Posted on 05/08/2009 10:32:26 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Our friends at The Patriot Depot just received a call from Rosemarie in Ball, Louisiana alerting Patriot Depot that her brother-in-law was stopped by small town Louisiana police and detained by the roadside for half an hour. A background check was conducted to determine whether he was a member of an "extremist" group. Why? Her brother-in-law (name not disclosed for privacy) had purchased and displayed a conservative "Don't Tread on Me" bumper sticker on his car.
The bumper sticker is based on the famous flag designed by American Revolution era general and statesman Christopher Gadsden. The yellow flag featured a coiled diamondback rattlesnake ready to strike, with the slogan "Don't Tread on Me!" underneath it. Benjamin Franklin helped make the rattlesnake a symbol of Americans' reluctance to quarrel but vigilance and resolve in defense of their rights. By 1775 when Gadsden presented his flag to the commander-in-chief of the Navy, the rattlesnake was a symbol of the colonies and of their need to unite in defense of threats to their God-given and inherited rights. The flag and the bumper sticker symbolize American patriotism, the need to defend Americans' rights, and resistance to tyranny's threats to American liberty. Those threats included-and include-illegal taxation, profanation of Americans' rights, and violation of the fundamental principles of American law.
The notorious Department of Homeland Security memo, which was apparently based on the infamous Missouri State Police Report that described supporters of presidential candidates Bob Barr, Ron Paul, and Chuck Baldwin as "militia"-type potential extremists and potential terrorists, is not the first effort of leftist radicals to slander their political opponents as "extremists." Some observers have noted that similar "reports" emerged during the Clinton administration.
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What was the reason for the stop?
Not unusual to run BG checks for small reasons.
A third-hand story from a supposed event in an un-named town?
This guy just hit the jackpot.
Law suit!
No reason to suspect at all that we are not being given the full story. LOL
If this story is for real... this guy could become as famous as Joe the Plumber!
That reminds me to order my “Don’t tread on me” bumper sticker too!....Thanks!
Yeah, color me skeptical too.
Probly had a “dim” tail light light I did on my last pull over.
I have one of these bumper stickers. I picked it up at the local gun shop. They are being given out free by a Second Amendment group.
Yeah I have been meaning to get a Gadsden flag sticker for my car.
Reminds me of the few times years ago when I would get pulled over for having a Grateful Dead “Steal your face” sticker in the window.
Confirmation from a legitimate news source?
I’m skeptical.
But if it did happen, he and his lawyers just hit the lottery.
I dunno. Even with Jindal in the Gov’s mansion, I’d expect that you could be pulled over in a “small Louisiana town” just for being “not from around here”.
EBay has 3x5 gadsden flags for $8.99 buy it now with free shipping!
Just ordered mine, gotta have some flag to fly when Carter finally kicks the bucket.
I think we all need Gadsden flags to go with the bumpers stickers too.
Be careful what you put on your car in the wrong or “liberal” neighborhood. Your car might get trashed. “Liberals” are mean, nasty, sneaky, insidious and relentless.
Besides being liars and traitors.
Boy, they’d love my “when in doubt, EMPTY the magazine” sticker.
Thanks: I’ve got a huge one on the wall of my office and a smaller one flying under Old Glory in my yard.
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