The Federalist: Yes, Prime Minister's Wisdom Still Holds True Today

Monday, April 10, 2017

Yes, Prime Minister's Wisdom Still Holds True Today

I Never Believe Any Politician

If I don't believe anyone in politics it is because I have the complete DVD set of the 1980s series Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.

Political lies NEVER change.

Yes Minister

Government policy policy

Yes Minister

Why Britain Joined the European Union

Yes Prime Minister

The Need to Know

Yes Prime Minister

On the Arabs and Israel

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: i know a few ...
the most sleeze , shit on earth , "small garbage petty officials civil servents" , riff raff , mumbo Jumbo , traitors , double coat shit for brains , thiefs , mob related ,incompetents, worthless piece of shit ,viper spiters , surviver sleeze ones "; April 10, 2017 at 2:49 AM
Anonymous said...: from right , and left ...
the most dispised , the sbirrii , and pushovers petty civil servents that " crawl" in the rulers feet ... the mob related ones; April 10, 2017 at 2:52 AM
Anonymous said...: thats true on the series...
theres a completed divide between the law books teachings , and theorethical political ruling of mankind ... on the real pratice from "mob related parties " even in the so call democratic countries ...
the slavery , or self centred assumption slavery from many sbirriii induce a corrupted country and peoples ...
people sell votes for Money
as always in history
for many reasons; April 10, 2017 at 3:00 AM
Anonymous said...: shitty world running by corrupt Money and non-elected powers ...; April 10, 2017 at 3:02 AM
Anonymous said...: and sbirris that serve then; April 10, 2017 at 3:03 AM
Anonymous said...: the most "slime of those" are the inner circle from directors or councilmans or councilwomen , from whon some "mob sbirri that don`t use the party card" , give "small gifts , in " papier maché " small wraths, with fancy ribbons , inside little paper bags with small string handels ... than after the "backshiss" they carve "favours" from those "inner circle pushovers" , a trade , that than those seek from their master ...; April 10, 2017 at 7:29 AM
Anonymous said...: those " mob sbirrii that don`t use the party card " even allow some ways with their own backshiss, adding feline mumbo Jumbo talk to the ladies , plus little gifts , that "those who call thenselves " workers friends" may ... " sit theirs royal bolchevick a*** in a Aude or Mercedes seat " , from they " look down on all of us , as if they think they are diferent from those that they pick a political fight ...
they all are bound for Money , power demonstrations , and ostentation as most one politicians carve to do ...
aldought most southerners , sunny laid down doozers; April 11, 2017 at 5:46 AM
Anonymous said...: i dunno how it is over there in the states , but over here in south europe our large spectrum politicians carve from ostentation , the only difference is that right and center left use ties , and suits , and our hard left use shirths , no ties , but corduroy blazers ... our center left use ties and suits too , and in foreign state missions they use suits and ties , as our hard left lining made some concessions on etiquete , and put themselves on some ties , and lots of corduroy pants , and some bundles swede platform shoes ... on cars we need foreign Money from the EU to put then all as they like ... Audi , as we here call ... jokingly ... Audes ... and those Mercs ... flashy ones; April 11, 2017 at 7:48 AM
Anonymous said...: The most funny think to watch , is the days of group meetings , when they allow themselves on celebrating their status , by " became lifted in the air " on vanity , as they found themselves "bigshots" , and the "last cookiees in the jar" ...
That so , that this predatorian atitude , may impress the ladies , mosthly those from the inner circle , as they round their Audes in the parking lot ... driven by personal drivers from the designeted civil servants ...
The same for the powerfullladies in it ... they mimic male behaviour , by showing their teeth , and that " i have a pénis too , atitude " , and alike suit dress code .
Pretty nice to watch . so we all must abide to realize that as a fact of life .
They are at the top the food chain .And the other animals in the pack must bow their heads to then .; April 12, 2017 at 3:46 AM
Anonymous said...: Good show that Yes , Prime Minister .
Over here our is know s the Samoosa King.; April 12, 2017 at 3:48 AM
Anonymous said...: He lost elections , but became Prime Minister , cause he got support from other two loosers movements , and that gave him parlamentarian major support .
Now they are "buying votes with Money " as the big kind of move they all know only to do .
A kind of panes et circenses scenario .; April 12, 2017 at 3:52 AM
Anonymous said...: A final note i think ...
One of the most frightning scenarios they all have , is to step down on that "status". So they even change sides , or made deals to allow then a place of power somewhere else in , or out , the organization .
But something they all loath , and fear, is to go back on the last job , before they got "that top food chain position", and the perks that those status allow it for ... as the official car ... the so call Aude ...
It`s all for history , doh !!!
We all are passing trought life no matter , our current situation .; April 12, 2017 at 4:23 AM

