History Channel 3 episode series Sons of Liberty, America's original teabaggers

[PRB]

Sun 1/25 at 9.

I am curious to see how fair they portray them.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

"History" Channel 3? Now there must be three times the dumbness.

[PRB]

"History" Channel 3? Now there must be three times the dumbness.

3 episodes, not H3 channel, LOL.

[Danke]

"America's original teabaggers"

Is that a gay porno?

No thanks.

[heavenlyboy34]

"America's original teabaggers"

Is that a gay porno?

No thanks.
LMAO!!! :D That or Amerika's first fraternity hazing...

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

3 episodes, not H3 channel, LOL.

That's how you express three episodes? I guess ESPN 2 is two episodes of sports?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll report back on all the "history" you learnt.

[Origanalist]

America's original teabaggers

PRB'S words, not the History Channel's.

[PRB]

That's how you express three episodes? I guess ESPN 2 is two episodes of sports?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll report back on all the "history" you learnt.

I should've said "History Channel's 3" or "history channel, 3-episode series" Sorry.

But yes, it's not impossible that you can be watching ESPN 2 episode event, or something similar.

[Danke]

PRB'S words, not the History Channel's.

Not that there is anything wrong with PRB's homoness.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I should've said History Channel's 3" or "history channel, 3-episode series" Sorry.




Well, have fun paying for your high quality tee vee programming.

[PRB]

Well, have fun paying for your high quality tee vee programming.

what's more fun?

[Anti Federalist]

"America's original teabaggers"

Is that a gay porno?

No thanks.

Yeah, that.

OP, why did you have to use the insulting terminology in the title?

Bad enough I got to listen to it from the usual suspects.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

OP, why did you have to use the insulting terminology in the title?

Bad enough I got to listen to it from the usual suspects.

It's because the people in my signature line are vicious and vile. Don't mistake them for anything else.

[PRB]

Yeah, that.

OP, why did you have to use the insulting terminology in the title?

Bad enough I got to listen to it from the usual suspects.

because I have a sense of humor, sadly you don't.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

because I have a sense of humor, sadly you don't.


Humor from pay TV is so hilarious. Got teabagger?

[PRB]

Humor from pay TV is so hilarious. Got teabagger?

you got better idea of entertainment? do share.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

you got better idea of entertainment? do share.

Entertainment better than paid TV? No, I have no idea.

[PRB]

Entertainment better than paid TV? No, I have no idea.

Sure you do, or else you wouldn't be mocking me. C'mon, insult me, tell me what better things you do.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Sure you do, or else you wouldn't be mocking me. C'mon, insult me, tell me what better things you do.

No, I think it's great. You get high quality entertainment for a nominal fee. When the price goes up, you can go to Congress and file a grievance. They'll make it right because those high fees disproportionately affect the poor. It's government action at work and at its finest.

[PRB]

No, I think it's great. You get high quality entertainment for a nominal fee. When the price goes up, you can go to Congress and file a grievance.


No, you can't, and I wouldn't. That's what net neutrality people want, I don't. Entertainment is not a right.



They'll make it right because those high fees disproportionately affect the poor. It's government action at work and at its finest.

I don't care if the poor don't have entertainment, it's not a right and I won't support making it a right.

[BV2]

because I have a sense of humor, sadly you don't.
You should consider converting some of that humor into regular sense. I don't care if the poor have entertainment... You were raised on the tube, weren't you? See, the human brain is an INCREDIBLE organ--it even possess sight without seeing! Imagination, imagine that.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

No, you can't, and I wouldn't.


You can, and you did.

[PRB]

You can, and you did.

only in your head. are you so desperate to believe something you just say it to yourself in hopes people won't notice?

[PRB]

You should consider converting some of that humor into regular sense. I don't care if the poor have entertainment... You were raised on the tube, weren't you? See, the human brain is an INCREDIBLE organ--it even possess sight without seeing! Imagination, imagine that.

I guess you can say raised on a tube, as opposed to what? drugs? alcohol? parks? sports? concerts?

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

only in your head. are you so desperate to believe something you just say it to yourself in hopes people won't notice?

In my head? Congress intervenes all the time in TV programming.

[PRB]

In my head? Congress intervenes all the time in TV programming.

we were talking about what I can and what I have done, weren't we? You accused me of wanting to go to Congress to complain about rising entertainment costs, I told you you couldnt and I wouldn't, you responded with "you can and you did", that part is made up in your head.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I told you you couldnt and I wouldn't,


Why would I want to go to Congress?

