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| Hootowl |
Interesting. We may be beyond fixing. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/04/12/what-if- government-rejects-constitution/ | ||
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Hootowl, that's a pretty sobering read; thanks for posting.
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| Ferris_von_bueller |
We are beyond fixing. We don't have the luxury of time. It would take a generation or two, at best, and in the interim years the infidels will have succeeded in fundamentally changing this country. I saw Chavez in the news this morning and I thought to myself this man has been elected not just once but several times. The majority of the citizens of Venezuela desire to have him as their leader. In other words, people have chosen tyranny over freedom. I think we sometimes lose sight of the fact that not everyone thinks like we do. Much like a drug addict that chooses addiction and living in filth over a life filled with love and positivity there are vast numbers of people in this world that don't value freedom and personal responsibility. For them a life of servitude is comfortable and preferable over a life of self-reliance because with personal freedom comes responsibility and HARD work and many people are just plain lazy. I think what's most scary to me is the possible reelection of Obama and what that would signal to us freedom loving folk. The devil himself should be leading in the polls over Obama yet the President isn't as weak as I would have expected. | ||
| Johnnymceldoo |
With ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, Hollywood and music all things are possible. Oh, and education. In terms of propaganda its like north Korea lite. | ||
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As much as I dislike Mr. Obama's policies and political philosophy, I recognize, with sadness and dismay, that his mindset reflects that of many of this nation's citizens. I fervently hope there remain enough Patriots in this country to defeat him in the polls come November. If we do, in part it will send a figurative warning shot across the bow of everyone else in politics who would endeavor to further veer our ship away from its constitutionally correct course. Thanks for posting, fellas.
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Today in 1775, the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts, when about 40 militiamen formed ranks against 700 British Red Coats on their way to Concord. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot colonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. They also received details about British plans on the night before the battle and were able to rapidly notify the area militias of the enemy movement. The first shots were fired just as the sun was rising at Lexington. The militia were outnumbered and fell back, and the regulars proceeded on to Concord, where they searched for the supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the King's troops. The outnumbered regulars fell back from the minutemen after a pitched battle in open territory. More militiamen arrived soon thereafter and inflicted heavy damage on the regulars as they marched back towards Boston. Upon returning to Lexington, Smith's expedition was rescued by reinforcements under Brigadier General Hugh Percy. The combined force, now of about 1,700 men, marched back to Boston under heavy fire in a tactical withdrawal and eventually reached the safety of Charlestown. The accumulated militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting the Siege of Boston. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his "Concord Hymn," described the first shot fired by the Patriots at the North Bridge as the "shot heard 'round the world." By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard 'round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those spirits dare, To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee. Source: The Battles of Lexington and Concord The Concord Hymn   | ||
| Chauly |
"What a glorious morning for America!"--- Samuel Adams April 19th,1775 | ||
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Thanks Chauly.
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| Chauly |
You're welcome; I marched in quite a few Patriot's Day Parades over the years, growing up in Lexington. | ||
| Fb1 |
Chauly, here's a great read from Mark Alexander yesterday: Patriots' Day: Sons of Liberty Then and Now Do you ever get back up there?? | ||
| Chauly |
Rarely. I've been in Virginia so long now, I consider myself more "Virginian" than otherwise. The average Joe here is more like the patriotic people I knew as a child, whereas the people I left behind are barely recognizable... | ||
| Fb1 |
Gotcha. Virginia feels like home to me, too; not many "progressives" up here in the mountains. Most folks I know up here still cling pretty tightly to their guns and religion. Need to motor up your way one of these weekends. Can a person still get a good hot dog in BV?  | ||
| Chauly |
<sigh> Not anymore. Franks for the Memories is closed and is for sale. But, I still smoke some mean barbecue! Maybe I'll put together a Buell thingy this year... | ||
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Sorry to hear about Franks.  You're a very pleasant 150 or so miles up the Parkway from me 'n D; that'd make an excellent weekend adventure. Count us in. | ||
| Aesquire |
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/?p=6950 Jerry always says it better than I can. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resour ces/blogs/sir-terry-pratchett-forges-a-sword-with- a-meteorite "Sir Terry Pratchett forged his own sword base and had it created by an artist – and now hides it from the authorities who apparently don’t allow British landholders to have a sword in the house? Not only will there not always be an England, apparently there’s no longer an England. But they are further down the road to diversity than we are." - Jerry Pournelle England is gone. Pity, since our culture is based on a deliberately free citizen variant of British subjects. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023042 99304577349962803326778.html?mod=googlenews_wsj <clip>Multiculturalism is damaging because it denies that, when it comes to culture, there is a better and a worse, a higher and a lower—only difference. The word culture is used here in its anthropological sense, that is to mean the totality of behavior that is not directly biological. Hence any conduct—lying scantily clad in a pool of vomit, for example—is part of a culture, and since all cultures, ex hypothesi, are of equal worth, no one has the moral right to criticize, much less forbid, any kind of behavior. And if I have to accept your culture, you have to accept mine. If you don’t like it—tough. Unfortunately, the lowest level of culture is the easiest to reach and, again ex hypothesi, there is no reason to aim higher. Incivility in Britain thus has a militant or ideological edge to it. The uncivil British are not uncivilized by default—they actively hate and repudiate civilization.<clip> Our founders understood that tyrants never seem to be such as they begin to gather power. "it's for your own good" and "necessary for the safety of the nation" are both paths to the dark side. | ||
| Rainman |
Sometimes I think that all you can do is stay under the radar and take care of yourself and those who would take care of you. Neither con or lib is on the side of the people. They both want to impose their view of what's right and wrong on the rest of us. I'm neither pro gun nor pro choice. I'm pro "let the people decide their lives." | ||
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>>> Neither con or lib is on the side of the people. They both want to impose their view of what's right and wrong on the rest of us. Those who support the principles and values of individual freedom, responsibility, and limited govt are trying to impose their views of what's right and wrong on the rest of us. Please explain how that is no different than those who support statism, cradle to grave nanny-state and vastly expanded govt. I support those who would impose liberty and who would defend our unalienable rights. I support honesty. I oppose those who think they know best how my hard-earned income ought to be spent, and have decided that they ought to choose who better deserves it than me. I oppose liars and corrupt double talkers. Don't you agree? | ||
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| Aesquire |
There is a REASON that the founders distrusted Democracy. The Greeks, who pioneered that form of government, ( or at least were good enough at it that we have records... previous attempts ended in the destruction of the culture, and usually resumption of monarchy ) discovered that, contrary to popular current belief, that Democracies do have war with one another. The Peloponnesian Wars ( Athens & Sparta ) were in large part Democracies ( not including Sparta ) fighting one another due to the efforts of a few charismatic leaders convincing the Mob to vote to go to war. The Terrors of France had the initial support of the majority of people, and when the Mob calls for blood, the leaders had better give it to them. Combine that with a desire to KEEP control, the trend was/is to throw those that oppose you, AND those who support you, but are for the moment, not in the Mobs favor, under the Bus. Or under the Guillotine, up against the wall, to the gallows, into Coventry, out the airlock, or dropped off the sleigh to feed the wolves. ( depending on time and culture ) By putting a filter between the desires of the majority at the instant, a Republic reduces, but does not eliminate, the danger that mob rule has to freedom. | ||
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| Blake |
The true hope for humanity. Anti-Marx. Funny how Karl needed an entire book to try to refute such a simple truth and dupe fools into believing his lie. | ||
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Blake, I *think* our country is finally awake again. I hope the Marxists in our government are paying attention...
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