[mark502inf]

It's that time of year. A good review of where we came from and the principles for which we stand.

[Bikers4Bush]

"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,"

It's about that time.

[mark502inf]

My favorite part among the lists of injuries inflicted by the King is that he "sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance."

People just don't describe the IRS that way anymore!

[eyespysomething]

A quote from Ronald Reagan about the Declaration of Independence:

Our Declaration of Independence has been copied by emerging nations around the globe, its themes adopted in places many of us have never heard of. Here is this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights. We the people declared that government is created by the people for their own convenience. Government has no power except those voluntarily granted it by the people. There have been revolutions before and since ours, revolutions that simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Ours was a philosophical revolution that changed the very concept of government.

Ronald Reagan, address at Yorktown, October 19, 1981

[eyespysomething]

A quote from Ronald Reagan about the Declaration of Independence:

Our Declaration of Independence has been copied by emerging nations around the globe, its themes adopted in places many of us have never heard of. Here is this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights. We the people declared that government is created by the people for their own convenience. Government has no power except those voluntarily granted it by the people. There have been revolutions before and since ours, revolutions that simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Ours was a philosophical revolution that changed the very concept of government.

Ronald Reagan, address at Yorktown, October 19, 1981

[eyespysomething]

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

I don't think I ever consented to any taxes...

[eyespysomething]

I wish more kids were taught American history. They all should get goosebumps when they read our founding documents.

I am reading the John Adams biography right now by David McCullough. It is a great book. What great people we had at that time, and thank god for it.

I always wonder if we could do it again if we had to.

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

The complaints of the 1776 Congress against the King look pretty trivial compared with the complaints we have against the US Supreme Court.