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An excellent play by play record of the Battle of Athens Tennessee when the people of McMinn County perform their duty as American Citizen as written in the Declaration of Independence that when the government ceases to recognize natural rights "it is the duty of the people to alter and abolish it."

Does anyone doubt that Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Axlerod, Emanuel no longer recognize the natural rights of Americans.

The Battle of Athens needs to be taught in school as much or more than the Battle of Bunker Hill. When coruption in government met its match and the will of a free people once again over threw tyranny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b3Q89FZoY0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fuser%2FTheChannelOfLiberty&feature=player_profilepage

1 posted on 01/31/2010 3:07:32 PM PST by Kartographer
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It gets very little attention in the history books, if any. I’d also love to see a major motion picture and documentaries and such about the black members of Congress just after the Civil War. Even though they failed to stop the Jim Crow and segregation policies they should still be counted as heroes.

And the black writer George S Schuyler. heh.

I wonder why Hollywood and the media don’t spend any time on them?? /s


2 posted on 01/31/2010 3:14:39 PM PST by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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I live here in Athens, TN.

Just thought I would let you know that we have a very active TEA Party group here. We have 100-150 that come every week to our meetings.

A lot of us have gone to DC several times and we even have a group that can leave with 2 hours notice.

Farmers are now blogging, housewives are now reading Pravda and Der Spiegel every day. Grandmothers are now calling their Senators and taking Constitution classes.

We belong to the party of KNOW.

A great place to live in an exciting time in history.


3 posted on 01/31/2010 3:16:56 PM PST by 30Moves
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The Scouring of the Shire.


4 posted on 01/31/2010 3:20:16 PM PST by sportutegrl (I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
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The difference is with today’s close partnership of local and federal law enforcement the Feds would have sided with the local “authorities”, rounded up the GI’s, charged them under Rico act. The Feds would have supported the institutions they refused earlier to investigate. What is not different is that the LEO’s primary job is to protect the institutions that pay them, not the public that hired them. so again I say that if push comes to shove LEO will not be on your side when they come to get your guns.


6 posted on 01/31/2010 3:23:13 PM PST by DariusBane (Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
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This is an interesting quote attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, of all people.

"We in the U.S.A., who have long boasted that, in our political life, freedom in the use of the secret ballot made it possible for us to register the will of the people without the use of force, have had a rude awakening as we read of conditions in McMinn County, Tennessee, which brought about the use of force in the recent primary. If a political machine does not allow the people free expression, then freedom-loving people lose their faith in the machinery under which their government functions.

Can anyone say "CARD CHECK!" ?

11 posted on 01/31/2010 3:36:44 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch ( T.G., global warming denier.)
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Thanks for posting this story.


13 posted on 01/31/2010 3:53:26 PM PST by csvset
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There was a similar situation in Phenix City, AL although the corruption was on a larger and more entrenched scale, at least that is my impression.

The crooks were eventually thrown out again by a returning WWII vet. His Father was murdered by them and fortunately the Governor eventually joined with the good guys and declared martial law.

The troops literally went in and were burning gambling machines etc. in the streets.


14 posted on 01/31/2010 3:56:30 PM PST by yarddog
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My grandfather, a WW1 veteran, was born in McMinn County. His grandfather was born on a farm near Knoxville and joined the Confederate 3rd Tennessee Cavalry to protect his parents and sisters from the Washington government illegal aggression.


15 posted on 01/31/2010 4:05:37 PM PST by bushpilot1
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this also happened in Texas too...I remember reading About it...


19 posted on 01/31/2010 4:15:38 PM PST by Blackwatch2
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WOW! Excellent speech by Judge Andrew Napolitano.

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuW9RhErRdQ

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcbl96BH0Ck&feature=related

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s6vWTtQtSw&feature=related

I never realized how destructive and evil the Patriot Act was. WOW!


30 posted on 02/01/2010 7:00:12 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Become a monthly donor or FR won't be here for you!)
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Here is an oral history interview with one of the main participants, Bill White. In this paper, he talks about his experiences in WWII (which are incredible in themselves), then the talks about the Battle of Athens.

This is really worth reading

http://web.utk.edu/~csws/interviews/white.pdf

Here are 2 versions of the battle:

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/athens-seiber.htm

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/athens.htm


31 posted on 02/01/2010 7:19:05 AM PST by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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