The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

War and Peace

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What I Learned From My Old Dad – Washington Rebel.

Do please click the above link to read a very touching piece about "Washington Rebel's" father's experiences on Omaha Beach, and how they affected the rest of his life.

He explained to me how do-gooders and reformers were little Stalins
looking for a corpse to feed on.  He understood these things because he
saw through their pretenses — which they could not see in themselves.

They don't seem to have affected his judgement though. Do read it all, it's good stuff.

2 responses to “War and Peace”

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    Moggsy

    It is touching. It extols old fashioned values and makes some valid points, and holds together…
    almost right up till the end, where it suddenly turns into a non sequitur attack on Obama. What’s with that?

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    Tom Paine

    If you made me guess, I would say he probably thinks Obama falls into the category of
    “…do-gooders and reformers … looking for a corpse to feed on…”
    But he’s a blogger, so he doesn’t need me to answer for him. You can leave him a comment to ask.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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