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Is it legal for the authorities in greater Boston to force (Order) people in certain locations to stay in their homes? Can they enforce that order, legally?
Can they prevent you from going to work?
From going to your friends home?
From going shopping?
Can they order businesses closed?
Search homes without a warrant?
They can order you to do so… But can they legally enforce it? Can they order a store or gas station to close?
The Police obviously did think that their orders were legal, and the populace (obviously) obeyed.
But did they have to obey those orders? Did those people have to stay home from work?
Where I live, those orders would be unenforceable. Not legal.
Now, make no mistake, if a crazed person were running round with explosives while being hunted by the police, following those orders might just be a good idea. Probably save a lot of hassle if you did so.
But One wonders if they were really legal. Really enforceable. Or if the populace just went along. Which isn’t, really, such a bad idea in this instance.
How you look at it, Today was really the birth of our nation:
On this day in1775, thanks to the warning issued by William Dawes and Paul Revere, the colonists were ready to resist.attempted confiscation..Ready to resist the King… Ready for the attempt to restrict their freedoms and options Today, really is the anniversary of the beginning of our country. This was the day of resistance. The day that people stood up and said “Enough!”. This was the day, so long ago, that the founders of our country chose to determine their own fate and told the King that he no longer ruled them.That they would not be kept as serfs, but rather would determine their own fate,
Was it desperation that made them make that choice? Fear that they had no choice…that if they allowed the agents and soldiers of the King to take action that they would never have another chance….never again have the ability to choose their future? Likely we will never know. All we know is that they did make that choice, and in doing so, set into motion a chain of events which led to the birth of a great nation. One that we are citizens of today. It led to the creation of a set of rules that allowed freedom with responsibility and which gave the citizens the ability to flourish under it’s protection.
We owe those folks who stood up all those years ago, for their courage, their determination, and their legacy.
If the NRA is SO POWERFUL that it can make Senators quake in their boots vote against the wishes of 9080 some large percentage of their constituents and vote “NO” on the gun banning bills….
Should we all petition Wayne LaPierre and his NRA board members to start talking to the Senators and Congressmen about things like the deficit and spending and unemployment and the increase in entitlements and immigration and Social Security and such?
I mean, if we and the NRA have so much power and all…..
If yer congressthing voted against the gun ban legislation(s) then you should take the time to call or email a thank you.
If they voted FOR such garbage, call and ask demand an explanation.
When I did so at Donnelley’s office, the girl answering the phone at first tried to explain, then assured me that thre would be a letter forthcoming with an explanation. She said that I wasn’t the first to ask for such a thing.
Take the time to raise a glass to Paul Revere (and his compatriot William Dawes, who did the same thing by a different route, but was never immortalized in poetry).
Mr. Revere and Mr. Dawes embarked on a journey to warn their fellow citizens that “The British are coming!” Coming for the powder and shot that the colonials would need to defend their homes and property.
The British were, essentially, planning on doing what Obama, Feinstein and her ilk wanted to do to you now, here in the present. Take a way your means to resist. Take away your ability to remain free and to decide for yourself what your future brings. Take away the right of self determination. Make you a servant rather than a citizen.
Thanks to Paul Revere and William Dawes, the British failed to confiscate the powder and shot (ammunition) that the colonials needed. Thanks to those two men, the colonials were ready when the British came. Ready to resist. And they did, but that is another story for another time.
Essentially, thanks to those men’s actions, the colonials were able to resist and to begin the fight which led to the Revolution, and ultimately, to the creation of the United States and the Constitution….
So today, take the time to raise a glass, Take the time to thank those two men, who risked arrest and imprisonment to warn their fellow citizens. Think on their actions and their courage and their contribution to the revolution and, ultimately, our country.
Take the time to watch this, or to read the words of Longfellow’s poem below.
Think of the bravery, the courage and the guts they had. And how well we and our ancestors were served by their actions.
Raise a glass, make a toast, think of those men. Say thank you whatever Deity who hears you for men such as these. We owe them greatly.
Despite polling data showing that YOUR constituents wanted no part of the Manchin-Toomey bill, you went ahead and voted along the party lines. Following the wished of Der Leader, and not your constituents.
Rest assured that I will do all I can to see you removed from the office of Senator. Lots of people drive by my place of business. They’ll see your voting record . They’ll see support for whomever is your opponent. I’ll donate money and time to your opponent. I really don’t care if the persion running against you is a communist pederast, he will get my support over you.
