Posted on 02/07/2012 6:40:21 AM PST by ebshumidors
Lexington Green. Dawn. April 19, 1775. Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington militia, stood among seventy-some men, many of them kin, all of them neither rich nor poor, awaiting the arrival of the British Regulars.
Facing overwhelming odds, Captain Parker turned to his men and said, "The first man who offers to run shall be shot down. Stand your ground! Don't fire until fired upon! But if they want to have a war, let it begin here!"
Later that morning, on the training field just across the Concord River from the town of Concord, members of the colonial militia watched as smoke began to rise from the town. Lieutenant Joseph Hosmer turned to Colonel James Barrett, overall commander of the Concord militia, and said, "Will you let them burn the town down?" Upon hearing this, Captain Isaac Davis drew his sword and replied, "I haven't a man who is afraid to go."
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/so_you_say_you_want_a_revolution.html#ixzz1lhqeWFdQ
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
BTW David Hackett Fischer wrote the best account of the events of April 19, 1775 ever in Paul Revere’s Ride.
Methinks that it will be the confiscation of our 'fortunes' by a Marxist government that will cause us to pledge the other two.
Sorry...
*chomping on McD’s*
American Idol is on in a bit.
*slurps Diet Coke*
Can’t make it
*burps*
Gramps said it best... “ Who is the most dangerous man in the world? A man that has nothing to lose.”.... take away my home, possessions and freedom, then I have nothing left to lose.... these commies are playing with fire, and they do not even know it...
The other side of this is that our founding fathers were noble and had a vision of the future strongly based on God.
I am afraid if we do have a revolution, it will be the french type....................
“Sometimes only the gun can stand between good and evil,” he says. “And that is why I took up the gun. Not to shoot, not to kill, not to destroy. But to stop those who would do evil. To protect the vulnerable. To defend democratic values.”
Dutch Chief of Defense General Peter van Uhm
Several of my ancestors in the Jamaica Queens NY area were members of the Minuteman militia formed there in September of 1775. I also believe that we are again moving headlong toward a possible and maybe inevitable confrontation with tyranny. I won’t hesitate to follow the same path as my ancestors and to uphold my lifetime oath of office to defend the Constitution.
That pretty much sums it up. As long as the majority of Americans have their Hollywood entertainment, cheap foreign-made TV’s, DVD players and cell phones, life will continue to roll merrily along as if nothing is wrong.
*pecks at iPhone*
Whut?
*sips Diet Coke*
Did you say free TV? Where can I get that?
*laughs at text message*
Same place...different era...same selfish asshole genes.
“BTW David Hackett Fischer wrote the best account of the events of April 19, 1775 ever in Paul Revere’s Ride.”
No argument there. We refer to it at Appleseed.
About that many remained loyal to the crown.
The other side of this is that our founding fathers were noble and had a vision of the future strongly based on God.
I am afraid if we do have a revolution, it will be the french type....................
If the "Occupiers" get their way, it will for sure be a French style revolution! This coming Spring and Summer could get very interesting with the upcoming Presidential election on the horizon and a sitting President who's supportive of the "Occupiers".
Unfortunately self-serving, easily corruptible politicians may have narrowed the choices back down to two: submit or resist.
In the meantime, Americans buy 14M guns in 2009, Free Americans buy 10.8M guns in 2011.
The best way to effect the change we all want is through the 10th Ammendment. State sovereignty. The states can band together and nullify the Federal govt anytime they want to. It will be a lot harder for the Feds to resist. They can’t swoop in and arrest the Governor and all the legislators. In the end that is the way we will restore the Constitutional Republic. We should all be clamoring to our state governments to stand up to the Feds. Its already happening on many fronts now. We need to step it up.
Our government is too big, too expensive, too intrusive and too controlling.
I've called, wrote, donated, rallied then rinsed and repeated time and time again to no avail.
This government is getting bigger, more intrusive, more expensive, more controlling by the day.
This is insane. Our leaders are NOT listening.
Maybe someday, in the near future, enough Americans will realize the federal government has declared war on them, albeit a cold war, for decades and because we did not stop them they are just escalating the fight.
After all the lesbian head of DHS and the FBI have labeled those of us who hold dear our belief in the brilliance of the founders and the US Constitution to be terrorists. So tell me, who has already fired the first shots?
When your government does not even try to hide the fact that they think you are the enemy are they not at war with you?
IMO, this administration has simply declared, openly, an existing war on its citizens and still we have done nothing.
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