tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3926069290825824630..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Firm on this Basis Liberty Shall StandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6252472732800712082015-01-01T10:54:10.196-05:002015-01-01T10:54:10.196-05:00This posting, kind sir, is a stroke of genius!...a...This posting, kind sir, is a stroke of genius!...<i>ahem...I mean</i>...When it comes to learned discourse, your are a master of debate....<i>I mean</i>...To Parliament, we say, "don't tread on me", and in defense of our rights we will pick up the sword to inflict a big prick! ...<i>I mean</i>...okay...I will stop talking now...Happy New Year! Rogerhttp://www.nepagency.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86044680353395818632015-01-01T10:49:32.974-05:002015-01-01T10:49:32.974-05:00Very funny! Thank you for a new year's chuckle...Very funny! Thank you for a new year's chuckle first thing.EWBarneshttp://www.a1000years.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-89224363639096156962014-12-31T23:00:56.879-05:002014-12-31T23:00:56.879-05:00I can trace that Gerry quotation to Samuel Eliot M...I can trace that Gerry quotation to Samuel Eliot Morrison’s <i>Oxford History of the American People</i> in 1965, and he attributed it to “oral tradition.” Morrison descended from Harrison Gray Otis, who might conceivably have heard the story and passed it on within the family. Wish we had a more solid source, but this isn’t the sort of remark the Victorians cared to preserve in print.<br /><br />Happy New Year to all! J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-90073386787992364772014-12-31T14:00:01.626-05:002014-12-31T14:00:01.626-05:00There was a time when I would have assumed that in...There was a time when I would have assumed that in the post-Puritan/pre-Freudian era the drawing was made, what are, to us, obvious associations, were totally unconscious. Then I read this statement included in Michael Waldma's "The Second Amendment: A Biography" that was purportedly made by Elbrigdge Gerry in 1787 during the Constitutional debates:<br /><br />"A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure." <br /><br />Happy New Year, and be careful out there!G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43081382103897641102014-12-31T09:53:27.664-05:002014-12-31T09:53:27.664-05:00Oh that was well worth a chuckle this morning....t...Oh that was well worth a chuckle this morning....thanks for a great blog that I find myself learning more and more every time I read a new post! Happy New Year and enjoy 2015.RodFleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378656044482949196noreply@blogger.com