Happy 4th of July, everyone!
I hope you get your fill of hotdogs, beer and fireworks today, I'm sure I will. And it is a day to celebrate the fact that we are Americans and we are lucky to live in a country with the freedoms we have.
However, when you think about the term "Independence Day" and what it represents, this is a day that we should celebrate our defiance of authority.
Our brave forefathers rose up and defeated a world power to finally achieve their freedom. Think about the brass balls that were required to do that! Britain had colonies all over the world and we were one of their crown jewels. They had a fearsome army and a formidable navy that could outmatch anything our "rebels" could muster.
Have you actually ever read the Declaration of Independence? If you haven't read it in a while, you really need to read it again. Here's a link:
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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
BRASS FUCKING BALLS! Imagine sending that letter to King Fucking George. I would be shitting my pants delivering such a message! (Pardon my French, I just got a little worked up.)
Here' another thought, George Washington was a terrorist according to the British Empire! He was the most dangerous person in the world in 1776!
We were the rebels! We were the insurgents! We were the terrorists! Just because we didn't want to be ruled under the iron fist of a foreign power.
That is what independence day should be all about. It should be a clear and consistant message to our government that they need to "keep on the straight and narrow, or else!"
We should have rallies in front of the capital buildings of all 50 states and in front of the White House and Congress as well on Independence Day. Not about any particular issue or anything. Just to remind them that WE THE PEOPLE are the boss and THEY are the servant.
You look at all the shiftless corruption, bribery and scandal among those 535 congressmen and the president and it makes me sick! It's time to remind them exactly who they are, what their function is and that their job is to serve us!
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