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Offline surfingator

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Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
« on: June 11, 2012, 07:57:55 PM »
Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
back in 1850?

California became a state
The people had no electricity.
The state had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.

So basically nothing has changed
except then the women had real boobs
and the men didn't hold hands.

That, my friends, is the history lesson for today!
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Re: Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 08:29:06 PM »
 ::hysterical::
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."

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Re: Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 07:33:41 AM »
Heh.
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.

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Re: Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 10:41:06 AM »

 ::hanging::

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Re: Did you know what happened 162 years ago this fall...
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 12:44:40 PM »
 ::laughonfloor::
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” 
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