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The Fourth of July



Happy Fourth of July!

 

Today we celebrate what may be the most momentous event of the last millennia.  Fifty-six men gathered in Philadelphia.  What they did not only changed the course of a nation but changed the course of the world.

 

What did they do?

 

Simply put, they signed a document.

 

More to the point, they shook the political world to its core. 

 

By signing the Declaration, they threw out tyranny.  By signing, they rebuked oppression and declared liberty.  By signing, they said God gave rights, not a fickle tyrant.  If God gave us rights, no man could take them away.

 

By signing, they launched a Copernican revolution.  Man did not belong to the state.  Man did not live to serve the state.   The state exists to serve man.  The state exists for the benefit of man.  The state exists to protect its citizens, not to exploit them for a ruling class.

 

By declaring life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable rights; the rulers of man were reduced to being the servants of the people. 

 

By declaring freedom, tyranny was thrown down.  By declaring independence, man’s better nature was allowed to achieve greatness and the depravity of man was cast out of the public square. 

 

By declaring our emancipation, we declared that all men truly are created equal and no man has the right to be our master by virtue of birth or because of the arrogance of power and the narcissism of authority. 

 

By declaring liberty, they had the audacity to believe they could and would change the world.  Their hope was in God and not in men.  Their hope was not in the power of government to force change on people but the power of people to change government from an oppressive master to a meek and humble servant.

 

This day we celebrate our freedom.  This day we celebrate our liberty.  This day we celebrate our independence.  As our founding fathers had to fight to establish liberty, on this date we must fight to restore it.

 

Let us fight so that we will live up to the expectations of those who made our freedoms possible and not live down to those who would make government again our master and who would trade our freedoms for chains. 

 

Today let us celebrate freedom!

 

Happy Independence Day from all of us here at Tea Party Nation.

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Permalink Reply by JOSE MALAVE on July 4, 2011 at 9:26am
HAPPY BIRHTDAY AMERICA
Permalink Reply by cgtexas on July 4, 2011 at 4:33pm
Happy Fourth of July to you.I was sad all day until I heard this by Merle Haggard.I was inspired and found new hope within myself to go forward and keep telling about God,the foundation of this country,and the TeaPartyNation (YEAH).Enjoy   http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=eFHJ41ktt3Q#MondayMinistry_7-4-11
Permalink Reply by Nancy on July 4, 2011 at 9:34am

Mr. President, It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

Permalink Reply by Nancy on July 4, 2011 at 9:36am
July 4th
By: Thomas Sowell | 07/04/11 7:29 AM

The Fourth of July may be just a holiday for fireworks to some people. But it was a momentous day for the history of this country and the history of the world.

Not only did July 4, 1776 mark American independence from England, it marked a radically different kind of government from the governments that prevailed around the world at the time -- and the kinds of governments that had prevailed for thousands of years before.

The American Revolution was not simply a rebellion against the King of England, it was a rebellion against being ruled by kings in general. That is why the opening salvo of the American Revolution was called "the shot heard round the world.". .

. . .Does the Constitution matter? If it doesn't, then your Freedom doesn't matter.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/07/july-4th#i...
Permalink Reply by Lois K. Knoffer on July 4, 2011 at 9:53am

As I ate blue berry pancakes with my family and listened to patriot music on a cd sent

me by Disabled Veterans I pondered what this year will bring. It's my last year with two

beautiful grandsons. One just graduated, one becomes a senior. Both have sworn to

defend our country. Having served in JROTC they are becoming patriots before my eyes.

Then I read the words Judson has so eloquently penned and I am shaken by their

beauty and soul felt words.

We can  imagine ourselves in that sweaty hot room in Philadelphia as our Founders

put their signatures to the papers of Eternal Freedoms. Many paid with their lives and

fortunes as the British hunted them down and killed them. Would we be up to the task

today?

As I read thru responses yesterday, I believe the answer is a resounding YES! ! !

May God bless our nation and its peoples.

Permalink Reply by dave williams on July 4, 2011 at 10:04am
Happy 4th of july on this great day one other thing will done, singing of the national anthem, why do we let it be sung in do op pop rockola? That to me is another thing political correctness has done to this country, don' t offend anybody. Do you hear changes in the national anthems of greece, france germany god save the queen in england, Frances Scott Keys must be rolling over in his grave. They change it cause they can't sing land of the free properly, sing mexico's anthem wrong see what happens, this is part of the american joke like someone once said NO RESPECT.
Permalink Reply by james stamulis on July 4, 2011 at 10:44am
i wish i could write like that. well said judson! happy 4th to every american and may there be hundreds more to come. god bless america!
Permalink Reply by Frank E. Landrey on July 4, 2011 at 11:00am

 

www.FreeAmericaAlliance.com  -  3 "free" freedom chapters
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle all to be equal, endowed by their Creator to earn and own Property.  Any President, whose character is thus marked by acts of a Tyrant, is unfit to rule. We appeal to the Supreme Judge of the world for Divine Providence. We pledge life and fortune to Freedom.
Signed, Frank E. Landrey

Permalink Reply by Tony Malanowski on July 4, 2011 at 11:11am
Well said, Judson, and thanks for your tireless work to preserve our Great Nation!

And today, more than ever, I think we should remember these final words that were written on our Declaration of Independece, and consider how WE will continue to fight in the coming year, for the Nation our Founding Fathers left us, against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic:

"And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." - July 4, 1776




Permalink Reply by Nancy on July 4, 2011 at 11:20am
Permalink Reply by Sione Fisiiahi on July 4, 2011 at 12:25pm

thank you Nancy, great song for this very day.

God Bless America !

Permalink Reply by Doug Nicholson on July 4, 2011 at 3:39pm

Love it! Thank you!

Happy fourth of July, everyone!

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