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Quote of the Day: George III on Rebellion
A Proclamation, by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
King George III
August 23, 1775Whereas many of our subjects in divers parts of our Colonies and Plantations in North America, misled by dangerous and ill designing men, and forgetting the allegiance which they owe to the power that has protected and supported them; after various disorderly acts committed in disturbance of the publick peace, to the obstruction of lawful commerce, and to the oppression of our loyal subjects carrying on the same; have at length proceeded to open and avowed rebellion, by arraying themselves in a hostile manner, to withstand the execution of the law, and traitorously preparing, ordering and levying war against us: And whereas, there is reason to apprehend that such rebellion hath been much promoted and encouraged by the traitorous correspondence, counsels and comfort of divers wicked and desperate persons within this Realm: To the end therefore, that none of our subjects may neglect or violate their duty through ignorance thereof, or through any doubt of the protection which the law will afford to their loyalty and zeal, we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue our Royal Proclamation, hereby declaring, that not only all our Officers, civil and military, are obliged to exert their utmost endeavours to suppress such rebellion, and to bring the traitors to justice, but that all our subjects of this Realm, and the dominions thereunto belonging, are bound by law to be aiding and assisting in the suppression of such rebellion, and to disclose and make known all traitorous conspiracies and attempts against us, our crown and dignity; and we do accordingly strictly charge and command all our Officers, as well civil as military, and all others our obedient and loyal subjects, to use their utmost endeavours to withstand and suppress such rebellion, and to disclose and make known all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which they shall know to be against us, our crown and dignity; and for that purpose, that they transmit to one of our principal Secretaries of State, or other proper officer, due and full information of all persons who shall be found carrying on correspondence with, or in any manner or degree aiding or abetting the persons now in open arms and rebellion against our Government, within any of our Colonies and Plantations in North America, in order to bring to condign punishment the authors, perpetrators, and abetters of such traitorous designs.
Given at our Court at St. James’s the twenty-third day of August, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, in the fifteenth year of our reign.
GOD save the KING.
It was on this day in 1775 that King George III made his proclamation against sedition and rebellion in his colonies and authorized the use of force. What are you doing to celebrate?
Published in Group Writing
Probably.
That was kinda ambiguous so I guess we mark you down as Gender Questioning. To be honest I can’t the difference between that and Gender Fluid or Gender Variant, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
More of humanity questioning.
So maybe a Bronie? Or a Congressthing?
Much classier.
Maybe its time let my inner self have the Ricochet avatar I deserve instead of the macho one I currently hide behind.
Then again, maybe not.
Extra credit: Name the sexual identity depicted above.
Trek Beard?
Irredeemably single?
Shatner-Sexual. Or Pan-Stewartxual.
Or the elegant simplicity of ‘Trekxual.’
“If I could get my membership fee back, I’d resign from the human race.”-Fred Allen
Alceste: “I fall into the deepest melancholy
When I survey this scene of human folly.
Mankind has grown so base,
I mean to break with the whole human race!”
Imaginary blog moderator: “This philosophic rage seems a bit extreme
Why, you’ve no idea how comical you seem.”
I came up with a term involving a romantic involvement with tribbles but prudence (however residual in my case) dictates it remain unwritten.
You don’t want to have to moderate yourself.
Fred really was a gentleman ahead of his time.
Picture Fred Allen, HL Mencken, Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce standing around the piano enjoying Tom Lehr. What would be the title of such a portrait?
I don’t know, but it would be brilliant, and I want one.
Heaven
Me too! “The Pessimists Club.”
I thought they were optimists? 😜
Over the mantle, there’s a portrait of Thomas Hobbes.
Or if it were cartoon style, and instead of having them stand around a piano, they were heads in Futurama style jars on a shelf with a dilapidated sign that said “The Pessimists Club” on top. Or “The Hobbes Group” have them all positioned in office chairs under studio lights à la the McLoughlin Group.
Night Ivories.
“Issue One! On a scale of one to ten, would you call life nasty, short, or brutish? I ask you, Elinor-gee-I-think-you-re swellanor!”
(Elinor Clift) Um…nasty?
“Wrong! What about you, Mortunio?”
(Morton Kondracke) “Short”
“Wrong! I turn to you, Pat!”
(Pat Buchanan) “Brutish”
“Correct! Bye bye!”
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