tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.comments2023-05-15T06:04:01.862-07:00Bydan Free means Forever FreeRICHARD K. MUNROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-30317653654470943402014-03-11T12:56:38.232-07:002014-03-11T12:56:38.232-07:00Nіce post. I lern something totally new annd chall...Nіce post. I lern something totally new annd challenging oon blogs <br />I stumbleupon on a daily basis. It's always useful to read articles from otɦer <br />writers and practice ѕomething from their sites.<br /><br /><br />Visit my web page; how to lose 10 pounds in 5 days (<a href="http://greatfitnessideas.com/how-to-lose-10-pounds/" rel="nofollow">greatfitnessideas.com</a>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-12173002391286092192012-04-19T00:07:20.955-07:002012-04-19T00:07:20.955-07:00splendid book review of Malone's classic work....splendid book review of Malone's classic work. I admire Jefferson LESS than I did as a young man (today I find Lincoln and TR more interesting)but hr still remains one of the most interesting American presidents to study. However, I have discovered curious, even strange things about Mr. Jefferson. For one, he read almost no fiction whatsoever. To some extent I understand this because aside from song and poetry which I love greatly I read more history and non-fiction than fiction. But I like good fiction -especially the classics-. Also I realize that Jefferson was a hypocrite on race, slavery and economics. He was, economically, a disaster. In a way he was a precursor to Mr. Obama except for the fact the was NOT a spendthrift as a public official only as a private individual. Today I think Mr. Jefferson would be a public intellectual living off a government pension. I also think much of our absolutism vis-à-vis the division of "Church and State" has it origins in Jefferson. I also believe that Jefferson was not as religiously tolerant as Washington or James Monroe. Jefferson displayed a deep distrust and hostility towards Catholicism in some of his writings that is, frankly, disturbing. For example, Washington attended Catholic Masses and Jewish services as Commander in Chief but it does not seem Jefferson was so inclined. Mr and Mrs. James Monroe had many Catholic friends and acquaintances -including priests like Father Dubois who lived with them in Richmond and at Highlands-and they allowed their daughter Eliza to be educated in a Catholic school and choose Catholicism as her faith (she had been raised an Episcopalian). Monroe allowed Eliza and his nephews James (Col Jimmy as he became known) and Andrew to hear Mass in his house. Both men were adult converts to Catholicism (after attending West Point and the Naval Academy respectively). Andrew went so far as to become a Catholic priest. But he was not the first religious in the family. His aunt Eliza, the daughter of the president, after she was widowed , joined a convent and died in Italy. As far as I know she is the only daughter of an American president to become a nun. Jefferson by contrast pulled his daughter from Catholic school because he feared she would convert to Catholicism or -God forbid- become a nun. Jefferson is a very contradictory individual. As time goes by I see that his contemporaries, Adams and Hamilton were worthy rivals of Jefferson. And I would definitely rank Washington as a man, as businessman and as a president much higher than Jefferson though I would rank Jefferson number two of the Virginia dynasty. But there is no question that Dumas Malone's biography is a masterpiece of literature and scholarship. I believe Malone is mistaken about Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemmings and I believe he portrays Jefferson as more tolerant and enlightened than he really was. And the sad truth is that if Jefferson had REALLY been a good and noble person he would have not sired (as he probably did) so many slaves and he certainly would have freed his slaves. But then he would never have become president and would never have had Monticello. Jefferson was too vain and ambitious to be a really great AmericanRICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-82097310058258347532012-04-19T00:07:20.750-07:002012-04-19T00:07:20.750-07:00splendid book review of Malone's classic work....splendid book review of Malone's classic work. I admire Jefferson LESS than I did as a young man (today I find Lincoln and TR more interesting)but hr still remains one of the most interesting American presidents to study. However, I have discovered curious, even strange things about Mr. Jefferson. For one, he read almost no fiction whatsoever. To some extent I understand this because aside from song and poetry which I love greatly I read more history and non-fiction than fiction. But I like good fiction -especially the classics-. Also I realize that Jefferson was a hypocrite on race, slavery and economics. He was, economically, a disaster. In a way he was a precursor to Mr. Obama except for the fact the was NOT a spendthrift as a public official only as a private individual. Today I think Mr. Jefferson would be a public intellectual living off a government pension. I also think much of our absolutism vis-à-vis the division of "Church and State" has it origins in Jefferson. I also believe that Jefferson was not