GOOD OLD DAYS

FWIW.

Our Forefathers WERE the “British”.

And they did politely and civilly petition the King and Parliament for a very long time before they ended up being attacked by the British military at the North Bridge when it moved on the Lexington Concord Militia’s to confiscate their arms and powder caches (an effort in futility since the local Militia’s had been tipped off and already moved most of their armaments elsewhere before the British came)

In this light, the Revolutionary War was started by the government firing on the Colonial Militias while trying to confiscate their firearms (the British Colonists -their own people) in the Colonies, not by the Colonists rising up in revolt without provocation or repeated and long term petitioning for their rights as British subjects the same as those in England had.

If you’re going to talk about history, at least know what it is (public school graduates excepted of course, they can’t be expected to know anything). Failure to understand history is why we continue to repeat it over and over within the context of whatever our current conditions happen to be at the time.

In this light, the Revolutionary War was started by the government firing on the Colonial Militias while trying to confiscate their firearms (the British Colonists -their own people) in the Colonies, not by the Colonists rising up in revolt without provocation or repeated and long term petitioning for their rights as British subjects the same as those in England had.

If you’re going to talk about history, at least know what it is (public school graduates excepted of course, they can’t be expected to know anything). Failure to understand history is why we continue to repeat it over and over within the context of whatever our current conditions happen to be at the time. – Anon

Perhaps the “hot” Revolutionary War from our perspective, but not THE Revolutionary War…

Just the other day, Jim posted a little something by Martin Armstrong called “The Coming European Revolution”.. perhaps you remember it?

Within that article was contained this little important bit of information:

The American Revolution really began in 1762 or 86 years before 1848. Indeed, the very same issue that sparked the American Revolution was the government’s practice of arbitrarily seizing assets and searching letters to see if anyone spoke anything derogatory against the government.

Followed by:

The legal case which became the seminal beginning was Entick v. Carrington and Three Other King’s Messengers, reported at length in 19 Howell’s State Trials 1029. The action, dated November 1762, was for trespassing and interfering with the plaintiff’s dwelling by breaking open his desks and boxes and searching and examining his papers.

With this more important bit following:

The defense lawyer, James Otis, in Boston pronounced that the writs of assistance of the king were “the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty, and the fundamental principles of law that ever was found in an English law book.” These writs of assistance allowed government employees to do whatever they wanted, as they continue to do today. It is our burden to prove we have rights – not theirs to restrain themselves. This has placed “the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.”

Future president, John Adams, was there listening to Otis arguing in court. Otis, of course, lost with the judge only ruling for the king. “Then and there,” said John Adams, “then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.”

So, in reality, the Revolutionary War was started – not by us being fired upon by British soldiers, but by the British Monarchy and his agents – way back in 1762. It only took us a little while to catch on.

And you say “If you’re going to talk about history, at least know what it is”…

Even more egregious was that the above information was posted very recently and should be well known by anyone regularly haunting Jim’s site…

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My grandson was surprised that I actually knew all the songs on one of the first Fallout versions. He gave me a CD and I still play it often. Odd way to bond the generations.

@ Bob,

I’ve got Two Steps from Hell downloaded onto my laptop. Put the whole thing onto my MP3 player… some pretty epic stuff there… and Hans Zimmer always has good stuff.

I just heard “The voice of the Minutemen…” and had no idea what was going on in the game, but heard the violin… just listening to it, I could imagine a bunch of half-frozen Patriots, starving and ragged in the snow, huddled around a small fire while one of them played a fiddle in an effort to bolster their spirits…

As it always has been amongst the soldiery… one or two of us knows how to play an instrument and either steals one or makes one… an impromptu concert is given, and even if you don’t like what’s being played, you shut the hell up anyway and appreciate the gift for what it is…

Hope. Not a lot, but it’s there…