Posted on 09/05/2002 6:59:29 AM PDT by illstillbe
Welcome to PeopleForAFreeCountry.com
No. I have no wish to trick any of you. The ongoing and virulent decline towards bitterness ... grudges carried from one thread to another ... name calling ... defections and assaults on good Patriots' integrity here lately got me to thinking what a site would look like if it was up and running during the Revolutionary War ... during a time when ALL of our futures were at stake, as they are now.
Would it be any different ... or would the same passions and conflicts prevail ... the same differences of opinion? What did they use instead of tin foil ... did they even need it?! What were the arguments ... how were they resolved, if they were?
We've the luxury of FreeRepublic to settle disputes ... or carry them on ... be active or not ... on a minute-by-minute basis. If these long ago Patriots had the same ... how would they have responded?!
I would ask ... if flames are in this thread's future, please direct them towards me ... otherwise...
Here's a start to a thread, begun well over 200 years ago, where everything old is new again ...
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If you love the Empire that much, then you may leave this free country, which you must feel is deplorable, and return to imperialism.
Our efforts are not puny, we will overcome the odds and you will be defeated.
Posted by: LustyWindforCarolina
ISB, of course LustyWindforCarolina that's where all my Revolution era kin hailed from.
Glad to be here! This is a great idea! (talk about stretching the intellectual wings...[g])
This is why your puny efforts to defy the King will fail. Such hypocrisy. You will come back to the Mother Land ... beaten and failed ...
Mayest thou happen to have a large supply of shiny burlap? Otherwise, mayest thou returnest to Kingdom Underground - Me thinkest they may be calling for thee...
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To: arnold knows
Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee. 'Twould be my joy to land the first blow.
Get thy Biblical Beast of Burden in line, upstart! It looketh as if I am 437th in line, and that line stretcheth almost to the dockyard ten furlongs behind me!
I daresay that if the good folk of the Continental Congress started charging a copper or two for the privelege of smiting "arnold knows," our national finances would be greatly improved.
Saw Hancock's signature. Jolly good show! And Granger's Tavern outdid themselves with their cheesesteak sandwiches.
Samuel Adams provided some very nice ale--and it was his own work! When this war is won, he could make quite a business of his brewmastering. "Samuel Adams' Pale Ale" has a certain ring to it.
Signed : MThornton
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To:MThorton
Get this ... the Brits are requiring everyone to sign the following:
"I voluntarily take this OATH to bear FAITH and true ALLEGIANCE to His MAJESTY KING George the Third and to defend to the utmost of my POWER HIS sacred Person, Crown and Government against ALL Persons whatsoever."
No. They're not scared, not at all. /sarcasm
Posted by: Burgoyne be gone
Yes ... I would have liked to have met Samual Adams too!
hope they never invent...
Har! His secret is safe, sir. Never doubt it! That's as likely as someone developing a craft which sails on air. Never happen.
Posted by:KingGeorgeWearsBloomers
Have you had the chance to read T. Paine's new tome Common Sense? He makes some very compelling arguments on why we should break our ties with England and King George's oppressive monarchy.
Sadly, to many Torie lovers, Common Sense is nothing more than shillings, quids, and pence.
And what pray tell is a "craft which sails on air?"
'tis a bedevilment that anyone could conceive of such a thing!
Posted By: IhateEnglishTea
Ah, yes, that great American "Patriot" Thomas Paine ... the only thing worse than his spelling is his perfidy. Ask yourself, just where did he get the funds to publish this bunch of twaddle ... hmmmm?! Think you it came from the great masses yearning to breathe free and willing to support those carrying that message .... only to see the message has no merit? Think you it was a wise way to spend their money? I think not.
Posted by: BADjokes
*wink*
Say what you will, our American women are true patriots who do not require endless pampering. Take Crazy Anne Bailey ... who rode 100 miles through wilderness ... woods with no paths ... from Ft. Lee to Lewisburg in order to retrieve much needed ammunition for a coming attack.
Now go take your pearl encrusted snuff box and go back across the pond.
PS ... Crazy Anne also swore and drank. HA!
Posted by: StarsStripesSabers
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