I am afraid of them…

Funny how quickly they forget about the thugs at SEIU and never, ever fucking reported that. The beating in St. Louis. How about the “protests” at the homes of AIG employees.

The games on, boys.

John 10:10 works, too.

Psalms 60:11-12. There is no verse 13 in Psalms 60.

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807-1882

Written April 19, 1860; first published in 1863 as part of “Tales of a Wayside Inn”

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Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,–
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm.”

Then he said “Good-night!” and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.

Meanwhile, his friend through alley and street
Wanders and watches, with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore.

Then he climbed the tower of the Old North Church,
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,–
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town
And the moonlight flowing over all.

Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,–
A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide like a bridge of boats.

Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse’s side,
Now he gazed at the landscape far and near,
Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry tower of the Old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns.

A hurry of hoofs in a village street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet;
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.

It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.

It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, black and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadow brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket ball.

You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British Regulars fired and fled,—
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.

So through the night rode Paul Revere;=
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,—
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo for evermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

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:beer: My thoughts exactly.

I agree. If Democrat “plants stir up enough trouble then Obongo can declare martial law. Presto! NO MORE ELECTIONS.

I wish YERMOM was my Mom!

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: !!!!!!

Tim,
Make your plans in secret. Restrain your anger and reserve it for the fight. Make your words bold but elegant. The best attack is the one no one sees coming. When the time comes to attack, attack with no boundry. :beer:

WHOA!

That leaves a whooooooole lot space for interpretation.
Of course its also unconstitutional.

There are those who make the argument that there is no role for the military in opposing civic authorities. They make the argument by stating the military has no power to act constitutionally because all such power flows through the ‘conduit’ of civic authority. That is, that the military can only do what the civic authority tells it to. Further, the argument states that military action to intervene would amount to a junta and therefore be considered treason. With this argument I would agree, with the following caveat:

That the civic authorities act constitutionally.

Now then, if the civic authorities act unconstitutionally does this mean the military must remain under their control, or remain neutral, or simply sit on their hands? If this be true, then, the unconstitutional acts of the civil government could continue until the people are slaves to the whim of the regime as the military, by its act of omission, implies consent to the unlawful acts. And in this the people would be in fear of forming an organized resistance. For by this assertion the people’s resistance would not be considered patriotism, but insurrection against which the unlawful authorities would order the military to act.

I argue that once the civic authorities act unconstitutionally, they can no longer claim its protections. Further, the military and the people are free, and in fact duty bound, to remove the offenders from office and hold power until such time as the constitution can be restored.

If I am wrong then the civic authorities are King. Because there are no circumstances under which the military can intervene and acts of resistance shall be deemed insurrection. If I am right, then the military must openly stand with the people, NOW! before such time as a private army is established and further acts of despotism are made law.

I close with this:

Does the constitution protect its own destruction?

If so, then us quietly assume the chains of slavery. If not, then let the military leadership step forward with patriotic Americans and put an end to this unconstitutional socialist take-over now.

Political.Fish:

It is the duty of military members to refuse to obey unlawful orders. Unlawful orders are, in simple terms, orders that do not support and defend the Constitution. It is up to each individual member of the military to determine if an order is unlawful, and you have to be ready to take the consequences of disobeying. But it’s your duty to disobey unlawful orders.

Additionally, all military members are sworn to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. So I see two factors that *require* the military to act against civil authority when that authority is acting against the Constitution.

Found the proper source of this: H.R. 5390, SEC. 5210. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS.

Here: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3590/text?version=enr&nid=t0:enr:8323

It looks like the real thing. I did not see any amendments to this in H.R. 4872 (The reconciliation bill)

@political.fish:
With all respect returned…. having trouble following your logic there.
The Constitution created the *framework* for a nation ruled by law.
The SCOTUS, a co-equal branch, has yet to weigh in on ‘legality’.

@ZenDraken:
Each member of the military gets to decide ‘constitutional’?
WTF?

ZenDraken:
I completely undestand the ‘following legal orders’.
Explain how you get to “really sure”.
Particularly when the constitutional ‘trier of fact’, the SCOTUS, hasn’t weighed into the ‘argument’ yet, please.

I said I already completely understood that part of your point ZenDraken.
How do you come to “really sure” when the Courts have not ruled at all?
Well, I guess you did answer.
Wing it.
Is that about it?

suspending elections will be pouring gas on fire

victim cards don’t work any more, you reap what you soe! The time to own up to the relentless attack on America is now.

-aTb

maybe it just fell out of the hearse?

lol…guy gets an A for effort…..

lol…. snipe hunting?
According to Charles Krauthammer you would be.

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:gun:

The perfect prayer.

Here – Here!

Like I said on this site yesterday.

Former Senator John McDonald said,

“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom:

1. The soap box.

2: The ballot Box.

3. The jury box.

4. And the cartridge box.”

I believe that the first three have failed! If someone can prove me wrong…so be it…but I do not think that they can. With the preponderance of the readily available evidence, it is quite easy to say that the soaop box is out, the ballot box has failed, and the jury box has been stacked against us. When over 60 percent of the people voice strong opposition, and that opposition voiced quite publicly for months and months, the government is not only not listening, but does not plan to listen in the future. The only box left is the cartidge box and the only question remaining is: will that box be put to use for us or against us.

@ Sully
In answer to your query of the first instance: The constitution was not written for an elite. It was written to be understood and comprehended by the common citizen. Therefore, I can say with justification and good reason that opposition to socialism is a defense of the Constitution. And further, that an attempt to subject American citizens, incrementally or otherwise, to socialism is unConstitutional.
Now, what will you do if SCOTUS confirms the bill and rules socialism Constitutional?

Sully
An able conclusion to our dialogue. I do concur, however, the ‘rule of law’ assumes both 1) principled men, who, 2) act in the context of a moral absolute. I think we would both agree that those traits are sadly lacking in today’s body politic. :beer: :beer:

Yes political.fish.

I ‘spar’ with moral subjectivists regularly on religious blogs.
Talk about ‘danger to the Republic’ and there is the real threat.

Salute to you sir.

Dr. Jerry-
puhleeze sir…. more appeals to emotion?

Who exactly has been on a soap box “for years on end”?

The ballot box? Voter turn-out absolutely sucks in this country. Abysmal in local and state elections. Another election is set for later this year. If that turn-out doesn’t change we really are screwed.
And the Congress gave the EPA its power.

And c’mon…. liberal bench stacking?
Alito, Roberts, Thomas and Scalia were what exactly? Elections have consequences.

I think we have a very good chance to overturn ObamaCare in the SCOTUS and perhaps even the next election.
If we can make it to that point in time.

Yeah Viper…. i used the word “overturn” too loosely regarding the Congress. But a majority in the House would starve it of funding.
I’m very much in favor of and active toward returning State powers.
I’m not sold on Constitutional Convention though.

@Dr. Jerry:
You’ve finally taken refuge in name calling and mischaracterizing my point, made in plain English and not your own flowery ‘Greek-like’ rhetoric, in order to not answer direct questions.
Hmmm…. who else does that sort of thing?

I’ll wait for you to start shootin’.

Good post there Sunny.
Well except for the Articles of Confederation part.
Maybe an Amendment which encapsulated some of the better ‘anti-Federalist’ thinkers?