I don't subscribe to the worship of the Founders a lot on the right do. They were a bunch of rich slaveholders who didn't want to pay for a war (The French and Indian War) that they provoked and they benefited from.
I credit them with establishing a good enough system that allowed something good to come about. Usually revolutions lead to things being a lot worse for everyone when all is said and done.
We won our war against Britian because France and Spain (no lovers of democracy there) decided they were going to get some payback on England for screwing them over in the last couple of wars. Not because there were a bunch of plucky guys with squirrel guns. We won because guys from Europe like Pulaski, Lafayette, Von Stueben (who was as ka-weer as a square donut) came over and showed our guys how to fight a war.
So, oddly, my fellow right wingers, we owe our freedom today to a Gay Prussian officer who showed the hillbillies how to march and stand in formation.
5 star post Joe, sadly lost on the 2nd Amd nutters who equate freedom to firearm ownership.
Sader still to think we'd really be something if we had such attention paid to the other 26
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LOL Thank you Mr lap dog.
To which you're expecting the usual puffed chest response i'll assume
ok, i'll play
i have MORE guns that you, and MINE are BIGGER!
how'd ya like me now ?
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