We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:02:48 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...the central government came to sieze near-state-of-the-art military weaponry in the hands of the locals, who had come to not show proper deference to the representatives of that government... Hi-res click here. By the rude bridge which arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard 'round the world. Hi-res click here. (Nice Brown Bess, btw!) For a whim - the BBC's look at things. Hi-res click here. From that seed was to spring the greatest disaster to ever befall mankind, in the eyes of Leftists and Dictators the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:46:30 -0600 Thanks for stopping by, CPT Green. The Castle can always use another Redleg! The Cheatham Punch is in the cooler in the closet, the code for the lock is "13A00" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22958 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22958 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:05:01 -0600 Not for nothing but those guys who stood up to the Big Red Bullies were the predecessors of today's 1-181 IN of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Just a little Hometown Pride, if you will. MICHAEL J. GREENE Captain, FA Massachusetts Army National Guard http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22948 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22948 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:53:46 -0600 Would it have been *that* bad? I dunno, Lucius, I *like* the way our system bollixes up politicians both because of the structure of the Constitution, and the structure of the Legislative and Executive branches. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22816 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22816 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:12:18 -0600 The French, of course, would be hating life, although they would have impeccable manners. ;-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22800 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22800 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:16:32 -0600 It is interesting to speculate, however, what might have followed if a compromise had been reached and sustained. I have an idea that the role of colony and Mother Country would, over time, become insensably reversed; with the entire North American continent under the Union Jack (admit it, would that really be such a bad thing?)the Empire's economic (thus political) center of gravity would shift westward. London may remain the nominal seat of government, but it would be New York and Chicago that would be calling the shots. Canada, what we call the US,Australia, New Zealand,India,'arf of Africa, an' Gawd knows what else..... Would the World Wars even have been possible? Just IMAGINE the size of the NAVY!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22799 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22799 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:12:27 -0600 Well, we 'Muricans weren't always into instant gratification... we took the long view on that one. And, we don't carry a grudge. Well, at least anymore. Besides, we have a place to send our deserters! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22732 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22732 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:23:04 -0600 Then came Christmas, a cold Christmas, a Quebec Christmas, 25 Dec 75 ... Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22708 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22708 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:58:55 -0600 Castle Argghhh- Every Day is an Education heh- you should TM that, John]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22646 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22646 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:49:08 -0600 'Castle Arrgh... every day is an education' heh]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22622 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22622 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:23:48 -0600 effective component of the Brown Bess... made by WOOLEY, and Birmingham-proofed.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22621 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22621 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:16:55 -0600 I'm not sure the distinction as we make it was useful 'back in the day' Alan! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22592 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22592 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:24:29 -0600 Errr...the revolutionaries were the lefties! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22589 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22589 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:36:26 -0600 'Twas a gun control mission the lobsters were on, too, but the locals effectively repeated the Spartans answer to Persian demands for their weapons at Thermopylae 2254 years before -- "Molon Labe -- come and take them." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22587 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22587 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:02:29 -0600 Dang those red coats. If only they had asked them to tea, we'd still be british citizens and sing "God Save the Queen" instead of "Land of Liberty". /sarcasm http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22584 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22584 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:35:16 -0600 And so it goes. We beat them fair and square and became the envy of the world, not the Soviet Union. One of my favorite Left wing conversion stories was this: My parents have a good friend whose parents were card carrying members of the American Communist Party, and for a graduation present from high school back in the mid 1950s, sent their son who was a fledgling commie to the Soviet Union, The Worker's Paradise, yadda yadda. He was expecting Great Things. When he saw the reality of Moscow and collective farming, he couldn't WAIT to leave. He was forced into visiting Lenin's Tomb. He was shown the wall in Red Square where whatshisname was buried (like that is an honor? That would be oogie), and dragged around Leningrad. It was summer and freezing. Not enough food, even in the country. People starving and stealing to stay alive. He got home, and when he turned 21, he registered to vote as a Republican and joined the Army. He is retired now. Point is, he didn't see a whole lot of Americans beating a path to Russia's door. He saw a whole lot of Russians and other groups wanting to get out and get to America. Yeah, we are the left wind nightmare. (delieberate misspelling) We attract all the attention of the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free and they have no one to listen to their nonsense. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22562 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22562 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:28:34 -0600 ... and on November 25th, 1781, King George III said "Dang." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22561 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/04/april_19th_some_years_ago_in_a_small_town_in_new_england.html#comment-22561 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:00:02 -0600