[PRB]

Why would I want to go to Congress?

why would I?

http://i.imgur.com/mTfjDnb.jpg

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

why would I?

You would support the people who demand the government do something about TV.








Okay, I won't call you a liberal, but do you mind if I still continually neg rep you?

By the way, did you get educated watching your teabag program?

http://i.imgur.com/mTfjDnb.jpg[/QUOTE]

[PRB]

You would support the people who demand the government do something about TV.


No, I would not. Why do you keep saying that? What is your problem?



Okay, I won't call you a liberal, but do you mind if I still continually neg rep you?


No, I don't mind, I can't stop you either.



By the way, did you get educated watching your teabag program?


It was an interesting take, I didn't know about them using secret tokens or marking doors with white T's. I like how it ended, with Crispus Attucks shot.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

What is your problem?






What do you mean?

[PRB]

What do you mean?

Why do you keep calling me a liberal, saying I voted for people I never did, then saying I changed my story about it?

Why do you keep saying I'd do things you wouldn't and I wouldn't?

What is it about me that you are so obsessed with?

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

What is it about me that you are so obsessed with?

I was just wondering how a Pelosi and Obama voter like you ended up on this board. That's all.

[PRB]

I was just wondering how a Pelosi and Obama voter like you ended up on this board. That's all.

I never voted for either of them. Why do you keep saying that?

What did I ever say that leads you to believe I could have voted for Pelosi or Obama? Really.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I never voted for either of them. Why do you keep saying that?




Maybe not the second go around. I don't know about that time. But the first time.

[PRB]

Maybe not the second go around. I don't know about that time. But the first time.

what are you talking about? I never voted for either of them.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

what are you talking about? I never voted for either of them.

Maybe not twice. But once. Didn't you say you voted for Angela Davis, or was that the other liberal like guy on here?

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Just read my signature line and trace it back in the thread. That tells the story on PRB.

[oyarde]

I watched it last night , saw no tea at all .

[PRB]

Maybe not twice. But once. Didn't you say you voted for Angela Davis, or was that the other liberal like guy on here?

Never heard of Angela Davis, or Linda Ronstadt, so you most likely confused me with another person, or are outright intentionally lying.

So please try harder if you're going to accuse me of being a liberal, progressive, Democrat or person who voted for a Democrat.

[PRB]

I watched it last night , saw no tea at all .

yes there was, when they were smuggling wine out of carts in the morning, they hid it with a Tea cover

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Never heard of Angela Davis, or Linda Ronstadt, so you most likely confused me with another person, or are outright intentionally lying.



You never heard of Linda Ronstadt? She was only involved with Jerry Brown, who--I believe--is your current governor. She was big on the southern California music scene, which is where you said you live.

Angela Davis is a communist who has run for president on the communist party ticket.

If you're involved in politics that much and are from southern California, then it's hard to believe you have not heard of Ronstadt. Her contemporaries from the southern California music scene (where you hail) are America, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, The Doors, etc. You must have heard of them.

I think you've heard of Angela Davis and are making it up. You probably voted for her.

[PRB]

You never heard of Linda Ronstadt? She was only involved with Jerry Brown, who--I believe--is your current governor. She was big on the southern California music scene, which is where you said you live.

Angela Davis is a communist who has run for president on the communist party ticket.

If you're involved in politics that much and are from southern California, then it's hard to believe you have not heard of Ronstadt. Her contemporaries from the southern California music scene (where you hail) are America, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, The Doors, etc. You must have heard of them.

I think you've heard of Angela Davis and are making it up. You probably voted for her.

No, I honestly never heard of either. I don't claim to be involved "that much".

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

No, I honestly never heard of either. I don't claim to be involved "that much".

But you knew all about McClintock snubbing Ron Paul, even though McClintock moved out of your district to Fresno. If you know that, then it's hard to believe you never even heard of Linda Ronstadt. Her and Jerry Brown were a huge item that is in the news to this day.

[Lucille]

Never heard of Angela Davis, or Linda Ronstadt, so you most likely confused me with another person, or are outright intentionally lying.

LOL You have never heard of Linda Ronstadt?! When did the mothership drop you off and why didn't they give you a radio?

[Origanalist]

LOL You have never heard of Linda Ronstadt?! When did the mothership drop you off and why didn't they give you a radio?

