Tuesday Open Thread: Stamp Act Edition
by PubliusToday, in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. It was a direct tax on the American colonies and set in motion a chain of events leading to revolution.
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Maybe it's time for another revolution…they say history always repeats itself..Seems to be the only way that 'We The People' can get the government to LISTEN to US…the forget that THEY work for US!!!
Personally, I am getting tired of being a slave to the government of the USA.. They no longer 'work for us'…they work for themselves, and this needs to STOP NOW! The government has all but taxed us into oblivion! Now, Brazil gets to drill OUR oil, in OUR gulf and SELL IT TO US!!! HUH???
TEA PARTY!!!! +Hanzo+
On March 22,
- 1882, President Chester Arthur signed into law a bill outlawing polygamy
- 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
- 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1972, Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. (It fell three states short of the 38 needed for approval.)
- 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 1984, seven teachers of the McMartin Preschool of Manhattan Beach, Calif., were indicted on a total 115 charges of child sexual abuse. (Prosecutions ended in 1990 after two trials involving two teachers failed to produce a conviction.)
- 2006, the Basque separatist group, ETA, announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain.
here's Karls last dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdRMcrzM9M
its not that time yet…
after the next elections if things don't start moving in the right direction quickly i wouldn't be surprised if larger militias start forming like what we had prior to the revolution.
just read a quote from T. Jefferson
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
ObamaCare = Stamp Act ?
ObamaCare = Death of America as we know and Love it.
If you were to ask me, the Revolution has already begun. I suspect that It will end the same way, with the departure of an oppressive government. Whether it ends peacefully or through violence is yet to be determined. In my view, the lines are being drawn and the sides are being chosen today.
Taxation with Representation?
Tea Party 2 — the Sequel.
Until the RINO's are neutered or replaced, precious little will actually change.
Revolution?
Quite frankly, I don't think enough people actually have the fortitude or the will to endure an upheaval. Marching in the streets is one thing, taking up arms, in open revolt, is quite another. A lot would depend on numbers. I will be even more brutally frank. Most people are followers. Unless a core of dedicated leaders emerge who will not co-opt themselves to the elites and are wiling to take lives; it's all just academic bluster and keyboard bravado. I don't think the people are that pissed off yet.
Do I hope they get that pissed off? Bluntly, yes I do. We're basically in a depression. Most of the numbers make it as bad as the Great one. It doesn't feel like it because the poor are so much better off than just 30 years ago. When the government is no longer able to play "hide the weenie" with unemployment numbers and the ridiculous monetary policy they are engaged in take hold, watch out. The stock market is being manipulated into artificial strength the same way it was played in 2008 when Palin's nomination to the ticket shocked the race and completely freaked out the left. They were going to lose, until they tanked the economy.
Spiraling gas prices, a historically depressed housing market, continued and rising unemployment, unsustainable debt and no action on energy solutions will probably do it. The change, however, has to happen through the election process. We have made great, even historical, strides at the State and Local level. If this continues, we can start to right this holed and sinking ship. The States are pushing back against the Federal Government, ….finally.
Everyone, especially we out-of-staters, need to do everything possible to support the Republicans in Wisconsin. Contributions, petitions e-mails…everything. The war will be won at the State and Local level. Every battle further exposes the left. Once they lose the ability to pass off lies as truth, we have won.
Revolution of the type that gave us our freedom is not something to be sought after this time. It would be more akin to the civil war, pitting Americans against Americans, brother against brother. We need revolutionary change again in our government, bringing it back in compliance with constitutional limits, but violent revolution would be a horrible thing and is to be avoided if at all possible. That said, I do think that the left is stoking the unions and the fringe to the point of violent outburst, and if that occurs it will trigger a war of some type. The best course is to be prepared for either eventuality and continue to work for change in the right way, but be willing and able to do whatever is needed for the sake of our country.
Yep and this time,……
the Union(s) would be on the wrong side
True that. I really do think that when the violence starts it will originate with the goonions.
We don't need a revolution….
We just need a restoration, and all it will take is a little courage…..
Finnigan beginagain.
Latest Video Is Government Preparing for a Gas Tax? Mar 22, 2011 4:50; Government looks to raise hundreds of billions in revenue under the category of "Bipartisan Financing for Transportation Trust Fund"
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4600476
"The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government." George Washington
OFF TOPIC: FYI:
Were you aware the WTO has been meeting over the last ten days? David Walker, Agriculture Negotiations Chairman reports "no new input to revise the 2008 draft modalities".
Does it seem that these ''representatives'' are meeting almost continually now to y'all?
What would be the purpose of that, other than to trade away more U.S. sovereignty right under our nose?
Apart from the news on WTO, did you know that the U.S. signed a new agreement with Brazil? Yes, it's
called the U.S. – Brazil Agreement on Trade Relations. It's objective is to promote bi-lateral economic and
trade cooperation between the two nations. The agreement calls for the facilitation and liberalization of
bilateral trade and investment.
Read between the lines here folks, I imagine the U.S. Gov is probably gonn'a finance $0r0$'s buy-out
of everything Brazilian. Very low interest rate, of course… with as many subsidies as can be pass the
smell test.
How many countries does one ol' creep need to own?
Happy Trails!
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If real productive America can remain focused, and I believe we will, we can finish what we started in 2010, and make no mistake, it was a political earthquake of historical proportions, see Wisconsin. This mess took statist Washington decades to create it will take several election cycles to reverse. Though the “Stamp Act” began to open a wound between the colonist and King George, our boy king has done the same with Barrycare etc., however we still have the ballot box, remain focused and…12,14,16, they’re gone. We’ll see. Who will be our Reagan?
USMC, I disagree…
There IS a core group of people with the will…
You'll see us on April 15th…
I'll be damned if I let this Republic go without a fight…!!!
Hooo-ah…!!!
Not yet…
I wholeheartedly agree with you…
And I plan to take the fight right to the enemy's doorstep…
FREEDOM will once more RING in this Nation…!
On my honor…
And they better bring more than fake sick notes to this one…
Compare the relatively benign Stamp Act to the byzantine tax burdens we live under today. It's high time to rid ourselves of this… junk.
TEA Movement…!
Find your local group, and come out on April 15th…!!
The NM Legislature refused to act on ending drivers' licences for illegal aliens…an issue over 70% of the citizens wanted accomplished…
Time for the DIMocRATS to pay the price for their shortsightedness…!!
"Elections have consequences…"
Yep, they shore do…
Sons of Liberty !!! ARISE !
The Liberty Tree may make a comback if the current b.s. continues!
Revolution ??? I'm IN. I foresee the peeps who are living on the edge revolting soon – not to take down our corrupt, criminal, insane Fed gov't, but for the purpose of just feeding themselves. In turn, I foresee having to defend myself against these peeps wanting to feed themselves. The "Cloward and Piven" plan is working. And the O …one happy camper.
thats a testament to how far we, the American people, have fallen and come to accept the government taking just a little more……..just a little more ..
……..and some honest education.
They are trying to figure out how to revalue the Iraqi Dinar without sending a tsunami of RV's through every currency on the planet. China stands to lose and so does the Euro. The U.S. Stands to come out of the QE smelling like a rose. Hence, STALEMATE. The pressure cooker's gauge is way into the red and she is gonna blow without the relief valve opening.
Ah, the beginning of the TEA party movement.
Everyone except the American taxpayer is represented these days. Something needs to be thrown in the Boston Harbor…..Let's start with the liberals and finish with the RINO's. After that, we can sip some iced sweet tea.
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