http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/foundingfathers/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:51:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420203/posts In the spirit of our Founding Fathers let us recall the words of Israel Putnam. "Patriot, remember the heritages received from your forefathers and predecessors. Protect and perpetuate them for future generations of your countrymen." To those that don't know Israel Putnam, Israel Putnam was born in Salem Village (now Danvers), Mass. to a prosperous farming family. On April 20, 1775, when Putnam received news of the Battle of Lexington that started the day before, he left his plow in the field and rode one hundred miles in eighteen hours, reaching Cambridge the next day, to offer his services to... syc1959 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420203/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414835/posts As we approach the celebration of Christ's birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words: "Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? ... Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414835/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414162/posts Self-Evident Truths: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says it comes under the Commerce Clause. Rep. Steny Hoyer says it's mandated by the "general welfare" clause. Despite liberal wishes, health care is not a right. The "living Constitution" that Democrats and their court appointees have given us may be the death of our freedoms. Their constitution adapts to the times and serves the whims of the elitists. The Constitution is supposed to limit government powers. It does not allow government to do anything it feels like doing. Cass Sunstein, the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is the author of... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414162/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411229/posts Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1, December 19, 1776Number 1 of this series is of particular historical interest, for it was written during Washington's retreat across the Delaware and by his order was read to his dispirited and suffering soldiers. The opening sentence was adopted as the watchword of the movement to Trenton: "These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411229/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407125/posts The Bill of Rights should be mourned, not celebrated. It is defunct. Intended as the bulwark of the right of decentralized self-government, it now serves mainly as an excuse for the opposite: a roving judicial veto of state policies that federal judges dislike. So, if the people of virtually every state ban flag burning or regulate abortion, provide capital punishment or support prayer in school, that does not settle the matter. Unlike 200 or 100 years ago, today the federal judiciary is apt to step in to stop state legislatures from adopting policies like this. The people never consented to... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407125/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406354/posts "One Nation Under God." This simple phrase, added to the pledge of allegiance over 50 years ago has been the source of unbelievable debate and heated controversy. Likewise, the phrase 'In God We Trust' on our currency has been targeted and continues to be attacked as improper and politically incorrect. Lawsuits have been filed and legal minds employed to ascertain whether such statements violate the concept of 'separation of church and state'. As this debate continues, some so called experts have implied or concluded that our Founding Fathers and Patriots were not religious. These secular champions, in an effort to... McNaughton Fine Art Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406354/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402149/posts NO MUSLIMS FOUNDED AMERICA BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA THINKS THEY WERE THERE! by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. Nov 14th, 2009 Dear Mr. Obama, OBAMA said, in his Cairo speech: “I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America ’s story. Dear Mr. Obama: Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians. Were those Muslims that celebrated the first Thanksgiving day? Sorry again, …those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians. Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution? Declaration of Independence ? Bill... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402149/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401232/posts A letter written by the first US President, George Washington, has sold at auction for $3.2m (£1.9m). The sale, at Christie's in New York, was a record for a letter written by Washington. The four-page letter was written in 1787 to the president's nephew, Bushrod Washington, and urges adoption of the country's new constitution. A partially written poem by Edgar Allan Poe sold for $830,500 - a record for a 19th Century literary manuscript. 'Power of the people' Christie's said the Washington letter had been owned by descendants of Bushrod Washington for more than 100 years. The buyer was not... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401232/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401225/posts An impassioned letter penned by George Washington in 1787 about the strengths of the newly written U.S. Constitution was sold at auction in New York on Friday for a record price of $3.2 million. Christie's had estimated that the letter, written from Mount Vernon, could fetch up to $2.5 million at auction, but some experts doubted it would bring that much in the poor economy. The previous auction record for a Washington document was set in 2002, when one of his military reports fetched $834,500, the auction house said. The letter's "hammer" price Friday was $2.8 million, but the buyer's... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401225/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:32:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401013/posts Notice how this document bears similarities to our Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. SECTION I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring... Constitution Dot Org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401013/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:51:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397097/posts CHARLOTTESVILLE -- More than 200 years after they were written, about 5,000 previously unpublished documents of the founders of the United States -- including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison -- are now available to the public at no cost. The Documents Compass group of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities at the University of Virginia has spent much of the past year proofreading and transcribing thousands of pages of letters and other papers. The documents are available online for free at the University of Virginia Press' digital imprint called Rotunda. "It's an exciting project," said Penelope Kaiserlian, director... Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397097/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:38:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387454/posts Claims of American exceptionalism tend to evoke either knee-jerk patriotic fervor or “intellectual” bemoaning of unwarranted arrogance. Either reaction misses the point. America does stand exceptional among the nations of Earth. This is not a rhetorical claim without substantiation, but an indisputable historical fact. What makes America exception is no cause for arrogance, pride, or self-adulation. It is the unique source of philosophical pillars which have contributed to an unlikely continuity of government for nearly two and a half centuries. Knowing the secret to our success, which has been made secret through concerted effort by domestic enemies of our Constitution,... Fightin Words http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387454/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385589/posts During the Constitutional Convention, from May to September 1787, delegates from the colonies were to gather together for the express purpose of amending the Articles of Confederation to form a “more perfect union” (NOT a completely different union!). The men that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were under direct and limited orders from their states to attend the Federal Convention explicitly to preserve the federation and State rights and to correct the errors of the existing federal government for the limited purposes of handling foreign affairs, commerce among the states and common defense. Yet, during that private and secret convention, there... