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By Jim Mullin

Dear family, Ever since theelection of Donald J Trump, I havebeen increasingly upset by misguidedmilitary generals, active and retired,who have been publicly bad-mouth-ing their Commander-in-Chief, thePresident of the United States.When “generals” speak, people lis-ten!! Their public statements canhave serious consequences involv-ing respect for authority, whichhas all but disappeared in ourcountry. (Public remarks by Gen-erals Mattis, Kelly, Allen, Dempsey,Powell and Milley can be googled,if you are so inclined.)

In the military, respect forauthority is mandated by a “chainof command”. Accomplished gen-erals know better than anyone else,whether they agree or disagree, likeor dislike their boss—in this case thePresident— they do not shoot offtheir mouths in the public square.These so-called honorable men, ac-tive or retired, committed a lifetimeto always exercise appropriate de-corum regarding their Commander-in-Chief. Anything less dishonorsthem and demeans the Office ofPresident. Unfortunately, withAmerica’s most highly visible

Respect ForAuthority &MisguidedGenerals

military leadership setting such apoor example for the country, itis no wonder respect for author-ity in our schools, on our streetsand even in the home has prettymuch disappeared.

Many years ago, when I wasa young artillery officer in Korea, Ihad a strong association with theCommanding General. In fact, be-fore he left Korea, he invited me togo with him to Fort Sill, Oklahomaas his aide-de-camp. It would havebeen an honor, but I respectfullydeclined. In spite of this close rela-tionship with a wonderful man, therewas never any doubt who was incharge. Believe me, especially in lifeor death situations, you cannot af-ford to question authority. The lifelesson I learned about respect forauthority under his command hasstayed with me my entire life.

Back in civilian clothes, I re-alized the lesson learned in Koreawas no different in the corporateworld, a church organization, with afootball team, or even in the family.For any organization to achievesuccess, someone must lead andsomeone must follow. Respect forauthority is universal in natureand pertains to every walk of life.Without respect for authoritythere is chaos and eventually an-archy. It is exactly what our coun-try is experiencing right now.

By publicly disrespecting thePresident of the United States, thesehigh-profile misguided generals arecontributing to the national crises. In

fact, their example violates the veryprinciple upon which their own suc-cessful careers were governed!!How sad. America is grateful for theirextraordinary service; but there is noexcuse for the destructive disservicein which they are now engaged. Thequestion is, why???

I am reluctant to introducepolitics, but unfortunately there isonly one reason these once esteemedwarriors would abandon their posts.They have taken off their uniformsto join the scum-covered media andthe bottom-feeding creatures in theWashington swamp. The media andthe swamp have no principles, nostandards. There is no “honorable”decorum. There is no respect forauthority. With a change in uniform,these generals have lowered them-selves. They are now leveraging theirhighly regarded reputations to ad-vance an incredibly specious, po-litical narrative. It is an effort todefeat the strongest pro-Ameri-can President since RonaldReagan. Their ignorance, selfishinterests, bloated egos and diminishedcharacter is contributing to a god-less, unprincipled movement intenton completely stripping America ofher remaining freedom; a movementthat already enslaves most of theworld Socialism/Marxism. This isthe very enemy these generals foughtto defeat throughout their entire mili-tary careers!! Unbelievable!!

If anyone doubts my thesis,please consider just a handful ofquestions about the land of the free;questions that are principle-drivenand exactly the opposite of social-ism/Marxism.

Do you believe freedomcomes from God, not government?(y/n) Do you believe in religious free-dom? (y/n) Do you believe all hu-man life is sacred and all lives mat-ter? (y/n) Do you support the tradi-tional American family? (y/n) Doyou believe in hard work and per-sonal opportunity, rather than gov-ernment handouts? (y/n) Do youbelieve in less government and moreindividual freedom? (y/n) Do youbelieve judges should follow theConstitution, not rewrite it? (y/n) Doyou support the “rule of law”? (y/n)Do you support responsible freespeech? (y/n) Do you support na-tional borders and legal immigration?(y/n) Do you support energy inde-pendence? (y/n) Do you support ourveterans and peace throughstrength? (y/n) Do you support theright to bear arms? (y/n) Do youbelieve communist China is a seri-ous threat to America? (y/n) Do youvehemently reject those who wishto erase American history, spurn theNational Anthem and burn theAmerican flag? (y/n)

