tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post4487567886762821828..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: The Vegas Tragedy; First Skirmishes In The Second Civil WarA Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-78620084604627489722014-06-10T10:52:29.145-07:002014-06-10T10:52:29.145-07:00Oh my, Jerry...you've found an old teetering a...Oh my, Jerry...you've found an old teetering and frail hat rack to hang your Tricorne on today. You're only able to keep that old hat rack upright by ignoring completely my repudiation of those Vegas murderers.<br /><br />And you have so willingly allowed the 250 years since old Samuel walked the Boston Common to smooth out all of old Sam's rough edges. I've often said that I find it ironic that liberals absolutely adore revolutionaries, but only if they support the liberal causes...or are long dead.<br /><br />So dense is the thinking of liberals that they will hold an annual Jefferson Day, claim him as their own, even as history has shown Jefferson despised the heavy hand of government; something that liberals embrace with a passion.<br /><br />And you seem no different. In your earlier response you cite the evil of the corporate and not once mention the heavy hand of big government<br /><br />It was Jefferson who said that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed by the fresh blood of patriots and tyrants"...and he wasn't kidding.<br /><br />Jerry, you need to take a long walk back into the pages of history...take a good look at savagery of old Sam's times...it wasn't pretty, and there were fringe elements who went far beyond the limitations of the "order of battle" to achieve their goals. You would do well to recognize that human behavior is little changed so denying the possibility of revolution all over again is both naive and dangerous.<br /><br />If you fall into that trap you are as guilty as those apathetic 70% who fail to vote.<br /><br />Go tend to your, no doubt, fine crop of tomatoes, go do some metal working in your workshop if you will, but don't try to shape my essay into an effort to promote cold blooded murder.<br /><br />I see the American landscape with eyes wide open, not condoning the savagery but, instead, sounding the alarm. If we fail to resolve our differences at the ballot box we will surely solve them on the mean streets of America, no matter how ugly it is.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-77610222207291061692014-06-10T09:36:20.471-07:002014-06-10T09:36:20.471-07:00Sam Adams would puke if he were mentioned in the s...Sam Adams would puke if he were mentioned in the same breath as the assholes who shot the cops! Are you thinking that every Ambien riddled brain is the beginning of this revolution? oh, please! I want leaders who can at least read a book.Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-90389495190880679972014-06-10T07:25:01.111-07:002014-06-10T07:25:01.111-07:00Re, "Samuel Adams was not even remotely like ...Re, "Samuel Adams was not even remotely like the idiots who the shot the policemen in Vegas".....well, Jerry, I guess you're the type that would have actually had to be wearing those red coats when Adams had Boston so stirred up that the citizen stoning which incited the "Boston Massacre", was an acceptable act.<br /><br />Or perhaps you would prefer old Samuel's stirring sufficient crowd anger so that bathing English sympathizers with hot tar was the thing to do. <br /><br />And I might remind you that over 50% of the colonists were fat and dumb, if not happy, and a bloody revolution still occurred. <br /><br />It must be very comforting to embrace the notion that America will just continue to endure a socialist dictatorship as more and more of their personal liberties are threatened...and by the way, when you use that old "corporate enslavement" saw you're standing on weak ground...we are already perilously close to not being able to keep the populace drunk on comfortable opulence. We are simply running out of money to keep them drugged up.<br /><br />Ignore the warnings at your own peril.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-49525041804693808292014-06-10T07:08:35.590-07:002014-06-10T07:08:35.590-07:00Samuel Adams was not even remotely like the idiots...Samuel Adams was not even remotely like the idiots who shot the policemen in Vegas. All societies have crazy people. It is just easier for them to get guns in ours.<br />God forbid that I could be swayed by the loony from the left or the "wingnuts" from the right.<br />I think Business and corporate America has found a method of controlling society. As long as we have mortgages and credit card bills to pay there will be no revolution. In order to have a revolution you need to have nothing to lose. It is not going well in Aleppo and they don't even have car payments! We like to bitch and moan but find it easier to stay on the couch and watch from a distance. Heck, we can't even get 30% to vote in an off year! It is not like we give a shit.Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.com