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July Fourth

 "The Celebration of Hypocrites"

 

As you made your last preparations to make sure your fridge was stocked with your favorite alcohol beverages, the steaks were marinating, the fireworks were purchased, what have you done for this country this past year to be given the right to celebrate Independence Day?  Have you made some significant stride in your daily life for yourself or others to claim your individuality or your right to be free?  It's July 4th after all, the celebration of freedom from oppressive government.  Now I know a lot of you are too wet behind the ears to realize what oppression was back then, but what about today?  I mean come on, are you celebrating a day off, or something you did the past year to fight for your personal independence? 

Now before you go on to click the next link, or the back space arrow because you believe this is just too negative for your shiny happy world, I want you to hear me out.  One of the best talk-jocks out there, the High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth...  ( Neal Boortz ) whom we at PatrioticThunder.com listen too quite frequently, made me think about a few things.  His premise is that you are all a bunch of hypocrites on July 4th; waving your flags, acting all patriotic, shooting fireworks, going to parades,  listening to songs like America the Beautiful when you all know damn well your just happy to have a day off from that relentless grind at work.  To enhance your hypocritical oath on this independence day, Neal Boortz states,

"Americans are far more dependent on and oppressed by the Imperial Federal Government of the United States than they ever were by Great Britain. The level of taxation is higher, and the level of government interference in our daily life exceeds anything the colonists ever saw."

Well.... he's got a damn good point their....The first thing that jumps into my head is the Boston Tea Party.  NO, I don't mean you should go throw everything in the harbor because of unfair taxation, but then again it would be fun to see a couple I.R.S. agents bobbing their head up and down.  When it comes to this point about independence day, I believe Mr. Boortz puts it to you better than I ever could.

Answer these questions posed,

JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY LOVE FREEDOM?

Planning for your retirement.

  1. I want my employer to provide me with a pension plan.
  2. I want the government to take something out of every one of my paychecks and then pay it back to me in monthly payments after I reach retirement age.
  3. I'm perfectly willing to save some money toward my retirement years out of each and every paycheck and I want my employer and the government to butt out.  If I fail to finance my retirement years adequately I'll have nobody to blame but myself.

Desecrating the American Flag

  1. I believe the Bill of Rights was written by men to tell government what it can and cannot do.  Even though I strongly disapprove of anyone desecrating our Flag, I realize the First Amendment was written to protect unpopular expressions, not ones that everyone is going to agree with. 
  2. I believe that our Flag is the symbol of our country, and anyone who desecrates it ought to be punished harshly.  To that end I approve of a new Constitutional amendment, the first one since prohibition that would tell us what we can and cannot do, instead of the government.

Medical Care

  1. My employer should provide me with a health insurance plan covering me and my immediate family.
  2. The government should provide taxpayer funded health care for everyone.
  3. I should be responsible for providing my own health care and health insurance  in a competitive medical marketplace unhindered by government mandates and regulations.

Health Insurance

  1. The government should tell health insurance companies what they must and what they cannot cover in their policies.
  2. I wish to be free to negotiate with health insurance companies in order to find the best price for my policy by including matters I wish to insure against, and excluding health matters, like drug and alcohol abuse, which are of no concern to me.

Having No Health Insurance

  1. If I have no health insurance the government should provide me emergency health care paid for by the taxpayers.
  2. If I have no health insurance and the taxpayers are compelled to pay for any of my health care the taxpayers should be reimbursed through the seizure and sale of all of my assets.  I have no claim on the property of others for the purpose of paying for my medical needs.

Choosing a doctor

  1. I'm perfectly willing to rely on private accreditation organizations to tell me who is properly trained in the delivery of medical services.  After conferring with those accreditation organizations, like the American Medical Association, I want to be free to chose any person I want for any medical purpose I see fit.
  2. I want the government to tell me who I can seek medical services from.

Wages and Employment

  1. I realize that in the free enterprise marketplace I have something to sell just as to all other individuals and businesses do.  My product is my physical and intellectual labor.  I should be left absolutely free to negotiate a price for my physical and intellectual labor with any prospective employer free of government interference.  The only role for the government in my relationship with my employer would be to provide a means to enforce contracts between us.
  2. I want the government to set a minimum wage below which I would not be free to work.  I also want the government to set my working hours, how I am to be paid for overtime, family leave options and my vacation periods,

I recognize that the most important task I shall have as a human being will be to nurture and raise my child.  With that in mind:

  1. I want the government to seize my money through taxes and to use those taxes to set up a system of government schools to which I shall be compelled to send my child.  I will be free, if I wish, to send my child to a private school, but the government will not let me have any of my money back to pay for it.
  2. I want the government to back out of the picture and allow me to accept the responsibility for the education of my child free of government interference and mandates.

Knowing that the more despotic a government becomes the more that government tries to control the dissemination of information.  I also know that most American rely on the broadcast media for their news. Therefore:

  1. I want the government to continue to license the operation of all radio and television stations and to regulate their conduct so that they don't broadcast against the common interest.
  2. I want the broadcast media in this country to have the full First Amendment rights granted to the printed media.

I am a devoutly religious person and my religious feelings include strongly felt opinions on what other people should and should not do in their private lives.

  1. I want the government to regulate the sexual conduct between consenting adults so that said conduct will be in keeping with my personal sense of what is right and what is wrong.
  2. I may be disgusted by what some people do to and with each other in the privacy of their own homes, but I do not wish for the government to prevent those perverts from doing whatever perverted things they like to do to each other. 

