Benjamin Franklin liked the rattlesnake as our symbol.
“I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?”
I think of this when i know that people committed to a true unlimited communist government are in our midst. I know that devotees of Sharia and Islam literally have plans to gain control of our nation, as they have in France, Belgium, and England.
I think when things go to far here, there will be many “rattler bites”. There is a line somewhere, and i cannot see any sign the enemy will not cross it. Maybe i am naive, but i think there is a hard third of Americans who will refuse to surrender. And there is nowhere else to run to. We will not be the European Jews getting on the train. We will not be the British and Aussies dutifully turning in their guns.
There are grave miscalculations being made by those who would rule the world. And if they could only bring themselves to walk around the sunning rattler.
Ben Franklin, also, wanted the turkey to be our bird symbol.