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Post by JROD on Apr 19, 2017 20:53:32 GMT -5
242 years ago today, a couple of patriot riders rode through the streets, shouting "the British are coming". Later that morning, a small band of men said enough is enough.
They fired their muskets, starting what would become known as the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Today is my birthday, and having been a man of war in my youth, my first thoughts as I wake on this day each year is of those brave men who took on tyranny and the best army of the day. For freedom. With some fucking muskets.
'Merica...
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Post by JROD on Apr 19, 2017 20:57:59 GMT -5
"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
Captain John Parker, Lexington, April 19, 1775.
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Post by ToNoAvail on Apr 19, 2017 23:37:44 GMT -5
I have no words of wisdom here, obviously.
So to you JROD, all I can give is a head nod of approval, a happy birthday request and a thank you for your service.
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Post by Fasthands25 on Apr 19, 2017 23:51:04 GMT -5
1776 WILL COMMENCE AGAIN IF YOU DONT SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JROD!!!!
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Post by PatSox on Apr 20, 2017 7:58:48 GMT -5
Funny, I was just in Lexington the other day. And all I could think was, "this fucking traffic already sucks and OH NO, the school buses are coming, the school buses are coming!!!
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Post by Premier on Apr 20, 2017 8:16:02 GMT -5
Happy Birthday JROD!
'Merica.
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Post by CHOPPEDnSCREWED on Apr 20, 2017 8:34:19 GMT -5
Happy bday, brah.
'Merica. Fuck yeah.
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Post by Baph on Apr 20, 2017 11:28:41 GMT -5
Even in the modest task of remembrance, we have failed to live up to the standards and expectations of the brave rebels that came before us.
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Post by boboplata on Apr 20, 2017 11:30:49 GMT -5
Even in the modest task of remembrance, we have failed to live up to the standards and expectations of the brave rebels that came before us. They be punching females in the mouf in berkeley. That's progress.
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Post by Baph on Apr 20, 2017 11:58:20 GMT -5
Female marxist cunts who come for scalps and censorship and hurl homespun IEDs that will blow glass shards into random faces in the crowd ought to be, at the very, very least, punched in the face with a closed fist.
The fact that our nation, our culture, can't be bothered to raise a finger to remember, to honor, what sparked all of this, all of us, is fucking criminal. Who are we anymore?
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Post by MMAJim on Apr 20, 2017 12:07:59 GMT -5
242 years ago today, a couple of patriot riders rode through the streets, shouting "the British are coming". Later that morning, a small band of men said enough is enough. They fired their muskets, starting what would become known as the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Today is my birthday, and having been a man of war in my youth, my first thoughs as I wake on this day each year is of those brave men who took on tyranny and the best army of the day. For freedom. With some fucking muskets. 'Merica... Can I use this as a quote in a tweet? This is a real request (I may even use it under an assumption of perceived consent). Or better yet, you tweet and my company retweets. This all sounds very dumb, and it is, but "real" actual content that is current, yet different with a personal edge, well that my friend is corp-twitter gold. Gold as in you'll get a thanks, and hell maybe even a giftcard in the mail if the tweet gets any attention. Back to the OP. Happy Birthday and thank you for the type of professional insight into many topics that most of us lack.
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Post by agrappleaday on Apr 20, 2017 12:21:53 GMT -5
Happy belated birthday, brother.
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Post by daywork on Apr 20, 2017 13:18:02 GMT -5
Happy Birthday. Hope you have a great day.
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Post by PatSox on Apr 20, 2017 14:06:08 GMT -5
Female marxist cunts who come for scalps and censorship and hurl homespun IEDs that will blow glass shards into random faces in the crowd ought to be, at the very, very least, punched in the face with a closed fist. The fact that our nation, our culture, can't be bothered to raise a finger to remember, to honor, what sparked all of this, all of us, is fucking criminal. Who are we anymore? Could have been handled via Water Cooler thread
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Post by JROD on Apr 20, 2017 17:24:36 GMT -5
242 years ago today, a couple of patriot riders rode through the streets, shouting "the British are coming". Later that morning, a small band of men said enough is enough. They fired their muskets, starting what would become known as the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Today is my birthday, and having been a man of war in my youth, my first thoughts as I wake on this day each year is of those brave men who took on tyranny and the best army of the day. For freedom. With some fucking muskets. 'Merica... Can I use this as a quote in a tweet? This is a real request (I may even use it under an assumption of perceived consent). Or better yet, you tweet and my company retweets. This all sounds very dumb, and it is, but "real" actual content that is current, yet different with a personal edge, well that my friend is corp-twitter gold. Gold as in you'll get a thanks, and hell maybe even a giftcard in the mail if the tweet gets any attention. Back to the OP. Happy Birthday and thank you for the type of professional insight into many topics that most of us lack. Hell man, nothing I write or have written is copyright protected. Feel free to use it however you choose.
