Overseas Testicular Fortitude
November 21, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
In the following video, witness Nigel Farage, Member of European Parliament, dressing down his colleagues on November 16, 2011 with regard to the failure of the European Union:
It is very reminiscent of my favorite MEP, Daniel Hannan, dressing down former British PM Gordon Brown about the economic collapse back on March 26, 2009:
Golly, I had to watch that second one twice. Sometimes, I wish our conservative lawmakers had the testicular fortitude of their overseas counterparts.
Amen again Jeff
Testicular fortitude (TF) by any other name is still courage, cojones, chutzpah, couilles. How can the leaders of men lead when their actions, and inaction, cause us to constantly question their manhood much less their leadership ability? A 70 year old Ben Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence had more TF than our “leaders” today. As he said, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
“You can’t win with reserve and lassitude
And you can’t face the unforgiving multitude
Without the manly trait of testicular fortitude”
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Jeff,
You wont see this is American politics anymore. Neither party will create men with testicular fortitude in sufficient numbers to change things. The parties goal is not to lead this country, but to be elected to lead and then win re-election. You cant lead and try to get re-elected at the same time. They require different things. When you lead you need to face reality and deal with the truth, when you are trying to get elected you live and operate in Wonderland, where every thing you say is true and everything works out just like you planned. I wish we had more politicians worried about leading rather then getting elected.
We do have one in Congress. But most are too blind to see it.
Ron Paul Responds to TSA: Introduces ‘American Traveler Dignity Act’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwsdq69AHnw
Ron Paul: What if the People Wake Up?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHfdSi-GDo&feature=related
Ron Paul’s Words of Warning From 1983 to 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYwPJUY_cc&feature=related