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re: The American Revolution-Ken Burns
Posted by donut on 12/9/25 at 10:20 pm to WaltTeevens
I don’t care about or follow Matt Walsh. I watched a video that another poster posted. I heard the point he made and then I went and did my own research and confirmed what he was saying was correct. Burns put out a lie and people are just gonna assume Ken Burns is telling the truth. The woman got the same conversation as other military members.
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The Matt Walsh video is really worth the watch regarding what Ken Burns is doing in the American Revolution documentary. He does a great job explaining how Burns inserts stories that the viewer will of course assume is accurate, but in reality when examined, are not accurate.
From Walsh's video: Burns tells the story of Margaret Corbin who was the wife of a Pennsylvania soldier who was near her husband when he was killed in battle. She stepped in and continued firing the artillery. She was wounded in battle and would loose the use of her one of her arms.
Burns goes onto say that she became the first woman to receive a lifetime disability pension, but at half the rate. Here is where the viewer realizes the founding fathers were clearly misogynists who did not treat her fairly.
What really happened: In 1776 the Continental Congress passed a resolution that any commissioned officer, and private soldier who shall lose a limb in any engagement or be so disabled...shall receive one half monthly pay of what the soldier was being paid at the time for the rest of the soldiers life.
In other words she was compensated the same as the male soldiers who were actually officially in the military. Low and behold the founding fathers had not treated her differently.
From Walsh's video: Burns tells the story of Margaret Corbin who was the wife of a Pennsylvania soldier who was near her husband when he was killed in battle. She stepped in and continued firing the artillery. She was wounded in battle and would loose the use of her one of her arms.
Burns goes onto say that she became the first woman to receive a lifetime disability pension, but at half the rate. Here is where the viewer realizes the founding fathers were clearly misogynists who did not treat her fairly.
What really happened: In 1776 the Continental Congress passed a resolution that any commissioned officer, and private soldier who shall lose a limb in any engagement or be so disabled...shall receive one half monthly pay of what the soldier was being paid at the time for the rest of the soldiers life.
In other words she was compensated the same as the male soldiers who were actually officially in the military. Low and behold the founding fathers had not treated her differently.
re: Catholic church near Boston depicts nativity with Jesus, Mary and Joseph taken by ICE
Posted by donut on 12/4/25 at 11:25 am to Night Vision
Why did they take the Holy Family who were in their own country? They should have taken the Three Wise Men who illegally crossed the border.
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Tag: a guy was “it” and would tag you.
Then you were it. Then you’d tag someone.
Freeze Tag: a guy was it and he tagged you out and you froze until someone unfroze you.
This is the correct answer, they are two different terms, not one term for the same thing.
re: The American Revolution-Ken Burns
Posted by donut on 11/19/25 at 3:07 pm to DestrehanTiger
There was one point where historian Alan Taylor makes the following statement:
"In the colonial world and the European world, democracy had a bad name. It was a synonym for "anarchy." It had a reputation as being turbulent, as a system exploited by ruthless politicians called "demagogues"-- people who pandered to the passions of common people in order to whip them up and get them to do passionate things, and to get government to serve them and to prey upon the property of more wealthy people. So, democracy is not the aspiration that creates the Revolution. The Revolution creates the conditions for people to aspire to have a democracy."
Then they cut to the narrator discussing how merchants in Boston and New York were boycotting British goods.
No mention of how democracy wasn't the goal of the leaders of the revolution and the founding fathers. They too saw democracy as chaotic and extreme.
“Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself….It is vain to say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy.” John Adams
“Democracy is the most vile form of government…democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with the personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison
“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments… But if we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.” Alexander Hamilton
"In the colonial world and the European world, democracy had a bad name. It was a synonym for "anarchy." It had a reputation as being turbulent, as a system exploited by ruthless politicians called "demagogues"-- people who pandered to the passions of common people in order to whip them up and get them to do passionate things, and to get government to serve them and to prey upon the property of more wealthy people. So, democracy is not the aspiration that creates the Revolution. The Revolution creates the conditions for people to aspire to have a democracy."
Then they cut to the narrator discussing how merchants in Boston and New York were boycotting British goods.
No mention of how democracy wasn't the goal of the leaders of the revolution and the founding fathers. They too saw democracy as chaotic and extreme.
“Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself….It is vain to say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy.” John Adams
“Democracy is the most vile form of government…democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with the personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison
“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments… But if we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.” Alexander Hamilton
re: The American Revolution-Ken Burns
Posted by donut on 11/19/25 at 8:02 am to sledgehammer
I have to be honest I've really enjoyed most of his work, but I'm having trouble holding interest in this one. It seems disjointed to me. Every time he gets on track with the events of the war he seems to have to detour to tell us about some other group that played a part.
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here is a candidate thread from 2007:
LINK
Wow, one of the first comment in that old thread: Brian Kelly would be pretty awesome. He's a winner.
re: Jon Sumrall (Tulane coach)
Posted by donut on 11/13/25 at 8:41 am to Jack Daniel
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I’m not sure why he is such a hot commodity when he wasn’t the one that built the Tulane program up
Agreed. In the two years before becoming the coach Tulane had a combined record of 23-5.
