Honoring Churchill on anniversary of his funeral
On this date in 1965 the United Kingdom buried Winston Churchill in the first state funeral for a non-royal family member in thirty years, and one that lasted four days.
Below is a short video of that event, possibly the largest such funeral in the twentieth century. And it was so large for good reason, as noted by then Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies:
In the whole of recorded history this [the Second World War] was, I believe, the one occasion when one man, with one soaring imagination, with one fire burning in him, and with one unrivalled capacity for conveying it to others, won a crucial victory not only for the Forces (for there were many heroes in those days) but for the spirit of human freedom. And so, on this day, we thank him, and we thank God for him.
I wonder, who are our Churchills today? Who is willing to stand against tyranny, either within or without our country, and fight for freedom?
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On this date in 1965 the United Kingdom buried Winston Churchill in the first state funeral for a non-royal family member in thirty years, and one that lasted four days.
Below is a short video of that event, possibly the largest such funeral in the twentieth century. And it was so large for good reason, as noted by then Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies:
In the whole of recorded history this [the Second World War] was, I believe, the one occasion when one man, with one soaring imagination, with one fire burning in him, and with one unrivalled capacity for conveying it to others, won a crucial victory not only for the Forces (for there were many heroes in those days) but for the spirit of human freedom. And so, on this day, we thank him, and we thank God for him.
I wonder, who are our Churchills today? Who is willing to stand against tyranny, either within or without our country, and fight for freedom?
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Here is possibly the scariest word you will hear in a while. The answer to who are our Churchills?
“Trump”
We should rightly be terrified that we are at a point where Donald Trump is our Churchill.
He is doing an amazing job (and going win Yuge in 2020 as he deserves based on his job performance). But what happened to EVERY SINGLE OTHER politician in this country, that it took Trump to do the job right?
The political class is a complete and total abject failure.
geoffc: There is one fundamental difference between now and 1930s Great Britian. When push came to shove in the 1930s, the entire British empire rallied around Churchill, giving him support to do what needed to be done.
This is not happening now. Trump is no Churchill. However, if a leader appeared today with the same oratory skills as Churchill, I guarantee that the left would refuse to listen, and decide he or she must be a Hitler, merely because he or she wasn’t their stooge.
The political class in either party has not had a proper leader in place for many, many years and has been running exclusively on party interests rather than the actual interests of the country and the citizens that had empowered them. And those party interests have become more and more perverted and corrupt. Its the nature of the undisciplined beast.
Trump is not Churchillian, Trump is Trump, a combination of Reagan and Rodney Dangerfield, and is IMO doing a great job and doing it in the face of never before seen in history resistance and opposition. That to me is a very, very positive indicator.
What does it indicate? The degree of the resistance to a true American leader and agenda is in proportion to the degree of perversion and corruption and self dealing that has been allowed to exist due to the lack of a true American leader. And what we are witness to is massive and desperate resistance.
What is Trumps secret? He has a simple mantra and strategy that is easily understood, America first.
What a concept. And he delivers on it.
Bob, I love the Robert Menzies quote, but just to clarify, he was actually the Australian Prime Minister at the time. He still remains our longest-serving PM ever. Menzies also had a tremendous gift for oratory and was a giant in conservative politics in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Menzies
Wesley Dart: Thank you. The link was not clear. I will correct.
Perhaps he doesn’t look like it, but one modern day Churchill is Nigel Farage. For decades he fought and by tomorrow at this very time Britain will be free.
Following wayne’s tradition, enjoy:
“Trumpwave – f a r a g e” [6:39]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWsHB6U1r6Q
Robert,
You wrote to geoffc: “There is one fundamental difference between now and 1930s Great Britian.”
I see another difference, in that today we do not seem to be as eager to protect our freedom as we did in the first half of the previous century.
Even here on BtB, we hear from people who are willing to give up a little of their liberty for what they think is security; they prefer socialism over freedom, because freedom can be scary, as freedom requires that we be responsible adults, vigilant of those who would take our freedom from us. This vigilance can be difficult, because those we think of as friends can actually be malicious, intentionally or not.
Churchill saw Hitler for who he was before others did, such as Chamberlain. Chamberlain declared that he had secured “peace in our time,” but Churchill prepared for a war nonetheless. Without Churchill, Britain would not have been prepared for The Battle of Britain, one of the most important battles and turning points of the war.
Many saw Obama for who he was, but we lost that battle in a terrible way.
So, yes. Who are the ones that see our enemies for who they really are and are preparing us for the next battle for our freedom?
Ian C–
Not bad.
Jocko Willink reads Rudyard Kipling
“If”
Akira the Don 2019
https://youtu.be/F5yQLOv3oPQ
4:35
“If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ “
“The Art of Being Winston Churchill”
Barry Singer
Hillsdale Event 2015
https://youtu.be/_1954f5Mn-U
51:37
One man who stands up at the right time can make a difference. Without Churchill, the Nazis would probably have won WWII. Without Trump, the deep state would be ascendant.
Bob Z, I have to disagree with your characterization of 30’s England. Churchill was ignored, if not outright vilified, by the elites during the 30’s. His warnings were ridiculed. It was only after the invasion of Poland that the elites were forced to acknowledge what the common man already knew – war was coming; Churchill became pm in 1940 largely because there was no other political leader with any credibility as a war leader. The parallels to Trump are striking.
