Colt 45
01-30-2010, 09:11 PM
Where were the Sunshine Patriots? (http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-opinion/ci_14298749)
Alamogordo Daily News
Letter to the editor
Posted: 01/30/2010 12:00:00 AM MST
I must admit, when I heard that firearms were to be carried at a protest and tea party, I was somewhat worried. There is always the problem of some nut opening fire on the crowd.
I am, as a citizen of Alamogordo, very proud of the way the police handled the crowd Jan. 2, without being a constant presence. There was the feeling they were close at hand.
Now, what are Sunshine Patriots? It was a term coined by Thomas Paine in 1776 for the patriots who were great at talking the talk, but lax when it came to walking the walk. Today's version of the Sunshine Patriots are people that are content to have a refrigerator with a 12-pack of beer and an NFL game on TV.
"Simple pleasures can't do anything about Washington anyway!" Want to bet? The 350 patriots on the Alameda Zoo side of 10th Street were tired of our Constitution being raped and our Bill of Rights ignored by the one party system we now have in Washington. Maybe some of those patriots remembered when an entire nation was swayed by an elegant speaker. His name was Adolph Hitler and the rest is history.
Yes, there were Sunshine Patriots standing on the opposite side of the street at most six or eight and I certainly would defend their right of free assembly and speech to the death.
The mathematics certainly didn't work out for the two-party system; 350 patriots and only six or eight liberals. Those patriots wanted to send a message to Washington that they would prefer compromise rather than confrontation, and ballots instead of bullets.
However, if the message is ignored, then the trend could be reversed with tragic results for all concerned.
As an American, I know our love for this country can be the thing that unites us. Think it over.
Tom Macon, La Luz
Alamogordo Daily News
Letter to the editor
Posted: 01/30/2010 12:00:00 AM MST
I must admit, when I heard that firearms were to be carried at a protest and tea party, I was somewhat worried. There is always the problem of some nut opening fire on the crowd.
I am, as a citizen of Alamogordo, very proud of the way the police handled the crowd Jan. 2, without being a constant presence. There was the feeling they were close at hand.
Now, what are Sunshine Patriots? It was a term coined by Thomas Paine in 1776 for the patriots who were great at talking the talk, but lax when it came to walking the walk. Today's version of the Sunshine Patriots are people that are content to have a refrigerator with a 12-pack of beer and an NFL game on TV.
"Simple pleasures can't do anything about Washington anyway!" Want to bet? The 350 patriots on the Alameda Zoo side of 10th Street were tired of our Constitution being raped and our Bill of Rights ignored by the one party system we now have in Washington. Maybe some of those patriots remembered when an entire nation was swayed by an elegant speaker. His name was Adolph Hitler and the rest is history.
Yes, there were Sunshine Patriots standing on the opposite side of the street at most six or eight and I certainly would defend their right of free assembly and speech to the death.
The mathematics certainly didn't work out for the two-party system; 350 patriots and only six or eight liberals. Those patriots wanted to send a message to Washington that they would prefer compromise rather than confrontation, and ballots instead of bullets.
However, if the message is ignored, then the trend could be reversed with tragic results for all concerned.
As an American, I know our love for this country can be the thing that unites us. Think it over.
Tom Macon, La Luz