Come join the party! It starts at 6:45.
Quote of the Day. Heh.
November 2, 2010 at 6:22 pm (America 101, Election2010, Stupid is as stupid does)
They’ve spent the past 18 months calling you names and questioning your sanity and patriotism. But today you get to vote, and that’s all that matters.
Ok, I’ll Say It
November 2, 2010 at 11:55 am (Election2010)
Remember Why America is Exceptional
November 2, 2010 at 7:26 am (America 101, Faith, Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, Never Forget, Sic Semper Tyrannis, Taxation without Representation, USA! USA! USA!)
The rebirth of America begins today.
UPDATE: The Anchoress –
We must repeat, over and over, that liberty is the means by which we created creatures are meant to live and to grow and be; that liberty lives in truth spoken forthrightly, and not in circuitous spin; that liberty thrives where people can speak without fear of injury or reprisals; that liberty is sustained only when the press is free and unencumbered; that liberty flourishes when people refuse to be intimidated into silence or acquiescence, but becomes a fragile thing, easily diminished, when we refuse to acclaim it for ourselves.
Perhaps it was easier to tap into the quietly honorable intentions of America at its founding, when oppressed people understood what the opposite of freedom was and resolved to reject it as they rejected empire, or subjugation. Succeeding American generations pursued liberty for others – agreeing always to lead, but never to rule, and ready to return to their own quite ordinary lives when their role was played out.
Today’s balloting seems poised to deliver a hard pull-back from the perceived “mandates” of only two years ago, and a stinging rebuke to public servants who began to believe they were meant to rule, rather than represent – who moved too far against our understandings of consent, and of ourselves and our sacred honor.
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