Posted on 12/16/2014 7:03:33 AM PST by LouAvul
..American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
Those were the good old days....Now they tax everything that exists..........PLUS....income, assets etc etc
Today the Longshore Union would sue the for a few hundred million dollars.
I can think of more than 300 District of Corrupt Senators/Representatives that should be dumped far - far out to sea.
Not to mention the EPA would fine them several thousands of dollars per tea bag.
These men where true Patriots.
Thanks for the reminder
I guess we’d have to round up some NEW Tea Party Patriots and dress up as Muslims, no? I wouldn’t know where to start to send our behemoth gubmnt a message though.
To be sure, we fought a revolution over far less than we grieve about today. Compared to then, we are slaves in our own country.
Not to mention the Sierra Club, Audubon Society, Greenpeace, etc, for “polluting” the bay.
And the civil rights group would be suing because the protestors dressed as natives, thus portraying the noble savages in an unflattering stereotypical manner.
Speaking of where we are today. Consider, in today’s PC, victimhood, class warfare, nanny state if old innovations had not come when they did:
Can you imagine how automobiles and road rules, not to mention permissions would be regulated by gubmnt if the automobile were invented in today’s culture? You would have to go to college and get a degree to operate an automobile. Then only certain people would be permitted to drive. Log books would be required and maintenance schedules kept as part of your license.
Aspirin would be by prescription only.
Internet access would be by permission of the FED only and we would all be paying a fee. Websites would be by permission. Content would be regulated and rules would be never ending.
And Native American Civil Rights groups would be howling about the use of the feathers and the warpaint.
Speaking of Boston history, American history
What’s going to be in that time capsule?
Interesting timing. A dire warning from our first heros and Founders?
Paul Revere is, after all, right up there with George Washington in name recognition.. even known to the most clueless citizens for his famous ride and *warning*.
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