Regardless of PresidentTrump’s personal shortcomings,

America is blessed to have a red,white and blue, “five-star” Com-mander-in-Chief who answers“yes” to every single one of thesequestions. They are foundationalto every political decision he hasmade. Why would anyone, in theirright mind, bad mouth such a com-mitted, pro-American President???If these generals with loose tongues,do not change their attitude and getout of the swamp, they are indeedpart of the Socialist/Marxist move-ment to destroy the America we love;or they have nothing left betweentheir ears. In my previous letters, Iapologized if I was unkind or wrongon any issue; but I am not going toapologize for this one. What I havewritten is the truth. And what ourcountry desperately needs right nowis more red, white and blue Ameri-cans like our President to publiclyand passionately speak the truth.Who are we if we do not stand upfor what we believe? Let us startby restoring respect for authority,by supporting our “five-star” Com-mander-in-Chief, and by summarilydismissing those misguided gener-als!!

Friday, July 24, 2020 SENIOR SAMPLER

By W. Russell Atkin, FuneralDirector/Owner

Russ Atkin

The July press release fromthe National Funeral Director’sAssociation (NFDA) providessome insight into the impactCOVID-19 has had on the fu-neral and cremation industry.Reportedly, more than half ofall funeral directors have expe-rienced increased cremationrates largely due to the pan-demic.

Cremation rates have beenon the rise and surpassed theburial rate for the first time inhistory in 2015. For 2020, theprojected burial rate is 37.5%and the projected cremation rateis 56.0%. Projections for theyear 2025 indicate that the cre-mation rate may climb as high

COVID-19: The Impact OnFunerals And Cremation

as 63.3%.The current pandemic has

greatly altered end-of-life ser-vices, beginning with the sheervolume of deaths. According tothe NFDA’s 2020 Cremationand Burial Report, “an additional200,000 U.S. deaths are esti-

mated this year because of thepandemic, eight out of ten ofwhich are adults 65 years andolder.” End-of-life services havealso been affected by social dis-tancing efforts. The 2020 re-port states that “50% of NFDA-member funeral homes reportfamilies postponing a lovedone’s service due to COVID-19,with plans to hold some type ofservice with a funeral director’sassistance in later months.”Here in St. George, most fami-lies choose not to postpone butto hold a smaller service andlive-stream to a larger audience.The families seem slightly dis-appointed at first but usually in-form me afterwards that hold-ing a smaller service was a posi-tive experience.

The NFDA also reportsthat “nearly 900 funeral profes-

sionals from across the country”traveled to volunteer in COVID-19 hotspots such as New Yorkand Michigan when they wereexperiencing extreme spikes intheir death rate. This type ofcomradery and service makesme proud of my fellow profes-

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SENIOR SAMPLER Friday, July 24, 2020

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The Journal of Prosth-odontics has just released aseries of articles last week byProsthodontist Dr AvinashBidra that show that rinsingwith very dilute Povidone-Io-d ine i s e f fec t ive to k i l lSARS-CoV-2 in 15 seconds.This is important because in-fected people often do nothave symptoms.

In other countries out-side the U.S., Povidone-Io-dine is sold as a dilute oralrinse, but here in the U.S. itis sold only in concentratedfor external use only. Thestudies show how to dilute it(Mix 0.5%ml of 10% OTC

By Dr. Rodney Andrus

Oral Rinsing During ThePandemic—A Public HealthMessage PVP-I and 9.5ml of clean

water and rinse for at least

30 seconds) and the precau-tions to take (not for peoplethat are allergic to Iodine,pregnant, or those with thy-roid problems).

We are using this pro-tocol in our office for our-

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Comparison of In VitroInactivation of SARS CoV-2with Hydrogen Peroxide andPovidone-Iodine Oral Antisep-tic Rinses.

Bidra AS, Pelletier JS,Westover JB, Frank S, BrownSM, Tessema B.

J Prosthodont. 2020 Jun30:10.1111/jopr.13220. doi:10.1111/jopr.13220. Onlineahead of print.PMID: 32608097Free PMC article.

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Inacti-vation Using Low Dose Povi-done-Iodine Oral Rinse-Imme-diate Application for theProsthodontic Practice.

Tessema B, Frank S, BidraA.

J Prosthodont. 2020 Jun16:10.1111/jopr.13207. doi:10.1111/jopr.13207. Onlineahead of print.PMID: 32542782Free PMC article. No abstractavailable.

Rapid In-Vitro Inactivationof Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) Using Povi-done-Iodine Oral AntisepticRinse.

