New Facts Emerge About Boston Tea Party

[Ben Kenobi]

Maybe not entirely correct here - but the Stamp act was passed by parliament without the consent of the colonists, withdrawn and then restored and replaced by other taxes. And some of the Sons of Liberty were killed in the conflicts prior to the revolutionary war. And yes, tea was one of the commodities which were subject to the tax.

What's the beef here, or is this one of the usual, "tell lies about conservatives who get the broad strokes correct, but miss a fine detail along the way?"

[Ben Kenobi]

This is the beginning of a plan to make violent overthrow of the government seem OK by recasting our history

And Jefferson's quote on 'watering the tree of liberty' does not? For all the hue and cry about 'rebellion' levelled against the south - they did nothing that wasn't done by the Yankees.

[Ban Kenobi]

Canadian monarchists can go **** themselves.

[molly bloom]

Who got their head blown off in Boston back in 1773?

John Holmes by Linda Lovelace. It's the raunchy retro approach to history.

[pchang]

Make love, not war.

[TCO]

I'm not reading the thread, but wasn't pchang one of the 30 something econoposters (We are all now 40 something).

Wow...time flies.

[pchang]

Yes. 40's now. Not too long until I hit 50.

[Uncle Sparky]

Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove View Post

Who got their head blown off in Boston back in 1773?

John Holmes by Linda Lovelace. It's the raunchy retro approach to history.

This depends on your definitions of 'head', 'blown', and 'off'. B. Clinton wrote a book on this topic.

[MRT144]

And Jefferson's quote on 'watering the tree of liberty' does not? For all the hue and cry about 'rebellion' levelled against the south - they did nothing that wasn't done by the Yankees.

Jefferson owned slaves and boned one on the reg. I'll take his outdated ideas with a grain of salt.

[Dinner]

Ahh, Fox. Propaganda for the stupid by the stupid. Glossing over the errors in their description of the Boston Tea Party... I would like to know why they never seem to know the difference between England, Great Britain, or the UK because they incorrectly use those names as if they were interchangeable.

[Ban Kenobi]

Because Scotland and Northern Ireland are insignificant.

[The Mad Monk]

Apparently Obama can't get enough of them.

[Kidlicious]

I know something that a lot of people don't know too.

[Lorizael]

I know something that a lot of people don't know too.

This is an interesting issue within epistemology. If what you "know" is certifiably insane and untrue, do you actually "know" it?

[Kidlicious]

This is an interesting issue within epistemology. If what you "know" is certifiably insane and untrue, do you actually "know" it?

Things that you know aren't insane. Only people are insane.