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Chapter 3 Act 1 Trial of Washington

Impotence America 李敖 12242Words 2018-03-18
God Li: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the first court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).First, the defendant, the first president of the United States, George Washington (George Washington). (Washington stands.) God Lee: You are Washington, born in 1732, the first president of the United States. Washington: Yes. god lee: do you know advocatus diaboli in latin? Washington: I have only elementary school education, and I don't know Latin. God Li: Let’s speak English. The Latin is translated into English. It’s called devil’s advocate, which means “the devil’s advocate”. To the devil, not only give his due, not to wrong him, but also give his lawyer, give him a lawyer.All of you present here are too many lawyers. You can defend yourself at any time. Please listen carefully.

Harrison: (Standing up) I'm one of those lawyers, I'm Benjamin Harrison.May I ask if you used the word "devil" from the beginning, will you have a prejudice against the defendant? God Lee: (smiling) You are the 23rd President of the United States.I know you know Greek and Latin.The original meaning of the Latin word focuses on examining the evidence, not accusing the devil or not. Before Pope Benedict XIV became Pope in the 18th century, he worked as an apologist for many years.It's just that today you are the defendant defending the defendant. Harrison: Is the devil defending the devil?

God Lee: (smiling) You can say that if it's not too painful.What's more, it's not that you haven't defended the devil before. When your military court sentenced someone to death and the victim filed a redress lawsuit and demanded $100,000 in damages, you defended your government, but only paid a symbolic 5 yuan ,Do you remember?That was 1871. Harrison: (smiling wryly, touching his beard) That's amazing, I feel like I've been shaved. God Lee: (smiling) you are the last president of the United States to grow a beard, your beard is too much trouble, no one is interested in shaving, but you take advantage, unlike Nixon who has no hair on his mouth, he has to shave twice a day .All right (round the room), remember, you can defend each other.

Cleveland: (stands up) I refuse him Harrison to defend me.After the death of his first wife, he asked his wife's niece to be his second wife. His relationship between men and women was too flawed. Harrison: (angry) How are you!Cleveland!Your concubine came to your door with a baby in her arms. (Turn to God Lee) God Lee want to hear the slogan when I played Cleveland? Ma, ma, where's my Pa? Gone to the White House, hahaha! (Mom, where is my dad? To the White House, hahaha!) God Li: (Press down with hand repeatedly) All right, all right."The Last Judgment" has no interest in your American president's male-female relationships unless it's about personality traits.Formally speaking, the Bachelor should be better, like Buchanan.

Bush Sr.: (stands up) He's the only bachelor president.Although he has never been able to explain clearly why his 23-year-old fiancée committed suicide, the mysterious letter he sealed before his death was marked to be burned, and no one was allowed to read it. Bush: (jumps up) He is gay! Buchanan: (Stands up, looks displeased, tilts head to the left, leans back, closes one eye) I'm Buchanan, please God Lee stop.I'm a bachelor, and that's my misfortune, not my fault. (My misfortune, not my fault.) God Lee: Buchanan's physical structure is a bit special. One of his eyes is nearsighted and the other is farsighted.But the "Last Judgment" is fair, just like Buchanan's two eyes, short-sighted to seek evidence and far-sighted to judge.Well, let's interrogate Washington.

Washington: I'm waiting. God Lee: You are 6.2 feet tall, 188 cm tall, and weigh 200 pounds, 91 kg. This chair is a little small for you.If you wear size 13 shoes, your standing posture will burden your feet and shoes. Washington: I have been lying in the grave for more than two hundred years, and it is very refreshing to be able to stand up, stand up, sit, and sit. God Lee: As long as you are comfortable. Washington: Not procedural, but I'm curious, what is this place?Who is this one I saw?What am I here for? God Lee: This is where the "Last Judgment" is located. Who am I?Please look at the last line of these four lines of English.God is me and I am God.You don't have to take the oath, although you have experience in taking oaths, you started when you were a major at 21, didn't you?

Washington: Yes, I wonder if anyone remembers it better than I do. God Lee: It's not that there are people who know better than you, but God who knows better than you.The entire trial will be conducted under the circumstances that are clearer than you, that is to say, I will judge you with correct evidence and will never wrong you.Don't forget I also know that when you took the oath of office for the last time, when you took the oath of office as President of the United States, you had only one real tooth in your mouth. Washington: I have few real teeth in my mouth, but many truths.

