[StBernard] HBO's John Adams

[Westley Annis]

Laurie,

Particularly when seeing what's going on in the Presidential race hearing
candidates say words like "sacrafice" and "commitment," those idiots don't
have the slightest clue as to what those words truly mean.  Such words are
used and thrown around during elections to the point of being meaningless.
Watching the John Adams series and learning what our founding fathers risked
demonstrates the substance of those words.

Well, I'll cut McCain some slack on this considering the years he was
brutally tortured by the North Vietnamese.  I'd like to know how long
Hillary and Obama would have lasted in the Hanoi Hilton.

John Scurich


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John,

I, too, have been watching "John Adams".  I agree with you and find it to be
wonderfully done.  I am enjoying recalling some of the history I learned in
school that I had forgotten.  It is very well done and thought provoking.  I
must say I was especially disturbed by the by the scene with the British
customs director (or was he the tax collector?) being tarred and feathered.
I didn't realize how horrible that mob punishment was!  Horrible!!  Seeing
how severe small pox were back then was also very disturbing.  Thank God for
modern medicine.  Watching this program will make you appreciate our
wonderful country and all that was sacrificed, and also the hardships, bared
by our fore fathers.  We've come a long way.

Laurie