Thought lee was the very best soldier hit ever seen in the field. And robert e. Lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. He stood just under six feet tall, powerful, broad shoulders a barrel chest. He had perfect posture. Everybody who saw him said some version of the same thing, batman looks every inch the soldier. And so in april 1861 an emissary for Abraham Lincoln asked robert e. Lee to come to the city of washington. That mss name was Francis Blair and he makes an extraordinary offered to robert e. Lee. He says will you leave the main union army to crush secession . And as lee remembered the store, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said blair said to lee the country looks to you quote as a representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged it and that was far from an exaggeration because year after all was the son of George Washingtons most famous eulogists and the soninlaw of George Washingtons adopted child. And so
Lee help says, will you lead the main union army to crush secession . And as lee remembers the story blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said blair said to lee, the country looks to you quote as the representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged, and that was hardly an exaggeration, because here after all, was the son of George Washingtons most famous eulogist and the soninlaw of George Washingtons adopted child. And so now only one word separated robert e. Lee from the pinnacle of his profession, from command of what would be the largest American Army ever raised, from glory perhaps, that no american since George Washington had known. And what did robert e. Lee say . He said he opposed secession and he did oppose secession. He thought secession was illegal. And equally significantly, he thought George Washington would have opposed secession, and that was no given at the time because people on both sides of the conflict
I give an example in god guns grits and gravy a guy who is heading greenpeace in europe. He is all about wanting to reduce co2 emissions but it turns out an audit of greenpeace shows he is flying from his home over two i think its luxembourg a couple of times a month and the output of co2 that he is expanding because of this jet travel is like 100 times that of the average person. And so when confronted about it here was his answer. He said well, the train trip would take 12 hours and that would be time away from my family and a whole lot of time that i wouldnt be working. In other words because its not very efficient. And im thinking isnt that why most of the slide . Here is the point. If you are going to be an environmentalist and you say that is horrible to emit co2 than live like it. I use the example Glenn Reynolds who is a great blogger makes a statement about environmentalists. He says i will believe its a serious problem when the people who say is a serious problem act like its
Although that may be her dream. It is about achieving happiness and for most people of the American Dream and happiness is about simple things like owning a home in a safe and able neighborhood. Being able to raise their family in a safe and stable environment, have any job you find rewarding pays you enough to ensure things like saving for retirement and weeping your children better off than yourself. I spoken about the American Dream in many places. Theres fewer have to spend less time describing not than ours because in this audience and community theres hundreds of thousands, millions of people in south florida throughout the three counties whove lived the dream despite starting from very difficult backgrounds and circumstances. Away to imagine being born into a society where your future was determined by your parents. Imagine a society where you only got to do whatever it is your parents did before you. If your parents are rich. If your parents were connect it if they had influenc
The city of washington. Net emissarys name was Frances Blair and he has an extraordinary offer, he said will you lead and the union army to crush secession . Remember the story, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. Lee to say yes. He said the country looks to you, quote, as a representative of the washington family to save the Union George Washington forged and that is not an exaggeration because the son of George Washington son in lot of George Washingtons adopted child. So now only one word separated robert e. Lee from the pinnacle of his profession, from command of what would be the largest American Army ever raised, from glory perhaps that no american since George Washington had known. What did robert e. Lee say . He said he opposed secession and he did oppose secession, he thought secession was illegal. Equally significantly he thought George Washington was opposed to secession and that was no given at the time. People on both sides of the conflict claimed George Washing