Tag: Patrick Henry
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A Politically Incorrect Prayer
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2024 (Jun. 14, 2024) — This year happens to be the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the first Congress (then known as the Continental Congress). Its first session opened in prayer. And Congress has opened each session in prayer since then. But earlier this year, the prayer opening…
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I Stand with Patrick Henry
I WILL NOT BOW TO TYRANNY by Bob Russell, ©2020 (Mar. 27, 2020) — In colonial days colonists had a choice to make: to live as subjects of King George III or fight for the possibility of living as free people. A Virginian named Patrick Henry, a staunch advocate of self-rule by the colonies, gave…
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An Appeal to Heaven (1775)
“HE WHO TRANSPLANTED SUSTAINS” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2017 (May 1, 2017) — If found guilty in a court of law, an accused has a right to appeal to a higher court. Prior to the American Revolution, the Colonists presented their grievances to the court of King George III many times and pleaded for justice. …
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It’s All Over but the Sad Singing and Slow Walking!
“VARYING DEGREES OF SOCIALISM” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Dec. 22, 2016) — “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” ~ Sir Edmund Burke It does not take any great level of discernment to understand the great experiment in Liberty brought forth by those…
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Tennessee Group to Celebrate Bill of Rights Day December 15
LOCAL ORGANIZER ENCOURAGES ALL AMERICANS TO HOST GATHERINGS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 10, 2016) — Every year for the last 16 years, a small group of Dayton, TN citizens has commemorated December 15, Bill of Rights Day, with a banquet open to the public as seating is available. “We’ve had preachers, leaders, and this year…
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On the Cusp of Total Chaos
“BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE POLITICIANS YOU VOTE FOR” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Sep. 26, 2016) — We are beginning to see in this country an unraveling of the societal fabric. The government’s decades-long efforts at fomenting a race war are coming to fruition. The trillions of dollars spent bombing…
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What You Gonna Do When They Come for You?
“REAPING THE WHIRLWIND” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Sep. 24, 2016) — Recently, in response to my article titled “Cold Hard Facts” I received the following comment. “What do you recommend instead of voting, armed conflict?” One would have to be mad to recommend armed conflict in a public forum. For…
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We Live in Occupied Territory: It is Not Getting Better
“THE ILLUSION OF HOPE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016 (Aug. 3, 2016) — Somewhere down the road of history, someone will write of this period in America and make the observation that most of our population had to be either, drugged, delusional or insane, for this alone could explain people who hold tightly to several conflicting…
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No Greater Sacrifice?
“CHOICE” VS. “SACRIFICE” by Don Fredrick, author of The Complete Obama Timeline, ©2016 (Aug. 2, 2016) — When Khizr Khan addressed the Democrat convention last week, he excoriated Donald Trump, saying he had never sacrificed anything. Not surprisingly, the mainstream media has since then incessantly repeated the “ultimate sacrifice” line in honor of Khan’s son, who…
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Is Historical Knowledge a Curse?
“THE SIREN SONG OF HOPE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 22, 2016) — Could a knowledge of history be considered a curse? Would one’s life be much less complicated if they had the equivalent of historical Alzheimer’s? I have been asking myself that question more and more recently, especially after…
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It’s Not About Assault Rifles, It’s About Defending Freedom
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Jul. 17, 2016) — In our recent article entitled, “What Was That 4th of July Freedom Again?” we described what happened to freedom since Patrick Henry uttered those immortal words, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death.” We laid out the details on…
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Convenient Chaos
“STRONG, VIGILANT, ACTIVE AND BRAVE” CITIZENS NEEDED by RoseAnn Salanitri, TPATH Contributor, ©2016 (Jul. 14, 2016) — The current administration has been riddled with suspicion for many clear-thinking people. At this point in history, some of those suspicions have proven to be well-justified and others remain unrealized. While the motives of Mr. Obama are still…
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A Modern Day Fable: The Scorpion and the Frog
“AN INSTRUMENT OF TYRANNY” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 9, 2016) — Anarchist Emma Goldman correctly stated, “Most human beings only think they want freedom. In truth they yearn for the bondage of social order, rigid laws, materialism. The only freedom man really wants, is the freedom to become comfortable.” No better…
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A Holiday Totally Perverted
“A COMPLETE AND TOTAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jul. 4, 2016) — *Author’s warning: If you came to this article hoping to find some feel-good, stars and stripes forever, hero worshipping, reality avoiding diatribe, just move along—there is nothing to see here. But, if you realize our government…
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What Was That 4th of July Freedom Again?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Jul. 2, 2016) — As Patrick Henry’s cry of freedom, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death” echoes across the passages of time, has it not become meaningless in the 241 years since it was uttered at the Virginia Convention on March 23,…
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It’s All Over but the Slow Walking and Sad Singing
“…FOR HOW ARE YOU TO TIE HIS HANDS?” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jun. 20, 2016) — “The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.” ~ “V” for Vendetta No country, nation or empire can…
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And the Real Criminals Are???
COLLATERALIZING “ASSETS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Apr. 15, 2016) — We are continually told by the government and their shills in the media of the criminality engaged in by those with the audacity to challenge the legality of government intrusions on our liberty and freedoms. They oftentimes refer to us…
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Lying to Our Children and Ourselves (IV)
“IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Mar. 30, 2016) — “Conspirators do not make minutes of their machinations, progress, and objectives. Seldom, therefore, can conspiracy be proved by other than circumstantial evidence. It is only by assembling the results, with such evidence as may be of the progress thereof…
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Our Imperial Presidency
“AN ELECTED KING” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Mar. 17, 2016) — “When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” — Richard Nixon I certainly did not realize what would be the extent of time spent researching for my future class on: who were the five best and who…
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Who Was Right: Patrick Henry or John Marshall?
“PROPER SAFEGUARDS AND LIMITATIONS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Feb.26, 2016) — As I have written on numerous occasions, the true meaning of the Constitution is to be found in what the people in the various State Ratification Conventions were told it meant before they agreed to ratify it as the…