They figured a tv was enough.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I don't claim to be involved "that much".

McClintock was in the STATE senate. He also ran for lieutenant governor. You claim to not be involved "that much," but you somehow knew about his snub of Ron Paul. You sure know a lot about these lesser known political offices for somebody who claims not to be involved "that much."

Seems to me a snub of Ron Paul from a state senator is fairly negligible for Paul, and not even newsworthy for people who don't even follow this (like you). Frankly--it looks like you just looked up the information. It's obvious you never voted for Ron Paul, so you just found the information on Wikipedia.

[PRB]

McClintock was in the STATE senate.


And?



He also ran for lieutenant governor. You claim to not be involved "that much," but you somehow knew about his snub of Ron Paul.


I don't remember what I did in 2006, but I didn't vote in that election.

Yes, I don't claim to be involved that much, your words. And yes, I am aware of him refusing to endorse Ron Paul because in late 2007, that's a lot of what mattered and I paid a little attention there.



You sure know a lot about these lesser known political offices for somebody who claims not to be involved "that much."


I don't claim to be involved that much, I know the things I do, and whatever I say you have something to say. If I know more than you think you call me a liar, if I know less I'm a liar, there's no way you'd accept what I say, is there?



Seems to me a snub of Ron Paul from a state senator is fairly negligible for Paul


Ok, this is where I can say I know more than you. Tom wasn't know for being a state senator, he was known for being the 3rd place candidate in 2003, somebody "too conservative to win". So that alone made his crowd the best for Ron Paul. On top of that, Ron Paul was almost entirely depending on small time grassroots support, so NOTHING is negligible (i can't believe you think somebody who has ran in an election and known to be a Republican loser, without scandals, is negligible).



, and not even newsworthy for people who don't even follow this (like you). Frankly--it looks like you just looked up the information. It's obvious you never voted for Ron Paul, so you just found the information on Wikipedia.

No. I didn't look this up, you did, which is why you just found out about 2006 Lieutenant governor run and are mixing things up left and right. I spoke from my knowledge and experience, which is very little.

[PRB]

I see where you're coming from right now, this all started with you noticing I use a same username as somebody on DU, at that point, you've never given up on your delusion that I am that same person. You continue to accuse me of being a liberal or claim I voted for people which I clearly didn't. I'll say it again, I never posted on DU, EVER. I can probably count the times I even visited the site.

You have yet to find ONE contradiction or lie in what I said about my voting history, I told you what I know, I told you elections where I didn't vote, you can't find ONE thing I said wrong, so instead, you jump around looking for desperate facts like a conspiracy theorist and try to trump up allegations of "How could you know this" or "how could you NOT know this?" I never claimed to be "that much involved" at anything, somehow that's a crime in your book, I now need to explain what and who I know exactly to your expectations? Not one person I can't know more or know less than you imagine?

If I know something, that's proof I'm a liberal or liar or did my research, if I don't know something, that's proof I'm a bad liar and didn't do research. I just can't win with you? What is your problem? Really? You can't cite ONE line where I ever claimed to have voted for Feinstein, Boxer, Davis, Ronstadt, so you seemed to have settled for "OK, you voted for Arnold, that makes you an airhead". Do you ever get tired of telling lies and expressing your childish imaginations?

[orenbus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYjg1dy-h0

[PRB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYjg1dy-h0

Yep, honestly never heard this song.

[A Son of Liberty]

http://media.giphy.com/media/11gC4odpiRKuha/giphy.gif

[tony m]

Episode 2

Brit top liners call the Boston Tea Party an act of terrorism when directing their remarks to Ben Franklin. This is a major impression to embed into a viewers mind.

Was the word terrorism used back then? I don't recall reading of it's use in any doc's from the era. They do have Franklin responding very well though.

They really have Hancock on the wimpy side.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I see where you're coming from right now, this all started with you noticing I use a same username as somebody on DU, at that point, you've never given up on your delusion that I am that same person. You continue to accuse me of being a liberal or claim I voted for people which I clearly didn't. I'll say it again, I never posted on DU, EVER. I can probably count the times I even visited the site.

You have yet to find ONE contradiction or lie in what I said about my voting history, I told you what I know, I told you elections where I didn't vote, you can't find ONE thing I said wrong, so instead, you jump around looking for desperate facts like a conspiracy theorist and try to trump up allegations of "How could you know this" or "how could you NOT know this?" I never claimed to be "that much involved" at anything, somehow that's a crime in your book, I now need to explain what and who I know exactly to your expectations? Not one person I can't know more or know less than you imagine?

