Posted on 06/18/2011 5:13:38 AM PDT by billflax
The latest Sarah Palin controversy over Paul Revere distracts from the essential lesson of this pivotal slice of American lore. Whether Paul Revere warned the British not to tangle with the heavily armed minutemen or whether she botched the tale makes engaging blog banter, but other than Palin’s credibility, it’s largely moot.
It matters greatly though why the British marched and how the Colonists responded. Dissension had been brewing between the colonies and London for some time, but it only cascaded into violent revolution when the British sought to seize the colonial magazine at Concord.
The minutemen understood something lost on most Americans today, that disarming the people is always the necessary precursor to tyranny. When the British disembarked to seize the Colonists’ stores of powder and ammunition, the militia resisted. Americans in 1775 wanted government to leave them be. Many Americans today want the state to care for us.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.forbes.com ...
Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, ID (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Charles R Heath, born in ID
Sarah Sheeran, born in WI
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Sarah Palin is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!
I didn’t fight for this county off-shore for nothing and I will fight for it again should push comes to shove. The only thing different is that the fight will be within our own borders. I pray it never comes to that but should it occur, I will be ready..
Thank you for your service. I, too, pray it never comes to it, but I would gladly take up arms with bands of fellow Patriots to ensure that freedom and liberty are upheld in this country. I would be proud to serve the cause next to Patriots such as yourself.
Considering Paul Revere’s own written letters confirm the accuracy of Sarah’s comments.
It is NOT a moot point!
Anyone who continues to believe Sarah was wrong is just stupid or embrace the leftwingnut socialist inspired ‘history”.
WRONG-O!!!
I quit reading where this jerk says that the 2nd is NOT a pre-eminant right.
Well IT IS!
Without the 2nd—you haven’t got jack sh*t!! the second is what backs up ALL the other rights and without it you are lost (see: Britain, France, Germany, the low countries vs. the Muzzie threat.)
Not posting the count any more? ;)
I liked the Palin/West photo so substituted it on Palin threads.
That is my dream ticket.
“Whether Paul Revere warned the British not to tangle with the heavily armed minutemen or whether she botched the tale”
You fool, this is NOT in question. He DID warn the British!
Why should I read the rest of your dumb article, when it starts out with a LIE?
Keep up your good work!
I don’t pay much attention to screen names on here, but yours is one of the few I always recognize.
Oh NO! I kept myself low on the horizon for a decade, and now I've blown it. 
Bingo! Just a sly attempt by Forbes to perpetuate the lie that Palin misreported history. There are still far too many people who believe one of the other big lies—that Palin was wrong about being able to see Russia from Alaska. Fact: It is visible from Alaska.
Great article, I recommend reading it all.
It was Tina Fey impersonating Sarah who said she could see Russia from her porch.
I think the writer’s boss ordered him to write a Palin story.
If Obama gets a second term and one of the good 4 Conservatives on the Supreme Court gets sick or dies, whatever (could happen, people do die)
We already know the 2 Satan worshiping whores Obama appointed, would quickly overturn the right to bear arms, so it`s not that far fetched...
Sarah Palin or bust
Blame Tina Fey for the “controversy”. Some headlines and articles spread the lie, while the truth gets burried. In the end, the brain dead public still believe that Palin actually said it and no ammount of later correction can correct it.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/seealaska.asp
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