Victory was not only not assured, but
from the standpoint of
human logic, rediculously unlikely.
Brittain was, at that time, the
foremost military power of the Western
World and the American
colonies had no army, no navy and very
little money. Besides
that, kings were dominant in the world
and some who hated
the British were not willing to help
somebody dump a king.
Moreover, we had plenty of people here
in the USA that were opposed to the
war (sound familiar?) John Adams
estimated that about one third were for it,
one third against it and the rest just
straddling the fence waiting to see who
would win.
But, we had a leader who, though he
made some serious mistakes, he never
gave up or faltered - - and his
name was George (sound familiar?)
The army they got together was a ragtag
army if there ever was one.
Many of them deserted. When winter
came on, many just went home
- - but then came back in the Spring.
In a way this was one of our
strengths because war in that primitive
day was nearly impossible
to wage in winter. The British
had to feed and house their troops
through the winter, but the colonists
did not have the resources to
do so.
This book should be required reading
in all our schools. It is a fascinating book.
It came in the mail one morning
and I could not put it down. I read the whole
book that day.
JMC
Constitutional Chaos
by judge Andrew Napolitano
- Judge, law professor and legal analyst
for Fox News
It tells what happens when the government
breaks it's own laws.
In it, he gives some pretty horrible
examples of what has happened on
such occasions and talks about the
potential for abuse under
The Patriot Act.
That law is scary and blatently unconstitutional.
The Bush administration's
defense is basicly to point out that
the potential bad stuff hasn't happened
so far and won't under his administration.
But, what about the future?
Napolitano says it should die.
I must agree with him.
JMC
A Home in the Forest
By J. Marvin Chastain
A real life story of modern day "homesteading"
on the Olympic
Peninsula. How we found and purchased
land on the peninsula,
then on retiring, parked a trailer
on it dealt with wild life and even
wilder state and county inspectors,
built our retirement home
here. The book contains 26 pages
of color photos of wild life,
shipping passing by, people and animals.
Available for $17 at local book stores (Page Turners, Olympic Stationers, Port Book)