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 Dont Tread on Me brought it upstairs, and hung it from the buildings 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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I did a similar thing with the Texas flag.
Sometimes I want to fly this one more often.
http://www.gadsdenandculpeper.com/
Every time I wear my Come and Take It hat, I have folks at work wanting to know where they can get one.
Arrrgghh! Me likes your flag there Matey.
These people are so stupid they don't even know the history of this country. Gadsden flag a**hat journalist, that is what it is called and it is also an American flag, one of the earliest.
What? They don’t come in yellow?:)
Nice T-shirt Travis.
Yeah, it’s a much better version of the Gadsden snake/rifle theme than the art on my first book cover.
bkmkd for later
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