Bidra AS, Pelletier JS,Westover JB, Frank S, BrownSM, Tessema B.

J Prosthodont. 2020 Jun8:10.1111/jopr.13209. doi:10.1111/jopr.13209. Onlineahead of print.PMID: 32511851Free PMC article.


In the spirit of academic co-operation, Dixie State University andDixie Technical College signed anacademic articulation agreement thisweek to help Dixie Tech graduateseasily transfer to DSU.

“We’re excited to be able tocreate this pathway for Dixie Techstudents who want to continue theireducation and become Trailblazers,”Dixie State President Richard B.Williams said. “As sister institutions,we are working together to ensurethat our students have every oppor-

By Stacy Schmidt, DSUPublic Relations

Dixie State University, Dixie Technical College Team Up For Students’ ContinuedLearning tunity to be successful. This mile-

stone move also helps meetworkforce demands in our regionand beyond.”

The agreement outlines howDixie Tech students can transfer theirapplicable credits toward a DixieState degree. Transferring studentscan earn an Associate of AppliedScience degree in General Technol-ogy with emphases available in digi-tal design, business and informationtechnology as well as earn partialcredit in the pharmacy technicianprogram. Students can also worktoward a bachelor’s degree in theseareas and, upon completion, applycredits from their Dixie Techcoursework to the degree. In addi-tion, DSU will reserve twelve spots

each year for a seamless transitionfrom Dixie Tech’s LPN program toDSU’s Associate Degree in Nursingprogram. “We call it articulation, butyou can call it a win-win!” DixieTechnical College President KelleStephens said. “This agreement al-lows students to customize their col-lege education by stacking technicalskill development with traditionalacademics if they choose. I amthrilled for the opportunities this willopen to Dixie Tech graduates. Be-cause of this partnership, college stu-dents in the Dixie region can benefitfrom the best of both worlds.”

Signed by presidents Will-iams and Stephens, the agreementwas created to build an equitableand responsive student transfer

system between the two institu-tions. The resulting memorandumof understanding is the culmina-tion of months of working throughdetails to create a clear process.

“When Dillon Hurt, JordanRushton and I went into a fewDTC classrooms in the fall andasked who is interested in attend-ing DSU, many hands wereraised,” said Sarah Vandermark,DSU’s associate provost for aca-demic success. “I thought, let’s bemore intentional and create aware-ness about DSU’s degree optionsmoving forward. We want to makesure all students’ needs are metwhen transitioning so they don’trepeat content from Dixie Techat DSU. We also want to track

who is interested in transferring.”As part of their ongoing part-

nership, the institutions also haveplans in place to raise studentawareness about this opportunityand help make the transfer pro-cess seamless. “Building relation-ships and raising awareness is key,more than anything,” saidVandermark. “We want to have apresence on the DTC campus andbuild momentum to ensure stu-dents understand these programsare easily transferrable to the uni-versity.”

For more information aboutDixie Technical College, visitdixietech.edu and to learn moreabout Dixie State University, visitdixie.edu.


Humor CornerA Sporting Future

Bertha And BettyTwo 90-year-old women,

Bertha and Betty, had beenfriends all of their lives.When it was clear that Berthawas dying, Betty visited her ev-ery day. One day Betty said,‘Bertha, we both loved playingsoftball all our lives, and weplayed all through high school.Please do me one favor: whenyou get to heaven, somehow youmust let me know if there’swomen’s softball there.’ Berthalooked up at Betty from herdeathbed and said, ‘Betty,you’ve been my best friend formany years. If it’s at all possible,I’ll do this favor for you.’ Shortlyafter that, Bertha passed on.A few nights later, Betty wasawakened from a sound sleepby a blinding flash of white lightand a voice calling out to her,‘Betty, Betty.’ ’Who is it’, askedBetty, sitting up suddenly. ‘Whois it?’ ’Betty, it’s me, Bertha.’’You’re not Bertha. Bertha justdied.’ ’I’m telling you, it’s me,Bertha,’ insisted the voice.’Bertha! Where are you?’’In heaven,’ replied Bertha. ‘Ihave some really good news anda little bad news.’ ’Tell me thegood news first,’ said Betty.’The good news,’ Bertha said,‘is that there’s women’s softballin heaven. Better yet, all of ourold buddies who died before meare here, too. Even better thanthat, we’re all young again.Better still, it’s always springtimeand the weather is mild all thetime. And best of all, we canplay softball all we want, andwe never get tired.’ ’That’s fan-tastic,’ said Betty. ‘It’s beyond

my wildest dreams! So what’sthe bad news?’’You’re pitchingTuesday.’

