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.
When Jesse Jackson ran for president, the secret service code name was PONTIAC, many people referenced that old acronym and critical the Secret Service for using it....
m9777 says…Yes, I had a ‘52 Bonneville. In-line 6 Hydromatic (?) transmission. It would accelerate the same with the parking brake engaged or disengaged. Turtles chuckled.
My grandmother had one like that back in the day, it barely fit in the garage. She was only 5 ft tall and couldn't see over the top of the steering wheel and she drove like a maniac.
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ReplyDeleteHad an uncle with a saying about the spelling of that brand of automobile being an acronym: Poor Old Nigger Thinks It's A Cadillac.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jesse Jackson ran for president, the secret service code name was PONTIAC, many people referenced that old acronym and critical the Secret Service for using it....
DeleteI had a 70 something Pontiac Catalina, it was a tank. Took the trunk lid off and used it like a pick up.
ReplyDeleteWith the Indian hood ornament that lights up!
ReplyDeleteI was guessing '52, but you are probably right.
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1953 Pontiac Chieftain Catalina
ReplyDelete...fits a family of 6 comfortably...in the trunk.
ReplyDeletenothing could make that series attractive.
ReplyDeletem9777 says…Yes, I had a ‘52 Bonneville. In-line 6 Hydromatic (?) transmission. It would accelerate the same with the parking brake engaged or disengaged. Turtles chuckled.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother had one like that back in the day, it barely fit in the garage. She was only 5 ft tall and couldn't see over the top of the steering wheel and she drove like a maniac.
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