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.
The PNW where I live is only worrisome for Crotalus viridis oreganus, where I've lived and been bitten by one. Don't mess with rattlesnakes. Just a thought you might want to consider.
They're all coming out now, around here.
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ReplyDeleteThe PNW where I live is only worrisome for Crotalus viridis oreganus, where I've lived and been bitten by one. Don't mess with rattlesnakes. Just a thought you might want to consider.
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DeleteBut I'm still on the green side. And a snakebite is a hell of alot better than a divorce!
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