Unlucky ParachutistA man is skydiving, en-

joying his free-fall, when he re-alizes that he has reached thealtitude where he must open hisparachute. So he pulls on therip cord, but nothing happens.”No problem,” he says to him-self, “I still have my emergencychute.” So he pulls the rip cordon his emergency parachute,and once again, nothing hap-pens. Now the man begins topanic. “What am I going todo?” he thinks, “I’m a goner!”Just then he sees a man flyingup from the earth toward him.He can’t figure out where thisman is coming from, or whathe’s doing, but he thinks tohimself, “Maybe he can helpme. If he can’t, then I’m donefor.” When the man gets closeenough to him, the skydivercups his hands and shoutsdown, “Hey, do you know any-thing about parachutes?” Theother man replies, “No! Do youknow anything about gasstoves?”

Lawyers On A PlaneAn airliner was having en-

gine trouble, and the pilot in-structed the cabin crew to havethe passengers take their seatsand get prepared for an emer-gency landing. A few minuteslater, the pilot asked the flightattendants if everyone wasbuckled in and ready. ”All setback here, Captain,” came thereply, “except the lawyers arestill going around passing outbusiness cards.”

By Joy Ashley

We are certainly beingtested every day and everyway. When we think life ishard and we wonder howmuch more we can take, theLord our God shows us. Wecan never give up!

The world’s been goodto us and life is more thantrouble and pain. There islots of good in this world.Stand up and know, we cannever give up. God is ourhelping hand. Our Strength.God loves us and we are be-ing tested right now. Lookhow far we have come in atroubled world. “God is everpresent in love!” No matterwhat the test, we must keepgoing.

Look for his glory andwhen you think life is tough-est stand tall, reach out, andhug someone or call someoneand give them the strengthand love you have to share.We can do anything in God’sglory and we can survive.Give love everywhere yougo. Quit listening to hate be-cause as a child of God, weare only love. Comfort allyour loved ones. Let themknow we can never give up.God is love and we are hischildren having an earthlyexperience. In his name wemust push forth.

More than ever beforewe need to call those weknow and love. Let themknow you are there for them.

Life Is ATest!

We all need each other, more

now than ever before. Onlylisten to positive things andpass it on. Be grateful forall the good you’ve learned.Pass it on.

We can do it if we tryand God is there for us. Wemust never give up. Call himJesus. Call him God. Callhim love. Reach out and feelhim all around us. We cannever give up. God is ourstrength. God loves you andso do I!

Gary’s Travel Quiz

Quiz courtesy of Morris Murdock Travel

1. Name the Italian island off the coast of Naples?2. The Dead Sea borders which two countries?3. Crater Lake National Park is in which state?4. Loch Ness is found where?5. The cities of Santiago, Arica and Antofagasta are in

which country?6. The country of Estonia is located on which sea?7. Red Square is in which Russian city?8. The cities of Split, Dubrovnik and Zagreb are in which

country?

1. Capri; 2. Israel and Jordan; 3. Oregon; 4. Scotland;5. Chile; 6. The Baltic Sea; 7. Moscow; 8. Croatia


Riddle

The riddle was: “Whatis the longest word that is onesyllable.”

This week’s riddle is:“How many years into thefuture does the original StarWars take place?”

The answer was:“Scratched or Stretched.”

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By Bev Rankin, aka, TheBread Lady

I have had several calls thelast few weeks about how to carefor sourdough starter. So, rather thananswer each individual question, Idecided to share my rules for sour-dough starter and how to care for it.

When your friend or neigh-bor gives you your starter these arethe steps you need to take to keepyour starter healthy and alive:

The container you keep yourstarter in should be made of eitherglass or stoneware. I use a potterycrock for my starter with a fitted lid.The starter makes gasses so it is nec-essary that the lid is secure, but notso tight the gasses can’t escape.Never use a metal lid. On the firstday you receive your starter, add ¾cup warm water and 1-cup flour tothe starter. Always use a rubberspatula or a plastic spoon to stir themixture. Never use metal or letmetal come in contact with the starteras this has an adverse affect on thestarter. You don’t have to get thelumps out of the mixture. The bac-teria will do this for you. If your tapwater is highly chlorinated, usebottled water as chlorine has an ad-verse effect on your starter. Put thestarter in the refrigerator and let itstart to grow and sour.

