Posted on 07/04/2009 6:43:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Woo hoo!! We're gonna party today!!
Keelhaul the bastards!!
Back at ya!
I thank God that I live in this country.
Thank you Jim! My best to the Robinson clan!
God Bless you and your’n, Jim!
A very Happy 4th to you. Hope your party’s a blast!
Now if you’ll excuse me...I must get ready to go to “tea”.
: )
Happy Independence Day to you too, Jim.
May God continue to shed His grace on this great nation (despite its current leadership).
Same to you JimRob! Thanks for all you and your family do for us and whats left of our Nation.
Party like it’s 1773!!
God bless America. And Jim Robinson & family. Thank you!
“A Republic if you can keep it.”
Benjamin Franklin
Personally, I don’t see much to “celebrate” in this 233rd anniversary of the tremendous sacrifice that was made on our behalf.
We have allowed our Constitution to be bastardized and trashed by a gaggle of Marxists, Socialists and Reprobates and have done nothing to stand in opposition to their TREASONOUS actions.
How much more of this SUBVERSION of our Founding Fathers accomplishments are WE going to sit back and allow?
And of all places to be...MOSCOW???
Thought you may enjoy this quote from John Adams about our Independence Day:
“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. — Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”
We’re going to celebrate by holding a huge nationwide TEA Party! Hope there’s one near you! Today is the day to party like 1773!
Rebellion is brewing!!
The 4th of July is when we celebrate not being as backwards as Great Britain. The only thing left to celebrate.
I guess we should be happy about that.
Happy 4th of July to you and yours! God Bless our country!
I wonder if Obama will be celebrating.
Happy Independence Day!
We are the new 'minutemen'. Thank you for this forum. God bless you Jim.
and to you Sir!!! Thankx Mr.Robinson, Thankx for Everything...
Happy Independence Day, everybody!
Happy Independence Day to you and yours Jim!
mr & mrs sneakers
Thank you, and to you also.
Happy Independence Day!
God bless you, Jim, and God bless America! :-)
Please pay the media reporters that will be covering such events with the respect they deserve.
Raising a glass of iced sweet tea and a hot dog to all FReepers!
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Happy 4th Of July! Go get ‘em!
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We’re supposed to have a tea party in Davenport Iowa today from 1-3, but it’s raining like cats and dogs here and doesn’t look too good for later either.
Happy Fourth everyone!
Happy 4th of July! Prayers and thanks to ALL of our troops both past and present!
Thank you!
Happy 4th! Happy Independence Day! Thanks be to God Almighty for the freedoms we have enjoyed. May we find ways, strength, and resolve to see that these same freedoms survive for the next generations.
Thanks! Happy Fourth and God Bless!
We meet openly now, but fear reprisals from the arrogant prince, a one unfit to lead so great and noble people as we Americans.
Shall we remember only this day the battles fought to gain and retain our liberty and freedom? Or will we muster the courage to dare think that we are being called to foment thought that will only result in a conflict so terrible that our mouths are shut as our hearts burn?
Jacob called to the gathered people that "For me and my house, we will live for the Lord"
Patrick Henty challenged the gathered in a Baptist church to seriously consider Liberty or Death.
And we .... we MUST conclude SOMEthing in this waning hour.
Words are needed to spur the thoughts that provoke the action that acomplishes the repeated end to tyranny and taxation without representation.
As I participate this evening, the sky darkened and the mood anxious ... I will remember the blood shed for freedom and liberty.
I will not dwell there ... rather, I will intentionally stir the desire to revolt against the usurper government over me ... I will seek the fearful courage hopefully still burning in my soul that may save this great land from being erased from the pages of history ... I will pray to God for my family and friends, that we are united in determination and cause, and that HE will not only bless America but save her as well.
Jim,
Thanks! Have a great independence day.
See you at the convention.
E01
Joshua, not Jacob.
God save the Republic!
Happy Fourth, Jim,and thanks again for making this forum a reality. It is truly a haven for like minds in a dark time.
Conservatives have needed a real leader for some time, and someone stepped up to the plate yesterday in Wasilla, Alaska. God bless her and her love for America.
The libtards will beg for being keelhauled when we are through with them.
Friends, 233 years ago, a group of men with a lot to lose signed their death warrant for an idea—that all men are created equal, and that certain inalienable rights had been bestowed upon them by their Creator, and not at the pleasure of a monarch.
They took on the biggest Empire the world had ever seen to that point in time, and struggled for close to eight years to make their vision of a free country a reality.
When John Hancock signed that document, he made his signature huge and he was willing to be the only signing it. They would have come with the rope just for him, and that was OK for Hancock.
But they took courage, and they ALL signed it. Look at that list of names. Two future Presidents signed—Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. If they failed, there would be no Presidency.
