“Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”
Patrick Henry – 03/23/1775
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not . Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free– if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending–if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained–we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace ? 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!

- Posted by John_Adams, aka Rev. Larry Wallenmeyer

The Definition of a Liberal…

…TREASON

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation—he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city—he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared…….Cicero, 42 B.C.E.
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“The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale
and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled,
or hanged.”
-Abraham Lincoln.
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First Posted by TerryCSA.

14 Myths Commonly Held by Progressives
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As Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said, “There isn’t any common sense in D.C.” Trying to understand their line of thinking is mind boggling. Where did these people come from. It’s no wonder they don’t want any history prior to Rutherford B. Hayes being taught, they have never read history. If they had they wouldn’t be under the misconception that any of the following myths have any validity.

There just isn’t any rationale in their thinking. Recently a psychologist released the results of a 30 year study of liberalism and has determined liberlism to be a mental illness. I will have to concur with that finding. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize these people aren’t all there. They are somewhere between mentally ill and inherently evil.

14 Myths Commonly Held by Progressives aka Dems, Libs, Socialists, Marxists, Communists

1. Government taxes have no effect on unemployment.

2. Illegal immigration does not depress overall market wages.

3. Government regulations incur no costs on the economy.

4. When the wealthy acquire new wealth, they do so on the backs of the rest of us, making us financially worse off.

5. President FDR was good for the country, and the Great Depression would have been far worse had it not been for him.

6. The process by which a drug must be approved by the FDA does not contribute to unnecessary deaths by denying experimental drugs to terminally ill patients.

7. The government regulations enforced by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) do not contribute to increased health care costs.

8. Minimum wage laws do not contribute to higher unemployment rates.

9. Growth of big government and regulatory bodies do not contribute to corporate-government corruption.

10. Government programs are more efficient, because government agencies, by design, do not seek marketplace profits.

11. Corporate profits can (and should, whenever possible) be efficiently reallocated through government programs to increase efficiency.

12. Government spending in the economy is equal to (if not better than) spending in the private sector.

13. The Tea Party movement is a small minority fringe movement comprised of racists and white supremacists.

14. Government reforms proposed by the Democrat Party are not at all “government takeovers”. In fact it is unfair to categorize them as such.
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Think this through slowly…

Think VERY hard about what this says:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/115/sections/…

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United States Code
TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I – CRIMES
CHAPTER 115 – TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

(a) WHOEVER, when the United States is at war, WILLFULLY makes or
conveys FALSE reports or FALSE statements with INTENT to INTERFERE with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of
the United States or to promote the success of its enemies;
or
WHOEVER, when the United States is at war, WILLFULLY causes or ATTEMPTS to cause
insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal
of DUTY, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or
WILLFULLY obstructs THE RECRUITING or enlistment service of the
United States, TO THE INJURY of the service or the United States,
or ATTEMPTS to do so -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
twenty years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons CONSPIRE to violate subsection (a) of
this section and one or more such persons do any act to effect the
object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy
shall be punished as provided in said subsection (a).
(c) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe or suspect, has committed, or is
ABOUT TO commit, an offense under this section, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(d) This section shall apply within the admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction of the United States, and on the high seas, as well as
within the United States.
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1. Conveys FALSE REPORTS/STATEMENTS.
2. INTENDS to INTERFERE with operation and sucess of the Military.
3. PROMOTE the SUCESS of OUR ENEMY.
4. ATTEMPTS to CAUSE insubordianation, disloyalty, mutiny and refusal of duty.
5. OBSTRUCTS RECRUITMENT into the military.
6. CONPIRES to DO so.
7. ATTEMPTS to DO so.

- THAT is The Constitutinal LAW’s Definition of Treason, Sedition and Subversive Activities!!!
- NOW think about Code-Pink, Cindy “Pig-in-a-Ditch” Sheehan, The New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, NPR, and include Richard Durbin, Barney Frank, Nazi Pelousy, Hitlery Klinton, Komrade Kerry, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Barack HUSSIEN ObaMarxist and Joeie Obisden….think about ALL THEY’VE SAID, DONE AND HOW THEY’VE VOTED…and then compare THE LAW to their ACTIONS…
- Now, tell me, what do you think about it all.

-John_Adams.