Posted on 06/10/2009 8:28:16 AM PDT by lqcincinnatus
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these....
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[signed] SpinnerWebb
What, that old thing?
Hasn’t been relevant since January...
You venture forth in Dangerous Paths should the King or His Men learn of your Intentions!
Methinks the Founding Fathers were guided by Nostradamus when they drafted the document...they sure seemed to have some foresight into what is happening right NOW!
[signed] Hoffer Rand
I like that last part Fun to boot!
/sarc
[signed] Lucky9teen
“Free and Independent States” - I love that part.
Basis for the Ninth and Tenth Amendment!
Legitimizes the Confederacy and secession!
Deo vindice
“Found in Capitol Basement”
?!?!?!?!
The last time I saw it, I believe it was sitting right out in plain sight at the National Archives. If you really have an interest in seeing it, it’s been on public display for some time.
Is the poster thinking of the basement of the Alamo perhaps?
State sovereignty is the only [initially] peaceful way to restore the republic.
However, at some point, the fedgov will assert its power and the states declaring sovereignty will either have to comply or fight.
So far the only state to have any nads is Indiana.
Let’s Roll!
Amen!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma....
passed a sovereignty resolution over the governor’s veto.
Ah, the Alamo. Was in San Antonio yesterday. The actual count of the Tea Party was 20,000 not 17,000. What a beautiful sight. What a beautiful site.
Send this to San Felipe by Express
night & day
To
The People of Texas
and
All Americans
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Commandancy of the Alamo—
Bejar, Fby 24th 1836—
To the People of Texas &
all Americans in the world—
Fellow citizens & compatriots—
I am besieged, by a thousand
or more of the Mexicans under
Santa Anna—I have sustained
a continual Bombardment &
cannonade for 24 hours & have
not lost a man — The enemy
has demanded a surrender at
discretion, otherwise, the garrison
are to be put to the sword, if
the fort is taken — I have answered
the demand with a cannon
shot, & our flag still waves
proudly from the walls — I
shall never surrender or retreat.
Then, I call on you in the
name of Liberty, of patriotism &
& everything dear to the American
character, to come to our aid,
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with all dispatch — The enemy is
receiving reinforcements daily &
will no doubt increase to three or
four thousand in four or five days.
If this call is neglected, I am deter
mined to sustain myself as long as
possible & die like a soldier
who never forgets what is due to
his own honor & that of his
country — Victory or Death
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. comdt
P.S. The Lord is on our side —
When the enemy appeared in sight
we had not three bushels of corn —
We have since found in deserted
houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into
the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves —
Travis
Fight!
The South was Right — www.amazon.com
Well, that’s when the unorganized militia has a role.
Protecting their states from invasion and oppression by a hostile foreign entity.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants.
- Thomas Jefferson
Amen.
There’s no basement in the Alamo!
So where do we take and hold land? Who is our leader?
!?!?!?!?
Oops... one slight problem. The members of Congress, while they have Lives, Fortunes, just cannot find, anywhre, their sacred Honor. It is singularly lacking in the vast majority of Congressional Democrats.
Enlighten me/us on the case...
Indiana has actually already told the feds to pound sand on some enforcement issue?
Each of us is a leader by our individual actions and interactions. We are each examples of freedom and liberty by speaking out, calling out, voting, face to face confrontation, and soon peaceful, civil disobedience. This is the new civil rights movement. It is the Constitutional Rights Movement. A brick wall is built one individual brick at a time. Never give in to cynicism.
BTTT
1Sa 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1Sa 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
I wonder if an email to HRH BHO will get through the White House firewall?
How many other states joined Indiana in having the Supreme Court actuall rule on law? All I hear is crickets. And if you don’t know about that, not sure where you have been.
Then there is this from May:
This is Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana.
“The role of the loyal opposition is important in our democracy. It imposes a duty to wish for the nation’s success, to express not just disagreements, but agreements where they exist, and to leave partisanship at the water’s edge. “I do wish President Obama well. I support his education reform ideas, anti-fraud initiative in social programs, and the great example he and his family are setting for families across America. And I endorse wholeheartedly his stated commitment to ‘government that works.’
“One policy being pushed by the President and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is, I regret to say, a poster child for government that cannot work. The scheme to radically change the sources and the cost of American energy through a system known as ‘cap and trade’ may be well intentioned, but it will cost us dearly in jobs and income, and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth.
“The national energy tax imposed by Speaker Pelosi’s climate change bill would double electric bills here in Indiana, working a severe hardship on low-income families, but that’s only where the damage starts. In a state where we like to make things, like steel and autos and RVs, it would cost us countless jobs, many of them heading off-shore to China and India. Our farmers and livestock producers would see their costs skyrocket. And our coal miners would be looking for new work, while we leave affordable, homegrown energy idle in the ground.
“And all for what? Even if one believes the Administration’s own computer models, which they claim can predict temperatures fifty years away, the CO2 reductions from their bill will not budge the world thermometer by a tenth of a degree.
“It’s become clear that the Pelosi bill has little to do with a cooler planet and everything to do with raising money for the out-of-control federal spending now underway in Washington. Please excuse us Midwesterners for feeling a bit like the targets of an imperialistic policy, devised in places like California, New York, and Massachusetts for their benefit, at our expense.
“We have here a classic example of unwise government: The costs for all Americans will be certain, huge, and immediate. Any benefits are extremely uncertain, miniscule, and decades distant. Surely there is a better way.
“Here in Indiana, we are active in pursuing a better energy future and proving that we can protect the environment, lower energy costs, and create jobs at the same time - all without raising taxes. We have rocketed to national leadership in biofuels. We are the nation’s leader in the new technology that can use coal more cleanly. We are serious about major advances in conservation; the best way to reduce both pollution and CO2 is to use less energy in the first place. And last year, we were the fastest growing state in wind power.
“There is tremendous risk in being pushed into an unfair and ultimately counterproductive national energy tax that will cost us dollars today and jobs tomorrow. Let’s take a breath, slow down, and work together on conservation, the infrastructure to bring on more wind and alternative energy, and the new technology that will let us use our abundant homegrown coal in ways we can all support. That, Mr. President, would be ‘government that works.’
“Thank you for listening.”
Our Constitution is no longer a threat to our form of government. We must lawfully act now to return our country to the rule of law. It is our generational imperative.
Yes, but they also gave explicit instructions on how to correct it. Me thinks however, that the American public has not yet developed the stomach it will take to overthrow this destructive fraud who is advancing his tentacles, at a dizzying pace,into every aspect of peoples lives. It’s called a Revolution!! CO
Let's hope the word yet has meaning...or is not needed.
Tyrants are nothing new. The forefathers knew this. Our great grandchildren will know this.
Tyrants are nothing new is true, but the reason we are still here is that we fought them in each generation.
Don’t wait too long friend. This administration is steam rolling the entire country and shredding the Constitution. It’s an unbelieveable mess. I never thought I would see the day that this happened in America. CO
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