Send Bush message ala Ben Franklin: DON'T TREAD ON ME = NO KING GEORGE

The easiest symbolic movement we can do as a nation and from our own homes is to raise up the original flag of this country in its rebellion against King George - the Gadsden flag - DON'T TREAD ON ME.


This was our founders' big FUCK YOU KING GEORGE - let it be ours.

You can get it at any flag store, or through several flag sites on the internet.

This one is even better...its white with the words "Don't Tread on Me" and was used by the Culpeper Minutemen...It also says "Liberty or Death"!

Since the Gadsen Flag is used by the Marines, I personally prefer to stay away from the military association....

Here's a link of where you can see it: http://www.gadsden.info/Culpeper.html

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It also seems to be the most appropriate flag to use these days...also the symbolism from the Revolution against King George is very significant.

heheh....I never tire of saying it.

protect us all.

Can't you just hear it?

I would guess that 75% of the right doesn't know what the Gadsden flag means.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin

In some old dusty attic
Undisturbed for many years
There lies a tattered banner
That is stained with blood and tears
By men who knew that freedom
Must be fought for by the free
And died to save a ragged flag
That said Don't Tread on Me

Don't Tread on Me
I'm a rattlesnake with
Diamonds down my back
When other men retreat
That's just the time that I attack
Because a dream that's worth defending
Is a dream that's bound to be
A ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

Two hundred years of glory
And the glory's just begun
We may have lost some battles
But these colors never run
We drew the line at Valley Forge
We held at Bunker Hill
The cannon smoke is lifting
I can see that banner still

Don't Tread on me
I'm a mountain lion
And courage is my name
I tamed a wild country
But I'm wild just the same
And from that rocky Boston harbor
To the California Sea
A ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

This nation isn't what we've done
It's what we've got to do
Remember that United States
Can only start with you
We better be recalling
What this country's all about
And rally round that ragged flag
And hear the people shout
Don't Tread on Me
I'm a grizzly bear
That's not afraid to bite
I don't look for trouble
But when trouble comes I fight
Because my daddy taught me freedom
Has no lifetime guarantee
A ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

The winds of change are blowing
And they're sure to shake this land
We stood all we can take
And now it's time to take a stand
Let's tell the men who make the laws
In Washington D.C.
Unfurl again
That ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

Don't Tread on me
I'm an eagle
Who is clawing at the sky
I want that banner waving up
Where eagles dare to fly
And blazing in the sunlight
So that friend and foe can see
A ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

Don't Tread on us
We're Americans
And we were born to lead
Our skin is every color
And our faith is every creed
We are 300 million people
But on one thing we agree
A ragged flag that said
Don't Tread on Me

Michael O'Donoghue
© 1983 Least Loved Music, BMI

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O'Donoghue wrote it for the sequel to Easy Rider that he also wrote.

I wish I had bookmarked -- but there you have it. . .

Would love to see it.