(Laughter.) God Lee: The truth?That depends on who decides.The Founding Fathers of your generation spoke ill of you.From Thomas Paine's open letter, to Jefferson's talk, you are "brazen," "covetously hoarding money," you "equate to hypocrisy," you "treacherate and betray your friends," and you are "a hypocrite in the public eye." ", "The world is confused by you, and it can't tell whether you are a traitor or a liar; whether you have abandoned the principle, or you don't have this thing at all."These negative conclusions about you are too involved in your personal morality, so this court does not accept it.This court is just surprised that your will is 42 pages long, which is really long, and the content of the property account is trivial and annoying.The seven volumes of your biography say that you are ambitious for wealth and have a strong desire to possess. This assertion should be realistic.This court's opinion is actually only one point, that is, how inconsistent it is with a big man!Americans have grown up so well that seeking wealth has become a purpose, and Jefferson was annoyed when he learned that you supported Jay's Treaty, and condemned you for being low in seeking wealth as a goal. I think he was right .Please don't doubt that I suspect you are inferior, it is you Americans who doubt you.

Washington: I don't think I doubt it.I am only surprised that I was not tried early or late, but I was tried after 2008? God Li: Because in 2008, the Olympic Games were held in China.It is up to the Chinese to uphold justice. Washington: It was a good time for the 2008 Olympics. God Li didn't pay attention to the sports level. How did he pull out something else? God Lee: The Olympic Games are never limited to sports. You are too ignorant and downplay the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games is a religious activity. It has many levels. The sports level is just a level under religious activities. Don’t get it wrong. The Olympics, its significance is by no means limited to the World Games.

Washington: God Lee said that the Olympics are not limited to the World Games? God Lee: Of course.The meaning of the Olympics is much wider than that of world sports.Not only wide, but also deep and multi-dimensional. The "dimension" reaches more than three-dimensional and four-dimensional space, and even reaches the upper and lower worlds, and the dimension reaches heaven and hell.Physicists will not be able to dimension heaven and hell even if they meet again, but we have achieved it. Washington: Who are you? God Lee: We are the maintainers of heaven and the maintainers of hell.

WASHINGTON: Besides God Lee, what are you called? God Li: You can call us "God of Mount Tai", or "God of Mount Tai", and also "God of China".China's mountains are represented by the "Five Sacred Mountains", which are divided into east, west, north, south, and middle, namely Dongyue Taishan, Xiyue Huashan, Nanyue Hengshan, Beiyue Hengshan, and Zhongyue Songshan.Among them, Dongyue Taishan is the head.For human beings, the Mount Tai God governs life and death, as well as hell, where people return to their souls after death.Hell is in charge of the "Ten Kings of the Underworld", the most famous of which is King Yama.They are the gods of the "Last Judgment".Mount Tai is a sacred mountain in China, equivalent to Mount Olympus in Greece. The 2008 Olympic Games was hosted by China, and the mountain gods of Olympia traveled to China. The "Last Judgment" was officially presided over by the Chinese God of Mount Tai, and I was the modern "God of Mount Tai", "God of Mount Tai", and "God of China" . Washington: Why wasn't there a "Last Judgment" during the Olympics? God Li: Because before the Olympic Games were globalized, they were all in the hands of the Greek gods. These gods are too idle and lazy. Just look at their god Zeus. In fact, in the eyes of the Chinese, he is just A "big dick fairy".He is the number one romantic in the world, and has 16 famous women with him on the list. He has 23 children, including 18 illegitimate children and 15 children. Probably he himself "pulls the dick and doesn't recognize it" people", I can't figure it out.But these children are a temporary choice, and there are many gods.It's just that, in terms of justice standards, their implementation is too problematic.In the 19th century, in 1894, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, and the Olympic Games began to be globalized. However, it has always been in the hands of you white people. In the past 112 years, you white Americans have done it 4 times; you white British people have done it 3 times, and all three times in London; you white Germans have done it twice, and both times are in Berlin; People of white race have done it twice, and both times are in Paris; you white people from Sweden have done it twice, and both times are in Stockholm; you white people from Finland have done it twice, and both times are in Helsinki...you Don't give the Chinese a chance. When China's Beijing bid for the Olympic Games, Paris, France, which has hosted the Olympic Games twice, came to grab it. This is the justice of you white people.Precisely because you white people have almost monopolized injustice, it is impossible for you to carry out the "Last Judgment".After 112 years, China finally hosted the Olympics, and the gods of Mount Olympus moved to China, so I came to host the "Last Judgment". Washington: Are all the gods on Mount Olympus in Greece unanimous in Mount Tai in China and unanimously give power to God Li? God Lee: I am surprised that you propose this consensus theory.When you were the first president of the United States, two of the 13 states hadn't ratified the constitution, and one state hadn't sent electors yet. Didn't you get power by voting in 10 states? 