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Where Have You Gone Calvin Coolidge

July 4, 2012 by at 8:00 am

Your nation needs you more than you will know.

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  1. Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says:
    July 4, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    Sorry it took me so long, Mr Webb, but to answer your question:

    Here’s where he went.

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  2. Big Jon, Bully says:
    July 4, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    Thanks Angelico. Actually, he might be here:

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  3. Big Jon, Bully says:
    July 4, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    More seriously, I think this is a pretty great country for all of its faults. I think what Coolidge said is eloquent and timely and true. And I think that anyone who doesn’t agree with any of the above is a bit of a jerk.

    God bless America.

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  4. Jonathan Potter says:
    July 5, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Good stuff, thanks Jon. Here’s something from Chesterton that complements it:

    “IT may have seemed something less than a compliment to compare the American Constitution to the Spanish Inquisition. But oddly enough, it does involve a truth; and still more oddly perhaps, it does involve a compliment. The American Constitution does resemble the Spanish Inquisition in this: that it is founded on a creed. America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence; perhaps the only piece of practical politics that is also theoretical politics and also great literature. It enunciates that all men are equal in their claim to justice, that governments exist to give them that justice, and that their authority is for that reason just. It certainly does condemn anarchism, and it does also by inference condemn atheism, since it clearly names the Creator as the ultimate authority from whom these equal rights are derived. Nobody expects a modern political system to proceed logically in the application of such dogmas, and in the matter of God and Government it is naturally God whose claim is taken more lightly. The point is that there is a creed, if not about divine, at least about human things.” ~GKC: ‘What I Saw in America’ (1922).

    *The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton; Ignatius Press, Vol. 21: What I Saw in America; The Resurrection of Rome; Sidelights. Aailable from the American Chesterton Society
    http://bit.ly/LD9mbq

    *What I Saw in America
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27250

    *Dale Ahlquist on ‘What I Saw in America’
    http://bit.ly/LSjGeQ

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  5. Jonathan Potter says:
    July 5, 2012 at 12:33 am

    By the way, I believe this is begging to be parodied and that you could pull it off: http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Physicists-believe-they-found-key-Higgs-boson-3684823.php

    And I also believe you could (and must) write one of your fables against the backdrop of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.

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  6. Jonathan Webb says:
    July 5, 2012 at 12:42 am

    Gosh, what a bunch of asshats. Thanks Jonathan.

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  7. job says:
    July 5, 2012 at 6:47 am

    I suggested in an earlier post comment to ignore Paul Johnson on his views of the faith. Of course, his views on politics and/or history is another matter.

    In Modern Times, he declares that Coolidge ought to be considered the greatest president of the 20th century (did he say all time, I don’t remember?) simply on the basis of his adhering most strictly, of all the 20th century presidents, to the job description of the executive officer of the federal government.

    By the way, I second Potter’s polite suggestion that you get your ass in gear and contribute to the Great Fire.

    We reserve the right to use violent force and Russian hookers (note: not mutually exclusive means to an end) to extract your contribution, if necessary.

    Don’t make us ask twice.

    JOB

    JOB

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  8. MrsDarwin says:
    July 5, 2012 at 9:11 am

    Don’t know about Calvin Coolidge, but I can tell you that Herbert Hoover once slept at my house. True story.

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    • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says:
      July 5, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      Pics?

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      • MrsDarwin says:
        July 6, 2012 at 6:57 am

        The local historical society has a shot of Hoover sitting in my backyard with Arthur Flemming, then president of Ohio Wesleyan (the local institution of higher ed.), who owned the pile at the time. Flemming was Secretary of Health under Eisenhower, and his one act of note was to declare cranberries suspect on account of some trace amounts of pesticide — right before Thanksgiving. It turned out that he was being over-cautious, but that was no solace to the cranberry growers.

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  9. Big Jon, Bully says:
    July 5, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Thanks!

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  10. Big Jon, Bully says:
    July 5, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    I’ve heard nothing negative about Coolidge and a tremendous amount that was positive. After the crash of 1929, Hoover made every bad decision possible as response including tax increases and limits on free trade.

    Too bad that Coolidge didn’t seek another term.

    I’ll start thinking about a Seattle Fire contribution, but no way I’m going on local public radio.

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