This man writes that conditions today frighten him and give him the "creeps." What can we say but "get a grip"? Things are as they are. One by one people are waking up, but will they organize and shake off their programming or will they just doze back off:
Yesterday on Independence Day, I was virtually forced to stay indoors all day. Hotter than hell. It was 102 at 2 in the afternoon. BBQ was supposed to start after it cooled down at 6pm. Wrong. It was up to 105!
Anyway, I spent virtually the entire day in front of the TV watching, "The Revolution" on The History Channel. It was a 13 hour series on the American Revolutionary War.
I didn't know how much I didn't know!
I must say, I was taken back by how much propaganda was used - by both sides - in their attempts to win The Hearts And Minds of the populous.
The Americans, thankfully, had Thomas Paine. I had heard of him and his, "Common Sense" pamphlet, but I didn't understand its importance in our fight for freedom. I think I can accurately state that, were in not for, "Common Sense" and Paine's other work, "The American Crisis", we might be eating scones and drinking Earl Grey tea on a more regular basis.
Yesterday on Independence Day, I was virtually forced to stay indoors all day. Hotter than hell. It was 102 at 2 in the afternoon. BBQ was supposed to start after it cooled down at 6pm. Wrong. It was up to 105!
Anyway, I spent virtually the entire day in front of the TV watching, "The Revolution" on The History Channel. It was a 13 hour series on the American Revolutionary War.
I didn't know how much I didn't know!
I must say, I was taken back by how much propaganda was used - by both sides - in their attempts to win The Hearts And Minds of the populous.
The Americans, thankfully, had Thomas Paine. I had heard of him and his, "Common Sense" pamphlet, but I didn't understand its importance in our fight for freedom. I think I can accurately state that, were in not for, "Common Sense" and Paine's other work, "The American Crisis", we might be eating scones and drinking Earl Grey tea on a more regular basis.
The content and timing of the messages in each document were crucial in our secession from the UK. The parallels with America today are nothing short of frightening. From, "Common Sense": "SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher."
