The Enterprise of England began (again!) today in 1588 when the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. Galleons, galleases, carracks, pinnaces, sakers, falcons, culverins - ships and guns to invade England. The plan was poor. The idea was to sail to the Netherlands (than Spanish), pick up the Duke of Parma and his army and land somewhere on the East coast.
If Philip II had mounted a two-pronged attack - Parma from the East and the Duke of Medina-Sidonia from the south, I'd be writing this in Spanish today.
Via con Dios!
In other news ...
The Americans got it right today in 1895 when they declared income tax unconstitutional. In fact, all taxation is unconstitutional because it is introduced by a minority of people (in Britain the members of the Commons and Lords) which makes the government system an oligarchy, not a democracy. Why, then, do we pussyfoot around HMRC that should, in a true democracy, not exist?
