Shout it from the roof tops.
Written by: Beck
Today, during one of my usual lengthy forays into the World Wide Web, I stumbled upon a quote. It is an old quote, but it is an extraordinarily good one. I immediately thought to myself, "Self, you should put that quote you've stumbled upon in a place where lots of people will see it." Inasmuch as I'm too chicken-shit to sneak down to the airport and deface every airplane I can find with graffiti, I've decided to plaster it here, on this little corner of the web I share with three other nut-cases.
At first I thought to title my post "Quote of the Day," but that would imply a daily quote output I'm not anywhere near prepared to maintain. I'd already been toying with a quote of the week concept (perhaps still to come), but frankly, I didn't want to debase the importance and relevance of what I've got in store for you (the tension--can you feel it?!) through comparison with any future quotes. So, instead, I settled on the really long, rambling, nonsensical introduction you've just finished reading (assuming you made it this far). So here it goes:
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
--George Washington
Anyone who questions why I find this little line of Washington's so important, or worthy of such an overblown overture, need no longer read this web site. No wait, I take that back. Anyone who doesn't understand the importance of that quote is in greater need of reading this website than anyone else. Otherwise, I'm just preaching to the converted.