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Remarkable not just for what he did militarily, but what he didn't do: The principal concern of the Continental Army and its officers in late 1782 and early 1783, however, was not military badges, but back pay owed to them and pensions promised to them by Congress. Washington began receiving letters from confidential correspondents warning of “dangerous combinations” within the army who ...
posted to MeFi by Rhaomi at 12:42 PM on April 15, 2012

Pope Guilty: "Yeah, we should be rationally debating the crazy-ass racist psychotics who are posting on the internet about how they're going to murder 50-70 million Americans and oh no wait you're just drawing a false equivalency because you're a silly person who shouldn't be taken the least bit seriously, sorry." Little do these cowards know that this fantasy they (reluctantly?) wish ... one of these rabble-rousing, Founder-thumping UltraPatriots and tell them this little story about George Washington: After the revolution succeeded, ...
posted to MeFi by Rhaomi at 8:00 PM on March 20, 2010

Here is my rant, (Marine 84-91): They are cowards. Either the current administration is populated with cowards without even an iota of honor or they are subverting our Constitution and the honor of our country for purely political gains. The lesser of the two evils is that they are cowards in a crisis that is well beyond their capabilities to handle. They want us to believe that THIS ... supposed to act. How Americans stand on the moral high ground even during our darkest hours. George Washington refused to torture the Hessians. ...
posted to MeFi by Bqaggie87 at 5:59 AM on September 29, 2006