Even though I drink alcohol and smoke nicotine:

  1. I want the government to make sure that nobody uses any substance that I find personally offensive.  Marijuana, for instance.
  2. I do not believe that the government should be involved in what people do, and that includes what people smoke, in privacy of their own homes.  I just don't want to have to pay for it when they screw themselves up good.

You need some legal advice.

  1. 1. You want the government to tell you who you can go to for legal advice.  If you go to someone for legal advice who is not approved by the government, and that person charges you to prepare a will or to draw up a lawsuit for you, you want the government to punish that person with a heavy fine, or perhaps some jail time, even though you freely entered into an agreement with him for that advice and legal help.
  2. 2.  You are willing to use your own common sense in choosing someone to represent you before a court, either someone who is recommended by a private accreditation agency such as the American Bar Association, or someone who is otherwise known to you to be informed and capable as to legal affairs, and you are willing to abide by the choice you made.

You're going to have a child.  You understand that having a child will be physically, emotionally and financially challenging. So .....

  1. You want the government to used money seized from taxpayers to pay for child care for your child.
  2. You want the government to force your employer to give you 12 weeks off from the job in order to care for your new child, and you want your job to be waiting for you when you return.
  3. You know that you had the child, not the taxpayers and not your employer, and you are willing to bear the responsibility for raising that child without the government imposing any cost, burden or duty on anyone else on your behalf.

You want to ride your motorcycle without a helmet.

  1. You're willing to take full responsibility for your decision, including the possibility that you might die if you crack your head open and you don't have enough money to pay for the medical care you'll need and there's no private charity willing to step up and cover your costs because they consider your injuries to be essentially self-inflicted.
  2. You want to be free to ride without a helmet, but if you do happen to sustain a horrible injury you want the government to force the taxpayers to be responsible for your health care. 

If you took responsibility for yourself and decided not to allow "Government" to perform those actions for you, then hey, your on the right track and even might have a reason to wave that flag on this glorious day.   Now Mr. Boortz can only make generalizations as he so eloquently states on his radio show.  However, he still has a damn good point... are most people like this, are they too lazy with themselves that they want government to do everything, make all decisions for them, for us... for the each and every American citizen...?

 

"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!"

-- Patrick Henry

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."

-- John F. Kennedy

 

Now it's my turn....

Did you write or call any Senators or Congress people to protest this horrible Immigration plan last week?   Do you even know who your two Senators are?  And yes, for those of you who suffered through Government school, there are two for each state.   Have you ever met with, or emailed your local Congressman, better yet, do you even know who he/she is?  Are you informed enough to know the difference between the War in Iraq and the Long War against Islamic Fascism?  How about this rare breed of people that put their asses on the line everyday and have every right to celebrate July 4th... what have you done for the men and women in uniform?  Have you emailed them, sent a care package, sent them a message, or supported their thousands of personal blogs on the internet?  Most of you don't know your representatives but know exactly what a MySpace account is, do this, go into your Myspace account and click browse/search, type in Iraq for the country......look at that.....now send a message to one of our brave heroes stationed overseas online.  

Do you know what kind of Liberal bile comes out of the mouths' of the likes of Katie Couric, Wolf Blitzer, Brian Williams, Keith Olbermann...?  These pukes that want to undermine this country and provide that template of destruction everyday on your television?  Have you noticed they don't even really believe there's an Islamic threat to our freedoms.  When the Glasgow Airport was attacked by Muslim Jihadists... CNN failed to report it was yet another Islamic attack against the Western World. Ten minutes into the report, and it was finally revealed by one of the Scottish citizens, a witness and participant in the apprehension of one of these Jihadist scumbags, to come out with it... "The man kept screaming Allah... Allah..."  Is it any wonder so many Americans still have their head in the sand or are still wearing their rose-colored, round hippie glasses  when it comes to understanding politics runs everything in your life, whether it's good or bad. 

Politics in America should be about doing what's necessary to retain the individual's right to Independence.  That's what the well spoken colonists' were celebrating  on that eventful original 4th of July...  a proclamation of national Independence.  And an ideology that they as individuals could come together to create something that gave everyone the rights and choices for their own well being. 

As for Mr. Boortz, and his pessimistic attitude about his fellow Americans.  I still think their is hope out there amongst us all.  Hence, the way the people of this great nation rallied enough to shut down the phone system in the Capitol last Thursday because we didn't want this amnesty bill passed.    With the "wonderful, peace-loving" Muslims showing how peaceful they really are on a daily basis, it's only a matter of time before more of the Leftists fall into line and stand with the rest of us, protecting the greatest nation in the world from the Mexican invasion and the oncoming Islamic hoards.  Now, I know I don't have to profess that I have the knowledge or even admit to being on the same level as Mr. Boortz, but I do believe people can change, a line can be drawn in the sand, and the fight CAN be won.  Do I believe there are great Patriots that walk amongst us on a daily basis, your damn right I do, and for that, I will celebrate Independence Day in their honor.

So celebrate Independence day, if you deserve it, we as a nation found out this past year we can still come together as individuals and fight together as one.  We have a lot of work to do, those geriatric liberal hippies sure have put us in a hole.  Therefore,  many more battles are on our horizon, but I know, you'll be standing shoulder to shoulder with me fighting every step of the way.

For that,

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

from all of us at PatrioticThunder.com

 

"Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS"

-- Thomas Paine

 

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