as religiously tolerant as Washington or James Monroe. Jefferson displayed a deep distrust and hostility towards Catholicism in some of his writings that is, frankly, disturbing. For example, Washington attended Catholic Masses and Jewish services as Commander in Chief but it does not seem Jefferson was so inclined. Mr and Mrs. James Monroe had many Catholic friends and acquaintances -including priests like Father Dubois who lived with them in Richmond and at Highlands-and they allowed their daughter Eliza to be educated in a Catholic school and choose Catholicism as her faith (she had been raised an Episcopalian). Monroe allowed Eliza and his nephews James (Col Jimmy as he became known) and Andrew to hear Mass in his house. Both men were adult converts to Catholicism (after attending West Point and the Naval Academy respectively). Andrew went so far as to become a Catholic priest. But he was not the first religious in the family. His aunt Eliza, the daughter of the president, after she was widowed , joined a convent and died in Italy. As far as I know she is the only daughter of an American president to become a nun. Jefferson by contrast pulled his daughter from Catholic school because he feared she would convert to Catholicism or -God forbid- become a nun. Jefferson is a very contradictory individual. As time goes by I see that his contemporaries, Adams and Hamilton were worthy rivals of Jefferson. And I would definitely rank Washington as a man, as businessman and as a president much higher than Jefferson though I would rank Jefferson number two of the Virginia dynasty. But there is no question that Dumas Malone's biography is a masterpiece of literature and scholarship. I believe Malone is mistaken about Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemmings and I believe he portrays Jefferson as more tolerant and enlightened than he really was. And the sad truth is that if Jefferson had REALLY been a good and noble person he would have not sired (as he probably did) so many slaves and he certainly would have freed his slaves. But then he would never have become president and would never have had Monticello. Jefferson was too vain and ambitious to be a really great AmericanRICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-87062703238685521532012-01-04T14:07:35.043-08:002012-01-04T14:07:35.043-08:00Thanks for your comment. Of course, when reading ...Thanks for your comment. Of course, when reading Burns it is hard not to engage in some Scottish nationalist feeling yet I think it is clear from my tone that I, like Burns, oppose njustice more than I oppose England or the Union. My sympathies are, in fact, strongly Unionist but I think it important that Scotland be treated as an equal, autonomus, sister nation and not as a colonial possession where the Magna Carta and traditional liberties did not apply. This was a serious question in the 18th century for both Scotland and Ireland. It may seem a small thing but Queen Elizabeth would do well, in my opinion to call herself Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland and Elizabeth II of England and the UK.By not doing so she calls into question the legitimacy of her dynasty over Scotland to some people. Anyway I concentrated on the literary merits of Burns above all.I believe he was one of the greatest song writers the British Isles has ever known and one of her greatest poets. He has a special quality which is very Scottish but also universal and timeless. Rmunro3@bak.rr.com is my email if you have any other questions or comments. On your other comment it is true that the Boston Massacre was a relatively small affair blown up for propagandisitc and political purposes. The funerals afterwards were enormous affairs counting over 10,000 people.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-18827602922112651222012-01-04T12:21:25.329-08:002012-01-04T12:21:25.329-08:00As A Englishman invited to to present "The Im...As A Englishman invited to to present "The Immortal Memory" this year at our club I found your your speach quite inspiring if a little biased. As I said to a guide in Boston after she had denounced the little altercation which she insisted on calling a massacre, back home it would simply be considered a normal Saturday night out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-34024345203082299482011-12-25T08:35:10.306-08:002011-12-25T08:35:10.306-08:00How interesting. My grandfather was Colin Mitchel...How interesting. My grandfather was Colin Mitchell - who appears in a number of your posts.<br /><br />I would love to connect - my email is lorne(at)btinternet(dot)comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-25573021544495717092010-07-27T15:15:07.803-07:002010-07-27T15:15:07.803-07:00Hello! Yes, I am interested in Celtic music parti...Hello! Yes, I am interested in Celtic music particularly Gaelic music of Ireland and Scotland but of ocurse I like Breton and Welsh music too and I have many Welsh albums or Welsh singers singing songs of the British Isles.<br /><br /><br />Now explain to me who John Eason is I don't get that referenceRICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-67556083325155710122010-07-27T02:03:38.346-07:002010-07-27T02:03:38.346-07:00I imagine your interest here is as much in the Ga...I imagine your interest here is as much in the Gaelic as in the history of the St Geprge, but John Eason links into my family tree [it appears], and we have just returned from Kingussie!Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-50496945948719258912010-07-22T09:24:08.681-07:002010-07-22T09:24:08.681-07:00I am glad you enjoyed the NAMELESS LASSIE.
