In general then, proceed with caution within our native tongue — for it’s a very trixie devil, particularly when it comes to political-philosophical expressions.

So widespread and deep that I fear that, even if, say, Vice President J.D. Vance were to succeed Trump–and carry on his work–it would still not be enough to undo enough of the damage wrought by the Democrats, to set this country back on the right course.

Thus, I fear that Trump–and even a continuance of his policies and actions under Vance–are only like the Dutch boy’s finger in the dike, holding back the pressure of the leftist sea.

Moreover, isn’t the one prominent theory that all nations ultimately decline because of how they handle finance/money.

If that theory is true I ‘d say that we are already on the road to destruction.

Ultimately, though, isn’t it as Jefferson wrote, about the level of morality and education of our population–what they want–their understanding and mindset?

Most natives who died because of Europeans died because of disease, an inevitable amount of death due to globalization.

Yeah, I’d heard about Burns, Howard Zinn type, leftist twist to his portrayal of the Revolution.

When I wrote that this first episode of the series was very well done, I was mostly talking about its pretty stunning cinematography, rather than the commentary which went along with it.

But, at first glance, only a few things jumped out at me, particularly how he portrayed Sam Adams.

But, then, there was also his general tone–the English authorities misjudged the temper of their American subjects, but some Americans were too eager for war.

I also noted that I had never heard of most of the talking head historians he chose to use as expert commentators.

When the credits rolled at the end of the first episode, my wife exclaimed at the whose who of Hollywood who were going to be in this series as a good thing.

I, on the other hand, thought that these Hollywood luminaries wouldn’t have signed onto this series if it didn’t fit into Hollywood’s obligatory totally leftist perspective, and that their participation was a tell tale sign about how things were going to be portrayed.

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com

We Need to Talk About Ken Burns’s PBS American Revolution Documentary
Howard Zinn smiles…
CDR SALAMANDER

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-ken-burnss?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=247761&post_id=179270478&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=dys9j&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

NOV 18

CDR Salamander

So, I’ve watched the two episodes of Ken Burns’s documentary, The American Revolution, in spite of my stated zero desire to do so. Why? If you are not up to speed with the MSNBCification of Ken Burns over the last decade, catch up.

Anyway, as Mrs. Salamander knows more about the American Revolution than 99.7% of people out there, she insisted we watch it. I’ve been married for over three decades for a reason, so I sat down with her to watch.

FFS.

…and…it started with a land acknowledgement. ISYN.

It doesn’t get better.

https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2025/11/real-time-crowd-roars-for-bill-mahers.html

I’ll post a link to cdsalamander’s substack review and critique a bit later.

Surprisingly, through years of genealogical research, I discovered that at least five of my maternal fifth great grand fathers—all German immigrant farmers living in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill county—actively fought in the Revolution, one of them actually serving in the 6th Pennsylvania Line for six and a half years, and fighting in the battle of the Brandywine.

Was it Jefferson who warned that we would not survive as a nation unless we were a moral people, and were not an ignorant one?

Today, I fear that far too many of us no longer fit Jefferson’s prescription.

In my advancing age, and viewing today’s United States, and the course we are on–I can’t help wondering if we are going to survive as a free and independent country, or are we going to fade into history; a noble experiment which ultimately failed.