On the second day, removethe starter from the refrigerator andadd ¾ cup warm water and 1-cupflour. Stir the mixture again, sameas above. Return the mixture to therefrigerator. Leave the starter in therefrigerator for about a week unlessyou are anxious to use it sooner. Ifyou choose to use it sooner, removethe starter from the refrigerator and

How To Care ForSourdough Starter

place it on your cupboard overnightso that it can sour more quickly.Remove the amount of starter thatyou need for your desired recipe. Itis at this point that you need to feedyour starter again. If I use a cup ofstarter, I usually feed it with ½ cupwarm water and ½ cup flour. Stirthe starter until the flour is wet andthen return it to the refrigerator untilyou use it again.

Sourdough starter needs fedregularly! That means if you don’tuse the starter at least once everythree weeks or so, then you will needto discard 1 cup of starter and add½ cup of warm water and ½ cupflour, stir it, and return it to the re-frigerator. This process is calledfeeding your starter.

As your starter works and getsolder, it will grow stronger and startto have a really “San Francisco style”

sourdough smell. It should smelltangy and a bit like alcohol. Thegreen/gray/brown liquid on top ofthe sourdough starter is called“hooch” and is normal. This shouldsmell tangy, sour and a little bit likealcohol. If the starter smells “off”or “bad”, it has attracted the wrongkind of bacteria and should bethrown away. The “hooch” or darkliquid can be mixed right back intoyour starter simply by stirring it.

Sourdough starter can go badand there is no reviving it. If thestarter starts to turn a pink color, hasa bad small (not like the one de-scribed above), or gets black moldon it and on the sides of the con-tainer (crock), it has attracted thewrong type of bacteria and will needto be thrown out. Sourdough startercan also go bad if it gets too warmor hot. If it does get too hot, theyeast and bacteria that make it starterwork or grow will die. If this hap-pens, you will have to toss it out.

Sourdough starter is reallyvery easy to care for if you just re-member a few simple steps. Onceevery three months, I clean mycrock by pouring the starter into aclean plastic bowl. I then wash mycrock in hot, soapy water and rinseit thoroughly. I let it air dry and thenwhen it is dry, pour my starter backinto the crock and put it back intothe refrigerator. My start is extremelyold and has a terrific flavor. Who

knows when our sourdough starterwill be the only form of leaveningavailable to us? This is even morereason to keep it healthy and wellcared for. Remember, your starter

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Is This One Of YourAncestors?James Cortes 39

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Genealogy Corner

By Julie Brinkerhoff

The dog days of summerare upon us. If current eventshave not got you down, nowyou can add the summer heatto the mix. But as our forefa-thers did, we shall perseveretoo. It is too hot to go outside,and nothing sucks the strengthout of you more than the heatdoes, so what are you to do tomake this rough patch moretolerable? Read! There are lotsof genealogy novels and how-to books to keep you occupiedand make the heat more bear-able.

Rett MacPherson has atleast a dozen genealogy cozymysteries. Her novels set in asleepy town of New Kassel,Missouri, that sits along thebanks of the Mississippi. Theyare not only full of intrigue butare also full of humor. FamilySkeletons is the first in the se-ries.

Steve Robinson has anexcellent seven book series setin England. There is lots ofmystery and intrigue in thesebooks, and the solutions are inthe hero Jefferson Tayte’s ge-nealogy and research skills.Not only are the books nail-biting, but you also learn lotsalong the way. This seriesstarts with the book, In theBlood.

Nathan Dylan Goodwinbooks featuring forensic gene-

alogist Morton Farrier. LikeSteve Robinson’s books, theseare set in England as well. Notonly do you need to solve themystery, but you also learn thehistory of events and placesalong the way.

There are many authorsin the Whodunit series. Alongwith the above mentioned,M.J. Lee, M.K. Jones, andStephen Molyneux also havegreat books to add to the read-ing list. Plenty of reading avail-able if you like mysteries.

Historical fiction, localhistories, biographies, andhow-to books are great addi-tions to your summer reading.A few of my favorites areFarm Girl by Karen JonesGowen, a biography of lifeduring the Dust Bowl. YouChoose: History series is agreat way to learn about his-torical events that occurredduring your ancestor’s lifetime.The Milkman’s Son by RandyLindsay is the author’s storyof finding his father after a veryrevealing DNA test.

