Friday, September 24, 2010
NAACP Bigotry in their ranks
After watching this video, besides the obvious things we could talk about, it proves that this "white privilege" all whites supposedly have, is a myth. Shirley Sherrod realizes after denying this poor white farmer, the appropriate financial help he needed based on his race, that its more about economics than "black and white".
This poor farmer could have gotten the financial help he needed if Ms. Sherrod wasn't herself, a racist.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles; are you really surprised?
This was posted back in 2009 on KeystoneUnited.com. As this football season is about to start, I wanted to remind everyone of the crimes committed by Michael Vick. The crimes that seem to be ignored by the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles organization, most football fans and anyone else for that matter.
You can learn more at
http://phillydogsbiteback.org/
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles; are you really surprised?
— Keith Carney
"The acceptance of any person back into a position of public influence, after helping torture and murder animals for thrills and personal gain, is something that should weigh heavily on the conscience of anyone who still retains some form of human decency. At the same time, it is also something that should put the unrestricted powers of profit into sharp perspective, at least for those of us that are still concerned about more then just touchdowns and super bowl rings. After all, Pete Rose was banned from baseball simply for betting on games. I guess that means money is worth far more than the lives of animals and humility. At least that’s what I’m getting out of it.
As a person with a deep and life long appreciation for nature and the many animals that we share this planet with, my disgust for the actions of Michael Vick along side the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles is more than overwhelming; it’s sickening. But to be honest, what else would you expect from these types of people, really? The NFL, much like every other professional sports association, media outlet, and corporate institution, is nothing more than a machine driven by the endless quest for greed and fame, regardless of the effects it has on society in the long run.
But the question that we should really be asking ourselves is why the inexcusable actions of propped up, over paid celebrities (whether they are actors, athletes or musicians) are continuously overlooked and accepted by average citizens? Is it simply because they provide us with a form of entertainment and that we’re obsessed to the point of mindlessness? Or is it that we have become so numb to these types of events because they normally don’t have an immediate impact on us and our surroundings? I think it’s an even mixture combined with the fact that we have become far too comfortable and too lazy to actually do anything about them.
But just like all other form of tolerance, it is that type of behavior that truly worries me. Hopefully the outcries we’ve seen against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL and Michael Vick so far are just the tip of the iceberg."
I wanted to add a little to this story.
Animal rights activists, protested Vick's first appearance as an Eagle, in front of Lincoln Financial Field. A counter protest was headed by the N.A.A.C.P.
That sounds just a little crazy to me because this is not a race issue. On top of that, the N.A.A.C.P. is sending a terrible message, a message that sounds like they're almost in support of criminal activity. Why would the N.A.A.C.P. counter protest animal rights activists? Are they claiming that dogs are also racist?
WHY WAS THE N.A.A.C.P. THERE TO COUNTER PROTEST ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS?
Considering that the N.A.A.C.P. stands for the National Association for the ADVANCEMENT of Colored People, why would you support a criminal? Supporting a criminal does not advance your people in anyway. It would make more sense for the N.A.A.C.P. to be protesting along side of the animal rights activists. You would think they would join the fight to keep a criminal off the impressionable minds of the black youth, who look up to these sports athletes as role models.
That would make more sense.
Then later Vick was supposedly involved or loosely involved in a shooting. Such a stand-up guy, great candidate to get the attention of the N.A.A.C.P. I'm glad our tax dollars are helping to fund such a useful and productive organization.
"Quanis Phillips, was a co-defendant of Vick in his dog fighting trial and the terms of their parole dictated that both men not socialize with one another.
Apparently, Phillips ignored that.
Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in Vick’s dog fighting case, flew into a rage when Vick and brother Marcus Vick told him early Friday to leave the 30th-birthday party at a Virginia Beach nightclub, witnesses said.
Part of the "rage" apparently involved getting some birthday cake on Vick.
Before leaving, Phillips slapped a piece of birthday cake off a female party goer’s plate, splattering the face of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback with frosting.
"Michael didn’t react. I was surprised," a witness at the bash said.
