By the rude bridge that arched the flood, their flag to April's breeze unfurled, here once the embattled farmer stood and fired the shot heard round the world.
In the Concord Hymn, Emerson wrote a moving and effective memorial for the citizen militia who a generation or so before had defended the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts and repulsed multiple assaults by larger British forces to delay those soldiers so that their efforts to seize colonial armories could be thwarted. Emerson isn't my favorite poet, but his connection to that place and time gave him a special perspective on the events at Concord and the first verse of the hymn is particularly good at summing up the commitment and accomplishment of those few, brave men.
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26 - Dave Nalle
With Anthony Grande more or less gone we've got a lot less of that going on from the right. Most of those who remain at least attempt to make rational arguments, unsuccessful though some of them are.
Dave
27 - gonzo marx
well..i can think of Just One Example...
but i digress
for the most part, the discussions have been pretty good, and we seem to be generating a core from all sides who are willing to sit and not only talk rationally, but listen
and to me, that is a damn fine Victory, and shows just how far BC has come
it also gives me some Hope for our Republic if we can come so far in microcosm
and thanks for the Article...truly
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28 - Mark Edward Manning
"I don't see the problem so long as you aim your gun so the parabola ends on the house of a democrat."
LOL. I completely second this sentiment, but only the Dean-Hillary-Kerry component.
I have no problem with Democrats who take their lead from Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman. Leave them be.
29 - gonzo marx
so shooting at those you disagree with is OK by you?
interesting style of politics...i am guessing you learned it from Castro?
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30 - Mark Edward Manning
Gonzo, do you get satire? Or are you in serious mode? (I know what I said about being serious all the time, but I was poking fun here. Honestly.)
31 - Dave Nalle
I have no problem with Democrats who take their lead from Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman.
I kind of like Miller, but frankly Leiberman's a creepy statist who I'd like to see permanently retired even if it puts another new england socialist in the seat.
Dave
32 - gonzo marx
/sigh
suggesting you "learned it from Castro", you being the stick up the ass far right wing fascist you are Mark..IS satire...
i Agree with you, Dave about Lieberman...i also think he cost Gore the election in 2000...as far as Miller goes, he should have jumped to the GOP 25 years ago, or at least doen the head exploding scanners thing that night at the GOP convention when he wanted to challenge Matthews to a duel..
THAT woudl have been great TV, and the highpoint of Miller's kooky carreer
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33 - Dave Nalle
You've got to admit that when he gets up a head of steam Miller is a hell of a lot of fun. And if you've read his book he's actually dead on about the decline of the democratic party, though I'm not sure he ever should have been in the party in the first place.
Dave
34 - gonzo marx
i must disagree there...i think MIller is a fruitbat of the highest order...and yes, he should have gone GOP ages ago...like when he first took office after the civil war...
but i digress
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35 - Dave Nalle
Have you read his book, gonzo? He's actually got some real insights into how and where the democrats lost their way.
Dave
36 - gonzo marx
i have read some...promptly threw up and then had some nice laughs...
not worth my time finishing it, since i think the man is mentally deranged on many levels
i agree, he makes a decent point on occasions...
but even a broken clock is right twice a day
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37 - Dave Nalle
Damn, I was going to use that line about a broken clock but I forgot to.
Dave