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                   WITNESS TO TODAY'S FESTIVITIES IN DC

"For too long, this country has wandered in darkness," said Beck, a Fox News host. He said it was now time to "concentrate on the good things in America, the things we have accomplished and the things we can do tomorrow."

Palin, greeted by chants of "USA, USA, USA" from many in the crowd, told the gathering, "It is so humbling to get to be here with you today, patriots. You who are motivated and engaged ... and knowing never to retreat."

"We must restore America and restore her honor," said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, "Restoring Honor."

"Look around you. You're not alone," Palin told participants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dc_rally

At this point, Glenn The Beckerhead stood and made the grand address of the day:

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

This coming Christmas Eve will mark one of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the single greatest event in the history of this great country since the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.

But first a little background:

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

On the day marking the eve of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the year of our Lord 1860 the Great State of South Carolina took full advantage of its Tenth Amendment rights.

South Carolina knew that the rights of its citizens were about to be abrogated by the Federal Government.

No longer would Carolinians be allowed to do with their property what free men had been promised pursuant to the provisions of the United States Constitution.

No person ... shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation

Respect for the rights of the states in this great nation was waning.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

It had come to the point where a horse or other member of a farmer's livestock could be stolen by some Northern entrepreneur and the Federal Government would not longer recognize the ownership rights of that Carolinian farmer. Just imagine, the livestock purchased with monies earned by the sweat and labor of that Carolinian farmer. Livestock cared for and groomed by that Carolinian farmer.

The great Justice Taney attempted to do something about this in 1857.

But on that Christmas Eve, 150 years ago, it became clear to the duly elected representatives of the great state of South Carolina that Justice Taney's well-founded and well-established decision was about to be overturned, unconstitutionally by a tyrant. A tyrant with no formal education, a tyrant with no proper breeding, a tyrant with no respect whatsoever for the rights of properly propertied citizens situated in the Southern States.

And so on that Christmas Eve, 150 years ago, the representatives of the citizens from the great state of South Carolina stood up to the new tyrant and said in their grandest of voices:

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! WE SHALL DRAW OUR LINE IN THE SANDS RIGHT HERE...RIGHT AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE GREAT STATE OF CAROLINA!!!

A century and a half ago, those great Americans, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed The Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to thousands of citizen-farmers throughout the American South who were facing the end of civilization as they knew it. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the omen of imminent captivity and bondage.

But one hundred and fifty years later, Americans are still not free. One hundred and fifty years later, the life of the American is still sadly crippled by the manacles of a Federal Government out of control  and the chains of recrimination. One hundred and fifty years later, the real American lives on a lonely island of fear in the midst of a vast ocean of governmental welfare and hand outs to those who deserve not. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people; the illegal immigrants; the non-English speakers; the Muslim terrorists; a check, a check which has come from funds earned by real Americans.

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that the continual theft of funds from the great vaults of opportunity of this nation, must continue. And so, we've come to close the bank, void this check, and return all monies to the true Americans; Americans who love this country in the right way; Americans who believe in the fundamental liberties promised by their forefathers; Americans who worship in the churches of their forefathers; Americans who watch Fox News.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of federalism to the sunlit path of a Christian Nation. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of social welfare to the solid rock of free enterprise. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children, the Christians of this nation.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still want to scream. It is a scream deeply rooted in the American drama.

I WANNA SCREAM.

I want everyone here to stand up and scream:

I AM AN AMERICAN AND I AM MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.

WE WANNA SCREAM THIS OUT FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

I want to scream out the word that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

I WANNA SCREAM.

I want to scream out the word that we have the right, as American Citizens under the umbrella of our Constitution to say no, to say we are free, and to say that we can secede from an onerous tyrannical government.

I WANNA SCREAM.

I want to scream out the word that we can stand up to tyrants like the representatives of South Carolina stood up to the abhorrent dictator of one hundred and fifty years ago.

I WANNA SCREAM

I want to scream out the words that have made this country great:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

I WANNA TO SCREAM

I want to scream out these words:

I AM AN AMERICAN AND I AM A FREE AMERCAN AND I CAN QUIT BEING AN AMERICAN ANY DAMN TIME I FEEL LIKE IT!!!

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm