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To: Paine in the Neck

The Stamp Act is generally regarded by historians to have been the initial catalyst to the Revoloutionary War. It occurred in 1765. Yorktown occurred 16 years later. Obama has only been around 5-6 years.

If this author of this article thinks there is an analogy here, and apparently he does, he needs to rethink. The tea that was thrown in the harbor at Boston was worth $10,000.00 in 1773. My guess is that when the shit hits the fan, patriots today will make the Boston Tea Party look like a pre k picnic. I say this because in my 65 years I have never seen so much ANGER!!!!


6 posted on 02/21/2014 6:42:48 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Cen-Tejas
My guess is that when the shit hits the fan, patriots today will make the Boston Tea Party look like a pre k picnic.

I don't see it hitting the fan at all. It's a constant fine mist that has already coated everything. It will simply continue to accumulate, slowly but inexorably. One gets used to the smell and figures ways to wade through it.

10 posted on 02/21/2014 6:52:54 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Cen-Tejas
The Stamp Act is generally regarded by historians to have been the initial catalyst to the Revoloutionary War. It occurred in 1765. Yorktown occurred 16 years later. Obama has only been around 5-6 years.

Yes, I've noted that timeline before, as well. It was over 25 years from the Stamp Act to the Ratification. It takes time for these things to develop.

On the other hand, ObamaCare is far more onerous than was the Stamp Act or even the Intolerable Acts. You can go through the whole litany of He hases in the Declaration and Obama has exceeded George III in virtually every instance and yet we do nothing. Even when the 'anger' boils up to the point of putting a million Tea Partiers onto the streets of DC we get nothing but some speechifying and it turns into a genteel lawn party. The author's point is to ask if we are culturally strong enough to push back effectively. The answer to that is in serious doubt.

11 posted on 02/21/2014 6:56:26 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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