Originally Posted by minusonebit

Did you know that Congress didnt even bother to pay the salaries it had promised to officers of the Continential Army? I didnt. But I wasnt surprised to learn of it. Apparently they finally settled up, but only because the officers threatened mutiny against the newly formed Congress.

Funny how this corrupt little cesspool of a country hasnt changed one damn bit. The government today operates much as it did back then. Shafting who it pleases and backing off only when it gets its nuts in a wringer. Then it was Shay's Rebellion, which closed all of the courthouses in MA including the Supreme Court to halt to forclosure by banks on returning veterans' lands, today it is poltical megadoners like AARP, NAACP and ACLU.

I love the History Channel. Nice to have a little dose of reality every once in a while.