2022: 12-2
2023: 11-3
His first year in 2024 he went 9-5.
I didn't realize the daughter was a real life sibling to the twin boys. Sad news, one of the twins died in 2016.
re: Baker asked Frank for more "realistic looks" in practice and more "game-like simulations"
Posted by donut on 11/3/25 at 2:18 pm to BiggaGeauxrilla
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Im amazed we ever won 10 games wtf...
Think about it, LSU under Kelly only won 10 games in 2022 and 2023.
2022 LSU beat a Purdue team that had a bunch of opt outs and was unranked to get a 10th win.
2023 LSU beat an unranked 7-5 Wisconsin team to get to 10 wins.
2024 LSU had to beat Baylor to get to 9 wins.
re: Nastiest thing you've ever seen or heard of.
Posted by donut on 10/19/25 at 1:17 pm to DiamondDog
Come on it’s not that bad, they rinsed the sponge off between wipings.
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Have you seen the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial where the white female is talking to the Bison and talking about having kids together?
I was just about to mention this. I've seen this commercial over the past few weeks and thought, wow they are really saying that out loud now. It's really strange.
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How is there a shutdown with Republicans having majority?
Is this your first time diving into the realm of politics in the U.S. and how the Senate works?
re: The sound system overwhelms everything else in the stadium and not in a good way.
Posted by donut on 10/15/25 at 8:53 am to Jim Rockford
Every time I go to a game the last two years I get annoyed and ask myself why I keep going. The constant music at breaks and lights are annoying.
At the Florida game I realized most of the people aren't really there to watch a football game, but rather to be at the LSU game.
Not only is the music annoying, but the constant on the field activities during the timeouts or small breaks in the game.
LSU turned the ball over at one point in the South Carolina game and it was a frustrating time in the game, next thing you know the crowd is cheering for the Tanks or Shanks kick.
At the Florida game I realized most of the people aren't really there to watch a football game, but rather to be at the LSU game.
Not only is the music annoying, but the constant on the field activities during the timeouts or small breaks in the game.
LSU turned the ball over at one point in the South Carolina game and it was a frustrating time in the game, next thing you know the crowd is cheering for the Tanks or Shanks kick.
re: Monster: The Ed Gein Story - Official Discussion thread
Posted by donut on 10/13/25 at 11:30 am to ReedRothchild
I thought it was interesting the after the first two episodes, then I googled Ed Gein and found out most of what is in the show is not accurate.
re: Shadeur when asked about Gabriel being named starter strangely pantomimes answers to press
Posted by donut on 10/2/25 at 8:32 am to Black n Gold
It's like his beard continues around his forehead.
In tennis when a player hits a lucky shot that hits the top of the net and bounces over the unwritten rule is the player who hit the lucky shot acknowledges it with a "sorry". Townsend did not acknowledge the lucky shot and didn't say sorry. It's really stupid of Ostapenko to get upset over, but it's even more stupid that the media is trying to make this into a race issue. When she said she had no education and no class she was referencing her tennis etiquette.
Another reason Ostopenko was mad goes back to before the match started. When warming up the pros usually start from the baseline, for some reason Townsend decided to start at the net. This of course messed up Ostopenko's routine. Another reason she called out Townsend's lack of class and education in reference to tennis.
This happened during the Wimbledon final when Anisimova bean Sabalenka. During the match Anisimova hit a shot that hit the net and went over for a point. Anisimova didn't say sorry and Sabalenka said to her "are you going to say sorry". After the win some in the media started asking if Anisimova was rude.
It's all pretty stupid really.
Another reason Ostopenko was mad goes back to before the match started. When warming up the pros usually start from the baseline, for some reason Townsend decided to start at the net. This of course messed up Ostopenko's routine. Another reason she called out Townsend's lack of class and education in reference to tennis.
This happened during the Wimbledon final when Anisimova bean Sabalenka. During the match Anisimova hit a shot that hit the net and went over for a point. Anisimova didn't say sorry and Sabalenka said to her "are you going to say sorry". After the win some in the media started asking if Anisimova was rude.
It's all pretty stupid really.
re: Cease fire countdown. Twelve AM EST is the deadline. Missiles inbound.
Posted by donut on 7/2/25 at 8:07 am to MoarKilometers
quote:my response wasn't in reference to civilians. I was responding to the this comment made in an earlier post:
I don't remember ww1 ending with any side targeting civilians until time expired.
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Is it normal for warring nations/groups to fight right up until the end as ceasefire hits?
re: Was the Metaurus the key battle of 2nd Punic War?
Posted by donut on 7/2/25 at 8:02 am to prplhze2000
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Was the Metaurus the key battle of 2nd Punic War?
The key battle? No
A key battle? Yes
re: Cease fire countdown. Twelve AM EST is the deadline. Missiles inbound.
Posted by donut on 6/23/25 at 11:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Is it normal for warring nations/groups to fight right up until the end as ceasefire hits?
World War I says hello.
Zach Hess was pretty good
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