A witness did say however that Vick’s brother did get angry and appeared very agitated. At that point, most reports say that Vick left the party. Phillips however, continued arguing with people outside the club and was later shot in the leg." - copied from bleedgreennation.com
On top of all of this, no one seems to care at all anymore about the actions of Vick, the Eagles are winning and all is forgiven. We as a society really need to put these issues in perspective, winning meaningless sporting events or being a civilized society? He plays sports, that's it. Doesn't this seem a little ridiculous?
This is a little reminiscent to the "mob rule" of the Roman Coliseum, and we all know what happened to the Roman Empire.
You can learn more at
http://phillydogsbiteback.org/
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles; are you really surprised?
— Keith Carney
"The acceptance of any person back into a position of public influence, after helping torture and murder animals for thrills and personal gain, is something that should weigh heavily on the conscience of anyone who still retains some form of human decency. At the same time, it is also something that should put the unrestricted powers of profit into sharp perspective, at least for those of us that are still concerned about more then just touchdowns and super bowl rings. After all, Pete Rose was banned from baseball simply for betting on games. I guess that means money is worth far more than the lives of animals and humility. At least that’s what I’m getting out of it.
As a person with a deep and life long appreciation for nature and the many animals that we share this planet with, my disgust for the actions of Michael Vick along side the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles is more than overwhelming; it’s sickening. But to be honest, what else would you expect from these types of people, really? The NFL, much like every other professional sports association, media outlet, and corporate institution, is nothing more than a machine driven by the endless quest for greed and fame, regardless of the effects it has on society in the long run.
But the question that we should really be asking ourselves is why the inexcusable actions of propped up, over paid celebrities (whether they are actors, athletes or musicians) are continuously overlooked and accepted by average citizens? Is it simply because they provide us with a form of entertainment and that we’re obsessed to the point of mindlessness? Or is it that we have become so numb to these types of events because they normally don’t have an immediate impact on us and our surroundings? I think it’s an even mixture combined with the fact that we have become far too comfortable and too lazy to actually do anything about them.
But just like all other form of tolerance, it is that type of behavior that truly worries me. Hopefully the outcries we’ve seen against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL and Michael Vick so far are just the tip of the iceberg."
I wanted to add a little to this story.
Animal rights activists, protested Vick's first appearance as an Eagle, in front of Lincoln Financial Field. A counter protest was headed by the N.A.A.C.P.
That sounds just a little crazy to me because this is not a race issue. On top of that, the N.A.A.C.P. is sending a terrible message, a message that sounds like they're almost in support of criminal activity. Why would the N.A.A.C.P. counter protest animal rights activists? Are they claiming that dogs are also racist?
WHY WAS THE N.A.A.C.P. THERE TO COUNTER PROTEST ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS?
Considering that the N.A.A.C.P. stands for the National Association for the ADVANCEMENT of Colored People, why would you support a criminal? Supporting a criminal does not advance your people in anyway. It would make more sense for the N.A.A.C.P. to be protesting along side of the animal rights activists. You would think they would join the fight to keep a criminal off the impressionable minds of the black youth, who look up to these sports athletes as role models.
That would make more sense.
Then later Vick was supposedly involved or loosely involved in a shooting. Such a stand-up guy, great candidate to get the attention of the N.A.A.C.P. I'm glad our tax dollars are helping to fund such a useful and productive organization.
"Quanis Phillips, was a co-defendant of Vick in his dog fighting trial and the terms of their parole dictated that both men not socialize with one another.
Apparently, Phillips ignored that.
Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in Vick’s dog fighting case, flew into a rage when Vick and brother Marcus Vick told him early Friday to leave the 30th-birthday party at a Virginia Beach nightclub, witnesses said.
Part of the "rage" apparently involved getting some birthday cake on Vick.
Before leaving, Phillips slapped a piece of birthday cake off a female party goer’s plate, splattering the face of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback with frosting.
"Michael didn’t react. I was surprised," a witness at the bash said.