73 electors, you got 69 votes, right? Washington: Yes. God Lee: Why 69?Because three people are on the road in the snow and cannot catch up; one person is in bed with gout and cannot attend the banquet, right?Is this unanimous? Washington: I didn't want to do it at the time.But Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) grabbed my hand and said it was necessary (indispensable), saying that I could not refuse "the general call of your country", so I did it.I don't want to be the president of the United States. God Lee: You told your good friend Henry Knox that you were feeling like a hangman.Did you say that? Washington: I said so. God Li: Now is the "last judgment". Although there is no need for a gallows, morality is a gallows, and you must face the level of morality. Washington: I am unwilling to be re-elected as the third US president. Morally, I will draw an end to myself.God Lee needn't doubt me. God Li: I can understand your morality in this regard. In fact, your wife understands punctuation and what a period is better than you.Your inauguration, she said by refusing to attend. WASHINGTON: I must admit God Lee knows our American history too well.God Lee is not like a judge. God Lee: I'm not just a judge. Washington: So what is God Lee? God Lee: Please don't forget what presided over the "Last Judgment". Washington: With all due respect, is God Lee God? God Li: Please look at the last line of these four lines of English, of course I am God, at least I am God on duty.Our Chinese mythological figure Sun Wukong said, "The emperor takes turns to do it, and this year he will come to my house." After 2008, the Olympic Games will come to China in turn, and God should also be done by the Chinese.Don't you American presidents also take turns?I can't say that I am the God of eternity, but I am the head of the "Last Judgment" court.You don't have a choice, you can state your wishes clearly and they will be heard.As if at 10:00 p.m. on December 14, 1799 you had finally spoken your wish.You didn't go to the gallows, but you had to face death in front of your eyes. You told you to be buried in the ground three days after your death. You were afraid that you would be buried alive before you died.You're telling Tobias Lear over and over again, you're frank, aren't you? Washington: I'll be honest, yes. God Li: You are worthy of being a general. You died bravely. Your last words were: "It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go." Dead and buried alive, isn't it?It's not good to be buried alive, is it?Do you know the new bomb that you Americans have created with modern technology?You specialize in burying people alive. Do you know how many Iraqi soldiers and children were buried alive by you?Did you see that miserable little boy?When he was dug out, he died alone with a gray face and closed eyes. The only thing that accompanied him was the pacifier hanging on his chest. (God Lee shows pictures.) WASHINGTON: I should feel sorry for what my country has done that is immoral. God Lee: Don’t you think America’s immorality is inherited from its first president? Washington: I don't think there is evidence for that. God Lee: Of course.The independence of the United States was achieved only with the help of the French, don't you deny it?The French are unwilling to be neutral, and would rather offend the British than extend their hand to help the United States, can you deny it? Washington: (nodding) Can't deny it. God Lee: Then what happened?When France was in trouble, April 22, 1793, you, the United States, remained neutral.France sent Edmond Genet to ask the United States for help, how about you?You and your United States are ungrateful and stand by, morality, morality, is this your morality?And leaving aside the moral aspect, according to your alliance treaty with France, you can't be neutral on your own, right?This proves that you, the United States, have not been moral and have not abided by treaties since the founding of the country. Washington: Based on national interests, morality is out of the question. God Lee: That's the whole point of me trying to judge you.Based on moral interests, we must use this historical fact to declare to mankind that the morality you keep saying in the United States is a lie.You can be openly imperialist, but stop talking about morality and universal human values, you