It is our RIGHT, OUR DUTY TO THROW OFF DESPOTIC Government and provide for our future Security!

Declaration of Independence ^ | July 4th, 1776 | Thomas Jefferson

[Jim Robinson]

Just a reminder for wannabe King B. Hussein Obama and his despotic henchmen in Congress

[gjones77]

I’m with you Jim, I’m one more tax hike away from nailing the Gadsen Flag to my state senator’s door with a copy of the Declaration Of Independence posted with it and that exact paragraph bolded...

[ought-six]

Tree of Liberty. Time that tries men’s souls. These words, and others with the same sentiment, keep coming to the fore in greater frequency these days.

[Danae]

Thank you Jim!

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don't like kings. I also do not like dictators.

[YellowRoseofTx]

I’m one more tax hike away from nailing the Gadsen Flag to my state senator’s door with a copy of the Declaration Of Independence posted with it and that exact paragraph bolded...

That may be just what every FReeper needs to do, and if we can get any/all of our friends, neighbors and family to do it too. Pile theirs desks with the same thing from everyone.

[wagglebee]

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.

Nearly everyone knows the phrase about Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, but it is this phrase that is the real "meat" of the Declaration of Independence. The Rights of the People are God-given, eternal and immutable, they belong to us every bit as much as they belonged to Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Franklin and for us to ignore these Rights is an affront to our Founding Fathers.

If WE are not willing to pledge "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor," it is because we lack the Founders' "firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence."

[mkjessup]

I'm with you Jim.

[sionnsar]

I don't like kings. I also do not like dictators.

Add tyrants to my list.

[revo evom]

Absolutely! He keeps saying that things will get worse before they get better, but he's the one making things worse. I hope Alan Keyes and others can resolve whether he is Constitutionally qualified or NOT.

[pissant]

What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure.

Thomas Jefferson, Nov 13, 1787

[aragorn]

I fear, and truly regret, that they are going to need to have this lesson proved to them. Being a vet, I truly hope not, yet my duty is clear, and my oath demands no less. May God have mercy on us.

[prismsinc]

Please continue to keep us on our toes Jim!

[freekitty]

We will not be tread upon by this loser.

[NTHockey]

To my way of thinking, we are one spark away from an all out rebellion. That spark will be a leader to step forward and be a Thomas Paine, to incite like Samuel Adams or Patrick Henry, to risk all like Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and above all, be a conciliator like Benjamin Franklin.

Senator Coburn has asked us to take to the streets. Rush Limbaugh exhorts us to act. Ann Coulter continually pokes her finger in the Cyclop’s eye. Are they the only ones? Will we follow where they lead? Or is American Idol more important than the American republic? You decide; I already have.

[DTogo]

...with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Sons of Liberty, CT Chapter

[Neil E. Wright]

A thread, related to the RIGHT and DUTY to throw off illegal, unConstitutional governance.

[tflabo]

In the Declaration of Independence the founders were referring to a foreign government. Unfortunately now we face these same obstacles but with our own government.
Here’s hoping their brilliant system of checks and balances will help minimize the damage. But no guarantee and we are now a secular nation...the founders warned about government where God and religion were suppressed like the French Revolution in their day.

[NonValueAdded]

bump

[Secret Agent Man]

No offense, but the colonies revolted over being taxed far less than we are permitting ourselves to be taxed now. And this does not even take into consideration the debt this president is forcing us into, on top of that.

Frogs, the pot is nearing boiling.