A witness did say however that Vick’s brother did get angry and appeared very agitated. At that point, most reports say that Vick left the party. Phillips however, continued arguing with people outside the club and was later shot in the leg." - copied from bleedgreennation.com
On top of all of this, no one seems to care at all anymore about the actions of Vick, the Eagles are winning and all is forgiven. We as a society really need to put these issues in perspective, winning meaningless sporting events or being a civilized society? He plays sports, that's it. Doesn't this seem a little ridiculous?
This is a little reminiscent to the "mob rule" of the Roman Coliseum, and we all know what happened to the Roman Empire.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Shocking Jewish Role in Slavery Part I: What Jewish Historians Say
Obviously Zionists control our news and entertainment media, how else could this have been kept from us? It boils down to Zionists protecting Jewish victimization, while distracting whites and the rest of the world with "white guilt". That distraction allows the occupation and exploitation of white nations, by Zionists, to push the interests of Israel.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Questions and Answers
Opening your mind to other possibilities pertaining to historical events, especially political, is something a true intellectual should do. Every unpopular or unorthodox question deserves an answer, no matter how offensive the subject matter.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
-John Adams
I guess it's easier to just live your life willfully ignorant. No matter how persuasive an argument, no matter how irrefutable the facts, people are content to live in discontent. I truly believe most people are scared of having their minds changed or cannot be bothered with the obligation that they might feel toward their people and their country.
That is exactly why the course of America and the world will never be changed.
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson
Most people don't want to run the risk of being labeled as "brainwashed" for having questions that are supposedly already answered.
When people show that they do not have the will to question or challenge those answers, then we've become a callow society that has proven itself easily controlled.
"an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past..." -Orwellian society
Today, seeking knowledge on sensitive subjects, brands you a modern day heretic.
I think my blog post about the Jewish involvement in the slave trade, A video by Dr. David Duke, is a perfect example of media power and influence. It's a very powerful video that shows an overwhelming amount of proof, that the Jewish dominated media is completely biased against non-Jewish Europeans.
Now, what are we going to do about this? how much more proof do we need? Are we going to continue to hide behind name calling? Am I brainwashed? Am I an anti-semite? Or am I just helping to tell the truth?
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
-John Adams
I guess it's easier to just live your life willfully ignorant. No matter how persuasive an argument, no matter how irrefutable the facts, people are content to live in discontent. I truly believe most people are scared of having their minds changed or cannot be bothered with the obligation that they might feel toward their people and their country.
That is exactly why the course of America and the world will never be changed.
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson
Most people don't want to run the risk of being labeled as "brainwashed" for having questions that are supposedly already answered.
When people show that they do not have the will to question or challenge those answers, then we've become a callow society that has proven itself easily controlled.
"an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past..." -Orwellian society
Today, seeking knowledge on sensitive subjects, brands you a modern day heretic.
I think my blog post about the Jewish involvement in the slave trade, A video by Dr. David Duke, is a perfect example of media power and influence. It's a very powerful video that shows an overwhelming amount of proof, that the Jewish dominated media is completely biased against non-Jewish Europeans.
Now, what are we going to do about this? how much more proof do we need? Are we going to continue to hide behind name calling? Am I brainwashed? Am I an anti-semite? Or am I just helping to tell the truth?
Thursday, September 2, 2010
25 point plan
Below I posted the 25 point program of the NSDAP. I'm posting this because I don't think many people know the true aim of the Party. It's intent on regenerating Germany to a strong, united and independent nation is clearly pointed out below.
I couldn't find anything that would be considered "evil" as we are all programmed to believe, that National Socialism is, inherently evil.
see the month of April's blog post: "bood and soil"
"Liberal elements have labeled the program "reactionary." And conservative elements have labeled it "socialist" (i.e. "Marxist"). The two most widely read "authorities" on the subject, namely, W.L. Shirer and Alan Bullock, have vehemently denounce the Twenty-five Points in their books but have been careful to avoid actually setting forth those Points so that their readers could judge for themselves." You be the judge.