are hypocrites, and the story of your ingratitude to France proves everything.And this ruthlessness was started by your first President of the United States. Do you plead guilty? Washington: I admit to being morally guilty, but not guilty in the national interest.Because our object is a country, not an individual. God Li: You have read a lot of people, and you know it well. Do you know that there is a famous person in this world. He was born in the same year as you, in 1732 AD, and died in the same year as you, in 1799. Do you know? Know who he is? Washington: I don't know, I'm curious who he is. God Li: This man has a famous saying. In French, it is Jeme pressed erire redet out, depeurd'etreobliged'enpleurer. In English, it is I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry. In Chinese, it is "Laugh quickly in case cry".This sentence was said when he was 43 years old, that is, when you were 43 years old. Washington: Such a familiar sentence, it was spoken first in French? God Lee: Yes, this line comes from the French script Le Barbierde Seville ("The Barber of Seville"), 9 years later, came Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), two years later, In 1786, A. Mozart wrote a great opera for it. ("The Marriage of Figaro" background music.) Washington: God Lee said that, I think I know who it is. God Lee: Please say it yourself, he is—— Washington: He is Pierre de Beaumarchais. God Lee: Beaumarchais is a pseudonym, his real name is Pierre Augustin Caron. Washington: I don't know his real name. God Lee: How much do you know him?Please be honest, you know God Lee knows everything. Washington: (hesitating) Frankly, I know we owe him a lot. God Lee: You are sorry for him. Washington: We're sorry for him. God Li: You just said that there is no moral crime in national interests, because your target is the country, what should we do now?Bo Mashe was born in the same year as you, I'm sorry for him, what should I do? Washington: Let me reiterate that our target is the country, it is France, not the individual French. God Lee: Not a person?At that time, the French helped you. How did you treat Beaumarchais for technical problems?You Americans are ungrateful. Don’t you pay the individual who helped you become independent?Beaumarche is really kind, he only wrote "The Marriage of Figaro", but in fact he should have written "American Funeral". Once you establish a country, you will even bite back on your benefactors, won't you?You said that the object of your ungratefulness is the country and not the individual. How do you explain that your entire country is sorry for the Frenchman? Washington: We're sorry for Beaumarchais. God Lee: I am presiding over this "final judgment". The focus is not on the president personally, but on what you have done in the United States under your personal actions.I use the "Last Judgment" method to announce to the whole world that although the end is approaching, the truth will never fade away. Washington: I can understand. God Lee: Your understanding is very important.Because: 1. You are the founding father of the United States, and your status is important.2. You have no sense of humor, but your seriousness also makes us willing to pursue the truth with you very seriously.3. You can grasp the key points. Your inaugural speech is only 135 words.The three characteristics mentioned above are not possessed by today's American leaders. They look like buffoons. After all, you are more adult than them. "The Last Judgment" is all clear.The above trial is just to prove that the United States is a country that has no morals and does not abide by the treaty, and it is used to tell the world. Washington: Let the world not only look at how the United States treats other countries and individuals, but also how we love our country and our people. That is to say, don’t just look at how we treat others. If the outside is not good, we also need to look at our internal good. God Lee: I wonder what you affirm is good for the inside.Why don't you think about the "Whiskey Rebellion" incident?When you Pennsylvania farmers fought over the whiskey tax, didn't you get rough?How many troops did you bring to fight against your own people? Washington: 15,000. God Lee: The correct number is 12950. Washington: God Lee knows America more accurately than I do. God Li: I just confirmed it to you. My information is accurate. I don’t like you guys. I’ll say it again. I will never wrong you. Give George Washington his due. You are what you are, and I'm not going to make a story about you chopping a cherry tree like ML Weems.Weems is so stupid. If you want to make a false story, you can create it in the first edition. Why is it not in the 1800 edition, and it only appeared in the 5th edition in 1806?You Americans are so careless about lying.Also, I remember that you fabricated your words before and after, and the content is still different.The "Father, I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet" kind, from Mark Twain's "Mark Twain as George Washington"; the other kind of "I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet", from Weems' Life of George Washington, 5th ed. 1806 to 10th ed. 1810. Washington: I admire this research, God Lee knows more fake Washington than Washington.Say I have no sense of humor, let me be humorous: In fact, I only lied about cutting down cherry trees, but now I lie about Iran having nuclear weapons. Now the lie is not so careless, but it is also spectacular to prove it is a lie .I heard that 16 intelligence agencies have proved that the US President's so-called intelligence on Iran's development of nuclear weapons is false. God Lee: I'll read the latest information for your reference (takes out a piece of paper). "News, Dec. 5, 2007: The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), representing the combined opinions of 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, released on Dec. 3, indicated that Iran froze its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and has not restarted it since. This intelligence , which obviously contradicted the previous assessment of US intelligence officials, and also made it impossible for President Bush Jr., who kept warning that Iran would become a nuclear-armed country, to step down. As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted global attention. The "Washington Post" even stated that this intelligence, It severely damaged Bush Jr.’s Tehran policy.” You see, 16 intelligence agencies have together debunked the big lie about Iran’s development of nuclear weapons.It can be seen that although the story of the cherry tree is false, the moral aspect is true, that is, the author mentioned I can't tell a lie (I can't tell a lie) to your father twice on your behalf, but today, there are 16 intelligence agencies Tell the new generation of American presidents together that you can't lie. Washington: Although this is a scene of "Last Judgment", I can learn some information from the trial process, which is also very emotional. God Lee: General, save your emotion and give it to your Sally Fairfax. The information in this court is: You have been in love with this lady since she was 16 years old. For 50 years, she has been your good friend's wife, and you have been secretly in love with him all the way from young Werther to old Werther.When the family returned to England, you bought her pillow when the furniture was auctioned, which reminded me of the story about our ancient Chinese writer Cao Zhi and his sister-in-law's pillow.Although we are interrogating you in court today, please remember that we have no malice towards you and we know you very well.You are personally a great friend and lover, but the America you pledge your allegiance to is a problematic country.You Tennessee lawyers have a famous saying: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts; when the law is on your side, argue the laws; (When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.) Now, you are ready to yell. WASHINGTON: I went from a "nation's call" to a one-person call, and that evolution, right? God Lee: Don't you forget that you are the leader of America, the first leader.In this "final judgment" against you, this court has obtained the following five points of evidence: 1. The United States is an ungrateful country. There is no shortage of records of ingratitude to the country (like France) or to individuals (like Beaumarchais). Second, the first president of the United States began to have a record of immorality. 3. The United States has a record of non-compliance with international treaties since its first president. 4. The United States has a record of using force against its own people since its first president. 5. The United States has a record of keeping slaves since its first president. The five points mentioned above do not involve your ingratitude to individuals other than foreigners, for example, to Paine.According to your Vice President Adams, "Washington's sword is useless without Paine's pen".Don't you deny Paine's contribution to the founding of the United States? Washington: I don't deny it. On October 6, 1785, Congress voted to send Paine $3,000, which I also supported. God Lee: But after Paine was arrested in support of the French Revolution on December 28, 1793, you did not help him. Did your ambassador to France, Gouverneur Morris, act on your orders? Washington: Am I going to kill Paine? God Li: You didn't say you harmed him, but you should actively rescue him from prison. Washington: How to save him?The official answer from France was that Paine had renounced his American citizenship when he served as a representative of the French National Assembly. God Lee: Then when Monroe was the ambassador to France, how did he negotiate successfully and recognize Paine as an American? Washington: A shift in political opinion will take time. God Lee: Time?Only 10 months before and after.Did you know the French were going to kill Paine?Only because the cell door was open the night before and the chalk sign was wrongly written on the back of the door panel did he escape the guillotine.Depends on your slow