I recently rediscovered Thomas Paine's book Common Sense. It has been dubbed by some, "The book that built America." It had a direct influence on the form this country took. It's a short book, if anyone wants to read it. I mention it here because it is direct information about the principles this country was founded. It might help us get past some of the historical fiction that floats around.

You can get the newest edition of it at:

http://bigfishbooks.com/commonsense.html

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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Where have all the Conservatives Gone?