The Lone Ranger never existed, and neither do magic silver bullets

[struggle4progress]

You can't make a difference by riding alone astride a white horse, firing off your little sixgun

Changing things is hard work

The harder the conflict, (said Paine) the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.

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	Look for good folk to push into local politics
	2 (67%)
	Don't try to be the Lone Ranger: cooperate with other people
	0 (0%)
	Push better local officials towards higher office
	0 (0%)
	Know your facts, then organize people through educational events or street work
	0 (0%)
	Always vote for the lesser of two evils in every electoral contest
	1 (33%)
	Listen to the folk you think you can persuade, and don't waste time arguing with the unpersuadable
	0 (0%)
	Lobby your city, state, and federal government on matters before them
	0 (0%)
	Sometimes the only preaching the choir really needs is: Get off your butts and really do something
	0 (0%)
	Comment on state and federal regulatory matters
	0 (0%)
	If what you're doing doesn't work, maybe it's time to try something different
	0 (0%)
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[RC]

1. The Republicans started 40 years ago running for any local elected office they could find.

Dog catcher, school board, "city commission" in one horse towns, anything. And worked their way up to President. That is how they managed to get into position of power to make the mess they have. Democrats still have not really learned that lesson.

[hunter]

2. There's a choir? Where? I missed it!

[brush]

3. Oh yes he did, and he was a black man named Bass Reeves . . .

Sorry to go a little off topic but it's part of our country's purposely hidden history.

Below is a snippet from this link. It's worth clicking to discover the knowledge.

See more at: http://thislandpress.com/roundups/bass-reeves-the-real-lone-ranger/

"Posted 10.29.13

The Lone Ranger wasn’t just a legend perpetuated by books, radio shows, television series and movies; he was a real man, a crimefighter who lived with Native Americans in what would become Oklahoma—and he was black.

“The real ‘Lone Ranger,’ it turns out, was an African American man named Bass Reeves, who the legend was based upon,” Political Blind Spot reported. “Perhaps not surprisingly, many aspects of his life were written out of the story, including his ethnicity. The basics remained the same: a lawman hunting bad guys, accompanied by a Native American, riding on a white horse, and with a silver trademark.”

Born a slave, Bass Reeves escaped during the Civil War, fleeing to what was then Indian Territory to live “harmoniously” among the Seminole and Creek Indians.

“After the Civil War finally concluded, he married and eventually fathered ten children, making his living as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Arkansas and the Indian Territory,” Political Blind Spot reported. “If this surprises you, it should, as Reeves was the first African American to ever hold such a position.”

Like the legendary Lone Ranger, Reeves handed out pieces of silver—coins, though, not bullets—that would become his trademark. He was a master of disguise, an expert marksman, and he even, for a time, rode a silver horse."

Click on the link for the rest of the story.

[gordianot]

4. I learned about Mr. Reeves a couple of years ago.

So goes the old saying; "Truth is stranger than fiction". It would make a great movie.

[struggle4progress]

6. Interstin man. But seems to me we'd honor Reeves best by rememberin him as himself, rather than

as the alleged inspiration of some entertainment

[brush]

9. I agree

Seems racial politics got in the way back then. Couldn't have a black man shown to be a real badass and hero who took care of his ten kids from his exploits as a lawman.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. However claims that he never existed do not serve his memory at all, they deny it.

Glad someone else corrected your title.

[Electric Monk]

5. Howabout Jesus? Wanna go there?

[struggle4progress]

8. Doesn't look like a particularly productive topic of conversation to me

and I'd consider this the wrong forum for it anyway

[Warren DeMontague]

7. this is an odd poll

but a good tune.

[struggle4progress]

10. It made perfectly good sense to me at the time

[Warren DeMontague]

11. here within your reach

if you're big enough to take it!

[el_bryanto]

13. The Lone Ranger is the Green Hornets grandfather. NT

[struggle4progress]

15. That's what they say

[KurtNYC]

14. and the Lone Ranger wasn't alone