Libertarians for Ron Paul

Two hundred thirty two years ago, Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence, and with representatives of the 13 colonies signed it, thereby laying the cornerstone for America to become a free nation. The Tree of Liberty had a blood-price, as 4,400 Americans died and 6,200 were wounded on Revolutionary War battlefields.

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

The 13 colonies abruptly severed the royal governorships of Great Britain, and Americans declared themselves independent of King George III’s rule. This dissolution was instigated by Britain’s internal taxes, trade tariffs, and military impositions, and the pitiless ignominy of no representation in Parliament.

Ron Getty writes about the heritage of The American Revolution that we celebrate today http://ca.lp.org/lp20080526.shtml

“This week Americans will gather around the grill, attend parades and watch fireworks displays, all in the celebration of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. At the same time, we will have thousands of bureaucrats, troops and agents stationed in countries across the globe being paid by American tax dollars.

On the anniversary of our declaring our own independence from the British, it is certainly appropriate that we reflect on the nature and spirit of independent nationhood. While our founding fathers were individual men in a historically unique situation, they posited that the principles upon which they rested our national independence were timeless.”

Ron Paul on Independence Day  http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=11231