And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is for me. The yearly gathering of the guys in Tahoe begins later today, known as Scratch and Spit, because there won't be any women to tell us not to. I'm off work for the first time in a long time, and in an hour or so I'll hit the road for the high country. That is reason enough to celebrate with a little Oban.
Is the sun over the yard arm yet?
ReplyDeleteIt is for me. The yearly gathering of the guys in Tahoe begins later today, known as Scratch and Spit, because there won't be any women to tell us not to. I'm off work for the first time in a long time, and in an hour or so I'll hit the road for the high country. That is reason enough to celebrate with a little Oban.
DeleteThe sun is over the yard arm somewhere on the planet. Good enough!
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