Posts Tagged ‘independence day’
Suit Up, And Show Up For Gun Appreciation Day
The Washington Post reports that gun supporters behind the event are modeling the program after the tactics of marriage equality opponents, such as Mike Huckabee’s national Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day in response to the backlash the fast-food chain experienced from same-sex marriage advocates. Nearly a dozen organizations, including the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, are encouraging supporters to shop at gun stores and visit shooting ranges in protest over potential crackdowns. Caption: TIME Magazine / Image Credit: gunappreciationday.com By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor Those of us who appreciate our God granted (not "strong man" or government granted) freedoms protected through the Constitution of the United States [...]
President Obama’s Weekend Schedule for June 30 – July 2, 2012
WEEKEND GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012, SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012, AND MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012 On Saturday, the President will depart the White House for Camp David. The departure from the South Lawn is open press. The President will remain at Camp David through Tuesday. Saturday, June 30, 2012 EDT 11:00AM Pool Call Time 12:15PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Camp David South Lawn Open Press (Final Gather 11:50AM – North Doors of the Palm Room) Sunday, July 1, 2012 No Pool Call Time Monday, July 2, 2012 No Pool Call Time Schedule for the Week of July 2, 2012: On Monday and Tuesday, the President will be at [...]
Op-Ed: Will this Independence Day Be Your Last?
Fourth of July. Independence Day. Normally we celebrate this day and enjoy our freedom. This year we cannot sit back and rest with BBQ during the day and fireworks at night. This year – this week starting today – we must fight for our independence. If we do not fight now, we may never be free again to celebrate Independence Day. As it stands, we have one party that wants to trample our freedom and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goal of a massive government takeover of our lives. We have another party that is afraid to take a stand and wrings its hands saying there are problems, but never corrects the problems. The burden of protecting our Constitution, and America’s independence, is on our shoulders. This week’s Supreme Court decision reinforces the [...]
Declaration of Independence – Full Text
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. 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 [...]
Forth of July Funnies Founding Fathers Rap JibJab
JibJab Ten years ago we brought you "Founding Fathers", a phat rap with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. For Independence Day 2010 we've rebooted the rap so you and a friend can star in it...for free! What's phatter than that? Cast it here: http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables...
