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.
Almost any time that I see a US Forest Service fire watch tower, I think of Edward Abbey.
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I thought her house was a mortar and pestle standing on chicken legs? M
DeleteFIRE! Hell the woods and the lookout appear to be burning!
ReplyDeleteNo use sitting in the tower when the rain is coming down.
ReplyDeleteA fire lookout below the crest of a hill or mountain is worthless. Former forest ranger here.
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