Saturday, 4 July 2009
Meaning Of Independence Day To Me
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233 years ago our fore fathers cared enough about liberty to shake off the yolk of tyranny. They believed enough in the cause of freedom that they would give up their lives to ensure a life of autonomy. On this Independence Day, We must remember that yearning for freedom. We must recall the battles of our founders as we battle our government's slow drift towards statism.
Today we are told we must give more for the greater good. We need universal health care. We need to save the environment with cap n trade. We need to put more money into education. We need to make sure people eat the right things. And every year we are asked to give more to fund these "good" causes. Every year our forced servitude to pay for these efforts takes longer and longer.
There is another word for forced servitude. It is called slavery. We are only given one life to live and it should be ours to live as we see fit. That is the meaning of freedom. It is the true pursuit of liberty. It is the spirit that our forefathers captured when the wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
I value my life. I have one life to live and I wish to live it how I see fit. I can only do that so long as I am a free man. Do you value your life? If you do, then join me on this Fourth of July. Let's celebrate the freedoms we enjoy. Let's celebrate the great principles upon which this nation was founded. Let's celebrate life. And then on July 5 let's band together. Let's join in the common cause of freedom. Let's fight back against the creeping statism. Let's roll back the tyrannical nature of our government and ensure freedom for ourselves and our children. Otherwise our celebration today will be meaningless.
Today we are told we must give more for the greater good. We need universal health care. We need to save the environment with cap n trade. We need to put more money into education. We need to make sure people eat the right things. And every year we are asked to give more to fund these "good" causes. Every year our forced servitude to pay for these efforts takes longer and longer.
There is another word for forced servitude. It is called slavery. We are only given one life to live and it should be ours to live as we see fit. That is the meaning of freedom. It is the true pursuit of liberty. It is the spirit that our forefathers captured when the wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.You can feel the yearning for freedom in those words. It is obvious these men wanted nothing less than a life of self determination. Anything else they believed was just a form of despotism. We must remember that above all else on this Independence Day. So when people come to us and say that we must sacrifice for the common good, we can tell them no. We can tell them that we will not travel down the road to slavery. We will not be a slave to the common good. We have one life to live and we are going to live it the way we want and not the way they think it should be.
I value my life. I have one life to live and I wish to live it how I see fit. I can only do that so long as I am a free man. Do you value your life? If you do, then join me on this Fourth of July. Let's celebrate the freedoms we enjoy. Let's celebrate the great principles upon which this nation was founded. Let's celebrate life. And then on July 5 let's band together. Let's join in the common cause of freedom. Let's fight back against the creeping statism. Let's roll back the tyrannical nature of our government and ensure freedom for ourselves and our children. Otherwise our celebration today will be meaningless.
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