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Post by JROD on Apr 20, 2017 17:30:27 GMT -5
Even in the modest task of remembrance, we have failed to live up to the standards and expectations of the brave rebels that came before us. Absolutely man. I used to be so wrapped up in the machine, having been both a professional fighting man and a civilian LEO that I often failed to see the forest for the trees. Guys like you, D-Sub, Patsox, CrazyDreams, and every other contrarian on here and Weekly have challenged me to the point where I had to truly come to terms with what I believe in. And not what they wanted me to believe in.
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Post by Baph on Apr 21, 2017 1:09:56 GMT -5
I had the same thing happen to me twice. Once on a road trip back from Iowa, long drive, mind wanders, I had an epiphany and for the first time in my adult life actually changed my mind. I vividly remember being caught off guard by this way of thinking and also realizing how fucking weird it was that in 20 years I'd never changed my mind before. Not REALLY, I mean. Not substantially. Around that same time I met a guy in college who kind of prodded and poked at my beliefs and turned me on to some skeptics and satirists and critical thinkers and it was like a nuclear bomb, simultaneously devastating, like a punch to the gut, like your old lady cheating on you, a part of me dying, and also a completely intoxicating thrill that forces you to keep digging, compulsively, like an addict, until every scab is picked, every rock turned over, every concept examined and scrutinized and assaulted to see what withstands the storm and what is washed away. In the course of about a year I changed political parties twice, changed religion, and changed my stance on nearly every major issue, but more importantly, I learned to think, and to keep thinking, and to keep pushing, and to love and embrace the discomfort of intellectual, emotional, psychological, and philosophical growth. In many of the most important and meaningful ways, I was born at 21.
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Post by slaytan on Apr 23, 2017 10:53:43 GMT -5
Female marxist cunts who come for scalps and censorship and hurl homespun IEDs that will blow glass shards into random faces in the crowd ought to be, at the very, very least, punched in the face with a closed fist. The fact that our nation, our culture, can't be bothered to raise a finger to remember, to honor, what sparked all of this, all of us, is fucking criminal. Who are we anymore? Often I wonder if we would have been better off as British subjects. The real reasons for the revolution was that the crown did not see Americans as equals deserving of the same consideration and representation as island brits. They saw Americans as the tv teaches us to view southerners
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Post by matt on Apr 23, 2017 12:08:52 GMT -5
Even in the modest task of remembrance, we have failed to live up to the standards and expectations of the brave rebels that came before us. They be punching females in the mouf in berkeley. That's progress. Captain America would have FINISHED HER!!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrb8fxzvYYyoutu.be/lPnHh2KKLk0
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Post by Baph on Apr 23, 2017 12:37:08 GMT -5
They be punching females in the mouf in berkeley. That's progress. Captain America would have FINISHED HER!!! youtu.be/lPnHh2KKLk0Seeing some tide turning. Clearly in the video you linked we can the manifestation of a strong and sudden resistance to this sort of street bullying that's been going on . . . after the first handful of successful raids where marxist-occupy-matters cunts ran speakers, supporters, and demonstrators off the block. Conservatives came to speak, to present alternative views, to ruffle feathers, and liberals came to arson, assault, and anarchy. Yeah, that shit'll catch ya off guard in an upper middle class suburb. But not for very long. Now they're both playing the same game and the videos are starting to look a lot different. Another thing that's starting to look a lot different: the commentary. Bernie Sanders sticking up for Ann Coulter. Bill Maher doing the same. "Berkeley used to be a cradle for free speech, now it's just a cradle for fucking babies who don't want to hear anything they don't agree with." One of the biggest red flags that you've over played your hand (besides losing the house, senate, presidency, and 75% of state governorships, falling to your lowest level of national power since the 1920s), is when influential hipster socialists start publicly scolding your triggered tantrums and begin taking sides with the "literally nazis".
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Post by slaytan on Apr 23, 2017 14:09:21 GMT -5
Berkeley subverted free speech back when they "protested" in the name of "free speech." The difference, again, is the public has access to information today that was successfully obscured yesteryear
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