tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post516794358904090738..comments2024-03-28T20:23:29.425-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: 9/11 in MemoriamLSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-53613323852941422392016-09-12T08:07:07.354-07:002016-09-12T08:07:07.354-07:00And let's not forget the meteor.And let's not forget the meteor.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-49378682599564501462016-09-12T08:06:29.168-07:002016-09-12T08:06:29.168-07:00That's a very helpful reminder.That's a very helpful reminder.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-84112594128479814872016-09-11T23:53:28.499-07:002016-09-11T23:53:28.499-07:00September 12 seems a great, and often missed oppor...September 12 seems a great, and often missed opportunity for celebration of one of the great victories that saved Western civilization from Islamist encroachments: the breaking of the Siege of Vienna in 1683, with what was perhaps the largest cavalry charge in history: 18,000 (or more) horsemen, led by Polish King Jan Sobieski III, sweeping away the Ottoman Turks, who were on the verge of breaching the city's walls. The Wikipedia article on the Battle of Vienna has a thumbnail and link to an inspiring painting by Juliusz Kossak of King Jan blessing his troops before battle.<br /><br />Cold Steel has lately come out with a functional reproduction Polish Szabla (saber) intended, if memory serves, as a rough equivalent of the Polish 17th-Century cavalry weapon.<br /><br />We may celebrate the day with croissants (the origin of which is attributed by some to Viennese celebrations of this victory) and a plate of pierogi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-89841184089039421872016-09-11T12:32:16.736-07:002016-09-11T12:32:16.736-07:00If we lived in an Islamic theocracy, the governmen...If we lived in an Islamic theocracy, the government would be of the Imam, by the Imam and for the Imam.<br /><br />That's the difference.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com