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You've all read the story -here's the video

Started by Johnnyappleseed, August 29, 2012, 01:31:24 PM

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Johnnyappleseed

August 29, 2012, 01:31:24 PM
Here is the YouTube link:
http://youtu.be/7l7Enw9X_tg

Many of us have thought the short story "Sundown on Coffin rock was one of the best stories ever written .
The above link takes you to the video version of it .
Suprisingly I like it better than written version which I have read many times.

To the mods , feel free to delete or move if required .
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge

LadyVetch

#1
August 29, 2012, 04:05:20 PM
Wow!  I've never read the story before...

The saddest thing for me was my 13 yr son's response.... 
  I was surprised
  He wasn't

Is the ship already sunk?

LV

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Two Wolves

#2
August 29, 2012, 04:39:28 PM
That was just a littlle TOO realistic for me. Thanks JA for sharing.~ Two Wolves
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yellowhousejake

#3
August 29, 2012, 07:59:48 PM
That guy needs to get to an Appleseed.

YHJ
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Johnnyappleseed

#4
August 30, 2012, 12:51:17 PM
I intialy read the story in Dillions "Blue Press" as you recall they did  did a story promoting AS .

For those  us who were discouraged after seeing or reading "sundown of coffin rock" The author has kindly provided a sequel titled "Sunrise at Coffin rock" .
While we AS need not be concerned with such a scenario as Appleseed is a vehicle for restoring liberty via the ballot box,the stories are thought provoking and realistic enough to motivate us even more to 7th step.

YHJ I sure agree , that guy ,like the rest of our nation sure needs Appleseed ! O0
wonder if his website allows for contact?
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge

TaosGlock

#5
August 30, 2012, 02:27:13 PM
 Thanks for posting that JA!
I too read that years back in the DBP. A real spark igniter.
Sad indeed.
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Johnnyappleseed

#6
August 31, 2012, 12:07:53 PM
For sure Dan

As I recall talking with you at the El Paso event , you have read everrything ! ;D 

I believe the 1st day you wore a "tyranny response team "shirt , I was so impressed as I had never seen one before but had heards lots of the great work this group did .

Day 2 you wore the famous " farmer with assault rifle shirt " which is now your avatar ^5 O0

 
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Calvin Coolidge

scuzzy

#7
August 31, 2012, 12:16:32 PM
After watching that video I realize I need to double my efforts. It is an all too real outcome of what may happen if the direction of this country doesn't change.
An Armed Society is a polite society. Heinlein.

oladcock

#8
August 31, 2012, 12:33:38 PM
I think history has shown if it's time to bury them, it's time to use them. I have high hopes with the present climate we're a long way from that. The alarms are ringing louder than ever......O.L.
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August 31, 2012, 12:44:10 PM
Quote from: oladcock on August 31, 2012, 12:33:38 PM
I think history has shown if it's time to bury them, it's time to use them. I have high hopes with the present climate we're a long way from that. The alarms are ringing louder than ever......O.L.

What oladcock said.

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Johnnyappleseed

#10
September 07, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
I understand the creator of this excelent video is planning on doing the sequel as well .

AS is the only venue that can guarentee these short stories and video's remain in the fiction category .

Hopefully we can  look back at these stories in a decade or so and say thankfully  americans learned our freedoms and
changed the course of history .

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge

TaosGlock

#11
September 07, 2012, 12:52:38 PM
Quote from: Johnnyappleseed on September 07, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
I understand the creator of this excelent video is planning on doing the sequel as well .

AS is the only venue that can guarentee these short stories and video's remain in the fiction category .

Hopefully we can  look back at these stories in a decade or so and say thankfully  americans learned our freedoms and
changed the course of history .
Eggsactly! O0 O0
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Their walls are filled with cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me-Grateful Dead
Liberty is not a cruise ship full of pampered passengers. It is a man of war and we are all crew-Boston T. Party
"Make no mistake, when you cheer for the people of the American Revolution, you are cheering for traitors and criminals.
They broke the law, because liberty is always illegal"- Larken Rose

Johnnyappleseed

#12
September 07, 2012, 09:38:33 PM
Many of us who have read the provisions of international law know this story has a basis in fact regarding other disarmed nations.

it bears repeating ,Interntional Law states Rapist's, murderers, home invasion crews and every form of thug will be protected against gun violence.

it doesn't really say that --- the words are " The right to be free from gun violence"
although it doesnt take a great imagination to figure out who will be the "victims"

Lets use the film as motivation to further fill the lines and honor those who wrote the declaration and bill of rights .
Knowledge and promotion of these founding documents are a great defense and offense against the adoption of "international law"
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge
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