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Thursday, July 30. 2015

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“I am not here as a serf or vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place. It’s not your responsibility to look out for my well-being, and to monitor my speech. It’s not your right to assert an agenda. Your post, the post that you occupy, exists to preserve American liberty. You’ve sworn to perform that duty. And you have faltered.”


Becky Gerritson

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 13:45 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hey, I just realized that all this welfare/regulatory/nanny statism took off in conjunction with increasing equal rights for women. And a good portion were enacted prior to women's suffrage. Could it be the statutes were a reaction of cowardly men to independent women? I mean they were "Progressive" and all.
#1 JK Brown on 2015-07-30 17:18 (Reply)
Becky's succinct statement says it all. Our government has indeed forgotten it's place.
#2 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-07-30 21:59 (Reply)
Sounds way to liberal 2 me, for my simple mind.Even now a days,Pretty Radical stuff man!There is always something that is always screwed up,ain't there?,,,...
Enjoy it while you can!?!
#3 RL on 2015-07-31 01:49 (Reply)
“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”

― D.H. Lawrence

This was the true reason for the push for "Diversity" and multicultural separateness. To blunt the sharp, fierce essential American reaction to government takeover and control of our fortunes and our lives.
#4 John the River (Link) on 2015-07-31 10:43 (Reply)

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