-Quoted from stormfront.org.
this blog is in no way affiliated with stormfront.org
PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS' PARTY
-by Gottfried Feder
The National Socialist German Workers' Party - registered as the "National Socialist German Workers' Union" - at a great mass meeting on February 25, 1920, in the Hofbrauhaus-Festsaal in Munich, announced its program to the world.
In Section 2 of the Constitution of our Party this program is declared to be unalterable. It is as follows:
The program of the German Workers' Party is limited as to period. The leaders have no intention, once the aims announced in it have been achieved, of setting up fresh ones in order to ensure the continued existence of the Party by the artificially inspired discontent of the masses.
1. We demand the union of all Germans, on the basis of the right of the self-determination of peoples, to form a Great Germany.
2. We demand equality of rights for the German people in its dealings with other nation, and abolition of the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the nourishment of our people and for settling our surplus population.
4. None but members of the nation may be citizens of the State. None but those of German blood, whatever their creed, may be members of the nation. No Jew, therefore, may be a member of the nation.
5. Anyone who is not a citizen of the State may live in Germany only as a guest and must be regarded as being subject to the Alien Laws.
6. The right of voting on the leadership and laws of the State is to be enjoyed by the citizens of the State alone. We demand, therefore, that all official positions, of whatever kind, whether in the Reich, the provinces, or the small communities, shall be held by citizens of the State alone. We oppose the corrupt parliamentary custom of filling posts merely with a view to party considerations, and without reference to character or ability.
7. We demand that the State shall make it its first duty to promote the industry and livelihood of the citizens of the State. If it is not possible to nourish the entire population of the State, foreign national (non-citizens of the State) must be excluded from the Reich.
8. All further non-German immigration must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who entered Germany subsequently to August 2, 1914, shall be required forthwith to depart from the Reich.
9. All citizens of the State shall possess equal rights and duties.
10. It must be the first duty of every citizen of the State to perform mental or physical work. The activities of the individual must not clash with the interests of the whole, but must proceed within the framework of the community and must be for the general good.
We Demand Therefore:
11. Abolition of incomes unearned by work. BREAKING OF THE THRALDOM OF INTEREST.
12. In view of the enormous sacrifice of life and property demanded of a nation by every war, personal enrichment through war must be regarded as a crime against the nation. We demand, therefore, the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have (hitherto) been amalgamated (into trusts).
14. We demand that there shall be profit sharing in the great industries.
15. We demand a generous development of provision for old age.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class, immediate communalization of the large department stores and their lease at a low rate to small traders, and that the most careful consideration shall be shown to all small traders in purveying to the State, the provinces, or smaller communities.
17. We demand a land reform suitable to our national requirements, the passing of a law for the confiscation without compensation of land for communal purposes, the abolition of interest on land mortgages, and prohibition of all speculation in land. [On April 13, 1928, Adolf Hitler made the following elucidation to the program: "Because of the mendacious interpretations on the part of our opponents of Point 17 of the program of the NSDAP, the following explanation is necessary.: Since the NSDAP is fundamentally based on the principle of private property, it is obvious that the expression "confiscation without compensation" refers merely to the creation of possible legal means of confiscating when necessary, land illegally acquired, or not administered in accordance with the national welfare. It is therefore directed in the first instance against the Jewish companies which speculate in land.]
18. We demand ruthless war upon all those whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Sordid criminals against the nation, usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their creed or race.
19. We demand that the Roman law, which serves the materialistic world order, shall be replaced by a German common law.
20. With the aim of opening to every capable and industrious German the possibility of higher education and consequent advancement to leading positions, the State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education. The curriculum of all educational establishments must be brought into line with the requirements of practical life. Directly the mind begins to develop the schools must aim at teaching the pupil to understand the idea of the State (State sociology). We demand the education of specially gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.
21. The State must apply itself to raising the standard of health in the nation by protecting mothers and infants, prohibiting child labor, and increasing bodily efficiency by legally obligatory gymnastics and sports, and by extensive support of clubs engaged in the physical training of the young.
