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.
I'll bet just before he lost his leg he was feeling chipper.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder, is he aware of what he's doing or did he say to himself, "I'll be careful, it won't happen to me"?
ReplyDeleteThat snow shovel explains a lot.
ReplyDeletea tree trimmer from a nearby town got ate by one of these a couple years ago. his wife was with him when it happened.
ReplyDeleteNo worries he’s holding the stop/reverse bar in his right hand.
ReplyDeleteHe now goes by "Eileen."
ReplyDeleteStay out of North Dakota.
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