The Difference Between Subjects and Citizens The Democrats, Republicans and Independents who went to Tea Parties last week want the same thing that the patriots of 1773 wanted: To be treated as free citizens with inalienable rights, not indentured subjects of an all-powerful government.
Subjects don't complain when government makes their lives more secular and more socialized. But citizens demand the "right to pursue happiness" as their Creator endowed them in the Declaration of Independence. Citizens do not want to be told that they can earn up to $250,000, but above that, they are illegitimate possessors of the "people's wealth" and should expect to have it taken by the government. Citizens do not want to be told that members of Congress or bureaucrats in the Treasury will set salary schedules and decide income for Americans in private business. The Tea Parties were a reaction to all these threats to the American way of life. Will the Tea Party Movement Matter? July 4 May Tell the Story All that said, if the Tea Parties prove to be a one-time event they will probably not matter. But if the Tea Party movement is the beginning of a larger, broader and deeper dialogue about the future of America then they will matter a great deal. People are wondering what they can do next. American Solutions has an easy answer: Contact your representatives in Washington and urge them to oppose the big spending, big deficits, big government, big taxes, and big debt Obama Budget. Visit _AmericanSolutions.com/TeaParty_ (http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3000763:3921865458:m:4:109550289:92B782F17796C8E0D4AD197E08 D15583) to learn more. Then, we should make July 4, 2009 "American Freedom Day." Tea Party activists across America should plan to go out and recruit supporters from every Fourth of July celebration in their community. If one million freedom-loving Americans work from now to July 4, the size of the Tea Party movement will grow dramatically. As Tea Party leaders around the country email, chat, and call each other, they should learn the lessons from this past week and begin laying plans to make July 4, 2009 a day that goes down as a decisive turning point in the history of defending freedom. Your friend, Newt Gingrich **************Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and Desktops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433404x1201394533/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubl eclick.net%2Fclk%3B214133109%3B36002181%3Bk) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