as I s...I am glad you enjoyed the NAMELESS LASSIE.<br /><br />as I said the song has been recorded. Alasdair Fraser recorded it for the fiddle and you can find Kenneth Mckellar's recording on SCOTTTISH SATURDAY NIGHT which has been re-released on CD. Are you English? The song has some Scottish dialect and was written in the fashion of a Burns song.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-15921564932427722102010-07-22T09:23:58.687-07:002010-07-22T09:23:58.687-07:00I am glad you enjoyed the NAMELESS LASSIE.
as I s...I am glad you enjoyed the NAMELESS LASSIE.<br /><br />as I said the song has been recorded. Alasdair Fraser recorded it for the fiddle and you can find Kenneth Mckellar's recording on SCOTTTISH SATURDAY NIGHT which has been re-released on CD. Are you English? The song has some Scottish dialect and was written in the fashion of a Burns song.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-11910209591796526052010-07-22T08:47:28.692-07:002010-07-22T08:47:28.692-07:00Hi there, my name is Penni and I am 64. My mother ...Hi there, my name is Penni and I am 64. My mother now passed on, told me a story of my grandmother whom I never met, and who died at the age of 53. She had 16 children all born but only 3 survived into adulthood, but one in particular who only lived 30 minutes was saddest of all. It seems they could find no-one to register her when she was dying and therefore her she never recieved a first name, she went doan as blank Lawrence, and this song was poplular at the time and seemingly my grandmother cried each time she heard it. Now I can see why when finally I have found it, thank you so much for putting this on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-53704565010784475622010-04-01T21:47:10.563-07:002010-04-01T21:47:10.563-07:00Thank you once again Richard. I hope to read this...Thank you once again Richard. I hope to read this book!Zarina Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-88289233474115523722009-11-06T19:35:42.198-08:002009-11-06T19:35:42.198-08:00Thanks so much for your message. Maureen O' H...Thanks so much for your message. Maureen O' Hara will always been one of my top Hollywood stars. She is one of the greats and has given me much entertainment over the years and perhaps given me some pride to be partially (1/8) of Irish descent in one way and at least 1/2 in other way (if you count Scottish Gaels as Irish Gaels in origin!!)RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-73167669110580135992009-11-06T18:35:21.208-08:002009-11-06T18:35:21.208-08:0089 this year and respectfully, still a babe!! Quie...89 this year and respectfully, still a babe!! Quiet Man is a true deep favorite. An actress and a movie star. Thank you Ms. O' HaraMarketing on the flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578774383529277796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-55459521385368197382009-09-11T07:59:46.269-07:002009-09-11T07:59:46.269-07:00Animo Non Astutia is twin of your quote about Trum...Animo Non Astutia is twin of your quote about Truman who is one of my heroes, Munro. Please do yourself a favor today, 9/11/09 and read Fr. George Rutler's words in the link I sent to another place we are both joined up. He mentions the word if only to point out how clever are the ones who have neither courage nor character.<br /><br />Peadar BanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-41897005957692568342009-07-16T22:17:18.509-07:002009-07-16T22:17:18.509-07:00Thanks for your commentThanks for your commentRICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-86955947258695343532009-07-04T10:50:10.073-07:002009-07-04T10:50:10.073-07:00Palin’s move just puts yet more pressure on Obama ...Palin’s move just puts yet more pressure on Obama to finally get some results, as the soaring rhetoric isn’t hypnotizing the plebes like it used to. This week Helen Thomas, Colin Powell, and Warren Buffet all turned on him. Polls are looking droopy for The One lately.<br /><br />Obama’s porkulus program is a train wreck, all it’s done is bump interest rates and tank the dollar. We are being laughed at by bad guys like Tehran, Pyongyang, and Al Qaida who amazingly turned-down Barack’s timid friend-requests.<br /><br />Palin could trounce him in 2012, when Americans would vote for the Gipper-in-Heels in droves- while begging for lower taxes, free enterpise, a defense posture with some backbone… an end to the radical, anti-American nightmare we’ve got now.<br /><br />Go get ‘em Sarah-<br /><br />http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.comReaganite Republicanhttp://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-64325285673250129302009-06-03T22:52:30.753-07:002009-06-03T22:52:30.753-07:00Yes, Svetlana and I hope you heard the music accom...Yes, Svetlana and I hope you heard the music accompaniment to the letter which is read aloud.