REPUBLICANS in 1776 = No American Revolution

[howaboutme]

The Republicans and public need to be reminded that the original BOSTON TEA PARTY would have nothing in common with today's Republican financed and bred Tea Party movement.

Republicans are the "Party of No" because they adore the status quo. They prefer things secure, warm and fuzzy even if it equates to a loss of liberty. They are always well entrenched with the rich and with royalty. They represent the antithesis of a Thomas Paine America and the real TEA PARTY movement. That movement of 1774 that took place at Boston harbor would have nothing to do with them today.

Our US history wouldn't exist as it does if it depended upon the action of Tory / Loyalists / Republicans. Before the formation of our nation and last half of the 1700s prior to the American Revolution the Tories were considered the conservative Republicans of today. They were the loyalists. They adored the King of England and the status quo. Had American depended upon the gutless conservatives for action we would still be flying the Union Jack. Republicans have always demanded security for the royalty (King) over liberty for the people. It is in their creed and DNA.

Those self proclaimed patriots on talk radio need to be reminded of this fact of history, and that had the Tories been in charge the USA would remain a colony of England and the real Boston Tea Party people tarred and feathered.

Don't take my word for it - investigate the Tories and Loyalists and the American Revolution for yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory#American_Revolution

[Skittles]

1. which is why we call them TEABAGGERS and not the TEA PARTY

the current, er, "Tea Party" is a FUCKING DISGRACE

[Historic NY]

2. Hey Beck taught them all they need to know.

[Diclotican]

3. howaboutme

howaboutme

Sometimes I belive the British was given up the 13 colonies all to early on, when you look of what the orginal 13 colonies, and the current 50 state union have been made into, specially the last decade or so, I suspect the british of the 1700s would have doing more to secure that the colonies had been keept in check.. Maybe even used draconic metodes to ensure order... Or maybe give you what you want orginaly, a place in the british parlament, and therefore the loyality of the 13 colonies for a long time.. The orginal demand from what is now the United States was not unresonable, and should have been posible, if the lords of UK had been little more resonable...

But as the history goes, the US was made in last part of the 1700s, and the rest is history as they say..... And is sometimes been a great tool for good, sometimes for bad. US have given all of us a lot to be thankfull for.. But also given us a lot to not be that thankfull for Im afraid..

And now the US are somewhat out of hands.. It wil take long time before US would be able to repair all the damage, you wil need at least a decade of peace, just to clean up the horrible mess who have been created for allmoust 3 decades... And to get the economy on track.. im not sure what to do about that.. Either "burn itself out" and start all over again, with a fresh wiew, or try to repair and try to stabilize the situvation, to it can repair itself.. Ot at least surive, so it can be fixed over time...

Diclotican

[howaboutme]

4. Amazing isn't it?

what 19 Arabs with box cutters conveniently / allegedly accomplished (sound of clearing throat)? The last 10 years have demonstrated that the USA leadership have completely neutralized the fantasy that we once wore the white hats.

[Diclotican]

6. howaboutme

howaboutme

It is indeed how amazing it is that 19 arabs with box cutters could scare the biggest,most powerfull nation on the face of the earth into submission and to loose everything they belive to be sacret... Like freedom, and many other means, who the last decade have shown to be of little interest for the big players, when peopole is afraid enough to let it all go...

I am not sure about how it wil end, and I am not sure if I want to know how it wil end, but if if my knowlegde of history is correct, (even with all the things I do not know) It do not look to great for the biggest, most powerfull nation on the face of the earth.. But hopefully US can do it better than most of the "old empires" and survive as a player in the world, and not go the same way as the Doodoo bird of the 1700s... (They meat was tastefull, and it was eaten by sailors, to extinction by early 1800s) Hopefully US can learn from the UK breakup of the empire, where UK more or less survived intact, and even today, more than 60 year after, the Queen is head of state of more than 35 nations, who accept Her as their formal head of state, even tho she have no power over the government of the more than 35 states... It is out of curtusy for the old empire I guess.. And it work rather well for both the nations, and for UK, who sitll have a voice in the world...

Diclotican

[Orsino]

5. First things first.

First you build the military-industrial complex, then you start the cycle of eternal war.