If I know something, that's proof I'm a liberal or liar or did my research, if I don't know something, that's proof I'm a bad liar and didn't do research. I just can't win with you? What is your problem? Really? You can't cite ONE line where I ever claimed to have voted for Feinstein, Boxer, Davis, Ronstadt, so you seemed to have settled for "OK, you voted for Arnold, that makes you an airhead". Do you ever get tired of telling lies and expressing your childish imaginations?


Yeah, okay. I get it. You're slightly progressive, but not an extreme progressive. You could've just said that instead of blathering like a girl. :rolleyes:

[Anti Federalist]

Episode 2

Brit top liners call the Boston Tea Party an act of terrorism when directing their remarks to Ben Franklin. This is a major impression to embed into a viewers mind.

Was the word terrorism used back then? I don't recall reading of it's use in any doc's from the era. They do have Franklin responding very well though.

They really have Hancock on the wimpy side.

I'm glad they drove the point home, but it is an historical inaccuracy.

They, the Crown, would have called the men in Boston "terrorists", but the word had not been coined yet.

It was the Jacobin "reign of terror" in France, roughly twenty five years later, that the term was first used.

[donnay]

Episode 2

Brit top liners call the Boston Tea Party an act of terrorism when directing their remarks to Ben Franklin. This is a major impression to embed into a viewers mind.

Was the word terrorism used back then? I don't recall reading of it's use in any doc's from the era. They do have Franklin responding very well though.

They really have Hancock on the wimpy side.


I agree about predictive programming with the words "act of terrorism." I thought the French were the origin of the term, "Terrorist," but I see it was further back that word was used.



Origins Of The Term Terrorism

The root of the word terrorism is taken from a Latin term that literally means “to frighten”. It became part of the phrase “terror cimbricus”, which was used by ancient Romans in 105BC to describe the panic that ensued as they prepared for an attack by a fierce warrior tribe. Many years later that fact was taken into account during the bloody reign of Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution.

Terror is a feeling of intense and overwhelming fear, and that is exactly what Robespierre brought to the people of France. Following the execution of Louis XVI, Robespierre was made the de facto leader of the French government. He was a member of the Jacobins political party, and used his new found power to attack his political enemies, the Girondins. Thousands of people were executed at Robespierre’s request, and it became one of the bloodiest times in French history. Most of the victims were beheaded using the Guillotine, which was often referred to by the title “The National Razor”. Any opposition to the power of the Jacobins was immediately squashed, and people lived in fear of retribution.

This period of time was referred to as the Reign of Terror, largely in homage to “terror cimbricus”. After nearly a year, the Terror came to an end and Robespierre was overthrown and executed. When it was over, people started to use the word terrorist to describe a person who abuses power through the threat of force. A journalist in the United Kingdom wrote about the Reign of Terror in The Times newspaper, and created the word terrorism as a way to describe the actions of Robespierre. The word became so popular it was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary three years later.

Today the term terrorism has basically the same meaning, although it has become better defined over the years. Whatever the definition becomes, it will still be used to describe intentional acts of violence that are designed to harm or kill citizens in order to intimidate others.
http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/origins-of-the-term-terrorism


Yeah they have Hancock looking like a real poofster.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Eight different firsthand accounts of the Boston Tea Party:

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/accounts.html

[PRB]

Yeah, okay. I get it. You're slightly progressive, but not an extreme progressive. You could've just said that instead of blathering like a girl. :rolleyes:

Yeah, I can't win, when I try to explain myself I'm talking too much. If I don't, I'm not confronting you so I'm not denying your accusations. Instead of telling me how I can't win, how about you stop making accusations?

[oyarde]

yes there was, when they were smuggling wine out of carts in the morning, they hid it with a Tea cover

I wondered what that was , I have no idea , but figured teas was not in bags then , slightly before my time , looked like coffee or crappy potash to me .

[oyarde]

No teabaggers or, terrorists , just tyrants , taxes , thieves , oppression ,murderers , same as current just at a less grand scale than today .

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

...how about you stop making accusations?


Dude, I just calls 'em as I sees 'em. So you're just playing opposite. I'm sure that's not being disingenuous in your mind because it's so obvious. It's like you're being so blatantly ridiculous that people would have to know. I know; I got that already.

