Some folks believe what they want to believe

I get all kinds of comments on this blog. Some are spot on while others are way out there. Consider this one:

I think the patriots that created this country would be very happy with it these so many years later. They would be amazed at some, perplexed by others but they would recognize the foundations of freedom they laid are still evident in the structure this great country has become. Your inability to recognize that is startling.

Contrast that with this from a real Patriot:

"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

Samuel Adams speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776

"[L]ick the hands which feed you." The reader leaving the comment is the hound seeking table scraps.

What among the current "train of abuses and usurpations" would the signers of the Declaration of Independence approve?

It seems that some folks create their own history to fit their worldview -- self-delusion, I suppose. But to be so far off the mark. Amazing.

Note: The quote from Adams is courtesy of FREEDOM WATCH. FEEDOM WATCH provides"information pertaining to government abuse of power, trashing of the Constitution, illegal immigration, 2nd Amendment, political correctness run amok, etc. It is FREE and sent to you via E-mail. To subscribe send an e-mail to: FreedomWatch-subscribe@topica.com."