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And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Cost to taxpayers of Obama's Hawaiian vacation?  Two million bucks. 

Compare that behavior to the Bushes, who spent Christmas at nearby Camp David so the whitehouse support staff would be able to spend the holidays at home with their own families.
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