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** THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020
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Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.
Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette [February 20, 1788]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 9, 2020
The Shameful Mistreatment of Linda Ronstadt and the Dixie Chicks ([link removed])
Former Nazi leader Herman Goering famously said: Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor ...
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The Future of Freedom Foundation
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Policing In America: “Transform The Mission” ([link removed])
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On the Fourth of July, Give Me Liberty ([link removed])
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America Should Recapture Wisdom of Jefferson and Smith ([link removed])
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Afghanistan Bounties: Pot, Meet Kettle (and Turn Off the Stove!) ([link removed])
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