Happy Dependence Day!

National Review Online ^ | 3/21/10 | Mark Steyn

[starczar66]

...I've been saying for years now, governmentalized health care not only changes the relationship of the citizen to the state but the very character of the people. As I wrote in NR recently, there's plenty of evidence to support that from Britain, Canada, and elsewhere.More prosaically, it's also unaffordable. That's why one of the first things that middle-rank powers abandon once they go down this road is a global military capability...

[Ben Mugged]

Any RINO who says “there are redeemable features to this legislation” will not get a dime from me for reelection.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

for later reading

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That's why one of the first things that middle-rank powers abandon once they go down this road is a global military capability

Hence the recent stories that the British have decided they can't afford one of the new aircraft carriers they're building and are considering selling it to India. Brittania can't rule the waves and provide cradle-to-grave health coverage to everyone.

[skr]

As one of the talk show hosts mentioned, today is the anniversary of the Stamp Act (March 22, 1765). Interesting timing.

[Dajjal]

U.S.S.A. bump, Comrade!

[w_over_w]

Does this mean November 2nd is the new St. Patricks Day?

You know, the celebration of "We the People" chasing all the snakes out of Washington DC.

[dfwgator]

Time to learn our new national anthem:

Arise, you prisoners of starvation!
Arise, you wretched of the earth!
For justice thunders condemnation:
A better world’s in birth!
No more tradition’s chains shall bind us,
Arise you slaves, no more in thrall!
The earth shall rise on new foundations:
We have been nought, we shall be all!
‘Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international soviet
Shall be the human race
‘Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international working class
Shall be the human race

[FlashBack]

I like it!!!

[GloriaJane]

NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO RESTORE FREEDOM TO ALL AMERICANS!

[GloriaJane]

[Monorprise]

Over my Dead body! I know not what others choose to do but for me there is but one choice in life: Give me Liberty or give me Death!

[maica]

Brilliant!

[FrankR]

This is for any lurkers that voted for obama and are now cryin' the blues....

On her way to welfare one morning ,
Down the path along side the lake,
A bleeding-hearted liberal saw a half-frozen snake.
His almond colored skin had been all frosted with the dew,
"Messiah," she cried, "I'll take you in, I'll even vote of you."

"Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.

She wrapped him up all cozy, ‘cause she was wallowing in guilt,
And then laid him by the fireside, with some money and some milk;
That night she hurried home from welfare, and soon as she arrived,
That politician snake she'd taken in was fully revived .

"Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.

Now she gave him all her riches, "You're my messiah!" she cried,
"But if I hadn't voted you in, by now, your career might have died.";
Now she stroked his pretty almond skin, and then she kissed him goodnight,
But instead of saying thanks, the serpent gave her a bite. "Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.

"But I voted for you," cried that liberal, “And now I see you’ve lied!”,
“You know your bite is lethal, and now I'm going to die.”;
"Oh shut up, you stupid liberal," said the serpent with a grin,
"You knew I was a low-down snake, before you voted me in..

"Take me in oh STUPID liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh STUPID liberal,"
LAUGHED the politician snake.

[w_over_w]

Xtremely cool!

[CT]

Today Americans are no longer citizens. We are now Subjects.

[GloriaJane]

Awesome!

[w_over_w]

We are now Subjects.

Perhaps . . . for awhile CT. But I believe this is a Pyrrhic victory. "A representative democracy cannot long endure a political class that is so out of touch with the populace."

I saw this first hand with the recall of Gov. Gray Davis out here on the left-coast.

They are convinced that their policies are actually popular, in spite of every piece of data to the contrary. This November will not just be about the House and Senate, but also the state house races wherein they could be decimated. A fact which is critical to the future of their party. The winners of these races will draw new legislative districts next year. A GOP rout in statehouses could doom the Democrats for a decade.

It's just an opinion but I think the word "citizen" will soon gain new meaning and strength.

Ride to the sounds of the guns CT!