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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greetings Visionaires –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>--------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From Crockers book:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"A masterpiece—the 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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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
Lee—the 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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Not On The Palouse (Or Monroe, Louisiana), Not Ever<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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