I find myself uncharacteristically hesitant to
let it flow on this particular subject, because, in the words of the magnificent
Orson Welles, playing
Professor Charles Rankin in
The Stranger:
I have a way of making enemies when I'm on that Subject.
But there are some
Fundamental Truths that the Mists of History have quietly erased from the memories of all but a very few...
Truths that I feel a passionate ~ even
desperate ~ imperative
to fight to keep alive:
1 ~ The other 44 States owe an
astonishingly enormous debt to
New EngLand.
2 ~ And we of
New EngLand own an equally astonishing and utterly incomparable
Legacy...and
Responsibility.
3 ~ Why? Simple: At
The Battle of Lexington, at
The Battle of Concord, and at
The Battle of Bunker Hill, we
Yankees ~ again: we
Yankees ~ fought
alone...and we beat the
schitte out'f the most powerfull Nation in the entire
World: The British Empire.
The Astonishing Yankee Victory at Concord's North Bridge
Ralph Waldo Emerson Doth Indeed Say It Best:
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard round the world.
4 ~ And it was because we
Shocked The World ~ because we, and we
alone,
Shocked The World ~ that the other 9 Colonies found the Courage to join us ~
despite seemingly insurmountable odds, and against the most powerfull nation in the World!! ~ in
The Most Magnificent War in History: The American Revolutionary War.
5 ~ "
Yankee" ~ look it up if you don't believe me, Brothers and Sisters!! ~ is a term whose origins ~ like many terms ~ are shrouded in the Mists of History...But by the time it came into prevalent use ~ in the 18th Century ~ there was absolutely
no question to whom it referred:
A Yankee was, is, and will always be ONLY a Native of New EngLand.
Please Read: I Have NO Wish To Make Fresh Enemies!!
1 ~ I would
not presume to change anyone's language ~
I only explain my own!!
2 ~
It is only because of New EngLand's dominance of America's History and Character that "Yankee" has come to be applied ~ incorrectly ~ to ALL Americans.
3 ~ The offensive and pathetic choice of the
New York Nine to change their name to
"Yankees" in
1913 ~
an Abomination of a Year, if ever there was one ~ can only be described as the manifestation of an acute case of
Yankee Envy:
They wanted to be us so badly that they named themselves after us!!
But they will never
be Yankees,
even should they claim that name for another 1000 years!!
Why I Feel So Strongly About This
1 ~ Only
once in History has a Nation fought a
War of Independence for the simple but magnificent Principle of
Liberty.
2 ~ Not for
Money.
3 ~ Not for
Power.
4 ~ Not for
Regional Autonomy.
5 ~ Of course all of these were
supporting causes, mind you.
6 ~
No. Our
Soldiers ~ our
Patriots ~ fought, above all else, for
Liberty.
7 ~ Our
Soldiers ~ our
Patriots ~ fought against the most powerfull Nation in the entire
World.
8 ~ And we of New EngLand ~ we
Yankees ~ fought
alone.
9 ~ Yet some
how, some
way...
we kicked their @$$es!!
The Battle of Bunker Hill
10 ~ And in so doing, we inspired the rest of America to summon the Courage to
join us.
And together we forged a
Miracle: The Independence of this Magnificent Nation.
Sam Adams ~ The Yankee Patriot Who Started It ALL!!
So,
yeah.
I am prouder to be a
Yankee than I am to be a
Mammal.
And I'll be
damned if I'm
ever gonna let a bunch of New York wannabees rob me of
my Heritage, just because they
wish they were
Yankees...
And perhaps because they wish they weren't the only state that abstained ~ LINK!! ~ from voting for The Declaration of Independence!!
And I'll never stop defending my right ~ our right ~ to that Sacred Heritage even if I'm the last Man in the Galaxy who claims the Privilege...and the Responsibility...of being a Yankee to be ours...and ours, alone.
