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Schofiled's Quote

Major General John M. Schofield's graduation address to the graduating Class of 1879 at West Point is as follows:

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself. While he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect towards others, especially his subordinates, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.

Jews defend Hagee's words

My point from yesterday is reinforced:

See the full Washington Times article here,

By Julia Duin - Jewish allies of the Rev. John Hagee rushed to his defense yesterday to say the Texas evangelist is not anti-Semitic despite Sen. John McCain campaign's repudiation Thursday of the evangelist's endorsement.

"John Hagee is one of the Jewish people's best friends," Los Angeles talk show host Dennis Prager said on the air yesterday morning. "Identifying John Hagee with anti-Semitism would be like identifying Raoul Wallenberg, the great Swede who saved thousands of Jews in the Holocaust, with anti-Semitism."

Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, of Congregation Rodfei Sholom in San Antonio, appeared at an afternoon press conference yesterday to say Mr. Hagee's "words were twisted and used to attack him for being anti-Semitic."

In actuality, Mr. Hagee "interpreted a biblical verse in a way not very different from several legitimate Jewish authorities," the rabbi said.

"Viewing Hitler as acting completely outside of God's plan is to suggest that God was powerless to stop the Holocaust, a position quite unacceptable to any religious Jew or Christian," the rabbi said.
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Classic Movie Sound Bites

There are four classic movie sound bites:

1. The Wilhelm Yell
2. The Goofy Holler
3. The Tarzan Yell
4. The Castle Thunder

All are available on Wikipedia

McCain Shows His True Colors

John McCain showed his true colors today when he repudiated John Hagee's sermon expounding how good can come from evil.

Either McCain doesn't believe what scripture tells us in Habakkuk, Amos, Daniel, Romans and hundreds of other scriptures...or he does believe but does not have the moral backbone to stand up for his beliefs.

Either way disqualifies him for public office.

You can link to the Wall Street Journal article here.

In case the link is gone:

"Mr. Hagee, who endorsed the Republican candidate in February, delivered a sermon in the late 1990s in which he appeared to explain how something good could come from a tragic event.

"A hunter is someone with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter. And the Bible says...'They shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the holes of the rocks,'" Mr. Hagee preached. "God allowed it to happen. Why did it happen? Because God said my top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel."

"Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them," Sen. McCain said Thursday. "I feel I must reject his endorsement." "

McCain is just part of the Anti-God Group.

America OnLine

I am really getting frustrated with AOL. I need to start the process of shifting to mchsi.

My Favorite Books

The Bible (NIV or NASB),
Getting to Yes, Getting Past No,
Winning Teams,
Managing Transitions,
Atlas Shrugged,
any Heinlein except Job,
My Utmost for His Highest,
Herding Cats,
Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart,
Shogun, Whirlwind, Noble House,
Dune,
The Foundation Trilogy,
The Five Points of Calvinism,
Practicing the Presence of God,
The Mote in the God's I,
Godel Escher Bach,
The theory of Games and Economic Behavior,
The Light and the Glory, From Sea to Shining Sea,
The Civil War:A Narrative (triology)

My Favorite Movies

Casablanca,
Gandhi,
Animal House,
Patton,
Honeysuckle Rose,
Star Wars I-III,
Apocalypse Now,
Sin City,
The Searchers,
African Queen,
In Harm's Way,
Streets of Fire,
Gladiator, Hero (in Chinese with English subtitles),
Godfather I+II+III,
Lord of the Rings,
All Monty Python,
both Blues Brothers,
Casino Royale,
Saving Private Ryan,
Big Trouble in Little China,
anything with Diane Lane,
anything with Kathleen Turner,
Once Upon a Time in America,
Mash,
Blazing Saddles,
Flashdance,
Death Hunt,
Swimming to Cambodia,
Real Genius,
Top Gun,
The Man Who Would Be King,
Driving School,
Urban Cowboy,
The Name of the Rose