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Showing posts with label King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Opportunity

 



This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:-

There spread a cloud across a plain;

And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged

A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords

Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner

Wavered, then staggered backwards, hemmed by foes.


A craven hung along the battles edge,

And thought, “Had I a sword of keener steel-

That Blue Blade that the king’s son bears-but this

Blunt thing!”-he snapped and flung it from his hand.

And lowering crept away and left the field.


Then came the king’s son, wounded sore bestead,

And Weaponless, and saw the broken sword,

Hilt-buried in the dry trodden sand,

And ran and snatched it, and with battle-shout

Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,

And saved a great cause that heroic day.


Edward R. Sill

1841 - 1887


Thursday, August 28, 2025

My Thoughts on Flag Burning

                      

Let's speak for moment about what the flag is. A flag is a piece of cloth you wave in the wind, conveying some sort of message. If, instead of conveying a message, it represents a country, then the flag becomes a standard. To fly a standard is to say you are loyal to and uphold the Standards, of the flag you fly.


Now, if you are British, and you fly the British Standard, then you are loyal to and uphold the standards of the King of England. If you are French, and fly a French Standard, the same applies, so on and so forth. Most standards can be traced back to a king, or a monarch, a sultan, a czar, a chief, heap big cheeze, a man. (or group of men, council.) You are flying their Standard. They are know as the sovereign. The country is theirs, if you fly their standard, you are their subject. That's who you are, their subject.


Okay. Let's speak about the American Standard, and why it's different. The founding fathers, mostly being Christians, understood the ten- commandments led to liberty, and that morally, every man was subject only to God. Therefore, morally, every man was equal. So the American ideal, the way the constitution is written, you are not a subject, you are a citizen. That is to say, you are the sovereign. And you are subject to no one except God......and the laws you yourself wrote, as the sovereign. That's why the flag is stars and strips, because there is no king, or czar it's We the People, and we the people uphold the Standards of these United States, that citizens are free to as they will within the parameter of the Standard. That is to say, ya gotta be an honest Injun, No stealing, no unnecessary killing, no drooling over you neighbors wife, it's tacky and leads to problems, you don't talk bad about anybody's mother, it's unAmerican, and ya might get punched in the nose. No drooling over what the other guy's got, cause you're free, go out and build it yourself.


It's We the People, if your representatives are not doing what you want, get in gear, you're the sovereign, vote him out, vote your guy in, run yourself. Do something...!!! (Within the parameter of the Standard.) We are hated the world over, because of our Standard... But you stupid citizens who burn it, realize, you are burning your own flag...My flag...and I take offense.... You are burning the Standard that represents your right to burn it.. Add that up for me. Make that make sense.


In closing, I say, you can burn the flag, but don't be offended, when I'm offended and punch you in the nose... Sometimes a bloody nose goes along ways to jarring the brain into a little thinking... Think before your nose it bloody.


August 28th 2025

George Henry Nichols


Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Chicken Little

 


Narrator:   Chicken Little was in the woods one day when an acorn fell on her head.  It scared her so much she trembled all over.  She shook so hard, half her feathers fell out.

Chicken Little:   "Help! Help!  The sky is falling!  I have to go tell the king!"

Narrator:   So she ran in great fright to tell the king.  Along the way she met Henny Penny.

Henny Penny:  "Where are you going, Chicken Little?"

Chicken Little:   "Oh, help!  The sky is falling!"

Henny Penny:   "How do you know?"

Chicken Little:   "I saw it with  my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!"

Henny Penny:  "This is terrible, just terrible!  We'd better hurry up."

Narrator:  So they both ran away as fast as they could.  Soon they met Ducky Lucky.

Ducky Lucky:   "Where are you going, Chicken Little and Henny Penny?"

Chicken Little & Henny Penny:  "The sky is falling!  The sky is falling!  We're going to tell the king!"

Ducky Lucky:  "How do you know?"

Chicken Little:  "I saw it with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head."

Ducky Lucky:   "Oh dear, oh dear!  We'd better run!"

Narrator:   So they all ran down the road as fast as they could.  Soon they met Goosey Loosey walking down the roadside.

Goosey Loosey    "Hello there.  Where are you all going in such a hurry?"

Chicken Little:   "We're running for our lives!"

Henny Penny:  "The sky is falling!"

Ducky Lucky:   "And we're running to tell the king!"

Goosey Loosey:  "How do you know the sky is falling?"

Chicken Little:  "I saw it with  my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!"

Goosey Loosey:    "Goodness!  Then I'd better run with you."

Narrator:   And they all ran in great fright across a field.  Before long they met Turkey Lurkey strutting back and forth..

Turkey Lurkey:    "Hello there, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, and Goosey Loosey.  Where are you all going in such a hurry?"

Chicken Little:   "Help!  Help!"

Henny Penny:   "We're running for our lives!"

Ducky Lucky:   "The sky is falling!"

Goosey Loosey:   "And we're running to tell the king!"

Turkey Lurkey:   "How do you know the sky is falling?"

Chicken Little:   "I saw it with  my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!"

Turkey Lurkey:   "Oh dear! I always suspected the sky would fall someday.  I'd better run with you."

Narrator:   So they ran with all their might, until they met Foxy Loxy.

Foxy Loxy:   "Well, well.  Where are you rushing on such a fine day?"

Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey (together)   "Help!  Help!"  It's not a fine day at all.  The sky is falling, and we're running to tell the king!"

Foxy Loxy:   "How do you know the sky is falling?"

Chicken Little:   "I saw it with  my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!"

Foxy Loxy:    "I see.  Well then, follow me, and I'll show you the way to the king."

Narrator:    So Foxy Loxy led Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey across a field and through the woods He led them straight to his den, and they never saw the king to tell him that  the sky is falling.