Congressional Candidate Lieutenant Colonel Allen West

A big YEEHAW for the Supreme Court

The last few days has been full of surprises. For the first time in my adult life I am proud of Massachusetts and now the Supreme Court surprises me by taking a stand for free speech in striking down most of McCain-Feingold. Laws that limit free speech are BAD no matter how good the intentions. YEEHAW for the Supreme Court!

The Second Shot Heard Round the World in Massachusetts

In the predawn light of April 19, 1775 the Minutemen (trained to be ready in a minute) of Massachusetts Colony (having been warned by Paul Revere, William Dawes and other riders) gathered in the town square of Lexington to face the approaching British force.

Over 700 Redcoats arrived in Lexington to come face to face with 50-70 armed farmers and laborers. Captain Parker told the patriots "Don't fire unless you are fired on; but if they want a war, let it begin here."

The British officer on horseback swung his sword and yelled, "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels, or you are all dead men. Fire!"  They fired. The Minutemen dispersed (conflicting eyewitness reports on whether they fired back or first or not) and regrouped to fight the first battle of the American Revolution in Concord.

On January 19, 2010 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the cradle of the first American Revolution, joined the second American Revolution by firing another Shot Heard Round the World. How appropriate and ironic. This shot was more like a cannon than a musket but it was also fired against a despot that seems determined to destroy everything Americans hold dear.

Those who are called tea partiers (and many things much worse) are well aware that Scott Brown is no Reagan Conservative, but he is very conservative for MA and he is right on the issues that count the most right now. He does represent the populist revolution by Americans everywhere by standing against socialism, high taxes, attacks on civil liberties and government corruption and by his election MA has joined this populist revolution.

May God Bless America again and Let Freedom Ring!

Watch now how many of the politically elite (in their own mind) who have insulted and denigrated the populist (read American people) now fall over each other in trying to become 'just one of the regular folks." More interesting to me, and frightening will be the ones who become even more condescending and insulting toward the American populist. Shall we start with Obama?

How many ways did Obama insult the regular folks in his campaign stump for Coakly on Sunday.. shall we count the ways? And even better, (or worse rather) ... Obama claims that the good citizens of Massachusetts voted for the Republican Scott Brown because they were still angry at Bush. OH YEAH??? They vote for a Republican because they are still angry at a Republican?

What about Obama's claim that the reason the American people are angry and against his policies is because he has been too busy trying to clean up the Bush mess that he hasn't connected with the people and explained things enough. EXCUSE ME? I couldn't believe he really said that, I had to listen to it again. Fox News is reporting that Obama has connected with the people in one form or another 411 times during his first year That is an incredible amount of time before the cameras.

Compare Clinton's response to the mid-term elections of 94 to Obama's reaction to the election of Scott Brown (a political earthquake equal to the mid-term elections during Clinton's administration.) Clinton stood up and said, "America, we hear you." He changed his governance and became a pretty good Republican president. But Obama??? He says "America, you must not be hearing me."

Let me be one of many voices responding to the president...

Mr. President, we did hear you over and over!! We just DON'T LIKE what you said!

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Music, Lyrics and vocals by Bob Dorough

{The British are comin'!  The British are comin'!}
Now the ride of Paul Revere
Set the nation on its ear,
And the shot at Lexington
Heard round the world.
When the British fired
In the early dawn,
The War of Independence had begun,
The die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled.

And on to Concord marched the foe,
To seize the arsenal there you know,
Waking folks, searching all around.
Till our militia stopped them in their tracks,
At the Old North Bridge, we turned them back
And chased those Redcoats back to Boston town.

And the shot heard round the world
Was the start of the revolution.
The minutemen were ready, on the move.
Take your powder, take your gun,
Report to General Washington,
Hurry men, there's not an hour to lose.

Now at famous Bunker Hill,
Even though we lost, it was quite a thrill.
The rebel Colonel Prescott proved he was wise.
Outnumbered and low on ammunition,
As the British stormed his position,
He said, "Hold your fire till you see the whites of their eyes."

