“Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what we may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty.
The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010
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Happy birthday to the United States Constitution
Published Wed, Sep 17 2008 1:55 AM
On this day, two hundred twenty one ears ago, the United States Constitution was signed.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,
G°. Washington
Presidt and deputy from VirginiaDelaware
Geo: Read
Gunning Bedford jun
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jaco: BroomMaryland
James McHenry
Dan of St Thos. Jenifer
Danl. CarrollVirginia
John Blair
James Madison Jr.North Carolina
Wm. Blount
Richd. Dobbs Spaight
Hu WilliamsonSouth Carolina
J. Rutledge
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Pierce ButlerNew Hampshire
John Langdon
Nicholas GilmanMassachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham
Rufus KingConnecticut
Wm. Saml. Johnson
Roger ShermanNew Jersey
Wil: Livingston
David Brearley
Wm. Paterson
Jona: DaytonPennsylvania
B Franklin
Thomas Mifflin
Robt. Morris
Geo. Clymer
Thos. FitzSimons
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouv Morris
HAPPY CONSTITUTION DAY!
And, on a minor side note — On this day, forty nine years ago, I was brought into the world. I shudder to think how crusty and moldy I would be if I had shared the remainder of those two hundred twenty one years with my favorite document.
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Wednesday Hero - Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson
Published Wed, Sep 17 2008 1:34 AM
Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson
21 years old from Forks, Washington
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
July 29, 2006
Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson died when a gasoline truck near a building he was in exploded, causing the building to collapse in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Three other Marines were also killed in the blast. Lance Cpl. Anthony E. Butterfield, 19 yrs. old, of Clovis, California; Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus, 28 yrs. old, of Wolf Creek, Montana; Sgt. Christian B. Williams, 27 yrs. old, of Winter Haven, Florida.
Hanson graduated in 2003 and joined the Marines in 2005. He married his wife just before shipping out.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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