time, Paine is already decapitated.Paine later wrote an open letter criticizing you for being cruel and ungrateful. Washington: The "Last Judgment" can judge me, but isn't the subject too small? God Li: This is a matter of character, not small at all.I am here to remind you and all of you here that the focus of this "final judgment" is not a legal trial, but a moral trial. The right thing to do is more moral than legal.Take the first president of the United States in front of you as an example. Your general pays attention to appearance, doesn't he?A record says (holds out a sheet of paper): "Washington took so much pride in his own stateliness that he had a slight defect in his vain attire. He imported silk stockings and silver-buckled boots from England, his enemy in wartime, And from time to time, he trims his brown hair, brushes it and powders it." It can be seen that you have smuggled beauty products to yourself for your own beauty.From a legal point of view, this topic is too small, too small, but from a moral point of view, it is not simple.In short, this "last judgment" has its deep meaning and subtle meaning.For example, in 1789 when you were president of 11 US states... WASHINGTON: (Interrupting) I'm going to interject, I'm the president of the United States in 13 states, God Lee is probably wrong. God Lee: Am I wrong? In 1789 your United States had only 11 states, not 13, because North Carolina and Rhode Island had not yet ratified the Federal Constitution.North Carolina ratified the constitution six months later, and Rhode Island joined the Union a year later. Washington: (Nodding, wry smile) I admit that God Li, a Chinese, has amazing knowledge of American history. God Lee: When you were the president of the United States, you were only the president of 13 states. You never thought that your country would become 50 states later, did you? Washington: No idea. God Lee: There is a kind of doctrine that makes the United States into 50 states. Do you know what kind of doctrine it is? Washington: I don't know. God Lee: Imperialism.It is imperialism that makes it impossible for you, the United States, to fool the world with your moral face, "You can fool all of the people some of the time, you can fool a few of the people forever, but you cannot fool all of the people forever." (You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.) Lincoln: (Standing up abruptly) Thank God Lee for affirming what I said. God Lee: (raised eyebrows) What did you say?Is this the word of Phineas Barnum?Are you Wenchao Gong? Lincoln: (blushing.) Reagan: (Talking to himself, but loudly) You see, Lincoln is Wenchaogong, and now he was caught by this learned God, Li Ge. God Lee: (knocking the mallet) Silence! Lincoln: My nickname is "Honest Lincoln," God Lee for reference. God Lee: In your 2nd Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865, you said: With malice toward none, with charity for all... (No malice towards anyone, goodwill towards anyone...) Is it your words? Lincoln: (nods and nods) It's mine. God Li: Then I will read another passage to you: In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or will to any human being... Whose words? Lincoln: (scratches his head) I...don't know, but it's like my words. God Lee: Excuse me, these are the words of your 6th President Adams Jr. 27 years before your 1865 speech (July 30, 1838).What, "Honest Lincoln," you copied him? Lincoln: (embarrassed) It's not good to say that. God Lee: What should I say?Should Adams be to blame for saying it first 27 years ago? Lincoln: (Wry smile.) God Lee: Maybe I should comfort you.You little Adams actually copied others. In his speech on December 22, 1802, little Adams shouted the phrase "Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!" (Think of your predecessors! Think of your descendants!) It was copied from the Romans.Roman historian Tacitus' Agricola: Etmaioresvestroset posteroscogitate. Think of your forefathers and posterity. (Think of your predecessors and posterity.) That's the sentence! Lincoln: Oh.Thank you Roman for saving me (laughs, sits down). Jr. Adams: (glaring) "Honest Lincoln," son of a bitch! God Lee: (knocking the mallet) Silence!Finally, ask Washington, is there anything else to say? Washington: During the American War of Independence, a French nobleman named Marquisde Lafayette arrived in the New World in July 1777 and participated in the battle against the British.He was 20 years old at the time and was appointed a major general with great military exploits. In 1779, he returned to France and persuaded King Louis XVI of France to send an expeditionary force of 6,000 people to support the colonial people. In 1780, he returned to the New World to assist the American Revolutionary War until it was successful. In 1782 he returned to France. He visited the United States in 1784 and became a citizen of several states, greatly admired by Americans.Eighty-seven years after Lafayette's death, that is, 140 years after he went to the United States to participate in the War of Independence, the First World War broke