tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27070282.post116619079710491001..comments2023-10-30T03:35:39.232-05:00Comments on American Federalist Blog: Conquest of America III: The IntruderMichael Tamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16861899520031696061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27070282.post-79833725422436883092006-12-29T09:06:00.000-06:002006-12-29T09:06:00.000-06:00Having the ability to act while lacking the author...Having the ability to act while lacking the authority would certainly be less than ideal, but I wonder if it wouldn't be a case of "better to ask forgiveness than permission."<br /><br />The .45 auto is an excellent choice, by the way. Nothing like that huge hole in the muzzle to get some miscreant's attention.<br /><br />You didn't specify just how hard Eb hit the invader, but I was once advised by a cop that when dealing with a situation like that, it's always best to go ahead and put the criminal out of his misery. That way there's only one story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27070282.post-1166625399707627242006-12-20T08:36:00.000-06:002006-12-20T08:36:00.000-06:00I second Hamilton's thoughts, great story - great ...I second Hamilton's thoughts, great story - great post!<BR/><BR/>I have some thoughts on the matter...<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that Ebenezer made it his purpose to prepare and equip his boys for battle should that training and equipment prove necessary. The strategic placement of weapons throughout the house, their knowledge of those placements, the eldest's quick and decisive actions, and so on, all leading to that conclusion. <BR/><BR/>Nutty question: What good would Ebenezer's efforts have been; what security to life, liberty, property, could he derive from a home and family so equipped and trained, minus the authority to act in his stead - in his absence, while he slept, or even while he was drunk on the wine of paternal authority exercised absolutely?Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27070282.post-1166496262774443032006-12-18T20:44:00.000-06:002006-12-18T20:44:00.000-06:00Samuel,I've been away, and look at what you've gon...Samuel,<BR/><BR/>I've been away, and look at what you've gone and done! Taken an issue that is clouded with rhetoric, emotion and duplicity and made it as clear as day. Bravo.<BR/><BR/>-AHMichael Tamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16861899520031696061noreply@blogger.com