Thomas Pinckney, Federalist

Commissioned as captain in the 1st South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. After seeing much action, he became an aide-de-camp to General Horatio Gates. He was captured by the British at the disastrous Battle of Camden in 1780. After recovering from his wounds, he was released in a prisoner exchange. In 1781 he fought under Lafayette in Virginia. Appointed by President George Washington to be the U.S. minister to Great Britain served as Envoy Extraordinary to Spain. The Federalist Party made him a candidate in the 1796 presidential election as the intended running-mate of John Adams. Served as Congressman and Governor of South Carolina. Served as a major general in the Army during the War of 1812.

Henry Lee III, Federalist

Major General "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought at the battles of Paulus Hook, Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs, Yorktown and the Whiskey Rebellion. Federalist Congressman from Virginia, Governor of Virginia. Father of Robert E. Lee. In 1812 Lee was attacked by a Jeffersonian mob of Democratic-Republicans while defending a Federalist newspaper from attack. Lee and the other Federalists were beaten and tortured by the mob over the next three hours. Lee was left partially blinded after hot wax was poured into his eyes. The men were left for dead. All were severely injured, and one Federalist, General James Lingan, died.

Frederick Frelinghuysen, Federalist

In the War of Independence he served in the New Jersey militia as an artillery captain, seeing action at Trenton and Monmouth. Attained the rank of colonel. Member of the Continental Congress. Served in the New Jersey General Assembly. Member of the New Jersey convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. President George Washington appointed him as brigadier general in the United States Army for the 1790 campaign against the western Indians. Commissioned major general in the New Jersey militia in 1794, during the Whiskey Rebellion. Elected to the United States Senate.

Stephen Van Rensselaer, Federalist

Van Rensselaer served in the New York Assembly and Senate. He served as the Federalist Lt. Governor under John Jay. In 1786, Van Rensselaer was made a major of the militia. As a Major General in the War of 1812 he led an army in an invasion of Canada and fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1813 Van Rensselaer was the Federalist candidate for Governor of New York earning 48% of the vote. A shift of only 1,800 votes would have made him Governor. In 1822 he was elected to Congress as a Federalist serving until 1829.

WILLIAM PATERSON, Federalist

James Hillhouse, Federalist

Hillhouse served as captain in Governor's Foot Guards in the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, Congressman from Connecticut at-large, 1791–96, and a Federalist Party U. S. Senator from Connecticut, 1796–1810. He was the anti-slavery leader of the Congress in the early days of the Republic. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Hillhouse fought to bar the importation of slaves into the Louisiana Territory. "I consider slavery as a serious evil," he proclaimed, "and wish to check it wherever I have authority." Two of Hillhouse's amendments restricting slavery passed the Congress and were signed into law.

Oliver Ellsworth, Federalist

In 1777 he was chosen as one of Connecticut's representatives in the Continental Congress. Served at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia as a delegate from Connecticut. On June 20, 1787 he proposed the use of the name the United States to identify the nation under the authority of the Constitution. United States Senator from Connecticut. Ellsworth was the principal exponent in the Senate of Alexander Hamilton's economic program. In 1796 Ellsworth was appointed by President George Washington to be Chief Justice of the United States. Served as United States Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of France. Ellsworth was a candidate in the 1796 United States Presidential election, receiving eleven votes in the electoral college.

Robert Goodloe Harper, Federalist

At the age of fifteen, Harper joined a volunteer corps of Cavalry and served in the American Revolutionary Army. Harper was elected as a Federalist Congressman from South Carolina (1795 - 1801). In 1798 at a dinner in Philadelphia honoring John Marshall, a group of U.S. Congressmen were discussing a recent demand made by the government of France. French vessels had been plundering US ships in a piratical manner. French foreign minister Talleyrand said the attacks would be stopped if the US paid him $250,000 and gave France 50,000 pounds sterling and a $100 million loan. As toasts were made, Harper sent his own defiant reply to the French with this toast: “Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.” Harper served in the War of 1812, attaining the rank of major general. He moved to Maryland and was elected as a Federalist to the US Senate. He was an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President in the 1816 election. He also received one electoral vote for Vice President in the 1820 election.

