ARC: LIBERTY

LIBERTY © July 4, 2022

“Give me Liberty or give me death!” -

revolution war cry by Patrick Henry.

White male colonists decried tax liability:

willing to die for independence from monarchy.

White male founders though bought slaves –

what’s good for the goose, but not for the gander.

Natives and women, of course, too not represented:

hypocrisy truly `unsanity’ kith and kin demented.

English immigrants welcomed for manifest destiny –

rest needed to fight wars even though not citizens.

Conscription allowed rich to hire substitute to fight:

poor, of course, had no recourse for `body life’ right.

Abraham Lincoln hired replacement to protect son:

wife’s mental state in peril over loss of two others.

Marginalized then/now, Supreme Court backward:

`Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’ fractured.

`Ex’ Trump failed to represent American ideals:

desired monarchy status instead of democracy.

Conservative White Christian Supporters want upheaval:

parallel Civil War kin/state against kin/state resulting evil.

Supreme Court inconsistent in Constitution integrity:

Jesus to Peter “Get behind Me, Satan”! exposing lofty error.

When the `highest’ are on the `dark side’, all suffer:

unempathetic, injustice, hypocrisy has no buffer.

Many Supreme Court past decisions were shameful:

ones that marginalized minorities, favored the rich.

Conservative Religion does not belong on High Court:

country, individuals, constitution, will all fall short.

We are going backwards as a nation in liberty ideals:

`the words’ were magnificent in democracy idealism.

Our so call beacon of light has become flickering candle:

tune in to January 6 Committee to witness TRUMP scandal.

It evokes Watergate where a President cheats for power:

America alleged to be nation of laws role modeling ideal.

When oh when are we going to uphold liberty:

equality/justice/happiness pursuit VALIDITY!

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"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering ...

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16, 1773, when Massachusetts colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor in the world's most famous tax revolt. Thus was the "Tea Party" movement reborn. The Tea Party name suggests an anti-tax protest rooted in American history and consistent with the original intent of our nation's founding.Jul 3, 2012

Tea, Taxes, and the Revolution - Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com › 2012/07/03 › tea-taxes-and-th...

Many of the major Founding Fathers owned numerous slaves, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Others owned only a few slaves, such as Benjamin Franklin. And still others married into large slave-owning families, such as Alexander Hamilton.Dec 8, 2020

The Founding Fathers Views of Slavery

https://www.battlefields.org › learn › articles › founding-f...

Definition of what's good for the goose is good for the gander. US. —used to say that one person or situation should be treated the same way that another person or situation is treated If he can go out with his friends at night, then she should be able to, too.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander

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One in every four members of the Union armed forces was an immigrant, some 543,000 of the more than 2 million Union soldiers by recent estimates. Another 18% had at least one foreign-born parent. Together, immigrants and the sons of immigrants made up about 43% of the U.S. armed forces.Jun 29, 2015

History: The Civil War Was Won By Immigrant Soldiers - TIME

https://time.com › civil-war-immigrant-soldiers

https://longislandwins.com/news/national/making-immigrant-soldiers-into-citizens/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-conscription-act-and-abraham-lincolns-civil-war-substitute/

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/22/us/lincoln-sought-save-civil-war-haven-for-his-oldest-son.html

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. ... The phrase gives three examples of the ...

‎Origin and phrasing · ‎Lockean roots hypothesis · ‎Alternative hypotheses

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/a-short-list-of-overturned-supreme-court-landmark-decisions

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Matthew 16:23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter ... - Bible Hub

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But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on things of God, but on things of ...

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