We at Anthem Opinions refrain from many world political affairs,
but what took place on the streets of Nice, France, on a day where "the
People" were expressing their national pride, brought thoughts that need to be
said...
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Thoughts on Nice
Anthem Opinions sends our heartfelt sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives, as well as, to all those citizens of France, in yet another horrific terrorist attack on that nation...
...on...
Bastille
Day
...the 227th anniversary of the French revolution for freedom, July 14, 1789.
Many of you may be familiar with the melody of the The French National Anthem...
But...
Do any of you know the words to the
entire patriotic
composition?
It's named:
La Marseillaise
Arise, children of the Fatherland,The
day of glory has arrived!
Against us tyranny
Raises its bloody banner (repeat)
Do you hear, in the countryside,
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They’re coming right into your arms
Against us tyranny
Raises its bloody banner (repeat)
Do you hear, in the countryside,
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They’re coming right into your arms
To arms,
citizens...
Form
your battalions,
March! March!
That an impure blood
Waters our furrows!
March! March!
That an impure blood
Waters our furrows!
Sacred love of the
Fatherland,Lead, support our avenging
arms
Liberty, cherished Liberty,
Fight with thy defenders! (repeat)
Under our flags, shall victory
Hurry to thy manly accents,
That thy expiring enemies,
See thy triumph and our glory!
Liberty, cherished Liberty,
Fight with thy defenders! (repeat)
Under our flags, shall victory
Hurry to thy manly accents,
That thy expiring enemies,
See thy triumph and our glory!
To arms,
citizens…
Tremble, tyrants and you traitors
The shame of all parties,
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will finally receive their reward! (repeat)
Everyone is a soldier to combat you
If they fall, our young heroes,
The earth will produce new ones,
Ready to fight against you!
The shame of all parties,
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will finally receive their reward! (repeat)
Everyone is a soldier to combat you
If they fall, our young heroes,
The earth will produce new ones,
Ready to fight against you!
To arms,
citizens…
What does this horde of slaves,
Of traitors and conjured kings want?
For whom are these vile chains,
These long-prepared irons? (repeat)
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What fury it must arouse!
It is us they dare plan
To return to the old slavery!
Of traitors and conjured kings want?
For whom are these vile chains,
These long-prepared irons? (repeat)
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What fury it must arouse!
It is us they dare plan
To return to the old slavery!
To arms,
citizens…
What! Foreign cohorts
Would make the law in our homes!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would strike down our proud warriors! (repeat)
Great God ! By chained hands
Our brows would yield under the yoke
Vile despots would have themselves
The masters of our destinies!
Would make the law in our homes!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would strike down our proud warriors! (repeat)
Great God ! By chained hands
Our brows would yield under the yoke
Vile despots would have themselves
The masters of our destinies!
To arms,
citizens…
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
You bear or hold back your blows!
You spare those sorry victims,
Who arm against us with regret. (repeat)
But not these bloodthirsty despots,
These accomplices of Bouillé,
All these tigers who, mercilessly,
Rip their mother’s breast!
You bear or hold back your blows!
You spare those sorry victims,
Who arm against us with regret. (repeat)
But not these bloodthirsty despots,
These accomplices of Bouillé,
All these tigers who, mercilessly,
Rip their mother’s breast!
To arms,
citizens…
...AND...
Perhaps the world should take
note of these prophetic words before we no longer have the freedoms of a world
we have always known.
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July15, 2016 at 8:15 AM - From Robert N...to...Anthem Opinions
These terrorist cowards can be summed up in one easily-understood metaphor:
Remember when you were in High School (or for that matter Elementary School)?
Remember there was always the "School Yard Bully" who would pick on some meek, helpless kid?
The Bully would continue picking on someone until the victim turned around and beat the hell out of him....the bully never again picked on that individual.
It's time the United States (and the entire World) get off their politically-correct butts and beat the hell out of these Bullies......by whatever means necessary.
Unfortunately our esteemed leadership won't even call them terrorists.
These bullies are AT WAR with us, and this will continue unless and until, we recognize that...yet the average person in this country is more concerned about who will win "Dancing with the Stars".
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From Shep Rose...to...Anthem Opinions
Federal courthouses and other Federal buildings have BOLLARDS on the sidewalk curbs made of cement with reinforcing steel surrounding them to prevent trucks with explosives from ramming the building.
Recently an angry homeless woman drove her car onto a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk packed with happy pedestrians, killing and injuring several.
The need for such BOLLARDS on LAS VEGAS STRIP pedestrian-packed sidewalk curbs seem imperative..if all it takes is a terrorist with a rental truck to repeat the Bastille Day Nice France carnage here. There is more justification for this visitor safety expense than to divert the hotel tax to constructing a football stadium at all taxpayers’ expense, for the benefit of the team’s investors and patrons. -
Well said, Shep. Having been to T-Mobile Arena at a major event, this type of catastrophe could in all probability, be avoided, with such barriers.
Let's hope the Strip has been made aware of the need for such devices.
Thanks for the translation of France Anthem. Very education!
This has happened too many times.We need to put aside "politically correct" and start taking note that we are at war with these fanatics.