Category Archives: 4th of July

It Was Called Common Sense

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At the risk of dating myself, and coming across as some old codger…which I am quickly becoming but that’s beside the point…I have decided to point out a few things that today’s whipper-snappers would not believe.

First off…”whipper-snapper” is most definitely something an old codger would say, and not a term I have ever used outside of being snarky, and secondly, “today’s whipper-snappers” would refer to anyone  not old enough to remember the apocalypse that the world prepared for called…Y2k.

I grew up in the 60’s.  A simple time defined by simple common sense. The space race was just getting started, cars were huge…even the small ones, phones were connected to walls by a cord and if you wanted to use one anywhere but in someone’s home, you needed a pocket full of dimes…quarters if you were calling long distance.

The phones that required pocket change were in these glass boxes on street corners that Superman used as a changing room.

Everybody knew that.

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The Intellect and Conscience of Independence

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On July 4th, we celebrate our nation’s birth and this year, 2020, it will be the 244th time we have done so but that date, while by no means suspect, should be seen in context. One of our founders thought the celebration would occur on a different date and he, in no uncertain terms, put it in writing using the social media of the day.

The date was July 1st, 1776 when John Adams, a prolific letter writer and a visionary founder of our nation penned a letter to his wife Abigail Adams, in which he made what at the time was a series of bold predictions.

“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

Adams missed the mark by 2 days, believing that the day the document was presented to the Continental Congress, not the day it would be adopted, would be the celebratory day, but this excerpt from a simple letter offers much more, I believe, than a 48 hour premature pronouncement of celebration.

That letter, I submit, is a look behind the scenes and provides a fresh look at how one of our founders perceived the moment.

I’ll return to this letter after a look at the historical context which encouraged Adams to put his pen to parchment.

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Mr. Biden, It’s Time For Your Pudding

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“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 is one of the most well-known sentences from arguably THE most famous document ever written. With those words, Thomas Jefferson ushered into being the greatest nation on Earth, and those words have echoed throughout the world to this day.

That document, our Declaration of Independence, and those words should be known by all Americans, and until recently, were taught in our schools.

In fact, anyone over the age of 35 is, or should be as familiar with that sentence as they are with their own names…

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The 2nd Amendment – History vs The Myths

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By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

There is an ongoing debate in this great country over our right to keep and bear arms. Perhaps you’ve heard about this. It’s been in the news for a long time.

There are those amongst us…liberals…who believe that our right to own guns should be taken away, and that such a move would end all of the problems related to people shooting other people. It wouldn’t, but they seem to want us to believe it would.

What that would do however, is render the American people incapable of two things…protecting themselves against others who intend to do them harm…and protect themselves against a tyrannical government that intends to do them harm.

I think we all know what liberals, who intend to make this a socialist country which would be but one short step from a communist country are thinking. No citizenry can be overtaken by such tyranny if they happen to be armed to the teeth…but an unarmed citizenry would be a pushover.

On the other hand…

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“Independence Forever!”

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By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

On July 4th, we celebrate our nation’s birth and this year, 2018, it will be the 242nd time we have done so but that date, while by no means suspect, should be seen in context. One of our founders thought the celebration would occur on a different date and he, in no uncertain terms, put it in writing using the social media of the day.

The date was July 1st, 1776 when John Adams,a prolific letter writer and a visionary founder of our nation penned a letter to his wife Abigail. Adams, in which he made what at the time was a series of bold predictions.

“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

Adams missed the mark by 2 days, believing that the day the document was presented to the Continental Congress, not the day it would be adopted, would be the celebratory day, but this excerpt from a simple letter offers much more, I believe, than a 48 hour premature pronouncement of celebration.

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