The Creator had other ideas.
On July 4, 2009, all we have to do is defeat a Democrat Congress and a closet Muslim in the White House.
Let's get going. A pretty lady from Alaska just laid it all on the line for the same idea. And she is going to need some help.
Thanks Jim...and to you and yours. Thanks for everything.
Thanks for that, and a Happy, and Safe Fourth of July for you, and yours today.
I guess chips and dips can work for me.
Don't forget to fly your flag!
Celebrate with guns? Makes me wish I lived in the country and had a M2 50 caliber machine gun and a couple of old Fords and Chevys.
Instead I will settle for a couple of hundred bottle rockets and lady fingers.
Get up for our fallen heros in the grave, get up for the generation that can no longer stand, get up for the baby boomers who can no longer retire, get up gen X & Y soaked in the media bias, and get up for the children not yet born!
This is our country and we must take the message to the streets. Let the fireworks begin!!
Thanks Jim!! HBD America!!!
Happy Independence Day to you too, Jim!! Thank you and your staff for supporting our freedom of speech by giving us this wonderful forum!
There was a great turn out at today’s Tea Party in Clearwater, Fla.....still going on. Dr. David McKalip, who is opposed to Mr. Obama’s health care plan, was in attendance.
Hopefully, more Americans are waking up AND taking a stand for our great country.
Dad and I are having our own Tea party:
(when two or more gather)
Got the house decorated with flags, ice tea made, poems ready to read, and even made two sign for dad:
ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW
I am swimming with Sarahcudah!
Sarah has read the tealeaves!
God bless you! And may God continue to bless America!
The National Hymn | Pledge of Allegiance
On this day Americans commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which took place on July 4, 1776. The church in the U.S. incorporated this observance into the liturgy with a special mass asking for peace, justice, and truth. (Source: Daily Roman Missal, Edited by Rev. James Socías, Midwest Theological Forum, Chicago, Illinois ©2003)
Collect:
God of love, Father of us all
in wisdom and goodness you guide creation
to fulfillment in Christ your Son.
Open our hearts to the truth of His gospel,
that your peace may rule in our hearts
and your justice guide our lives.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Readings: from Masses for Various Occasions & Needs (For Public Needs)
See section on this site: Catholics and Political Responsibility
Making Words Count - Voters must be mindful of media manipulation Michaelmas 2002 Vol. XVII, No. 3
The "flag salute" was composed by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, and was first published in the Youth Companion magazine in 1892. In 1923, "of the United States of America" was added; and in 1954, the phrase "under God".
The phrase "under God" has been challenged. In late June 2002, a decision by a judge of the 9th Circuit Court declared "under God" unconstitutional, though following an immediate and enormous public outcry from Americans everywhere, he stayed his own decision.
June 21, 2003 - Update from the Ventura County Star - California Governor Gray Davis has asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision banning the Pledge. The review is based on "national cultural" and "social importance".
June 14, 2004: The US Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiff, Newdow, had insufficient legal standing to sue, thus the Court avoided deciding the merits of the case. Thus "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is retained.
Copy of the Decision at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Elk Grove Unified School Dist. v. Newdow http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14june20041230/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03pdf/02-1624.pdf
TALENT & AKIN ANNOUNCE PROTECT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BILL
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
(ST. CHARLES, MO) US Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.) and Congressman Todd Akin (R-Mo.) today announced legislation they have introduced in the US Congress to protect the Pledge of Allegiance at a pro-Pledge rally in St. Charles.
Sen. Talent and Rep. Akin have introduced the Protect the Pledge Act of 2003 (S. 1297/H.R. 2028), which would regulate the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts, such as San Francisco's Ninth Circuit Court, to hear cases that challenge the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance.
"I believe it is the responsibility of Congress to protect the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance", Talent said. "The Senate voted unanimously to support the use of 'under God' in the Pledge, but in my judgment we should do more. The Protect the Pledge Act preserves and protects individual rights to affirm their beliefs and pledge their allegiance to the flag while making certain that no person would ever be forced to say 'under God' when reciting the Pledge. I am optimistic that we can rally Congress to defend the Constitution and protect the Pledge by limiting the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts.
Talent and Akin's legislation removes the issue of the Pledge of Allegiance's constitutionality from the jurisdiction of federal district and appeals courts, while maintaining the jurisdiction of state courts and the U.S. Supreme Court over such cases.
Under Article III of the Constitution, Congress has the power to regulate the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts as a check in our government's system of checks and balances. In the past, Congress has used this power to prevent or overrule judicial abuse in administration of the environmental, immigration, and labor laws.
The effect of Talent and Akin's legislation would be to overrule the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, which ruled, in what is now an infamous case, that the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional because it uses the phrase "one nation under God.
Source:http://talent.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=205732
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