Happy Independence Day 2006
Tuesday, the Fourth of July, marks the 230th anniversary of our unique Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776. While the Constitution guides our rule of law, the Declaration is the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty...
Although the political philosophy of the Declaration was not new -- ideals of individual liberty already expressed by John Locke and several Continental philosophers -- Jefferson summarized this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King of England in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.
And I use the word unique because the Declaration was to that point in world history a thing unimaginable. Consider the situation: Isolated colonists with no real military power brazenly asserting to the British Crown and Great Britain, the mightiest nation on earth at that time, that they were resolved to forevermore be free from subjugation and live as equals or perish in the endeavor.
No document of this magnitude or dire consequence, before or since, ever publicly proclaimed such an absolute plight before the fact.
Because it has become politically incorrect to teach American history in our schools without gross revisionism, I thought you might appreciate some insights regarding the Declaration, but more importantly the sacrifices made by the Founding Fathers throughout the long, bloody, seemingly hopeless War of Independence that ensued.
Rush H. Limbaugh, noted Missouri jurist and father of the broadcast giant, wrote and delivered a sobering, oft-requested address to honor degrees of sacrifice those of us living in today's America would find hard to endure
Whatever else you plan in celebration today, please do yourself a favor and invest the ten minutes it will take to read Judge Limbaugh's The Americans Who Risked Everything — You will be moved.