Will Sacramento Democrats trigger another “Boston Massacre?”
4th of July! Isn’t it great that we can all enjoy a day off with street fair’s with root beer floats and evening fireworks. However, have we given any thought to what caused the American Revolution that was triggered on March 5, 1770, at the infamous Boston Massacre. Who knows. History can be repeated. In the famous Boston Massacre only four civilians, including former slave Crispus Attucks, were killed in that initial confrontation. We are sitting on a new powder keg as many have lost their jobs, others are losing their life savings, and many their homes. Additional taxation might lead to another revolution in 2009 CA.
From what I am able to research on the events leading up to the Revolution, the British Crown had accumulated a huge debt during the French and Indian wars. Prime Minister George Grenville decided to expand the 1732 Molasses Act to broaden their source of revenue by imposing a tax on molasses plus additional taxes on sugar, wines, cloth, coffee, tropical foods and silk.
Legislative Democrats in Sacramento want to create billions in new taxes on oil, cigarettes, business and our VLF. While the areas to be taxed surely vary, the proposed solution has not changed in almost 250 years. Stick it to the citizens.
As the big 5 in Sacramento concoct a wide range of new taxes, even after we said NO, perhaps the next American Revolution will happen right here in CA.
Although we rallied on April 15th with 21st century Tea Parties across the land apparently we need to send another message to Sacramento.
In 1764 King George’s Parliament’s direct tax on the American colonies was the Stamp Act where they taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets legal documents, Dice and playing cards.
In 1764 the cry was “no taxation without representation.” The next revolution is based on “taxation by representation” by leaders who simply cannot balance a checkbook.
Good article Larry, The tea party thing seems a bit of a stretch given the realities of todays economy vs. 1776. But, your point is well taken.
People who study the constitutional convention often talk about July 3 being the actual BIRTHDAY of America. For it was late in the evening on that day where reportedly modern democracy was born.
Over some glasses of liquor, some of the holdouts, and there were those opposed to the declaration as it was written, were persuaded with long drinks and longer speecheds (after a day of long speeches) and two turned and voted and signed.
Nobody ever called for their recall, nobody protested thier participation. Instead they were labeled patriots. Rightly or wrongly.
Why can’t our guys get together and come up with a reasonable solution? Your answer is as good as mine.
That’s why we like our government-sponsored fireworks shows these days – we no longer have to think about this stuff on the 4th of July. We just look at the shiny lights. Oooooooh. Ahhhhh. Pretty.
I would like to remind you all anonymous posters here that there is no democracy and power in the anonymity — only the cowardliness.
Think about it!
Maybe starting this 4th of July you can start putting your real name behind your drivel and rant.
Now, before you accuse me of posting here under “Ed Gonzalo” let me explain who Ed Gonzalo is. Ed Gonzalo is my pseudonym which was created in about 2002 when I was posting on SantaAnaCitizens (SAC) list. The list is maintain by Paul Giles and subscribers are Bolsheviks from the French Park with a very low IQ who could not comprehend my satiric writing stile nor they understood my use of profanity as an satiric art form.
I was advised by Giles to put my satiric remarks in quotes like …… because their bovine IQ couldn’t separate a reality from the satire.
They were always offended, abuse and victims. Typical socialists who are banning the fireworks every year on 4th of July.
So the Ed Gonzalo was born!… a Latino with a Tourette syndrome (TS). TS is disorder with the oral compulsive use of profanity, among other thinks.
However, Ed had more severe form of TS because his compulsion to be profane was expressed via the keyboard and typing — which was obviously nonsense.
It worked for about 3 days and because I was Latino and TS handicapped, the Bolsheviks did not want to be politically incorrect, to ban me from the list, so I had a kick of my life for while.
Here too I have a kick occasionally.
So now you know the rest of the story.
PS. Please do not be stupid, and lazy, and put some effort into your reading so you can understand the substance. Not just spieling. The US constitution was written on a single sheet of paper by hand which in todays language would took about 1,000,006 pages. So that is why we do not understand meaning of the 2nd amendment. We do not know how to read anymore.
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Sounds like we have another Revolution coming–let’s start with the fools in Sacramento.
James K. Polk
Good morning Stanley.
As someone coming from eastern Europe you have a better comprehension then many Americans on the topic of freedom.
“As someone coming from eastern Europe you have a better comprehension then many Americans on the topic of freedom.”….. LOL
Larry, I must remind you that a concept of freedom is European! It was European pilgrims who got pissed off with an oppression in the Europe and came to free land.
Unfortunately as they set foot on the free land they created Plymouth Colony a firs socialistic enclave in America.
This socialistic ideology, HOA and corporate fascism is is the back bone of the USA now.
In 1968 we tried to establish democracy in the old communist Czechoslovakia. It was USA which pull a rug in order to protect the USA/USSR Yalta tyranny agreement.
There is no achievement Larry, which we can celebrate as uplift to the western civilization.
We still shooting mothers in front of their children with impunity in Santa Ana.
We have long way to go!
boring. just give me glowing lights and big bangs and my animals scared outta their minds. so pretty
“just give me glowing lights and big bangs”…… go for walking in Santa Ana — deadwhitemale.
To get hit by mugger over the head by 2×4 has same effect. In contrast the fireworks are illegal in Santa Ana.
Stanley.
At times we must wonder if the Pilgrims would land at Plymouth Rock seeing what’s happening in this land (of the free) today.
Larry, are you kidding?… Of course!
If you know about the true Plymouth colony history you know that they got Turkeys from Indians on the arrival to survive.
Today, they would get welfare, free medical and education and they wouldn’t even have to learn the English or wave the US flag.
Stanley. Let’s keep your assessment our secret. We have enough financial burdens to confront and do not need to open the flood gates.
Mums the word, Larry. Lets get to the real doodoo.