Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Jack Fowler analyze Lee Zeldin’s efforts to deregulate the EPA, California’s energy crisis, the relevance of Homer’s Iliad to modern warfare, and more.
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John the Econ
I hear “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down” almost daily on the oldies station here, in the north. Just the other day I mentioned to my wife that I’m shocked that it still gets played in a liberal arts college town. Probably because any college kid today that might accidentally hear it doesn’t have a clue as to what it’s about.
thebaron@enter.net
Mexicans used Anglo for whites for the same reason the Pennsylvania Dutch used “English” to mean “anyone who wasn’t PA Dutch and spoke German”. Because England was where everyone who wasn’t a German immigrant came from, from their perspective. And from the perspective of those descended from the Spanish and the Indians, white people came from England, generally speaking. And it persisted down to the present.
thebaron@enter.net
The Anglo in Anglo-Saxon comes from their own name for the region of northeastern Germany where they originated, actually, the base of the Danish peninsula. They called it the Angle.
I remember a slightly different story regarding Angles and Angels: when the first Angles were brought to Rome as slaves, or as soldiers, their appearance had the effect you describe. But it was that an observer asked what people they were, and when told that they were Angles, he said that they look like angels.
thebaron@enter.net
Progressive environmental wackos must be “Simpsons” fans. Mr. Burns tried to block out the sun, too, to force people to use more electricity. The Left must not have seen the end of that episode.
I hear “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down” almost daily on the oldies station here, in the north. Just the other day I mentioned to my wife that I’m shocked that it still gets played in a liberal arts college town. Probably because any college kid today that might accidentally hear it doesn’t have a clue as to what it’s about.
Mexicans used Anglo for whites for the same reason the Pennsylvania Dutch used “English” to mean “anyone who wasn’t PA Dutch and spoke German”. Because England was where everyone who wasn’t a German immigrant came from, from their perspective. And from the perspective of those descended from the Spanish and the Indians, white people came from England, generally speaking. And it persisted down to the present.
The Anglo in Anglo-Saxon comes from their own name for the region of northeastern Germany where they originated, actually, the base of the Danish peninsula. They called it the Angle.
I remember a slightly different story regarding Angles and Angels: when the first Angles were brought to Rome as slaves, or as soldiers, their appearance had the effect you describe. But it was that an observer asked what people they were, and when told that they were Angles, he said that they look like angels.
Progressive environmental wackos must be “Simpsons” fans. Mr. Burns tried to block out the sun, too, to force people to use more electricity. The Left must not have seen the end of that episode.