There are so manybooks, and the list could go onand on. Reading is the answerin keeping your mind occupiedand your stress down duringdifficult times. These booksare available on Amazon, andyou can get them new, used,or for your Kindle.

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Principles Of Freedom

By Lynn West

The organizers and supportersof the current unrest, destruction andconfrontations have as their goal thechanging or dismantling of the “Ameri-can Experiment”. They use as a pre-text the fact that there is prejudice andracism in our history and, to someextent, in our current society. Whatthey fail to either see or acknowledgeis that prejudice and racism are onlyincreased by focusing on them. Whip-ping up hatred between races by am-plifying the actions of a few while re-fusing to see the progress that has beenmade over the last 300 years and es-pecially in the last 60 is not only de-structive, it is dishonest. If we makeas much progress in eradicating rac-ism and hatred for those who are dif-ferent in the next 60 years, the goalsthey say they are seeking will havebeen met. If, however, we continueto focus on hating, dredging up oldsins and manufacturing false narra-tives to support the idea that “all peoplethat are not black enough are racist”,we will lose much of the progress wehave made. Those who support thatconflict are, in reality, seeking a revo-lution in the United States.

The big question is, what typeof revolution are they seeking and whatwould things look like if they succeed?Would it look like the American revo-lution or the French revolution? Domost people even know the differ-ence in those approaches and out-comes? Here is an over-simplifiedquick sketch of the two with my ob-servations for your consideration.

The French Revolution hasbeen praised as a tearing down of acorrupt aristocracy and lionized inbooks and plays such as “Les

Revolution – ToWhat End?

Miserables”. Indeed, there weremany young (and even some older)people among the French who gavemuch to what they saw as a causeof freedom. They were inspired tosome extent by the success of theAmerican revolution, but that ispretty much where the connectionbetween the two ends. In the begin-ning, the French tore down the aris-tocracy, jailed or killed those whothey felt had oppressed them, andcreated first, an anarchy, and then arepublic of sorts. However, it wasn’tenough to remove those they feltwere to blame for abuses, they feltthey must kill them. Then they feltthey must seek out and kill anyonewho had supported or even beenassociates of those in the aristocracy,including almost all who were partof the church leadership at the time.This consuming destruction even-tually spread to those who had startedthe revolution and those who imple-mented their reign of terror, includ-ing Robespierre – the man whomade the guillotine famous and cre-ated fear among almost everyone inFrance. In fairly short order, the new“republic” consumed itself in vio-lence and allowed a tyrant to be-come the leader of a new aristoc-racy and author of a war againstmultiple European and British coun-tries. This in turn caused the deathof 40,000 French during the revolu-tion and between 3.2 and 6.5 mil-lion deaths throughout Europe andinto Asia. That also does not includeover 300,000 French who werejailed by the revolutionaries duringand after the revolution.

Contrast that with the Ameri-can revolution. This war of indepen-dence was actually a declared waragainst a controlling nation (England)and did not include the murderingof civilians or even those loyal toBritain. While I am sure that there

were isolated instances of insupport-able deaths or damages, there wereonly an estimated 6800 Americandeaths from military action and an-other 8-12,000 resulting from dis-ease and mistreatment by the Brit-ish of prisoners of war. British deathswere almost all enlisted soldiers (notcivilians) and numbered near 25,000.At the end of the Revolutionary War,there was no “purge” of anyone whosupported England or even thosewho fought for them. The new na-tion immediately began a process ofcreating a government “of thepeople, by the people and for thepeople” that included justice for alland the rule of law. They set aboutto build and create; not to tear downand destroy. A study of the otherrevolutions that have occurred overthe last 200 years or so finds veryfew that follow the American model.India, however, is notable, as theypeacefully (but not without suffer-ing and sacrifice) convinced Britainto relinquish control. Every revolu-tion created by Marxist, Commu-nist or Socialist destruction of an ex-isting government created a worsesituation for their people than existedbefore the revolution. Just look atVenezuela, Russia, China, Cuba, etc.Fascism is also responsible for muchdestruction. Both extremes makepeople servants of the state.

Which type of revolution iswanted by those screaming for thedestruction of law enforcement, thedestruction of statues and othermonuments, and the establishmentof socialism (which is governmentcontrol of the individual, rather thancontrol of the government by thepeople)? As many have found out,those who use violence and destruc-tion usually get it in return.

Shaun McCausland (akaLynn West) is a thinker, a teacherand a patriot. You can reach himthrough email [email protected] orthrough this newspaper.


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