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.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
No worries, unless you're a Russian invading Finland.
My good Finnish friend's wife was Simo's physical therapist in his last years. Their pride and love of Finland and Simo puts to shame many Americans who lack pride and love of America.
They, my Finnish friends, became naturalized Americans 4 years ago, and I was proud to be a part of this. I told them that even without that piece of paper declaring them citizens of the United States, their attitudes about living in America already had made them Americans. This is especially true in light of the business he started upon moving to America (he arranges the purchase and shipment of American made vehicles to Finland and other Nordic countries). My friends' pride in being Americans reflects their pride in being Finns.
I used to work with an American who was born in India. When he got his citizenship, he told me it was the proudest day of his life. I told him he was already an American, no matter where he was born. Sounds like your Finn friends. He could wax eloquently on our country and knew more about being an American than 90% of the people born here. Just don't get him started on Pakistan. :-)
Anonymous, you should hear my Finnish friend go on about the Russians, the land stolen during The Winter War, etc. He definitely knows his Finnish history.
While my Finnish friends and your Venezuelan friend make ideal Americans, if you, like myself, love America and the American ideal, then I'd say we're on equal footing.
According to Wikipedia - Häyhä used his issued Civil Guard rifle, an early series SAKO M/28-30, serial number 35281, Civil Guard number S60974. It was a Finnish Civil Guard variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle known as "Pystykorva" (lit. 'The Spitz' due to the front sight's resemblance to the head of a spitz-type dog) chambered in the Finnish-designed Mosin–Nagant cartridge 7.62×53R.
My good Finnish friend's wife was Simo's physical therapist in his last years. Their pride and love of Finland and Simo puts to shame many Americans who lack pride and love of America.
ReplyDeleteThey, my Finnish friends, became naturalized Americans 4 years ago, and I was proud to be a part of this. I told them that even without that piece of paper declaring them citizens of the United States, their attitudes about living in America already had made them Americans. This is especially true in light of the business he started upon moving to America (he arranges the purchase and shipment of American made vehicles to Finland and other Nordic countries). My friends' pride in being Americans reflects their pride in being Finns.
Simo - The White Death.
I used to work with an American who was born in India. When he got his citizenship, he told me it was the proudest day of his life. I told him he was already an American, no matter where he was born. Sounds like your Finn friends. He could wax eloquently on our country and knew more about being an American than 90% of the people born here. Just don't get him started on Pakistan. :-)
DeleteAnonymous, you should hear my Finnish friend go on about the Russians, the land stolen during The Winter War, etc. He definitely knows his Finnish history.
DeleteJohn those people and my Venezuelan friend make better Americans than me.
ReplyDeleteWhile my Finnish friends and your Venezuelan friend make ideal Americans, if you, like myself, love America and the American ideal, then I'd say we're on equal footing.
DeleteCan anyone identify the short-barreled rifle he is sighting down while lying in the snow(one of the famous photos of him)?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia - Häyhä used his issued Civil Guard rifle, an early series SAKO M/28-30, serial number 35281, Civil Guard number S60974. It was a Finnish Civil Guard variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle known as "Pystykorva" (lit. 'The Spitz' due to the front sight's resemblance to the head of a spitz-type dog) chambered in the Finnish-designed Mosin–Nagant cartridge 7.62×53R.
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