Though the next few years were rough,
General Washington's men proved they were tough.
Those hungry, ragged boys would not be beat.
One night they crossed the Delaware,
Surprised the Hessians in their lair,
And at Valley Forge they just bundled up their feet.

Now the shot heard round the world
Was the start of the revolution.
The minutemen were ready, on the move.
Take your blanket, take your son,
Report to General Washington.
We've got our rights and now it's time to prove.

Well, they showed such determination
That they won the admiration
Of countries 'cross the sea like France and Spain.
Who loaned the colonies ships and guns
And put the British on the run,
And the Continental Army on its feet again.

And though they lost some battles too,
The Americans swore they'd see it through.
Their raiding parties %shut up, hit and run.%
At Yorktown the British could not retreat,
Bottled up by Washington and the French Fleet,
Cornwallis surrendered and finally we had won.

From the shot heard round the world,
To the end of the revolution,
The continental rabble took the day.
And the father of our country
beat the British there at Yorktown,
and brought freedom to you and me and the U.S.A. 
God bless America! Let freedom ring!

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The only person I found online (so far) that was also fascinated by the historic irony of Massachusetts firing the second shot heard round the world was Armstrong Williams in the Hill blog. I really liked his piece.

Devastating shot heard 'round the world from the commonwealth
By Armstrong Williams - 01/21/10 12:48 PM ET

... Even the magic of Kennedy's mystique after his death could not prevent the unknown candidate in the pickup truck from pointing out that the emperor had no clothes. It took an everyday American like us in that pickup truck to ignite a national revolt against President Obama and his public policy agendas.

It is not coincidental that the rejection of socialism, high taxes and government restrictions on personal healthcare choice, all implicit in the healthcare legislation, should take place in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. History reminds us that Massachusetts was the cradle of the American Revolution. It began with high taxes, and restrictions on civil liberties imposed by the British Crown. The people of the Bay State refused to succumb to a new despot imposing higher taxes and restrictions on freedom. Just as Massachusetts paved the way for the American Revolution, it has now set the stage for the national rejection of Obama's hidden social agenda.

Visit www.armstrongwilliams.com.

Scott Brown Goes to Washington

This election wasn't just about ObamaCare and the Democrats in power.  This was WE THE PEOPLE shouting loud and clear!!! 

Can you hear us NOW??? What will it take for you to listen. We are FED UP with government by and for the politicians. MA were the ones with the bullhorn tonight but they are saying what WE THE PEOPLE all over the nation are determined be said and heard.

Thanks to you citizens of Massachusetts... home of first Tea Party and home to many of our greatest Patriots. They must be very proud of you tonight!

My favorite line in Scott Brown's acceptance speech was: Taxpayer money should be used to make weapons to destroy terrorists not to pay lawyers to defend them. (paraphrased according to memory)

Unbelievable!!! MA joins the Tea Party Revolution

The citizens of America yelled at Townhalls all across the nation, "Stop! Stop the spending! Stop the corruption! Stop attacking our civil rights!

The Obamanists yelled at a America: "Shut up and get out of our way, we don't care what gun-toting, God loving, right-wing nuts have to say!"

The citizens of Massachusetts said: "Don't fire unless you are fired on; but if they want a war, let it begin here."

The Obamanists yelled at America: "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels, or you are all dead men. "

On January 19, 2010 the citizens of Massachusetts said: "FIRE!"

For a number of reasons I took a Holiday Hiatus and for other reasons could not get myself back to writing. Some thought perhaps I had gone into rehab for political junkies, but no, I have been listening and reading... just not writing while I was focusing on other things.

I thought to restart the Republic of Loriland Blogs (Fuss, Cuss and Discuss; The Camel's Back; and ...Of Cabbages and Kings) after Christmas then I thought I would do celebrate the New Year with a relaunch and reflection of the past year, then perhaps on my birthday as my personal New Year's Day.

Finally, on the eve of what might be a historical election (MA special election) I decided to get started and do it all. So what if it is now almost three weeks past New Year's, a week after my birthday, it's my party (blog) and I can do what I want to; so I will be reflecting on the past year, personally, politically and philosophically. I will also be sharing my views on current affairs