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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Coward! Stand up and show yourself or don't be
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
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<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Paul Kimmell and
the Leadership Principles of RobertE. Lee</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Greetings Visionaires
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The following was provided to me
by an unknown source who desires to remain nameless (and so it shall be),
requesting that I post it here. Although the source is nameless, I feel
that it reflects the heart-felt opinion of an ever-growing portion of the
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
citizenry.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On August 5th, Moscow Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director presented a Power Point lecture on the Leadership
Principles of Robert E. Lee.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mr. Kimmell's text, which does not
cite an author, is drawn largely from Robert E. Lee on Leadership : Executive
Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision by H.W. Crocker III. Prima
Publishing. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Favorable reviews from Casper
Weinberger, Dinesh D'Sousza and S. Partrick Presley blurb the back cover of
this book. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mr. Crocker is a "longtime student
of Robert E. Lee, is the executive editor of Regnery Publishing Inc. He
serves on the board of the Southern Military Institute, writes a column on
Civil War books for Southern Partisan magazine, and has written on
military history for National Review, American Spectator, and other
publications" according to the back cover.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Regnery Publishing is a
conservative publishing house carrying such authors as Ann Coulter, Patrick J.
Buchanan, Dinesh D'Souza, General Joshiah Bunting, well, you get the
picture. Southern Partisan Magazine is a notorious neo-Confederate
magazine (<A
href="http://www.fair.org/press-releases/southern-partisan.html">http://www.fair.org/press-releases/southern-partisan.html</A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(The Southern Military Institute -
a yet to be formed college - <A
href="http://www.south-mil-inst.org/html/about_us.html">http://www.south-mil-inst.org/html/about_us.html</A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"In the tradition of the original
"Institute," SMI will be a small engineering and science institution
emphasizing the foundations of Christian faith and morality. It will also
provide a sound background in the history of Western Civilization, American
politics, Constitutional studies, and military history. SMI will be steeped in
southern tradition and will re-establish the all-male Corps of Cadets, the
Gentleman's Honour System, the "Brother-Rat" Class System, and the traditional
"Ratline" basic training system. SMI will sponsor programs that advance the
knowledge and awareness of Southern history and culture including the
honouring of Confederate Memorial Day and New Market Day, which celebrates the
valor of the VMI cadets at the Battle of New Market, Virginia on the 15th of
May, 1864"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The gratuitous inclusion of
photographs of Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart and Stonewall Jackson don't
really have much to do with Robert E. Lee's leadership. I am unclear why
they are included in the presentation - except to bolster the Confederate
image. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From Crockers
book:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Robert E. Lee was a leader for
the ages. The man heralded by Winston Churchill as "one of the noblest
Americans who ever lived" inspired an out-manned, out-gunned army to achieve
greatness on the battlefield. He was a brilliant strategist and a man of
unyielding courage who, in the face of insurmountable odds, nearly changed
forever the course of history. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"A masterpiecethe best work of
its kind I have ever read. Crocker's Lee is a Lee for all leaders to study;
and to work, quite deliberately, to emulate." Major General Josiah Bunting
III, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute [which as nearly
as I can tell from the VMI website exists only on
paper]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In this remarkable book, you'll
learn the keys to Lee's greatness as a man and a leader. You'll find a general
whose standards for personal excellence was second to none, whose leadership
was founded on the highest moral principles, and whose character was made of
steel. You'll see how he remade a rag-tag bunch of men into one of the most
impressive fighting forces history has ever known. You'll also discover other
sides of Leethe businessman who inherited the debt-ridden <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arlington</st1:place></st1:City> plantation and
streamlined its operations, the teacher who took a backwater college and made
it into a prestigious university, and the motivator who inspired those he led
to achieve more than they ever dreamed possible. Each chapter concludes with
the extraordinary lessons learned, which can be applied not only to your
professional life, but also to your private life as well.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today's business world requires
leaders of uncommon excellence who can overcome the cold brutality of constant
change. Robert E. Lee was such a leader. He triumphed over challenges people
in business face every day. Guided by his magnificent example, so can
you."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Visionaries should be prepared for
the usual defense of race based slavery (the page number is the page number of
Mr. Kimmell's presentation)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Duty, he [Lee] believed in,
yes. But duty directed one to serve people, not principles. Lee's
attachment to what was tangible and real - the soil of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>, to his
family, friends, and neighbors of the Old Dominion, helps explain his loyalty
to the South in the War Between the States. Lee would not consent to
raising a sword - or having other raise a sword - against his own people.....
slaver owner were to be made free:, as Lee had hoped they would be, "that
process should be achieved through oral persuasion, free legal advice - not by
force." page 14 (emphasis in the original)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Leaving aside the silliness
connected with free legal advice for slaves, leaving aside the powerful word
"IF" in describing potential emancipation this is the same old clap trap that
comes from all apologist of the Lost Cause mythology, and causes pictures of
Robert E. Lee to hang in classroom(s) in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Logos</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Read this presentation and weep
that such an example is being used in this community with the support of the
executive board members of the Chamber of Commerce (<A
href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Kimmell">http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Kimmell</A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take
care,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Not On The Palouse (Or Monroe,
Louisiana), Not Ever<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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