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.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Riggers riveting Redhot Rivets on the Lower Outside South Chord Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia, c.1930
But all cultures are equal. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion!
The myth of the noble savage persists despite abundant evidence to the contrary.
ReplyDeleteWell now.
ReplyDeleteIf they hadn't weakened that steel by drilling all them holes in it, they wouldn't have had to put all them rivets in there to make it strong again.
This must have been another one of them gov't "make work" jobs.
Not only that but they ruined the threads by peening the bolts.
DeleteBefore the Aussies turned into the Eloi
ReplyDeleteThe acronym makes more sense when you order it properly.
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Inclusion
Equity