<br /><br />Sullivan Ballow was what Highlanders call a LEAL AND TRUE MON that is to say a (Highland) Gentleman. He was a loving husband and father and he loved his young wife -only 24 years old!- very dearly. And yet when duty called -he was among the first to enlist he gave up a promising political career to serve as an infantry officer because his hero ABRAHAM LINCOLN asked for 75,000 volunteers. He was one of those 75,000 and those men saved Washington DC and probably the UNION. Harry Jaffa has written that if the North had lost history would have been entirely different. He said if slavery had continued in the USA the USA of 1939 would have been an Axis power and a an ally of Nazi Germany. <br /><br />Just think of that! Could there have been a more horrible possiblity. So all the world owes Sullivan Ballou and the men who fought by his side for the Union and in a larger sense for the cause of Democracy and Freedom round the world.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-65556592699790968582009-06-03T20:22:47.304-07:002009-06-03T20:22:47.304-07:00Heart-wrenching story! And what language! One thin...Heart-wrenching story! And what language! One thing is to feel the emotions, but to express his sentiment in such eloquent, refined, poetical manner... Why, I wish I lived in the 19th century!Svetlana Mamedovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381372361172059562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-84851980993004412832009-03-23T16:45:00.000-07:002009-03-23T16:45:00.000-07:00Thanks so very much for acknowledging my small tri...Thanks so very much for acknowledging my small tribute to Miss O'Hara. I first saw here in the PARENT TRAP as a small boy in 1961 and then of course saw her older movies on TV during the 1960's and 1970's. I will thrilled when she made a comeback with Anthony Quinn in ONLY THE LONELY and always enjoy getting news of her. I have her LP of Irish songs and have many of her movies on CD especially the movies she made with<BR/>John Ford. One of my favorite movie stars and personalities of all time without a doubt. I have been a fan for over forty years.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-47945286731531739102009-03-23T06:26:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:26:00.000-07:00I am the editor/designer of the official Maureen O...I am the editor/designer of the official Maureen O'Hara website at http://www.moharamagazine.com<BR/><BR/>We are now in the process of establishing a Maureen O'Hara Legacy Center in Glengarriff, County Cork - Ireland. It's going to be quite a museum and we are anxious to share our news with Maureen's fans.Junebug101https://www.blogger.com/profile/11463977527003408904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-49994684530036881922009-03-16T16:54:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:54:00.000-07:00Thank you for your comments; Burns was not a Highl...Thank you for your comments; Burns was not a Highlander -that is to say a Gael-but a lowlander -what the Highlanders (Gaels) call <BR/>Gall glass or "Sallow Lowlander" but he loved the Highlands and loved Highland music. Many of his songs -like this one had been composed for Gaelic songs by the ancient clan bards- by composing this song Burns preserved the ancient melody which is much older than the song which dates from the late 18th century. The recording I have on the blog is 1950's recording by JO STAFFORD a very fine American singer of the 1940's and 1950's and on to the 60's. She died only a short while ago. But we still have her art. Her Scottish album is now available on CD.RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-59205930357460282572009-03-16T00:08:00.000-07:002009-03-16T00:08:00.000-07:00Nice! One of the first poems my English teacher ma...Nice! One of the first poems my English teacher made me memorize... Never regretted it... Still under the spell of all things Celtic...Svetlana Mamedovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381372361172059562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-4367206044728397232009-03-15T07:52:00.000-07:002009-03-15T07:52:00.000-07:00Richard, nice talking to you yesterday...I cross p...Richard, nice talking to you yesterday...<BR/><BR/>I cross posted the two videos, awesome, really great....funny my 13 year nephew was checking out my blog yesterday here in my sis house and I was explaining to him the hymn & the Barbary Pirates, etc.Carlos Echevarriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269462014526091464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4949335591314305902.post-49653738727379226622009-02-25T16:42:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:42:00.000-08:00Jindal was not all THAT bad; it is a very difficul...Jindal was not all THAT bad; it is a very difficult thing to have to respond in general to a speech like that. I liked some of what he said. He seemed more truthful than Obama who was promising there would no waste and oversight.<BR/>9000 ear marks???? As a teacher I can't have cocktails at lunch so you have one over me there. In fact, I substituted today and worked through lunch. But all quiet on the Western Front.<BR/><BR/>Hope you liked my mustings on the Trinity and the Shamrock (based on Sunday's Catechism class)RICHARD K. MUNROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285008371586474385noreply@blogger.com