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Would the Founding Fathers be proud of the country today? (Poll to freep)
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Posted on 07/02/2011 7:22:40 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Currently, 79% say no.

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1 posted on 07/02/2011 7:22:43 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

They would be appalled with what we have done with their beautiful form of government.


2 posted on 07/02/2011 7:24:53 PM PDT by ully2
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To: Red in Blue PA

They rebelled against a government that isn’t near as oppressive as ours.


3 posted on 07/02/2011 7:29:41 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

YES (397 responses)
20%

NO (1561 responses)
80%

1958 total responses


4 posted on 07/02/2011 7:30:52 PM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

They rebelled over high taxes and excessive regulation....


5 posted on 07/02/2011 7:34:12 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Proud? Hell no! They’d take us all to the wood shed for what we’ve allowed to happen. They’re rolling over in their graves in disgust and horror.


6 posted on 07/02/2011 7:34:21 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Red in Blue PA

We are now slaves to an oppressive, overreaching and overcontrolling government. Who would possibly think they would be proud of this?


7 posted on 07/02/2011 7:34:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red in Blue PA

QUESTION OF THE DAY

TODAY’S QUESTION: Would the Founding Fathers be proud of America today? (Poll closes Tuesday at 4 p.m.)

YES (398 responses)

20%

NO (1592 responses)

80%

1990 total responses

(Results not scientific)


8 posted on 07/02/2011 7:35:23 PM PDT by piroque (Southern born and Raised,)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Don’t even ask what they would call the current President. What they called King George would be extremely kind in comparison.


9 posted on 07/02/2011 7:38:14 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Red in Blue PA

This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX Nov 18, 2010

Put me in charge . . .

Put me in charge of food stamps. I’d get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for
Ding Dongs or Ho Ho’s, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans,
blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want
steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I’d do is to get women
Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we’ll test
recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and document all tattoos and
piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get
tats and piercings, then get a job.

Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks?
You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your
“home” will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be
inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your
own place.

In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or
you will report to a “government” job. It may be cleaning the roadways of
trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We
will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo
and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.”

Before you write that I’ve violated someone’s rights, realize that all of
the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules.. Before
you say that this would be “demeaning” and ruin their “self-esteem,”
consider that it wasn’t that long ago that taking someone else’s money for
doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self-esteem.

If we are expected to pay for other people’s mistakes we should at least
attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system
rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.

AND While you are on Gov’t subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes that is
correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will
voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov’t
welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.


10 posted on 07/02/2011 7:38:47 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Red in Blue PA

They would have thought the Confederates were right in secession. They would of thought Lincoln was a monster.


11 posted on 07/02/2011 7:39:11 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dynachrome

“Freep this poll” ping.


12 posted on 07/02/2011 7:41:36 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Upon revival, Mr. Franklins first words were “ Dude, where’s my republic?”


13 posted on 07/02/2011 7:42:18 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Not on abortion, taxation, debt, judicial activism, and fascism/cronyism. But no doubt proud and sympathetic on may other events and issues.


14 posted on 07/02/2011 7:42:39 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: Red in Blue PA

They would puke upon seeing the disgusting mess this land has become.


15 posted on 07/02/2011 7:45:47 PM PDT by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

They would be ashamed of the inhabitants. But proud of how much better they made the world for a short period of time. Globalization destroyed what they did. We are entering a new dark ages.


16 posted on 07/02/2011 7:46:02 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I think the Founding Fathers would support the TEA PARTY.


17 posted on 07/02/2011 7:46:34 PM PDT by mountainlion (AMERICA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Currently 81% say no.


18 posted on 07/02/2011 7:47:13 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Democratic Party - The party of genocide.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Are you kidding? They would have been up in arms (and I don’t mean figuratively) decades ago.


19 posted on 07/02/2011 7:47:46 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: yldstrk
Will that fit on the back of a T Shirt?
20 posted on 07/02/2011 7:50:48 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Sarah Palin was President, you would have a job by now.)
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