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‘Don’t Tread on Me’
National Review ^
| March 27, 2010
| Robert VerBruggen
Posted on 03/27/2010 7:25:56 AM PDT by raptor22
As the House health-care debate entered the homestretch on Sunday, GOP lawmakers interacted with the protesters who had gathered outside the Capitol. “There was a very, very large group of people, and many flags from our heritage were on display,” recalls Rep. Geoff Davis (R., Ky.).
Davis and fellow Republican representative Mary Fallin (Okla.) borrowed one of those flags — a yellow one bearing an image of a rattlesnake and the words “Don’t Tread on Me” — brought it upstairs, and hung it from the building’s balcony.
That flag has become a staple of tea-party rallies nationwide. Its appearance at the Capitol last weekend was only the latest of many times it has symbolized American resistance to government encroachments on individual liberty.
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TOPICS: Editorial; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; banglist; deathpanels; donttreadonme; gadsden; libertyordeath; nationalreview; obamacare; remberinnovember; robertverbruggen; teaparty; teapartyrebellion; zerocare
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:25:57 AM PDT
by
raptor22
To: raptor22
I like it, with an addition for clarity.
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:28:01 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: raptor22; Eaker; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; An Old Man; ApesForEvolution; aragorn; archy; ArmedSkeptic; ...
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:31:40 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: raptor22
...And of course the libmedia is referring to it as a “flag used by militia.”
While historically correct, they don’t disclose the “militia” in question were our founding fathers.
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:35:33 AM PDT
by
nhwingut
(Palin/Bachmann '12)
To: nhwingut
Ditto! Of course they also think of our founding fathers as just of bunch of white slave owners.
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:45:07 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
To: Travis McGee
That shirt kicks butt. I WANT one...
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:46:09 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Caipirabob
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:47:55 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: Travis McGee
That is cool. Bookmarked for later purchase....
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posted on
03/27/2010 7:59:59 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Without the Constitution, there is no America!)
To: Travis McGee
I always loved the Gadsden flag with the AR15 in it. Thanks for the link, I think I need to sport around a couple of those shirts.
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:01:46 AM PDT
by
GregoTX
(I am the resistance)
To: raptor22
Thanks for posting. I just sent the full article to my sister who was in Washington last Sat & Sun to protest with her husband — the first time they’ve ever done such a thing. Her son (my nephew) is in the Marines and she was wondering about the Gadsden flag.
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:22:07 AM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(SGT USMC COMBAT VET)
To: raptor22
When that traitor was elected the left said now they felt they could fly the US flag. That’s when traded out our US Flag for the Gadsden.
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:25:05 AM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Looking for our Sam Adams)
To: Travis McGee
"Get them here" http://www.2a-gear.com/
So let it be written....
So let it be done.
To: Travis McGee
Travis, where can I get a flag like that ?
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:26:06 AM PDT
by
culpeper
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people,)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:30:38 AM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Travis McGee
I dont mind paying for good tshirts and I will assume they are high quality.
Dare I ask? Made in America?
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:54:22 AM PDT
by
winodog
(We've got more people voting for a living than we do working for a living.")
To: raptor22
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:58:13 AM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(SPEAK UP REPUBLICANS, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU YET! IMPEACH OBAMA!)
To: winodog
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posted on
03/27/2010 9:01:16 AM PDT
by
winodog
(We've got more people voting for a living than we do working for a living.")
To: HighlyOpinionated
Been flying on my house for many, many months.
To: Travis McGee
DTOM!!!
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posted on
03/27/2010 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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