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WASHINGTON (AP) - Preservation scientists at the Library of Congress have discovered that Thomas Jefferson, even in the act of declaring independence from England, had trouble breaking free from monarchial rule. In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote the word "subjects," when he referred to the American public. He then erased that word and replaced it with "citizens," a term he used frequently throughout the final draft.

To Congress, July 4 2010 A DECLARATION By The Citizens of the United States of America, When in the course of history, it becomes necessary for the citizens’ to dissolve the political parties which have connected them together and assume the powers of the country, the separate but equal station which the laws of nature and God entitles them, to respect the opinions off its citizens it requires that they should announce the reasons that force them to separate. We hold these truths to be without question, all people are created equal, these rights are given by God and not...

The tenderest words in American political history were cut from the document they were to have graced. It was July 1, 2 ,3 and 4, 1776, in the State House in Philadelphia. America was being born. The Continental Congress was reviewing and editing the language of the proposed Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson, its primary author, was suffering the death of a thousand cuts. The tensions over slavery had been wrenching, terrible, and were resolved by brute calculation: to damn or outlaw it now would break fragile consensus, halt all momentum, and stop the creation of the United States....

A friend of mine, a federal employee received the following in his email...I've redacted only the portions that might compromise his identity... *********************************************** The White House / Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release / May 28, 2010 Presidential Proclamation--Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month < http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-month > A PROCLAMATION As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities. Since our earliest days of independence, our Nation has striven to fulfill that promise. An important chapter in our great, unfinished story is the movement for fairness and...

Yesterday, brought us media pundits stumbling through basic citizenship questions, today brings us John McCain nemesis J.D. Hayworth stumbling through basic U.S. history questions…sort of. Hayworth is making some headlines for telling an audience member at local GOP gathering that technically speaking the U.S. never declared war in Nazi Germany. Cue collective gasp (and a lot of Texas textbook jokes). Here’s what he said in full in response to an audience member who remarked on how the U.S. no longer formally declares war in modern conflicts: I would also point out, that if we want to be sticklers, the war...

Just ran across this video today and thought it was cool. Did a search prior to posting but didn't find anything.

Awe-inspiring video from the San Antonio Tea Party crowd for the 2010 elections... Lives. Fortunes. Sacred Honor. I’m there. Are you?

As a social studies teacher, this one strikes close to home. On my classroom walls, I have several quotes from figures we study in my various classes. Among these are phrases attributed to Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, and, of course, many icons of American history. Two of my favorites come from Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just,...

We invite you to read the Declaration of Tea Party Independence below, which the Hartford Tea Party Patriots has signed and wholeheartedly supports. Recent events have dictated that we NOT allow ourselves to be defined by Democrats, Republicans, the media, and other self-serving individuals and groups. This document was created by a group of tea party patriots who like you are saying: Enough Is Enough! This Declaration of Tea Party Independence represents our creed and our charter moving forward. We the People of the tea party movement define ourselves and our purposes. We the People of the tea party movement...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama has declared a disaster in eight counties in Maryland because of damage done by a snowstorm in December. Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery and Queen Anne's counties will be eligible for federal funding. The state of Maryland and certain private nonprofits will also be eligible for emergency protective measures.

Libertarians often warn about the slippery slope of government intervention: Let the government run the schools, and it may end up teaching your children values that offend you. Let the government have new powers to fight terrorism, and it may use those extraordinary powers in the pursuit of ordinary crimes. Let the federal government give the states money for highways, and it may eventually use its money to impose its own rules on the states. In the Obama era, the slippery slope has gone vertical. Instead of "eventually," the feared extensions of government power come immediately. When President Obama decided...

On November 20, 2009, a document called the Manhattan Declaration was presented to the public by a coalition of co-belligerents. The document is concerned primarily with three very important biblical and cultural issues: the sanctity of life, the meaning of marriage, and the nature of religious liberty. Without question, these issues are up for grabs in our nation. As anyone familiar with my ministry will know, I share the document’s concern for defending the unborn, defining heterosexual marriage biblically, and preserving a proper relationship between church and state. However, when the document was sent to me and my signature was...

In America we are quickly reaching the critical point where expansion of freedom is viewed by some as a threat to religious liberty. Advocates for religious freedom who once took an almost permissive approach so long as the rights and safety of innocent third parties were protected are now actively calling for those types of freedoms to be curtailed. It is a delicate balancing act, and churches do well to protect their integrity. But if they are also using the power of this unity to “reform laws” and “rebuild the culture” then we are witnessing the emergence of a new...

1983 Chicago Declaration by 100 Church Leaders Resubmitted Because of a computer glitch the Chicago Declaration of 1983 that was revived and submitted on December 5 (2009) did not hold its numbering and paragraphs which made it difficult to read. Due to the good graces of the Editors of Freedom’s Phoenix we are resubmitting it for the benefit of those readers who are interested in circulating the article. Again we give thanks to a loving God of the Holy Bible and our wise Founding Fathers who gave us the inalienable right of Freedom of the press along with the others...

Please take the time to read and sign this poingnant and forthright statement at the following link if you are so inclined...and then pass it on. It is being supported by the FreeRepublic Alliance site, Restore the Constitution. THE MODERN AMERICAN DECLARATION OF LIBERTY It is past time for us all to stand and dmenad a return to the Constitution and to fundamental moral, republican, and constitutional principle upon which the constitution is based.

We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are: 1.the sanctity of human life 2.the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife 3.the rights of conscience and religious liberty.

Just when you think that the country is on a road to hell paved with good intentions. Just when you think that there's no chance of recovering from the government's insanity. Just when you think that American are so mesmerized by the empty rhetoric of "hope and change," and have distanced themselves so far from the U. S. Constitution, that they're willing to accept the false security of Socialism in exchange for their liberty, along comes a bright light at the end of the tunnel. The past several months have been depressing to say the least.

A textbook publisher known for painting a sunny, non-violent picture of Islamic jihad in its history books has rewritten part of the Declaration of Independence. The Lone Star Report revealed that a fifth grader in Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, Texas, was told to memorize the Declaration of Independence as printed in "History Alive! America's Past," published by the Teachers' Curriculum Institute, or TCI. But there was one hitch – an essential word had been altered. The true text of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, as written by principal author Thomas Jefferson, states: We hold...

It has been suggested before so I will refresh the minds of fellow Patriots of what to wear on 9/12 in Washington, DC: an empty holster, but with the Constitution and/or Declaration of Independence inside (print one off if you haven't got a "pocket" version). Imagine the knee-jerk reaction of MSM journalists and Beltway pundits to see hordes of would-be Militia members and assorted Astroturfers decending upon DC wearing what appear to be... gun holsters! Only to find out upon closer look that they're empty. What are these Right Wing nutjobs trying to say? Are they hiding their guns (Sandy...

A Declaration of Restoration /July 4th 2009/ When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with a governing body they have created, which has turned tyrannical and detrimental to the peace and safety, and the very existence of the nation of the People who established the governing body, and to return to a previously established form of self governing under the Laws of Nature and Natures God as entitled therein, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which...