The big failure, as I see it, is not the failure of the political class – that is to be expected. Rather, it is the failure of conservatives to defend their values. We grew fat and lazy and watched while the left took over the educational system in the US and created the welfare state. Unless and until we get off our butts and take it back, all is meaningless. Waiting for Trump, or anyone else, to ride in and solve the problem for us is buying into the liberal idea that government is the cure. We are the cure and we have to do the work, not subcontract it to a political class. WE need to be in the streets, the town halls and the classrooms, not sitting on our butts waiting for someone to solve this.
Trump is a leader and what he is doing will give us time; will we use it or waste it?
Tom Biggar: I was really referring to the situation after the decision by Britain to make Churchill prime minister when it became clear he was right. At that point they rallied around him.
For you for all U Farage fans, I hope you saw his speech before the EU. It was the shot heard throughout Europe!
The best part was the end when the European Union cut off his mike proving his point.…
https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/30/eu-tells-nigel-farage-leave-take-flags-final-speech-12150607/
This is not the whole speech, but they play the best parts on this news site.
Watching the entire speech is worth it and should be replayed often.
Churchhill’s legacy lives on!
Brexit celebration live stream. At 11 p.m. GMT or 3 p.m. PT.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mD0a_Gh7N74
In the spirit of BREXIT and the idea of sovereignty I post this quote from George Soros:
Voice of Europe: “In a recent interview with the New York Times, George Soros, the Hungarian-born American billionaire, and globalist-in-chief said that “nationalist-populist like Donald Trump are temporary aberrations and that globalism would soon vanquish nationalism. ”
Not today Mr. Soros.
George Soros Nazi collaborator
https://youtu.be/X9tKvasRO54
2:28
I don’t know that I would condemn Mr. Soros for those actions as a child of 14 years old, I don’t know that I would call him a Nazi for it.
And maybe he has the best of intentions because he believes he sees the truth of how wonderful and helpful Globalism is and can be, and that would end the potential of a Nazi like nationalist power to once again come to power. He may have the best intentions. But I make a clear distinction related to America and American nationalism and the German or any other nationalism that has been so destructive and deadly. American nationalism is different IMO.
And so I do not support Mr. Soros and his BIG THINK world view. No apologies.
Cotour: We all should know where “good intentions” takes you.
Jordan Peterson
2017 Maps of Meaning 4: Marionettes and Individuals (Part 3)
excerpt:
“How Ordinary Men Became Nazi Killers”
https://youtu.be/JM2o9e-pwoE
2:49
Exactly my point.
“Taking Responsibility”
Excerpted from Jocko Willink and Jordan Peterson
Jocko Podcast 98
https://youtu.be/hCtjDp4uPEw
5:02
Wayne:
I get that Soros is an odious person, I do not support his efforts in the least and I have written extensively here about them and my interpretation of their results if fulfilled. And the fact that as a grown man Soros has apparently no regrets in the least for what he participated in and he has rationalized the entire experience and that goes to his psychology. He believe me understands S.O.M perfectly and coldly, just like a reptile, its what made him such a ruthless trader and successful financier. He can justify anything for his established goal and I suppose that his experience has informed his cold and calculating nature. He was trained by the best as far as that goes.
My point: Can a 14 year old young person at the time be held responsible for their actions, even in Nazi Germany? Despite who they grow up to be. Maybe an 18 year old, but a 14 year old? What were you doing and what were your thought processes at 14? I know what mine were.
The grown man is a cold and ruthless Socialist and aspiring Globalist overlord, with the “best of intentions” of course, but what about the child at the time? And I make no excuses for the grown man who has no regrets. I despise the man and his efforts to usurp our nation, IMO the fulfilment of Globalism requires that America, its Constitution and the Bill Of Rights be recast and made hollow and meaningless. And it will result in delivering the world to the front door of the Chinese, without them having to fire a shot.
Just a bit of an objective perspective even though it may be related to a detestable person and time in history.
Cotour–
Soros was in Hungary. He’s an unrepentant Nazi-collaborating, self-hating Jew, but above all, he’s a Statist.
Jordan Peterson –
“Nihilism, Totalitarianism, and The Divine Individual”
excerpt from New Years Letter to the World 2017
https://youtu.be/MdsVC_qR4t0
5:53
back to Churchill–
Victor Davis Hanson –
“World War II Leadership”
Hillsdale College 2012 / via C-Span American History TV
https://youtu.be/w_jZVCk50Cw
1:00:06
“In this fall seminar in classical and military history Professor Hanson examined how leaders, both civilian officials and generals on the battlefield, conducted themselves in wartime… today’s class focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.”
Wayne:
I think that is pretty much exactly what I stated.
And even Jordan Peterson would make the distinction between a boy and a man and the situation. What and how the man chooses to psychologically reflect on and deal with what he participated in is a totally other subject. And Mr. Soros has by his own words certainly compartmentalized what he participated in a nice neat and justifiable box in his head, no remorse or even regret. “If it was not him it would have been someone else”, just like the markets, someone would have taken his place and filled the void.
Soros is a real “warm and fuzzy” character / statist / Globalist / aspiring master of the universe. No thank you.
Both you and the Zman seem to be tagging me with attempting to make excuses for Soros, which I am not and have clearly stated such.