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BBC - Ethical Man blog: Climate plans part of wider battle over American freedom

In the US state of Virginia the talk is of revolution. In the basement of a restaurant in Richmond we met 100 or so American patriots -ordinary people who claim to be the vanguard of a great new movement, a movement for American liberty.

"Lower taxes, less government, more freedom", is their rallying cry.

The words of Patrick Henry, a son of Virginia and one of the founding fathers of the United States, ricocheted around the room: "Give me liberty, or give me death."

The echo of the American Revolution is deliberate. This movement takes as its manifesto the Declaration of Independence itself. Many supporters say they carry a copy of it with them at all times.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 12:57:51 PM EST
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Lower taxes, eh?

I assume that means close all overseas bases and bring home our troops and don't get involved in pointless foreign wars that feed the coffers of the military industrial complex.

RIGHT!!!????

"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne

by maracatu on Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 at 05:10:39 PM EST
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