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I first fell in love with America 49 years ago. I flew from the UK to Denver visit my parents in Christmas 1965, and it was love at first sight. I fell in love with America, the land; I fell in love with America, the people. And I fell in love with the American way of life, the unconsciously optimistic approach to life and work and the future. I applied for citizenship as soon as possible and my naturalization certificate is dated January 3, 1975. So, in just about a week, I'll have been a U.S. citizen for 40 years....

The founding fathers knew that a government that was all powerful and not under the authority of its people would be a tyrannical government. They threw one off and formed a new country with all the rights and benefits they believed a free people should have and agreed to what the rules were.

On September 17, 2010 President Barack Obama spoke to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 33rd Annual Award Gala. During his speech – reading from a teleprompter – he quoted from the Declaration of Independence. Here is what he said: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights, life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Perhaps his teleprompter or his brain just can’t handle the phrase “endowed by our Creator!” The Declaration of Independence defines the Constitution philosophically and spiritually, therefore in Beauty and its Author. “Progressives” have argued...

The Declaration of Independence is the most remarkable legal and political document of all time. It reveals the genius of our founding fathers as well as the deep and abiding love, as well as , jealousy they had for freedom.

Viva la independencia national? Although September 16 is supposed to be the Mexican equivalent of America's 4th of July, upwards of 38 million illegal alien free loaders and scam artists are living on the backs of American taxpayers. Thus, the day should be renamed "Mexican Illegal Alien Dependence Day" to recognize the facts as they are. However, with a minimal amount of political cajoles, there is a way to change things so that September 16 is truly a day of Independence for peoples on both sides of the borders. To begin with, let us round up and deport every last...

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2008 – A California-based group will fulfill the promise of a major milestone today, as a soldier at Fort Lewis, Wash., receives a free Jeep Liberty. Army Spc. Michael Gallagher, a vehicle commander from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., opens a care package given to him by Operation Gratitude on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Jan. 22. Gallagher received Operation Gratitude's 300,000th care package, which contained the keys to a 2008 Jeep Liberty. Photo by Army Pfc. Kirby Rider   (Click photo for...

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss moderates this discussion with members of Congress on the impact of high-speed communications, instantaneous news, and public expectations of quick results on basic constitutional principles such as "separation of powers" and "federalism." House Majority Whip Roy Blunt and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer participate in the program. The discussion addresses if and how the Founding Fathers’ blueprint for deliberative democracy should be adapted to a world reshaped by communications technology.

Oh, say can you see, By the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed At the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, Thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there. O, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the brave?

War protester sets flag on fire MURRIETA: Lee Henry Vollick, 19, is attacked by concertgoers, then arrested, his mother says. By SARAH BURGE / The Press-Enterprise MURRIETA - After a 19-year-old war protester set fire to an American flag at the Murrieta city birthday bash Saturday evening, angry bystanders attacked him before he could say a word, his mother said Sunday. Police said Lee Henry Vollick, of Murrieta, set an American flag ablaze around 7:55 p.m. in the middle of a crowded concert at the California Oaks Sports Park. The protester's mother, Barbara Vollick, said her son was trying to...

The 4th of July is Independence Day. Independence Day is more than just a another holiday. It marks a very significant event in history, not just in US history but world history. It marks a point in time when men - some wealthy, some not - put everything they had on the line so that the United States of America could come into existence. It was a radical move. Before these men met there had not been another Republic in the western world for over 1800 years. The Roman Republic fell in 27 BC, when the Roman Senate gave...

"Ok, are you ready, grab your cooler and a lawnchair, and let's get on with the show!!" Marty King A well done tribute to America on her Birthday. Enjoy!!!

In the gloom of this holy Christmas night, a cold sleet fell. It was not a night for man nor beast but yet here they were. Huddled upon the banks of this frigid river, 2000 men contemplated their bleak fate. The past few months had gone very, very badly. Their hopes had been crushed time and again. The noble experiment in Liberty which had begun with such promise, had by this time deteriorated to the point where every day was a battle just to survive. Defeat after defeat, at places like Long Island, Harlem Heights, Fort Washington and White Plains...

I could not find the thread for us Careproviders. Quick and to the point I need help on resourses for my adult, medically fragile, Conservative sharp minded, great son. I use to be a great advocate when he was young but life slow down. If in the event of my leaving this world he has no family or friends willing to take on a huge responsibility. He needs a full time medical facility. He has his own vendors and private care coverage. But to get someone out to our home on shifts does not work. He cannot be left more...

<p>On a sunny Saturday morning 30 years from now, you may decide to take your family for a ride to the country. You'll still be driving a car, and you may still get stuck in traffic. But that's OK, because the only thing you'll be breathing in is water vapor from the car in front of you.</p>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12-22) 10:50 PST PODGORICA, Yugoslavia (AP) -- A popular politician who wants to push Yugoslavia closer to a final breakup is the overwhelming favorite to win Montenegro's presidential election Sunday -- if enough voters turn out to validate the ballot. Parliamentary speaker and former prime minister Filip Vujanovic faced 10 other candidates, mostly political independents likely to receive little support. But with the opposition calling for a boycott, the election risked being invalidated, just weeks after a similar outcome in Serbia, Yugoslavia's other republic. A valid election requires a turnout of at least 50 percent of the nearly 460,000...