, they figured that she had gotten the story all wrong.
Although it's obvious that Palin isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, she isn't as stupid as the media made her seem with their politically hostile editing of the videotape.
The problem here is that Sarah Palin said it, so the media jumped on the opportunity to try to discredit her. If Obama or any Democrat had said it, the media wouldn't have even reported it.
The British may be coming–but not to meet with Sarah, apparently: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-wa…
Hay ACLU Atheist Teachers-Azz James BS McPhersonnnn You Better Talk About Your Leader "Little Weiner" And His New Muslim Pregnant Wife, Because Sarah Has Way More Pull Than Dumbocare And Michelle When It Comes To Visiting Margaret Thatcher. God Bless America And Susan Daniels.
Really the Guardian is calling Sarah Nutty. The comments to that article are very reveling of the bloats that read that rag. The reason Margret will not meet with Sarah is simpler than that. Sarah has never held a position in which she deserves to visit with a very ill former British Prime Minister. Margret is not long for this world and only has the strength to go to very rare events these days. President Reagan, her and the Pope were the ones that got that wall removed between the East and the West. That whole article was not but a poorly written hit piece on Sarah by a person or people whom themselves would never get to visit with Mrs "T". So in my synopsis, yes I understand the lefts hatred of Sarah, but just because a older dying leader of a country is not going to meet with someone it is not because she is the big boogie woman the left make her out to be.
What exactly has Sarah done that the left seem to hate about her. She has not broken laws as Rangel, Weiner, Dodd, Reid, Barry, Slick Willy and his wife, and many on the right also. She is just out there and in the lefts face and you on the left must demonize her for political reasons.No she is not ready for the White House but the left and the left stream media seem to have developed a almost obsession with Sarah. What has she done that you on the left are so afraid of. "Speaking her mind" Then call her stupid, and other names because she makes verbal gaffs.
Barry lied and people in Libya and Yemen have died. I am sure the number of countries are more, but we will never know will we. Barry is really doing what he accused President Bush of doing. This man is not getting approval from congress for any off this MILITARY ACTION. Now that is what the Left should be focused on, not every gaff Sarah does, whom is a real person with real love for her country.
"She has not broken laws"
There's some doubt about that.
"She is just out there"
That's for sure.
" media seem to have developed a almost obsession with Sarah"
Indeed. I wish they'd ignore her, giving her the attention a former half-term governor and reality TV show star deserves.
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That Add-On Was For Ireuel
Don't worry. The dummycrats will know SARAH is coming. They are uselessly preparing to keep from getting their ass's kicked. SARAH PALIN will be the next President of the United States.
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That's what frustrates them about Sarah Palin. She plays them like a violin! You go girl!
The LSM has once again embarrassed itself. And they're supposed to keep us peasants "informed"? Surely you jest. Elitists all, they are a flawed product of leftwing deconstructive education, and they bought the bilge hook, line and sinker. Clealry, they can no longer be counted on by the American public. Political agendas, not objective education, motivates them. Nothing more.
Paul's BC was in adobe layers too !
And Benjamin Franklin hit the wrong numeric keypad key when he was issueing SSNs.
Just amusing, is all.
Sadly, everyone got so caught up in Palin's ignorance of history that they largely overlooked her ignorance of economic issues during the same trip: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/…