22. We demand the abolition of mercenary troops and the formation of a national army.
23. We demand legal warfare against conscious political lies and their dissemination in the press. In order to facilitate the creation of a German national press we demand that: (a) all editors, and their co-workers, of newspapers employing the German language must be members of the nation; (b) special permission from the State shall be necessary before non-German newspapers may appear (these need not necessarily be printed in the German language); ( c ) non-Germans shall be prohibited by law from participating financially in or influencing German newspapers, and the penalty for contravention of the shall be suppression of any such newspaper, and immediate deportation of the non-German involved It must be forbidden to publish newspapers which are damaging to the national welfare. We demand the legal prosecution of all tendencies in art and literature which exert a destructive influence on our national life and the closing of institutions which militate against the above-mentioned requirements.
24. We demand liberty for all religious denominations in the State, so far as they are not a danger to it and do not militate against the moral and ethical feelings of the German race. The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession. It combats the Jewish-materialist spirit within and without us, and is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent recovery from within only on the principle: THE COMMON INTEREST BEFORE SELF-INTEREST
25. That all the foregoing requirements may be realized we demand the creation of a strong, central national authority; unconditional authority of the central legislative body over the entire Reich and its organizations in general; and the formation of diets and vocational chambers for the purpose of executing the general laws promulgated by the Reich in the various States of the Confederation. The leaders of the Party swear to proceed regardless of consequences - if necessary at the sacrifice of their lives - toward the fulfillment of the foregoing Points.
I couldn't find anything that would be considered "evil" as we are all programmed to believe, that National Socialism is, inherently evil.
see the month of April's blog post: "bood and soil"
"Liberal elements have labeled the program "reactionary." And conservative elements have labeled it "socialist" (i.e. "Marxist"). The two most widely read "authorities" on the subject, namely, W.L. Shirer and Alan Bullock, have vehemently denounce the Twenty-five Points in their books but have been careful to avoid actually setting forth those Points so that their readers could judge for themselves." You be the judge.
-Quoted from stormfront.org.
this blog is in no way affiliated with stormfront.org
PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS' PARTY
-by Gottfried Feder
The National Socialist German Workers' Party - registered as the "National Socialist German Workers' Union" - at a great mass meeting on February 25, 1920, in the Hofbrauhaus-Festsaal in Munich, announced its program to the world.
In Section 2 of the Constitution of our Party this program is declared to be unalterable. It is as follows:
The program of the German Workers' Party is limited as to period. The leaders have no intention, once the aims announced in it have been achieved, of setting up fresh ones in order to ensure the continued existence of the Party by the artificially inspired discontent of the masses.
1. We demand the union of all Germans, on the basis of the right of the self-determination of peoples, to form a Great Germany.
2. We demand equality of rights for the German people in its dealings with other nation, and abolition of the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the nourishment of our people and for settling our surplus population.
4. None but members of the nation may be citizens of the State. None but those of German blood, whatever their creed, may be members of the nation. No Jew, therefore, may be a member of the nation.
5. Anyone who is not a citizen of the State may live in Germany only as a guest and must be regarded as being subject to the Alien Laws.
6. The right of voting on the leadership and laws of the State is to be enjoyed by the citizens of the State alone. We demand, therefore, that all official positions, of whatever kind, whether in the Reich, the provinces, or the small communities, shall be held by citizens of the State alone. We oppose the corrupt parliamentary custom of filling posts merely with a view to party considerations, and without reference to character or ability.
7. We demand that the State shall make it its first duty to promote the industry and livelihood of the citizens of the State. If it is not possible to nourish the entire population of the State, foreign national (non-citizens of the State) must be excluded from the Reich.
8. All further non-German immigration must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who entered Germany subsequently to August 2, 1914, shall be required forthwith to depart from the Reich.
9. All citizens of the State shall possess equal rights and duties.
10. It must be the first duty of every citizen of the State to perform mental or physical work. The activities of the individual must not clash with the interests of the whole, but must proceed within the framework of the community and must be for the general good.
We Demand Therefore:
11. Abolition of incomes unearned by work. BREAKING OF THE THRALDOM OF INTEREST.
12. In view of the enormous sacrifice of life and property demanded of a nation by every war, personal enrichment through war must be regarded as a crime against the nation. We demand, therefore, the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have (hitherto) been amalgamated (into trusts).
