how free?

HOW FREE?
We’ve talked before about how much of a flaming douchebag George Washington really was.  Besides the well-known libertarian path trod about the Whiskey Rebellion, there was the very well unknown incident of that good ‘ol Southern aristocrat having troops executed when their families were starving at home and he wouldn’t let them out of military service ( after they had started with no sign-up bonus as promised so any contract breach was on the side of the government )( one of the first but not last incidents of the military keeping folks against their will when it suited The Suits-even as they, for instance, “fought against slavery” ), and the standard go-to strategy of his lining up his men to be slaughtered by much better trained British troops rather than allowing them to fight unconventionally ( Washington didn’t do this because he wanted equal status recognition for his nation as claimed.  He viewed “His” men as peasants and underclass and just cogs in the machine.  The Army hasn’t changed at all in 240 years ). 

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Last night I had to sit through another God-awful episode of Antiques Roadshow ( it ain’t bad, but once  a month or so is enough.  Ball And Chain likes to watch whenever possible ).  And I actually learned something new and exciting.  Washington had a bodyguard unit ( the antique was a piece of jewelry showing the commander of said unit ) that numbered from 150 to 250 members.  At all times.  And they were considered an elite unit.  Now, call me paranoid and suspicious of authority and a real stick in the mud when it comes to being oppressed by rich snobby asswhores, but why would Washington need so many damn men guarding him in a time when money was non-existent for essentials and his men whom he supposedly loved so much were making red tinged  snow angels from lack of shoes.  When there weren’t enough powder or draft animals for cannon.  When France was bailing us out.  Okay, sure, there was a need to protect him from the British.  Why?  Wouldn’t the army with him do that?  Why a special unit?  I stipulate to you that while there might have been a bit of a danger from Crown Loyalists, the bulk of the danger came from his own troops.  He was our first Super Prick President, long before Obammy.  I would go further and ask that we examine a little closer about how free were we in actual fact.  The western migration might not have just been about owning one’s own land ( and by the way, your precious hero Washington screwed a lot of troops out of their promised free land at a profit to himself ) but perhaps a continued search for more freedom, away from the bastards screwing everyone on the East Coast.  Perhaps the Bill Of Rights wasn’t just about individual freedoms but also a guaranteed paycheck to moneyed interests ( Ben would have been interested in having freedom to print anything, for instance.  And the Second Amendment, if it accompanied mandatory militia membership, was a cost-free standing army of conscripts who armed themselves to fight the Indians ).  Perhaps all the fighting was about the rich getting richer.  Just something to think on a bit.

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