[muir_redwoods]

I had to go to the local mall today. I easily saw a few thousand people. I saw very few that seemed to me to be the sort that could have founded this country. I saw consumers, not producers, to my eyes anyway.

I despair for my country. We are doomed because we have become lazy, soft and fat and most of us are only interested in the candidate who will open the tap the widest so we can get the most from the public till. It's hard to look at the crowds of slack-jawed shoppers and see a revolutionary people capable of founding a republic.

Sermon over

[wastedyears]

I would hope somebody that sees me might think “this guy has potential.”

[Scotsman will be Free]

I have read a couple of sources that point out that only about a max of 40% of the colonists supported revolution, 10 to 20% remained loyal and 40 to 50% tried to remain neutral.
40% of today’s populace is conservative is the figure I’ve heard bandied about for years. Supposedly, 40% of today’s populace is liberal with the rest being neutral.