Jacob Read, Federalist

Alexander Contee Hanson, Federalist

Member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Editor of the "Federal Republican", a Federalist Party newspaper in Baltimore. Four days after the beginning of the War of 1812 a mob of pro-war Democrat-Republicans destroyed his newspaper office. The paper moved to another building where Hanson was joined by a group of armed allies. When that building was besieged by another mob, Hanson and his group fired, killing two. Hanson and his group surrendered to the militia and were escorted to jail. That evening yet another mob stormed the jail. Hanson was beaten and left for dead. Hanson was elected as a Federalist to Congress in 1812 and 1814. In 1816 he was elected as a Federalist to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate until his death in 1819 at the age of 33.

William Bingham, Federalist

As a merchant he brought full loads of munitions & guns for the war. Served as a diplomat for Congress to France. Bingham marshaled the Second Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse. He served in the Continental Congress, 1st Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, State Senator, and US Senator. Federalists agreed to hold preliminary votings at the Bingham Estate before propositions were brought before Congress publicly, thus creating unanimity among party lines. Alexander Hamilton sought Bingham as his mentor in managing taxes, tariffs, and in constructing a national bank.

Ezekiel Whitman, Federalist

Whitman practiced law in New Gloucester, Maine and in Portland, Maine (both communities a district of Massachusetts until 1820). In 1808 Whitman was elected as a Federalist Congressman from Massachusetts and served one term. In 1816 he was again elected as a Federalist to the US House serving from 1817 to 1821. In 1819 he was a delegate to the convention that prepared the constitution which led to Maine's statehood. In 1820 he was elected as a Federalist Congressman from the new state of Maine serving until 1822. Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from 1841 to 1848.

David Cobb, Federalist

Cobb studied medicine in Boston and practiced in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; lieutenant colonel of Jackson’s regiment in 1777 and 1778, serving in Rhode Island and New Jersey; was aide-de-camp on the staff of General George Washington; appointed major general of militia in 1786. Fought in the New York and New Jersey Campaign, the Battles of Springfield, Monmouth, Rhode Island and Shay's Rebellion. He served the Federalist Party as Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, President of the State Senate and Congressman.

Josiah Parker, Federalist

In 1775 Parker enlisted in the Continental Army. He was commissioned a major in the 5th Virginia Regiment in 1776 and became its colonel in 1778. His regiment served in Virginia under General Charles Lee and was transferred to George Washington. The regiment thereafter saw action at the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. During Cornwallis's Virginia campaign in 1781, the notorious Colonel Tarleton ransacked his home. He was elected to the First US Congress from Virginia serving for twelve years.

William Stephens Smith, Federalist

Smith married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams, and an uncle of Charles Francis Adams. Served in the Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan. Fought in the Battle of Long Island, was wounded at Harlem Heights, Battle of White Plains, was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Trenton, fought at the Battle of Monmouth and Newport. He was on the staff of General Lafayette, became an adjutant in the Corps of Light Infantry, then transferred to the staff of George Washington. Elected as a Federalist Congressman from New York.

Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Federalist

John Rutledge, Jr., Federalist

Rutledge served as Congressman from South Carolina. A passionate Federalist, he supported Aaron Burr against Jefferson, founding the Charleston Courier (predecessor of the Post and Courier) to support his causes. Joining the South Carolina Militia in 1799, Rutledge served as commander of the Twenty-eighth Regiment in the War of 1812. He subsequently commanded the Seventh Brigade from 1816 until his death. Rutledge's life was fraught with controversy. Catching his wife (mother to his nine children) in a "clandestine visit" with Dr. Horace Senter, Rutledge challenged him to a duel, fatally wounding the doctor.

John Sergeant, Federalist

Member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives 1808-1810; elected as a Federalist to Congress and served from 1815, to 1823. Sergeant was a strong backer of Henry Clay's American System and the Second Bank of the United States, and even traveled to Europe to negotiate loans to the Bank. He was a strong opponent of slavery who voted against the Missouri Compromise. In 1826 he was an envoy to the Panama Congress. Elected to Congress as an Adams candidate 1827 to 1829. Failing re-election he became legal counsel to the Bank of the United States. Sergeant was the Vice Presidential running mate in Henry Clay's campaign on the National Republican ticket in 1832. Elected as a Whig to Congress serving from 1837 to 1841.

John Laurance, Federalist

Philip Barton Key, Federalist

Key had been a Loyalist in the American Revolution. He served in the Maryland Loyalists Battalion as a captain. Key fought with the British Army from 1777 to 1781, until he was captured by the Spanish in Pensacola, Florida with the rest of his battalion. After the war he served as Mayor of Annapolis & member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Appointed a Federal Judge by John Adams. He was a Counsel to Justice Samuel Chase during Chase's Jefferson ordered impeachment show-trial in 1805. Elected as a Federalist to Congress from Maryland (1807 - 1813). Francis Scott Key was his nephew.