14. We demand that there shall be profit sharing in the great industries.
15. We demand a generous development of provision for old age.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class, immediate communalization of the large department stores and their lease at a low rate to small traders, and that the most careful consideration shall be shown to all small traders in purveying to the State, the provinces, or smaller communities.
17. We demand a land reform suitable to our national requirements, the passing of a law for the confiscation without compensation of land for communal purposes, the abolition of interest on land mortgages, and prohibition of all speculation in land. [On April 13, 1928, Adolf Hitler made the following elucidation to the program: "Because of the mendacious interpretations on the part of our opponents of Point 17 of the program of the NSDAP, the following explanation is necessary.: Since the NSDAP is fundamentally based on the principle of private property, it is obvious that the expression "confiscation without compensation" refers merely to the creation of possible legal means of confiscating when necessary, land illegally acquired, or not administered in accordance with the national welfare. It is therefore directed in the first instance against the Jewish companies which speculate in land.]
18. We demand ruthless war upon all those whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Sordid criminals against the nation, usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their creed or race.
19. We demand that the Roman law, which serves the materialistic world order, shall be replaced by a German common law.
20. With the aim of opening to every capable and industrious German the possibility of higher education and consequent advancement to leading positions, the State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education. The curriculum of all educational establishments must be brought into line with the requirements of practical life. Directly the mind begins to develop the schools must aim at teaching the pupil to understand the idea of the State (State sociology). We demand the education of specially gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.
21. The State must apply itself to raising the standard of health in the nation by protecting mothers and infants, prohibiting child labor, and increasing bodily efficiency by legally obligatory gymnastics and sports, and by extensive support of clubs engaged in the physical training of the young.
22. We demand the abolition of mercenary troops and the formation of a national army.
23. We demand legal warfare against conscious political lies and their dissemination in the press. In order to facilitate the creation of a German national press we demand that: (a) all editors, and their co-workers, of newspapers employing the German language must be members of the nation; (b) special permission from the State shall be necessary before non-German newspapers may appear (these need not necessarily be printed in the German language); ( c ) non-Germans shall be prohibited by law from participating financially in or influencing German newspapers, and the penalty for contravention of the shall be suppression of any such newspaper, and immediate deportation of the non-German involved It must be forbidden to publish newspapers which are damaging to the national welfare. We demand the legal prosecution of all tendencies in art and literature which exert a destructive influence on our national life and the closing of institutions which militate against the above-mentioned requirements.
24. We demand liberty for all religious denominations in the State, so far as they are not a danger to it and do not militate against the moral and ethical feelings of the German race. The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession. It combats the Jewish-materialist spirit within and without us, and is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent recovery from within only on the principle: THE COMMON INTEREST BEFORE SELF-INTEREST
25. That all the foregoing requirements may be realized we demand the creation of a strong, central national authority; unconditional authority of the central legislative body over the entire Reich and its organizations in general; and the formation of diets and vocational chambers for the purpose of executing the general laws promulgated by the Reich in the various States of the Confederation. The leaders of the Party swear to proceed regardless of consequences - if necessary at the sacrifice of their lives - toward the fulfillment of the foregoing Points.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT "TREADS" ON PATRIOTISM
Don’t tread on me’ flags start disputes around the country.
-By Liz Goodwin
"Don't tread on me" flag at health-care protest. An Arizona man is in trouble with his homeowners' association over flying the Gadsden flag, which features a coiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me."
The flag has been adopted by members of the tea party movement for its association with the American Revolution, but Andy McDonel tells the New York Times that he has hung the flag from his roof simply for its historical significance.
Arizona has a state statute that allows Arizonans to fly "the Stars and Stripes, the state flag, flags representing Indian nations as well as the official flags of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard," the Times reports.
McDonel's homeowners' association is strictly interpreting that law to ban the flying of any other flags, including the Gadsden. The American Civil Liberties Union is defending McDonel, saying the homeowners' group is taking too strict a view of the statute and restricting McDonel's right to free speech.
