Assault on the Fourth of July

Conservatism angers Liberals. Conservatism draws its strength from the U.S. Constitution, God, and Patriotism. Therefore, the Left, since Conservatism angers them so much, has a particular disdain for the Originalist understanding of the U.S. Constitution, anything religious, and all things that point to America being the greatest nation on Earth.

This means that the Conservative belief in a limited Constitutional government must be countered by the liberals with a Marxist, overpowering, centralized monster of a federal government. God must be eliminated from all public view, and replaced by the religion of liberal secular humanism. And finally, anyone who loves their country enough to stand outside watching fireworks on July 4th, with tears in their eyes as they think about what those blasts in the sky represents, has got to be demonized as some small minded, bitter, gun-clinging, religious nut.

That's right, folks. Now the Liberal Left is even daring to launch an assault on the Declaration of Independence, Independence Day, and fireworks.

I realize that the Liberal Left is at about the same level as a paramecium when it comes to brain power, but this is even low for them.

America's principles are under assault. The self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence are now subject to interpretation. And according to Liberal Writer Troy Patterson, Fireworks Suck.

Maybe fireworks suck to Troy because he doesn't believe in what they represent. Maybe, like Obama, he thinks America is some horrible place, and we must go around apologizing for being an exceptional nation. Maybe he thinks that the armed conflict that was the American Revolution could have been solved at the negotiation table. I guess George Washington and Thomas Jefferson should have visited the King with no pre-conditions to ask him nicely to quit oppressing the colonists with a strong central government, and unfair taxes.

Yeah, sure, the King would have just smiled, and said, "Gosh, guys, I am so sorry. I didn't realize you felt that way. Sure, right away, the British Army is coming home. No hard feelings, I hope."

Liberalism is akin to Marxism, and nations with such ideologies have been enemies of the United States in the past because their belief system is fundamentally opposed to everything America represents - and the Left knows it.

The Left rejects the fixed principles layed down by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. They believe that either the Constitution can be twisted as they wish with their interpretation, or that it is an old document that needs replacing. As Obama proclaimed, the Constitution fails to address what government is supposed to do for you. Perhaps, Mr. Obama, the Constitution left that out because the Federal Government isn't supposed to be "doing" for the people - the people are supposed to be taking personal responsibility for themselves.

Celebrating Independence Day is about celebrating the founding of this nation, which includes the decision that all men are created equal, and are endowed with inalienable rights. What people do with their opportunities in life, however, is their business - hence the "liberty" part of the equation.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Fireworks Suck - Slate, Troy Patterson

The Left’s Assault on the Declaration of Independence - The Heritage Foundation