Sam Adams

"If ye 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

"That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms ... " -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at 86-87 (Pierce & Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)







Saturday, April 5, 2014

Pirates and Patriots Award to Our Animal Friends

"If only we could elect dogs to our Congress - we'd be a better governed country. "
 
This Pirates and Patriots Award is to Our Animal Friends, who offer us love, affection, care, and protection. Whether the animal is a legendary mother wolf who raised the Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome, or the mother dog who saved and cared for an abandoned infant, these animals show an understanding of compassion that we can always learn from.

As noted in Ancient History Encyclopedia's article "Romulus and Remus."
http://www.ancient.eu.com/Romulus_and_Remus/
"The twins were first discovered by a she-wolf or lupa, who suckled them and they were fed by a wood-pecker or picus."

Romulus and Remus by Peter Paul Rubens 1577 to 1640
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens,_Peter_Paul_-_Romulus_and_Remus_-_1614-1616.jpg
As noted:
Newborn Baby Saved by Stray Dog: Story of Baby Abandoned in Forest Viral 8 Years Later
By , Epoch Times | March 28, 2014
 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/588337-newborn-baby-saved-by-stray-bog-story-of-baby-abandoned-in-forest-goes-viral-8-years-later/
"A story about a newborn baby who was abandoned in a forest only to be rescued by a stray dog...has gone viral–eight years later.
The baby was later taken to a “shed where the infant was discovered nestled with her litter of puppies … definitely man’s best friend,” ...The post has a photo of a baby and a dog–not the same ones as in the real story."

As noted:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7792445/ns/health-pet_health/t/stray-dog-saves-life-abandoned-baby/#.U0DYqEnn-tV

updated 5/10/2005 3:25:50 PM ET 2005-05-10T19:25:50
A stray dog saved the life of a newborn baby after finding the abandoned infant in a forest and apparently carrying it across a busy road and through some barbed wire to her litter of puppies, witnesses said.
 
As noted:
"Mkombozi the Stray Dog Saved the Life of a Newborn."
"She reckoned it was a young animal and possibly wanted to bring it up," Gilchrist said. "It is something to do with the canine-human bond. Other dogs might have just left her there to die. ... She's obviously a very special dog," 
Read more at http://www.dogheirs.com/tamara/posts/533-mkombozi-the-stray-dog-saved-the-life-of-a-newborn-baby#4bIwVbo2d8poczQ1.99
 
As noted:
"Jade, Hero German Shepherd, Saves Newborn Baby Abandoned In Birmingham Park In England."
Posted:   |  Updated: 01/23/2014 6:58 pm EST
"If only we could elect dogs to our Congress - we'd be a better governed country. "
4 Nov 2013 6:13 AM