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marina_herriottНе выходит из головы, что сегодня в традиционном праздничном фейерверке отказано морпехам, то есть и моему сыну в том числе - Sequester Extinguishes July 4th Fireworks At Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg.
Это на фоне $100 млн. обамовских африканских трат только на одну поездку, не считая помощи вчера низвергнутым экстремистам Египта - $1.3 billion in military aid and $250 million in economic...
Явно Б.Х. Обама имеет своё, отличное от отцов-основателей, представление о свободе. Из его инаугурационной речи : "Being true to our founding ... does not mean we all define liberty in exactly the same way or follow the same precise path to happiness..."
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metaphorsbwithu at want to see some fireworks?
And to think we are currently fighting the same battles today - 237 years later.
This isn't a joke folks.
Incidentally, do you know what happened to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Take a couple of minutes and read this brief summary, courtesy of American Family Traditions, author unknown:
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. Thomas Nelson quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. His own home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted ... We shouldn’t.
Strange, isn't it? Today's children are taught that our founders were just old, rich, racist white men looking out for themselves. I'm so very grateful I grew up in a time when we were taught to know better.
PS Обама-себялюбец-твиттит сегодня:
Это на фоне $100 млн. обамовских африканских трат только на одну поездку, не считая помощи вчера низвергнутым экстремистам Египта - $1.3 billion in military aid and $250 million in economic...
Явно Б.Х. Обама имеет своё, отличное от отцов-основателей, представление о свободе. Из его инаугурационной речи : "Being true to our founding ... does not mean we all define liberty in exactly the same way or follow the same precise path to happiness..."
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metaphorsbwithu at want to see some fireworks?ASK YOUR FAVORITE LIBERALS WHY THE 4TH OF JULY IS SO IMPORTANT
It's virtually guaranteed they will be unable to get the words out ... or they will mumble some left-wing nonsense ... or start cursing at you.And to think we are currently fighting the same battles today - 237 years later.
This isn't a joke folks.
Incidentally, do you know what happened to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Take a couple of minutes and read this brief summary, courtesy of American Family Traditions, author unknown:
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. Thomas Nelson quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. His own home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted ... We shouldn’t.
Strange, isn't it? Today's children are taught that our founders were just old, rich, racist white men looking out for themselves. I'm so very grateful I grew up in a time when we were taught to know better.
PS Обама-себялюбец-твиттит сегодня:
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