out, and the United States joined the battle group to support France against Germany.The United States sent troops, and the commander of the dispatched army was General John J. Pershing. On July 4, 1917, a touching speech was published at the grave of Lafayette in Paris. The theme was: "Lafayette, we are here!" (Lafayette, we are here!) Concise and concise, expressing American How to help the French when they are in danger is the same as the French helped the Americans 140 years ago.The example of General Pershing proves that we Americans are not unreasonable.Please pay attention when God Lee mentions that we, America, are sorry for Beau Marshall. God Lee: Let me correct your mistake first. This famous saying "Lafayette, here we come!" is generally mistakenly thought to come from General Pershing, but according to Pershing's memoir "My Experience in the World War (My Experiences in the World War), but pointed out that it is the masterpiece of Colonel CE Stanton (Colonel CE Stanton).As for your example of Lafayette, it does not prove that you are worthy of another Frenchman, Beaumarchais.Lafayette is clear, and you can't kill it; but Beaumarche is dark, so you killed it. Washington: I'm sorry. God Lee: After you retire, you run your property all day long, right? Washington: Yes. God Lee: When you were president in 1789, you were still in charge of the ferry business, with one horse per adult and one shilling for the transition.You did it for 21 years straight. Washington: When I was president, I sold this business to someone else. God Lee: That was a year and a half after you became president.Am I right? Washington: (nodding) Exactly. God Lee: The property you listed in your will is a total of 33,000 acres from Virginia to Kentucky to Maryland to Pennsylvania to New York to Washington. You have land everywhere. In addition, you have 300 slaves.Your salary as president accounted for 2% of the U.S. government budget in 1789. How rich are you! 200 years later, we found out that your property, converted into today's currency, should have 225 million US dollars, you are really rich.With all your money, you don't seem very generous compared to how poor you were during the American Revolutionary War. Washington: Generosity is a matter of state.The affairs of groups cannot depend on the generosity of individuals.Please God, Lee, don't forget that after we have money in the United States, the country's generous side. God Lee: Generous?Want to hear a statistic?The United Nations has set a target for foreign aid funds in the world, requiring 0.7% of the gross domestic product of each country to be used to support development, but only four countries have really met this standard: Denmark, 1.01%; Norway, 0.91%; the Netherlands , 0.97%; Sweden, 0.7%.You, the United States, rank 22nd among the 22 most developed countries. In 1999, your President Carter said: "We are the smallest country in the world." Because when Denmark contributed 1.01% of its GDP, You, the United States, only take 0.1%.Cheapskate!Is this generosity? Washington: Oh. God Lee: As for rich Americans like you, the situation after 200 years is that the richest 1% of the total population of the United States own more wealth than the sum of the wealth of the poor 40% of the total population.How do you explain your vast wealth, President Washington?You are the founding father of the United States, but you have set two bad examples. The first is to have too much wealth, and the second is to be rich and unkind.In your farewell speech, you said that you "have been upright and dedicated to the country for 45 years. I hope that the mistakes I made due to my weak ability will be buried in the ground with me." (after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.) Your wealth will be buried underground with you ? Washington: (Wry smile.) God Lee: Your farewell speech was written in English by Hamilton, right?Your own English is probably too problematic. The Library of Congress has collected your letter to a man named Robin. The whole letter has more than 200 words, but there is only one period.You don't seem to be able to breathe when you write.你死后,你太太烧掉你全部给她的信,恐怕不无道理。不过你有一个好处,就是你不是文抄公,因为你读书太少,不会抄到你没看过的书,像你们第2任总统亚当斯那样。 亚当斯:(边举手边站起来)我抗议!抗议。抗议上帝李说我是文抄公,请问我抄了谁的? 上帝李:要我说吗?OK你那本《与达维拉对话集》(Discourseson Davila),全书一共32章,但有18章是直接从达维拉(EC Davila)法文版的《法国内战史》(Historia delleguerre civili de Francia)中翻译而来的,剩下的14章基本上又是亚当斯密(Adam Smith)的(Theory of Moral Sentiments)中的一章,你不觉得奇怪吗? 亚当斯:没有啊,市面上卖的,凡是达维拉的话,都加上引号啦,怎么说我抄他的? 上帝李:哈,证据就出在这些引号上。引号是你孙子们补上的,你原版的书完全没有引号,看起来像是你的话,你怎么解释呢? 亚当斯:我……我……我…… 上帝李:你……你……你……恐怕是文抄公,像你们美国第3任总统杰斐逊一样的文抄公。 杰斐逊:(边举手边站起来)我抗议!抗议。抗议上帝李说我是文抄公,请问我抄了谁的? 上帝李:要我说吗?OK 1776年7月4日的《独立宣言》(Declaration of Independence),抄的是1776年6月12日乔治梅森(George Mason)所写《弗吉尼亚人权宣言》(Virginia's Declaration of Human Rights)的初稿,包括那句名言“人生而平等”(That all men are by nature equally free and independent)在内。你记得比你大18岁的梅森吧?你称赞他是“the first order of greatness”(第一等伟人)的。 杰斐逊:我记得他,他是前辈先生。 上帝李:你知道就好了。前辈先生有一个好处,就是他种了树,我们可以乘凉,但不必说树是你种的才好。好了,这一庭,就开到这里为止。退庭(槌一敲,起立)。 (幕落。)
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