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‘Don’t Tread on Me’
National Review ^ | March 27, 2010 | Robert VerBruggen

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 “Don’t Tread on Me” — brought it upstairs, and hung it from the building’s 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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TOPICS: Editorial; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; banglist; deathpanels; donttreadonme; gadsden; libertyordeath; nationalreview; obamacare; remberinnovember; robertverbruggen; teaparty; teapartyrebellion; zerocare
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To: snippy_about_it
That’s when traded out our US Flag for the Gadsden.

I did a similar thing with the Texas flag.

Sometimes I want to fly this one more often.

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41 posted on 03/27/2010 5:56:58 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (Petroleum, oil, lubricants. Add liquid oxygen. What could go wrong?)
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To: raptor22

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.


42 posted on 03/27/2010 9:30:53 PM PDT by tarawa
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To: Professional Engineer

Arrrgghh! Me likes your flag there Matey.


43 posted on 03/28/2010 5:00:08 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Looking for our Sam Adams)
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To: raptor22
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 “Don’t Tread on Me” — brought it upstairs, and hung it from the building’s balcony.
44 posted on 03/28/2010 5:52:12 AM PDT by calex59
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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 “Don’t Tread on Me” — brought it upstairs, and hung it from the building’s balcony.

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.

45 posted on 03/28/2010 5:52:25 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Joe Brower

What? They don’t come in yellow?:)


46 posted on 03/28/2010 5:54:11 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Travis McGee

Nice T-shirt Travis.


47 posted on 03/28/2010 10:47:12 AM PDT by stockpirate (Hey Beck, Thomas Jefferson was a birther!)
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To: stockpirate

Yeah, it’s a much better version of the Gadsden snake/rifle theme than the art on my first book cover.


48 posted on 03/28/2010 12:00:27 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: raptor22

bkmkd for later


49 posted on 03/28/2010 10:33:55 PM PDT by Abundy
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