"The world has taken a turn for the worst, survey says" https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/the-world-has-taken-a-turn-for-the-worst-survey-says.html Recent attacks in Manchester, Paris, Kabul and more are devastating displays of a world at odds. Despite increased political and economic polarization, there is one thing the world can largely seem to agree on: the world is getting worse. According to a survey of more than 21,000 people from 36 countries in all regions of the world, about 60 percent agree that the world has become worse in the past year, rather than getting better or staying the same.
The Fake President https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/joe-biden-the-fake-president.352379/page-87#post-5425570
And Not, er And Now! The President of The United .. uh, uh... https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/joe-biden-the-fake-president.352379/page-87#post-5425570
Is this the best Star Spangled Banner Presentation or What? https://www.bitchute.com/video/hAISltOApykF/
The overwhelming majority of leftwingers on this forum have been confirmed as foreigners. I have not yet confirmed UsuallyLame is a foreigner, but I have strong suspicions.
After the American Revolution, Paine continued to agitate. At one point, after the war, he crossed George Washington, who was exploiting loopholes in legacy land distribution treaties between Great Britain and the American Indians from before the war. Paine didn't think those loopholes should exist. Or something like that. So, when Paine was arrested in France, in 1793, when he needed to prove American citizenship to get out of jail, he could not get a letter from George Washington vouching for his citizenship, causing him to languish in French jail a lot longer than he did. When Paine got out, he had a few choice words for/about Washington. Looks like he was charged with treason in both England and in France. He had some good points but stepped on too many toes, and was smeared as anti-Christ. Some details from the web: "Paine returned to Britain in 1787, but soon experienced persecution due to his fervent support of the French Revolution. When the conservative English writer and politician Edmund Burke heavily criticized the French Revolution, Paine wrote a new work titled The Rights of Man which argued that oppression in society stemmed from aristocratic control of an unequal and undemocratic political system. Paine was charged with treason and escaped to France in 1793 where he was elected a member of the National Assembly. When he objected to the beheading of the French King Louis XVI, he was thrown in jail until the American ambassador to France, James Monroe, was able to secure his release. Paine remained in France for several years, writing his last well-known work, the three-part Age of Reason. In 1796 Paine published a bitter open letter to George Washington, personally attacking Washington as an incompetent general and elitist president who had betrayed Paine for not protecting him when he claimed American citizenship when arrested by France. Paine scathingly wrote in regards to Washington that, "Monopolies of every kind marked your administration almost in the moment of its commencement. The lands obtained by the Revolution were lavished upon partisans; the interest of the disbanded soldier was sold to the speculator…In what fraudulent light must Mr. Washington's character appear in the world, when his declarations and his conduct are compared together!"1 Despite Paine's dissatisfaction with the years following the America Revolution, Paine returned to the United States in 1802 upon the invitation of President Thomas Jefferson. Paine remained in the United States until his death in 1809."~Thomas Paine · George Washington's Mount Vernon " Writer Thomas Paine is arrested in France - HISTORY Thomas Paine is arrested in France for treason. Though the charges against him were never detailed, he had been tried in absentia on December 26 and convicted. Before moving to France, Paine was an instrumental figure in the American Revolution as the author of Common Sense, writings used by George Washington to inspire the American troops. Paine moved to Paris to become involved with the French Revolution, but the chaotic political climate turned against him, and he was arrested and jailed for crimes against the country. When he first arrived in Paris, Paine was heartily welcomed and granted honorary citizenship by leaders of the revolution who enjoyed his antiroyalty book The Rights of Man. However, before long, he ran afoul of his new hosts. Paine was strictly opposed to the death penalty under all circumstances and he vocally opposed the French revolutionaries who were sending hundreds to the guillotine. He also began writing a provocative new book, The Age of Reason, which promoted the controversial notion that God did not influence the actions of people and that science and rationality would prevail over religion and superstition. Although Paine realized that sentiment was turning against him in the autumn of 1793, he remained in France because he believed he was helping the people. After he was arrested, Paine was taken to Luxembourg Prison. The jail was formerly a palace and unlike any other detainment center in the world. He was treated to a large room with two windows and was locked inside only at night. His meals were catered from outside, and servants were permitted, though Paine did not take advantage of that particular luxury. While in prison, he continued to work on The Age of Reason. Paine’s imprisonment in France caused a general uproar in America and future President James Monroe used all of his diplomatic connections to get Paine released in November 1794. Ironically, it wasn’t long before Paine came to be despised in the United States, as well. After The Age of Reason was published, he was called an anti-Christ, and his reputation was ruined. Thomas Paine died a poor man in 1809 in New York." ~Writer Thomas Paine is arrested in France - HISTORY