McDonel is chronicling his struggle on a blog, where he is asking for donations for a potential legal battle.
McDonel isn't the only person to run into a dispute over the historic flag.
Eric Smith of Thornton, Colo., said he and his neighbor were sent a letter by their homeowners' association that said "Tea Party flags are not permitted. Please Remove." They were threatened with a $100-a-month fine for flying the Gadsden flag.
Colorado has a statue similar to Arizona's that specifies which flags are allowed to be flown. The homeowners' association eventually reversed its demand, saying his flag fell into the category of "political signs" instead of flags and was thus allowed.
[Was the tea party responsible for Joe Miller's win in Alaska?]
Meanwhile, a group of retired Marines in Connecticut is fighting for the flag to be flown over the state Capitol, after the Capitol police denied their request because the flag is not the official Marines flag.
"I'd learned about in the Marine Corps. It's one of the first, if not the first, Marine Corps flag," retired Marine Patrick Rubino told FoxNews.com. "They even flew it over our bases in Afghanistan and Iraq while I was there."
In March, House Republicans created a stir amid the hard-fought vote on health care reform by grabbing a Gadsden flag from the anti-reform crowd assembled outside the Capitol and brandishing it from within the building.
The flag is named after Col. Christopher Gadsden, a Continental Congress delegate from South Carolina. The flag was flown by the Navy in 1775 -- but owes its design to the famous "Join or Die" icon that Benjamin Franklin created in the 1750s to promote unity among American colonists. And that message seems more remote than ever, with contemporary political insurgents, colonial history buffs, state legislatures and civil liberties advocates all battling over the image's contested symbolic meaning.
-found on Yahoo news
-By Liz Goodwin
"Don't tread on me" flag at health-care protest. An Arizona man is in trouble with his homeowners' association over flying the Gadsden flag, which features a coiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me."
The flag has been adopted by members of the tea party movement for its association with the American Revolution, but Andy McDonel tells the New York Times that he has hung the flag from his roof simply for its historical significance.
Arizona has a state statute that allows Arizonans to fly "the Stars and Stripes, the state flag, flags representing Indian nations as well as the official flags of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard," the Times reports.
McDonel's homeowners' association is strictly interpreting that law to ban the flying of any other flags, including the Gadsden. The American Civil Liberties Union is defending McDonel, saying the homeowners' group is taking too strict a view of the statute and restricting McDonel's right to free speech.
McDonel is chronicling his struggle on a blog, where he is asking for donations for a potential legal battle.
McDonel isn't the only person to run into a dispute over the historic flag.
Eric Smith of Thornton, Colo., said he and his neighbor were sent a letter by their homeowners' association that said "Tea Party flags are not permitted. Please Remove." They were threatened with a $100-a-month fine for flying the Gadsden flag.
Colorado has a statue similar to Arizona's that specifies which flags are allowed to be flown. The homeowners' association eventually reversed its demand, saying his flag fell into the category of "political signs" instead of flags and was thus allowed.
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Meanwhile, a group of retired Marines in Connecticut is fighting for the flag to be flown over the state Capitol, after the Capitol police denied their request because the flag is not the official Marines flag.
"I'd learned about in the Marine Corps. It's one of the first, if not the first, Marine Corps flag," retired Marine Patrick Rubino told FoxNews.com. "They even flew it over our bases in Afghanistan and Iraq while I was there."
In March, House Republicans created a stir amid the hard-fought vote on health care reform by grabbing a Gadsden flag from the anti-reform crowd assembled outside the Capitol and brandishing it from within the building.
The flag is named after Col. Christopher Gadsden, a Continental Congress delegate from South Carolina. The flag was flown by the Navy in 1775 -- but owes its design to the famous "Join or Die" icon that Benjamin Franklin created in the 1750s to promote unity among American colonists. And that message seems more remote than ever, with contemporary political insurgents, colonial history buffs, state legislatures and civil liberties advocates all battling over the image's contested symbolic meaning.
-found on Yahoo news
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