Posted on 10/08/2007 10:16:52 AM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
The Brown Bess was a pretty dependable musket.
Interesting, Arnold is arguing the Treaty of Alliance was un-Continental Congress-al. Sounds familiar. Fortunately the Constitution allows for abrogration of treaties.
"Maybe Ron can warm up the time machine, go back and ask."
SLMAO (still laughing my ass off)
Worth repeating, and excellent point
May God protect and bless your son. Please thank him for us here at Freerepublic (yes...I think I can speak for everyone)
Excellent post, I hadn’t thought about WWI in those terms and you make an excellent point. I think another technology they couldn’t have envisioned are the multiple forms of instant communication that is available to nearly the entire country.
Good point.
http://www.americanrevolution.com/BattleofYorktown.htm
The French Navy under the Comte De Grasse (for once) defeats the British Navy off Chesapeake Bay. Now you know why an American Spruance Class destroyer(DD-974) was named after a French nobleman.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1320.html
If the French had not kept the British Navy out of Chesapeake Bay the Cornwallis would not have had to surrender at Yorktown. At worst the British would have simply evacuated their army by sea and the Revolutionary War would have continued indefinitely.
Here are the Articles of Capitulation that Cornwallis signed. Note right after George Washington’s name are mentioned the general commanding the French troops, Rochambeau, and the commander of the French Fleet, Comte De Grasse.
Spanish participation in the Revolutionary War:
http://www.patriotresource.com/history/westfla/overview.html
Cheer up. You now know a little about Spanish and French contributions to the American victory in the Revolutionary War. This is probably a lot more than Ron Paul knows.
But after this visit a library and learn something about American history by your own efforts. Don’t expect others to spoon-feed you.
Ron Paul was asked if there are any other country, right now, that do a better job of protecting liberties and maintaining a small government than the United States. Dr. Paul replied there are more and more countries that are encroaching on the US's reputation for protecting liberties, but Switzerland is the one he thought does a better job than the US. He said it would be neat to be President of Switzerland, then joked that no one in the audience probably knew who the President of Switzerland is . The video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg and the part where Switzerland is mentioned starts at around 17:50 and lasts about 45 seconds.
I spotted that one too and laughed out loud at work. Had to apologize to my co-worker! :-)
Just for the Hollywood crowd, mostly. They like to rub elbows with Castro and Chia Head on short notice and perhaps feel restricted.
Yes, I’d like to know who added that keyword, so I could shake his/her hand. ;-)
Seriously, see SJackson’s post upthread.
I was trying to encourage a meaningful discussion about what the Founding Fathers would do after 9/11 vis a vis Iraq, as opposed to the usual namecalling and personal insults.
Ah the obligatory, knee-jerk 3rd grade Paul photoshopped pic, when you can’t debate the facts.
Paul would defend this country, Hydroshock if it were attacked. Don't listen to the spin. He is not a pacifist. You're talking about a guy who supported all of Reagan's defense budgets and weapons systems, and advocated to have war formally declared shortly after 9/11 (and also to have war fought like a war instead of this PC can't-be-mean-to-the-Muslims garbage).
Paul has always stood tall for our veterans, and didn't run like a coward when his draft number was called, unlike Rudy & Romney.
True, it’s not a very good pic - as a matter of fact, on a scale of 1 to 100, I’d rate it at around a 3 - which is about the same as Ron Paul’s chances of becoming the Republican nominee.
Ron Paul says other people in Congress come up to him and ask "How do you get people to put up signs for you all over the place?"Dry. Very dry.
Ron Paul's response: "I don't know, they just do."
Hey, have you seen these, LOL!
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/paconservative/2007/oct/08/little_known_ron_paul_facts
1. Ron Paul doesn’t go the gym. He stays fit by exercising his civil rights.
2. Ron Paul delivers babies without his hands. He simply reads them the Bill of Rights and they crawl out in anticipation of freedom.
3. Ron Paul doesn’t cut taxes. He kills them with his bare hands.
4. Jesus wears a wrist band that says “What Would Ron Paul Do?”
5. When Ron Paul takes a shower, he doesn’t get wet...the water gets Ron Paul.
6. Ron Paul could lead a horse to water AND convince it to drink, but he doesn’t believe the government has the right to so he refuses.
7. Ron Paul’s midi-chlorian level is off the chart.
8. When Chuck Norris gets scared, he goes to Ron Paul.
9. Studies by the World Health Organization show that Ron Paul is the leading cause of freedom among men.
10. Ron Paul makes the U.S. dollar want to be a better currency.
So you say. I'll wait until I see the documentation to back that up, thank you.
Dry. Very dry.
See my post above (or below), suggestion 15 for the title.
They do it by openly breaking the law. They're the patriots as you know. Illegal, who cares, the Tea Party wasn't legal either.
Dry? What do you expect Paul to say, they litter, they vandalize, you can do it too.
15-Paul Supporters Promote Civil Disobedience on Paint the Town Ron Dayt is my understanding that these paint the town Ron events are illegal.
Civil Disobedience?
Some laws need to be broken to show the unfairness of those laws.
Rosa Parks, MLK, Lysander Spooner, Boston Tea Party
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yep.. even dr. paul suggested *peaceful* civil disobedience..
Paul Backers "Paint The Town Ron" [9-29 National paint the town Ron day]
Supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul take banners to I-95
You know many people consider the job highway personel do, which includes cleaning up Ron Paul litter, to be a tad dangerous.
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