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385589/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383716/posts Career Politicians Rely on Lobbying For Reelection: Founding Fathers Foresaw This Problem Op-Ed by John Cox John Cox is a highly successful businessman. Cox ran in the Illinois GOP U.S. Senate Primary in 2004 and was a presidential candidate in 2008. Marty Russo was my Congressman many years ago. He is correct; the Constitution does give us the right to address our grievances and lobbying on issues does serve a good purpose. The problem is not with the lobbyists; it is with the career politicians we elect who agree to be bought. Why? Because they want to get re-elected and... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383716/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382147/posts Grand Old Partisan Malcolm A. Kline, November 9, 2009 In his acceptance speech, Virginia’s governor-elect, Bob McDonnell, may have quoted the founding fathers more extensively than the last four U. S. presidents combined have in their entire political careers. But then, he also may have made more such references than many teachers do in their working lifetimes. Among pedagogues, a notable exception to this trend is Colleen A. Sheehan, author of James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government. “Our core of self –government has been on the wane for a century and grows weaker every day,” Sheehan told an... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382147/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:22:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379569/posts Please call me skeptical. It's a label I proudly wear. Since my first day of second grade, when I traded my homemade chocolate-chip cookies for a smooth-talking fourth-grader's out-of-ink ballpoint pen, I've been a wary consumer. So, if a presidential candidate tries to hand me a barebones certificate of live birth in lieu of a valid, long-form birth certificate, my skeptical antennae go on alert. I automatically question his motives and whether or not he may be trying to play a little fast and loose with the U.S. Constitution. When that same president purportedly spends over a million dollars on... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379569/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374615/posts Every so often, Americans get fed up with prosperity and personal freedom and naturally turn to liberals to lead us out of liberty. Liberals can always be counted on to relieve us of the burdens brought on by having too much control over our own lives and too much disposable income. America has made several suicide attempts in her history; none as serious as the cry for help on November 4th 2008 when America chose self immolation spurred on by unrepentant Nazi collaborator George Soros. As dramatic as the Soros-Obama presidency has been, we’ve been trying to kill ourselves by... joytiz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374615/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:58:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372314/posts Not everyone admires the Founders. As a reflection of his rebranding as a "progressive," Ed Schultz accused Glenn Beck of "Psycho Talk" for thinking well of the Founding Fathers. After Beck mentioned his appreciation of Samuel Adams, Ed lectured Beck that the Founders deserved no honor, because they were evil white men. [M]ost of these Founding Fathers that you think so highly of were actually slave owners themselves, and the ones that didn't own slaves weren't exactly abolitionists...[C]omparing progressives to slave owners while idolizing actual slave owners -- that's "Psycho Talk." In his remarks, Schultz also indicted the Founders... NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372314/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372311/posts Ed Schultz closes his eyes to history. While chiding Glenn Beck for his cherishing the U.S. Constitution, MSNBC talk show host Ed Schultz repeated one of the most oft-repeated lies about the Founding Fathers: they considered blacks less than fully human. In an episode of "Psycho Talk," Schultz blasted Beck for saying "Progressives" believe individuals are the problem, and "in Samuel Adams's day, they used to call them tyrants. A little later, I think they were also called slave owners." Ed asked rhetorically, "Remember the three-fifths rule, where slaves counted as three-fifths of a person? It's in Article 1,... NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372311/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:14:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361937/posts Our Country was founded by people who had a strong belief in God--not just the lip service that most people spout today--but beliefs so strong that they actually used the Bible as a handbook for how to live and how to govern. There are documents that prove this (check out wallbuilders.com). Read the writings of our Founding Fathers and you will see their belief in God very clearly. Team Sarah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361937/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361928/posts Admin OptionsEdit Post Edit Your Tags Cancel Delete Post Edit Blog Posts Our Country was founded by people who had a strong belief in God--not just the lip service that most people spout today--but beliefs so strong that they actually used the Bible as a handbook for how to live and how to govern. There are documents that prove this (check out wallbuilders.com). Read the writings of our Founding Fathers and you will see their belief in God very clearly. They weren't shy about it, they weren't ashamed. They didn't worry about being politically correct. They KNEW better. They even... Team Sarah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361928/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2361140/posts Many times, I feel that there is a vital need to bring certain subjects and ideas down to earth for detailed examination. Too many times, there are fundamental truths that people either skew, or demonize to a point that its roots are almost unidentifiable. They do this because they do not want people like you and me to be aware of the powers and rights we actually have. If we the people are unaware of our rights and powers and are completely ignorant of our civic duty to maintain these fundamental truths, then it will be easier to trick us... MSMB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2361140/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:59:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339773/posts The following is a vigorous debate from a roundtable discussion between the founding fathers and Obama and his pals: examiner.com cannot be posted to FR. Copyright complaint. - Link Only http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339773/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334908/posts I found this enjoyable and wanted to share it. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334908/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:55:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335055/posts [The research team from UCONN - UNDEAD REVOLUTION - have published "Part 1" of their exhaustive research on the historical meaning of the "natural born citizen" POTUS eligibility requirement. I am republishing their report here as my first guest blog. Please click through to their blog for the full report. I am simultaneously publishing my analysis of an incredible find by the UR team which firmly establishes that Chester Arthur's British birth was not known to the public while he was President and therefore sets no historical or legal precedent for Obama. Now, for your historical education, the Natural Born... Natural Born Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335055/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:16:34 GMT