Sure. The lefty pundits would be screaming their bloody heads off about what a tyrant Bush is, and telling us how Roosevelt was the greatest president of all time, justy like they always do.

* Conservative humorlessness alert: This is a joke. I’m not really going to go over there.

A point that Jeff Goldstein at PW talks about constantly. I do believe that we’ve seen a real-time example of that here.

Stand in awe, people. Stand in awe.

Like I said, Dave — the poem is a history lesson. Kipling was a pragmatic fellow, and didn’t worry much about politics.

“Nothing’s changed…except we don’t have an Abe Lincoln in power to shut down traitor newspapers or throw Democrat turncoats in prison, where they belong.”

Oh goodness. With all the lib caturwaulling that has gone on in the last 6 years about what has been literally no curtailment of rights or freedoms, can you imagine if Bush had even done half the things FDR did, let alone Lincoln?

Big shock. The NYT is a mouthpiece for the Dems, and the Dems are a party of Traitors. Always have been.

What the heck do you think our Civil War was all about?

Nothing’s changed…except we don’t have an Abe Lincoln in power to shut down traitor newspapers or throw Democrat turncoats in prison, where they belong.

Well, not yet anyway.

LOL. He’s talking about the invention of gunpowder (and how it cancelled out the advantage that “the rich”/noble knights had enjoyed on the battlefield), simple simon. Since you obviously don’t understand the poem, why don’t you just shut your yap and avoid looking like a fool.

while the colander parties jammed and pruned
blocking the ring-road and corso.
And into the shadows you went to gather

I will also note that if you don’t want lit crit at Jules Crit, try not to dowdify poetry to meet your (un)exacting standards. If nothing else, you will avoid the perception that you are cherry picking.