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"The Fourth of July celebrates that monumental moment when a new nation was announced to the world, calling for immigrants. The new nation promised a new system of government based on a Constitution, and the land a resources to prosper in that new found freedom. The population of the Colonies was about 2.5 million in 1776. The call of freedom was heard worldwide and people arrived from all over." the full article is here

I heard this "theory" from a friend, and decided to throw it out to Free Republic. My friend (no proof) said that he believes Donald Trump is a Trojan Horse.... Trump's is only there to pull people away from the other campaigns of Cruz, Walker, Paul, etc.... in order to eliminate them. Then once it's down to Trump and Bush in the Primaries, then he will step down. Leaving us with Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton will easily defeat Jeb Bush, and she will be the next President. Hopefully this nightmare scenario will never come to pass. Thoughts,...

Warning - A petition worker came by yesterday to ask for our signatures and knew everyone's name in the household. We declined to sign. Later, Mr. b overheard one of the workers asking the other what happens if no one signs the petition. The guy told him that they write in the signatures themselves. Mr. b reported it to the elections office and to someone else in the courthouse. We'll wait until the petition is turned and to see if our names are on it and then report it to the county attorney. Please be aware of this practice in...

Traditionally, purveyors of alcoholic beverages have focused a lot of their attention on the holiday season. But one major spirits company says the tide is turning, and summer is fast becoming an even more popular time of year to imbibe. Kate Pomeroy of spirits giant Pernod Ricard says there are two sides to the story when it comes to summer’s growth in liquor popularity. “There’s the traditional summer drinks - the rums, the tequilas, the vodkas,” she notes, “but then on the other side what we’re seeing is whiskey, which is a burgeoning trend across the whole category. Consumers are...

I finally figured out just exactly why I'm enjoying Donald Trump's Presidential campaign so much, even though I don't particularly think very well of him or his politics. It is best illustrated by a fantastic clip from the Jim Carrey film Liar, Liar. For the uninitiated, the film is about a divorced lawyer with an adorable little boy who he constantly disappoints by not showing up when he promises and other letdowns due to Carrey's penchant for lying. The boy makes a birthday wish that his father would have to tell the truth and it works. Cut now to the...

Today, the country has suffered a terrible blow. Over the past week, the fight for states’ rights, which has been going on since the founding of the union, has suffered two terrible blows. The Confederate Naval Jack -- colloquially, and erroneously referred to as the “Stars and Bars”—has been taken down by popular opinion, and in its place, and at the behest of the highest court, the striped flag of gay pride has arisen to fly higher than ever before. Now, the purpose of this is not to comment on the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality, or of gay marriage,...

Anyone have a comprehensive list of RINOs that took the TPP bill bribes, and how much? I plan on scratching them off my potential 2016 candidate list and sharing it with the world...

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

Ok so here's my take on ways that conservatives can take on gay marriage legally and reverse this aweful decision. #1. We can through the legislative process radically simplify the tax code so that it doesn't deal with marriage and is much simpler, also make it so that anyone can easily gain the power of atty, inheritance from anyone else. Marriage where it intersects with government would be separated, the government wouldn't have the motivation or the power to regulate marriage. Any kind of "marriage certificate issued by the govt. would be moot and void. We'd basically be back to...

Since it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court has no trouble legislating from the bench, the various State Attorney Generals should treat their rulings as if they are proposed amendments to the Constitution and refuse to obey them until ratified just as amendments are expected to be ratified. In fact, the Republican Congress should offer new amendments to the Constitution for each of these ridiculous rulings so they can fail miserably in the legislative process clearly displaying that what was ruled by the court has NO basis of legislative support whatsoever and should be treated as the nonsense they are....

Watching the Kelly File right now where she is breaking some news, discussing the Freddy Gray case. You all may remember the news article about Donta Allen stating that he heard Freddy Gray "trying to hurt himself" inside the van. These claims he later denied to the media, claiming he never even spoke to an investigator. Well, according to Kelly, in a massive evidence dump today, not only did Donta Allen say what the original news article claimed, but the interview is on video. On that video he says "he was trying to hurt himself." Kelly is saying there's no...

. An Open Letter to Pastor Franklin Graham and the Christian "Watchmen on the Wall" organization. Pastor Franklin Graham, First, I have the utmost respect for your father, Rev. Billy Graham. Second, I am an unapologetic sixty (60) year old Evangelical Christian, who believes in the inerrancy of scripture. Thirdly ... I stand aghast TODAY at the (I am so sorry to say this) the "abject moral cowardice" of America's Christian churches. Today ... 29 June 2016 (Monday evening) is the third day since the "Day of Infamy" when the U.S. Supreme Court defecated on America's Judeo-Christian heritage ... and...

Is this a glitch, or a new format. (If it's a new format, it's terrible.) No matter whether I just click on my bookmarked link, or click "latest posts" or "forum," it's all the same thing. I get a list of replies to posts, and sometimes the list includes different replies to the same post. Very annoying. Can anyone tell me what's going on? P.S. Having posted 638 threads (including this one) and 20,784 replies since joining FR on November 7, 1998, I can assure everyone that I am logged in, logged on, not had a moose bite my sister,...

My friend is the pastor of this church. Persons controlled by their hatred of God's word defaced a Church sign in front of the church this weekend. pictures below.

Does today's ruling by SCOTUS constitute legitimate reasons to fly the flag upside down?

Have we considered the impact on the Military on this whole gay marriage thing. When will military family housing be open to LGBT couples? Will married LGBT couples be allowed to co-habitate in bachelor dorms or on deployment? Will straight males be forced to co-habitate with homosexual roommates? What if a straight male feels uncomfortable about it?

A non-Freeper friend brought this up. I thought I would throw it out to the community since I know there are better legal minds than I here: "Since the basis of the ruling was using the 14th Ammendment, stating that since same-sex marriage was legal in some states, those laws needed to be consistent across states. With this precedent, does that mean citizens from open carry, concealed carry states can use the same inter-state protection in non carry states?" I admit I have not read the USSC Obamacare ruling, but wanted to throw this out here where there will be...

Two of the five votes concerning same sex marriage are totally illegitimate. They were cast by Elenor Kagan and Sonia Sotomayer acting as though they are legal members of the United States Supreme Court. Any challenge to this ruling should include a challenge to their legitimacy as they were appointed by a Usurper, not a legal President.It's time to take the gloves off and get the courage to confront the evil that is before us. I can prove that Obama is illegal just using the Twentieth Amendment, Section Three and have made this case many times on this forum. The...

So- with all these places taking the Confederate flag off shelves I figured I'd do a quick search. I went to Ebay & Amazon and searched "Black Panther Party". Here's some of the black panther memorabilia they have for sale

I am here to coin a new English word: JUDICIARCHY - Totalitarian Rule by Judges NOUN a small group of lawyers having control of a country, organization, or institution: "the ruling judiciarchy of Supreme Court Justices mandate government policies and social outcomes without regard to any other branch of government or the people." Antonym: Freedom