I was born way back in ‘35, so I can recall something of the pre-WWII days, for instance.
Weirdos then were called bums, hoboes, etc. (still later, called beatniks, hippies, dopers, alcoholics, etc...then they all went further and wanted to be ufo abductees, and even weirder stuff...and you see where that has led to today...)
Anyway, b4 Pearl harbor the city parks were full of folks standing on actual soap boxes, whatever...attempting to gain attention for whatever their message was...religious, political, etc, etc !!!!
Those old folks would have been in their glory today as bloggers, freepers, etc.!!!
Semper Watching!
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And...soldiers...AND bloggers do not lay aside the citizen...nuff said ‘bout dat !!!!!
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“When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen,” from then-Gen. George Washington’s June 26, 1775, letter to the Provincial Congress is inscribed inside the apse.
Ref
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/amphitheater.html
Note: The above quote was a favorite of Col David (Perfumed Princes) Hackworth USA (Ret.) (now deceased)
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“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.”
-Davy Crockett (unsourced)
Ref
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett
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