Happy Birthday, America!

WhenWeAreQueen ^ | July 4, 2008 | pharmamom

[pharmamom]

Read the Declaration today. Then read it to your kids. Talk to them about the sacrifice of time, treasure and life that our Founders made (and that many in their families made as well). Ask them if they would have signed, knowing that as they did so, they were signing their own death warrants. Then remind them that today, as we eat hot dogs and corn-on-the-cob and gasp at amazing pyrotechnical displays (probably from China), we have men and women—almost children themselves—fighting and dying to protect our liberty. Most of you who have discovered this site hold the same profound love of this remarkable and exceptional country that I do. Most of you know that the American experiment is truly divinely inspired and blessed. Most of you were proud of this country long before any one individual ran for public office. Just in case a stray progressive happens upon this blog, though, here is a list of things you DON’T have the right to:

You don’t have a right to tell me what to drive, where to live, what to eat or what kind of light bulb to use.

You don’t have the right to make someone else pay for your medical care or buy your prescriptions.

You don’t have the right to hold an office, attend a university or be awarded a contract based on the color of your skin or your sex.

You don’t have the right to make my thoughts and words a crime.

You don’t have the right to take my gun away (well, if I had one…you know what I mean)—Thank God.

You shouldn’t have the right to murder your unborn child.

You don’t have the right to take my private property for your use.

[RWB Patriot]

In response to all that, just make sure you have a reply ready when the person you’re speaking to says “Then why does the government do...”

[freekitty]

Hear, Hear

[picti]

I'm an immigrant, a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. After coming to the USA I chose to become a citizen rather than returning to the UK for many reasons, among which was the thought of no longer being a subject — the goods and chattels of the state. I've been here for twenty years and in that time seen the USA creep closer to a euro-socialist state so admired by our gliteratti. I do note however that a whole lot more folks from Europe are lined up for US citizenship than the other way around.

Happy Birthday America, you still stand for something, although perhaps less than before.

Picti.