Posted on 07/02/2011 7:04:32 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama
I refuse to endorse such drivel. I see the Tea Party, I see grass roots rising up and taking charge. This toothless gloomy gus isn’t worth the electrons being killed here to comment about.
You said it better than I ever could. Every human heart longs for the FREE pursuit of happiness.
“No. I celebrate Independence Day for the same reason I go to church: to be reminded of what I am supposed to be.”
This is the response I was looking for. Thank you.
That is 100% true— and one of the reasons why I wrote what I wrote.
Yes, we are free because of your daughter. God bless her for her service.
The point that I am making is that we are on the edge of complete and total disaster. We have an out of control federal “government” that is turning the country into a police state.
Response: This statement is not true. We have many reasons to celebrate: Tolerance, Egalitarianism, debate, discussion inclusion, room at the table, a big tent and "The Divine One" as President with Reverend Wright as his spiritual mentor.
“I see the Tea Party, I see grass roots rising up and taking charge.”
Well, where’s the attempt to dismantle the EPA ? The Department of Energy ? The Department of Education ? Where’s the effort to dismantle BATFE ? Why haven’t any of the politicians we all worked so hard to see elected said to Chairman Obama “Fine. You want the debt limit raised ? We want Obamacare gone in return” ?
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“I refuse to accept that. I want and demand that the federal government abides by the Constitution. Nothing more and nothing less.”
It’s not an either/or proposition.
I will continue to agitate/vote/participate for constitutional government.
But in the meantime I can still celebrate living in the most free nation on earth.
Go to your gloomy corner of dogpatch usa and drink yourself into oblivion then. Those efforts you list will be coming forward - or do you fail to keep track of the actions Tea Partiers want. Who in the he// do you think are holding the republicans feet to the fire, such an idiotic remark.
Go troll some other waters noob.
You definitely got what I wrote.
Thanks to your dad. My dad enlisted at 17, lied, but it was 1945. He was too late. He’s 82 now, and you know his biggest regret is being born in 1929. He feels like he should have been there, but was robbed. His brother, my Uncle was there, got TB in the Philippians. My dad was on the sidelines. How hard was it for those guys, just barely unable to fight for the cause. Our family has always been a day late and a dollar short. We are not ‘boomers’, but, we’re labeled as such. Hippies, LOL! I was into disco, thought a rock concert was people throwing rocks. I’m a tweener. Not an Xer, not a boomer, I’m a brady bunch person.
How on earth is calling for limited government trolling on FR ?
“Who in the he// do you think are holding the republicans feet to the fire, such an idiotic remark.”
I’m a voter and I’m a taxpayer. My allegience is to Republic, not the Republican party.
It’s scary, we’re all trying to figure out what’s going on. This is not American. Thanks for acknowledging my daughter’s service. Me and my adult kids realize your point and are trying to thwart it. It’s going go be a long hard battle, freedom will win.
Injecting a 'woe is us - no reason to celebrate the fourth' attitude. You post did nothing of the sort to encourage limited gov't - only when challenged do you change your spots.
Im a voter and Im a taxpayer. My allegience is to Republic, not the Republican party.
Fine - currently there is no 'republic' party in charge of the whitehouse or senate. Who ya gonna work through doofus? The janitors? And yes, the republican party is currently the most responsive to the Tea Party - that the reason most got elected to the house the last cycle.
So why don't you just go troll over at DU - they will appreciate your call not to celebrate the 4th.
You’re right. It is a crappy attitude. I wish my attitude wasn’t nececessary. I wish I could open a newspaper and not see further evidence that the “government” wasn’t expanding or taking away MORE of our freedom.
I am not celebrating the current government. But the hell if I won’t celebrate Independence Day. Sorry Charlie I am celebrating. What to do. Celebrate. I am getting Fireworks, Hot Dogs, and Hamburgers, and having some fun no matter what!
God help us all.
While many await the 2012 elections to get rid of obama, i see the problem differently. Obama is the symptom of the problem.
We get the government we deserve.
Believe me, I thought long and hard before I wrote this. And, I’ll admit, it makes me sound like a total jerk.
What is going on now is an utter nightmare. We have a government that is burrowing its way into everything.
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