| Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 | Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,798 | |||
| ||||
| Woo hoo!! And we're now over 25%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless. | ||||
Posted on 04/18/2009 11:36:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Congratulations FReepers and Patriots! According to Henchster's ongoing tallies, we've surpassed 750,000 participants in our nationwide Tax Day TEA Party/Tax Revolt! Woo hoo!! All 50 states fully engaged! Over 600 cities represented and reports still coming in! Huge turnout, huge SUCCESS!!
Elected officials take note: DO NOT TREAD ON ME!!
Tyranny, usurpation, corruption, overreaching, big spending, high taxing will no longer be tolerated!
We the people are FED-UP and we're not going to take it anymore!
Ignore us at your own peril! All Congressional seats, all elected offices throughout the land at risk!
Revolution is in the air!!
Having five degrees ... I sympathize with you ... BUT if missing ONE physics class is going to screw you up ... you need to study more.
July 4 this year is on a Saturday.
See you there!
I love it.
I will need to find a campground to pitch a tent but I am coming ... virtually NOTHING will keep me away from that
Agree.
WHOOHOO! THE SLEEPING GIANT HAS AWOKEN!
Jim, Henchster—Wonderful work! We need to send this to Rush, Hannity, Levin, Savage, The Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family,FoxNews anchors,O’Reilly, Greta, etc. even the MSM(retch-excuse me). This needs to be the nes Monday morning.
This compilation is proof of what happened on Wednesday.
This number is much higher than anything reported so far.
I’ve heard that there is a Million Man Tea Party protest in DC on 9/12-9/13, when Congress returns from summer break.
We should have a FreeRepublic gathering so we can march together. This way DHS can film us all at one time.
Jim, that would be an echo of the March for Justice in 1998.
Time to make more history.
Will their be an "emergency" one before any already being formed?
I say this after seeing the NRA response to the Mexican Firearms Agreement which may have other legs.
What say you Freepers?
I posted, on the windows of my little dry-cleaning shop, that I would be closed all day on April 15. Took myself and three others to Lansing (MI), where we were joined by roughly 5,000 like-minded people. What a Hoot!
“There will definitely be a march on Washington and, GOD willing, I will definitely be there! Pitchfork in hand!! Give me Liberty or give me Death!!” Jim Robinson
Me too! bttt
Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
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, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. 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. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; 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. 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!
BTW I taught engineering at one of the east coast universities for some years so ... you CAN sit in on the Tuesday Thursday class and not miss a thing
The issue you two are addressing is one that our side never hits hard, ever. We should be incredibly enraged and justifiably bitter that while we work, the country gets stolen from us by freeloaders who don’t work, who therefore have the time to be politically active (generally funded by government programs or leftist contribution via a government program). You can say all you want, but someone who works their ass off all day doesn’t always have the time/energy to root out what’s going on. Thus, there is a huge advantage being taken by our opposition, who is stealing from us and undermining the country while we pay for everything. When the time comes to rile our side to the appropriate measures we’ll likely have to take, this must be pushed hard.
That's more like it ... you are either dedicated to the cause ... or you are not ... way to go.
Woo hoo!!
Another $100 just in from California!!
Thank you California!!
Dang, it will be boiling in DC - I’m a humidity wimp from Oregon.
No - it’s a one shot class - one prof teaches THIS class and there is NO other comparable class. What you say it true for many but not this one. And I have done just what you have advised in other scenarios. In fact, I have a conflict with a final exam and am taking my exam in another class.
July 4th would also be good and I could come even with summer classes....
Next one we should be ready to go on offense. My daughter recommends “Sharking” (often also referred to as de-pants) hostile media people. This is workable. What’s a few felonies anyway when they are for the cause.....
That’s exactly why I decided to say something. The time for using work or school or any other normal day reason for not attending something this important IS PAST. That is one of the major reasons that we are in the mess we are today ... because few on our side were willing to make even a small sacrifice ... like missing a half day at work ... for the cause. It made the other side think that we would not stand up for ourselves and embolden them ... and now you see the result.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.