[vanilla swirl]

Are we willing to make the ultimate commitment? All this talk, talk, talk about what is wrong with the "Administration". Does anybody have the guts that the signers had? You may have seen this before but here it is again;

[wolfpat]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/folder/american_who_risked_everything_1.guest.html

[Kartographer]

Mack: "It's a shame what this town has come to."
Charley: "You could do something about it."
Mack: "What? We're freighters. Ralph here's a shopkeeper."
Charley: "You're men ain't you?"
Mack: " I didn't raise my boys just to see them killed."
Charley: "Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw on a man worse than dying."
From the movie "Open Range"

[Old Teufel Hunden]

As we read this article in light of the recent passing of Teddy, a question that comes to my mind. What actual sacrifices has the “Liberal Lion of the Senate” ever made in his life for anyone else, much less his country? I’m not talking about getting a bill into law to force other people to pay for things, I’m talking about personal sacrifices that he himself made?

[tbpiper]

I picked up a good used copy of “Greatness to Spare” by T. R. Ferenbach, that covers all the signers of the Declaration. Sobering, inspirational, and amazingly timely. I highly recommend it.

[wolfcreek]

Thus, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of [patriots] and tyrants”

Freedom is far from free.

[BunnySlippers]

Bump

[DustyMoment]

Are we willing to make the ultimate commitment?

Yess.

All this talk, talk, talk about what is wrong with the "Administration". Does anybody have the guts that the signers had?

Yes.

You may have seen this before but here it is again;Yes, but I, for one, appreciate the refresher.

[mtbrandon49]

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[cvq3842]

Thanks for reminder!

The phrase “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” keep running through my head.

Many of our present “representatives” consider themselves an elite, and consider any interaction with the “peons” they are supposed to serve as an objectionable and degrading distraction from social engineering, pocket-lining and strengthening the “governing class” at the expense of the rest of us - who pay for it.

I have never seen such a disconnect between the people and their government in my lifetime.

Sacred honor? I see very, very little of it in Washington.

Either our representatives can wake up, of find something much more useful to do for a living.

As Donald Trump has said, “you’re fired!”

[NavyCanDo]

They also knew if they lost the war, they were signing their own death warrant. Each and everyone would of been hung for treason.