Happy Independence Day!

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After replacing her fallen husband, a British musket ball flew between her legs and tore off the bottom of her skirt. Molly supposedly said, "Well, that could have been worse," and went back to loading the cannon.

Art courtesy of Rich Terrell

Have a glorious Independence Day

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/michaelramirez

A Very Reagan Fourth of July  "Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th"  Via Warning Signs

Beyond Obama’s Assault on Free Speech

American Enterprise Institute  "President Obama has a history of making very strong statements in support of the First Amendment. On the importance of free speech, the president has reached out beyond the mere positive law embodied in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, flirting with a natural law concept of free speech as an inherent right of mankind. In a 2009 statement, the president used strong words in support of the inalienable right to speech. “The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.”
"The president should have added, “Except with those who seek to exercise those rights in ways that are objectionable to me.” "...

Hollywood’s Hatred of American Culture

Breitbart TV "Find out how the negativity and self-loathing of modern Hollywood is just a small gear in the machine that brings down entire nations. What can we do about it? Well, we can walk right into the heart of Mordor and destroy the Ring of Power."

Newsweek Columnist on Obama’s Hyper-Partisan Press Conference: “He Was a g*ddam Democrat”

Gateway Pundit  "It’s not just TIME Mag reporters who are getting frustrated with Obama’s failed leadership, now it’s Newsweek…
"Newsweek magazine columnist Evan Thomas Gordon Peterson was not happy with Obama’s arrogant and angry performance this past week during his press conference."....
 
 
"Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer’s sentiments fell in line with Thomas’s.

“Instead of saying, as a president ought to say, is that we have a problem — it is a serious problem, it’s a growing problem, it’s a structural problem and we have to do something, he says, as in the sound bite you showed, it is a choice between helping the elderly on Medicare and corporate jets and oil tax breaks,” Krauthammer added. “That is pure demagoguery and that is not leadership.”

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/glennfoden

Constitutional Interpretation

Kerby Anderson, "Apparently the founders of this country and the framers of the Constitution were
concerned that we would drift from these principles due to incremental changes. James Madison is considered the architect of the Constitution. He warned, “I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.” " Probe Ministries , Point of View

Federalist No. 78 – The Judiciary Department  "It was this departure from Hamilton’s recipe that left Americans with the legacy of a radical out-of-control judiciary. The branch that should be the weakest of the three now too often attempts to overpower the political branches whenever it wants to do so.

"The good news is that Hamilton and his fellow Federalist Paper authors, James Madison and John Jay, left us with a guide for having a judiciary that is, truly, the “least dangerous branch.” The answer is self-constrained judges with respect for the parameters of the Constitution."

Declaration of Independence for kids Very useful until you come to the final paragraph; there the apologies and liberal caveats appear.  Eye-opening in that you can see how American History is being taught today. Does this article make you appreciate our founders or distrust them?

Snopes: The Price They Paid: Signers of Declaration of Independence

Our enemies rejoice as wounded US lion withdraws from Afghanistan

The Australian   "Many in the US and across the world wonder if Obama's speech - and the broad bipartisan support for it - is yet another sign of America's decline. American power and weakness is often a matter of perception.
"From the Taliban's perspective, the withdrawal is a sign of US weakness and their impending victory.
"Not only the Taliban will see it this way: Iran and Syria's regimes and the malignant units in the Pakistani military and secret service see a weak America that roars but retreats when the going gets tough.
"The short-term benefits of abandoning counter-insurgency may be politically appealing. The long-term costs may be greater than Obama anticipates."
This is not the Democrat Party of Harry Truman any more. (Really? What was your first clue?)

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Honoring Independence Day

There is No First Amendment Without a Second Amendment

"In March, the Huffington Post had an article titled “Obama Looking for Ways Around Congress on Gun Policy” by Sam Stein. “Faced with a Congress hostile to even slight restrictions of Second Amendment rights, the Obama administration is exploring potential changes to gun laws that can be secured strictly through executive action, administration officials, say.”"
 Alan Caruba, Warning Signs

The History and Origin of Independence Day  "John Adams, a lawyer, the first Vice President and the Second President of the United States, was one of the members of the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. He wrote to his wife, "I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival... it ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other...""

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Historical Events on 4th July  Among the many events listed are these:
1863 - General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1884 - Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1944 - 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy

A real honest to goodness heartfelt commitment to America. That would be the best possible way to celebrate July 4th

PJMedia Sues Department of Defense for Climate Conference Info

Pajamas Media What happened to the transparency that candidate Obama promised?
"The volume of fuel used in the flights and how much the baggage weighed, as well as who was on all the flights, is information kept by the Air Force as a matter of course. This request should have taken about 20 minutes with a file cabinet to fill. Additionally, while this information would be classified (also as a matter of course), none of it was national security information. We all know the president went to Copenhagen and came back empty-handed."

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Report: US to offer Israel incentives to negotiate

Ma'an News Agency  "US special envoy for the Middle East David Hale is reported to have said that the principles put forward in President Obama's May 19 speech were "the only way to move forward" in the peace process, a secret cable obtained by Maariv said."....

Bosch Fawstin

 "In the meeting, Hale is reported to have stated that Israel must agree to President Obama's principles, but will receive something of value in return."

Considered the main source of independent news from Palestine, MNA has become the first choice for online information for many Palestinians, and is also attracting a growing international readership and interest from prominent international news organizations and agencies.

Via Joshuapundit  "At least that's what the 'Palestinian' Ma'an news agency is reporting. So in exchange for unnamed 'incentives', the Israelis are supposed to retreat to indefensible borders and sit down with Hamas!??! If I were the Israelis, I wouldn't trust a single word coming out of Obama's mouth, let alone anything I heard from Mahmoud Abbas."

But then all of Islam would love us and we would never again fear a terrorist attack.