And I see you negated the neg rep you gave me with a plus rep. I'm glad we're back to being friends.

[oyarde]

While the Mass. Gov. offered a $60 bounty for scalps in 1744 , including woman and children . I am happy to say none were taken from my people , nor do I regret those we took from the British later . No charge on those .

[PRB]

somebody's trying to correct the 'myths' of Samuel Adams.
http://news.yahoo.com/five-big-myths-samuel-adams-history-channel-series-144409583.html

[acesfull]

They need to cast some hot looking colonial woman for this series...

[Koz]

I watched some of this last night. Notice, they have two assault weapons in the logo for the series. I like that.

I definitely noticed some inaccuracies, we know that Paul Revere never uttered the words "the British are coming" and he does that in the show. Also, Sam Adams looks like he is 25, and I believe from recollection he was in his 40's when the tea party occured. Gage's wife made out with Dr. Warren, but I'm pretty sure Dr. Warren was married with kids. I guess he could have made out with Gage's wife, but implausible. Gage's wife definitely sides with the colonists, and we know that much is true. We are also pretty sure she is the one who passed Gage's plan to Dr. Warren. Although I believe this historically unproven but widely accepted.


Overall it didn't seem like the producers were too worried about being historically accurate and took some liberties making the series. Not a bad show overall though.

Better kids watch something like this series than dancing with the stars or some other bs show.

Just my two cents.

[PRB]

I watched some of this last night. Notice, they have two assault weapons in the logo for the series. I like that.


they got that from either railroad crossing or sXe

[donnay]

I watched some of this last night. Notice, they have two assault weapons in the logo for the series. I like that.

I definitely noticed some inaccuracies, we know that Paul Revere never uttered the words "the British are coming" and he does that in the show. Also, Sam Adams looks like he is 25, and I believe from recollection he was in his 40's when the tea party occured. Gage's wife made out with Dr. Warren, but I'm pretty sure Dr. Warren was married with kids. I guess he could have made out with Gage's wife, but implausible. Gage's wife definitely sides with the colonists, and we know that much is true. We are also pretty sure she is the one who passed Gage's plan to Dr. Warren. Although I believe this historically unproven but widely accepted.


Overall it didn't seem like the producers were too worried about being historically accurate and took some liberties making the series. Not a bad show overall though.

Better kids watch something like this series than dancing with the stars or some other bs show.

Just my two cents.

I believe Sam Adams was thirteen years older than cousin John Adams.

[Anti Federalist]

Sam Adams was born in 1722.

He would have been 53 years old in 1775.

Nothing at all like the man portrayed in the series.

[PRB]

Sam Adams was born in 1722.

He would have been 53 years old in 1775.

Nothing at all like the man portrayed in the series.

How do you know people back then didn't look younger at 50? They didn't have vaccines, GMOs or chemtrails, they lived healthier and longer.

[Chester Copperpot]

Eight different firsthand accounts of the Boston Tea Party:

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/accounts.html

that was an excellent read

[georgiaboy]

Switched over to catch a portion of one of the episodes now.

Ben Franklin stated that the idea to form a new country, uniting the 13 colonies, was a "bat shit crazy idea". And he supported it.

That makes me happy.

[georgiaboy]

Showing Bunker Hill now.

The redcoats are wearing black scarves that they often cover nose and mouths with, looking like ninja cowboy bandits. Never seen these scarves before. Did they have them? I can see how it would help cut down the smoke inhalation.

[PRB]

Showing Bunker Hill now.

The redcoats are wearing black scarves that they often cover nose and mouths with, looking like ninja cowboy bandits. Never seen these scarves before. Did they have them? I can see how it would help cut down the smoke inhalation.

Did you notice a female red coat when they were doing a march in the city?

Also, I had to laugh when I saw Hank Schrader playing Franklin!

[PRB]

Switched over to catch a portion of one of the episodes now.

Ben Franklin stated that the idea to form a new country, uniting the 13 colonies, was a "bat shit crazy idea". And he supported it.

That makes me happy.

the modern vernacular they use is indeed funny

[oyarde]

How do you know people back then didn't look younger at 50? They didn't have vaccines, GMOs or chemtrails, they lived healthier and longer.

If they lived that long ( did not die from some infection ) , probably looked the same except for dental . The White guys , anyway .