After all this time you guys have not figured out that willie99 is full of shit.
They were a group that was hardened by the great depression. Most entered the service when the were 17 to 26, so the depression started when they were 7 to 16 years old.
The most admirable people in our history had to be the founding fathers. Most all were wealthy by new world standards but they risk it all by signing the declaration of independence. Most died much poorer than they would of had they not pushed fourth the most liberal thinking in the world to that time.
As for the spirit of the post, I concur, the founding fathers were great men.
But talk about lefty spin. Searching for a way to connect founding fathers and liberal, nows that's funny.
There is nothing liberal when talking about individual responsibilities and the right to pursue happiness. It was clearly not their intent to have an ever growing federal government trampling on states' rights. They wanted very little authority vested in the federal government.
It's more accurate to say liberalism has warped their intent.
How are the sales of your book coming? Bad I would guess cause all your potential readers are busy listening to talk radio.
I don't get it. How does a thread entitled, "a moment of silence in rememberance of D day," go down this ugly path?
I believe Punter is a vet, correct? If that is so, maybe he misunderstood Willie's second sentence in the initial post. It seems sincere, and not like a jibe. What am I missing here?