Today is the Anniversary of the Patrick Henry famous “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech.

Lady Libertas read the Patrick Henry speech this morning over and over again.  There are frequent quotes on Lady Libertas from Patrick Henry as he is one of my personal favorites … his message speaks to my soul and has been fuel for me, especially in the past year .

Lady Libertas finds it ironic … mocking … a slap in the face … that Obama is signing the largest takeover of Liberty in the history of the United States into Law.  And there is no doubt in my mind that Obama and his minions are delirious over the import of today and what it means to TRUE PATRIOTS and AMERICANS while they sign their Marxist Agenda Step One into Law.

Lady Libertas cannot watch – I will not give them the satisfaction of feeling defeated even for one moment more.

Lady Libertas will say this – Mock our Founders at your peril, Obamabots.  The American People have the DNA of Liberty in their veins and WE ARE NOT DONE …

To All of the Wonderful Patriots that read Lady Libertas – Let us remember Patrick Henry and the fire in his belly about our Great Republic today … Let us focus on the sentiments expressed by him in 1775 that are FRIGHTENINGLY RELEVANT  TODAY …  Let us Remember where we came from & where we are going …

And Lady Libertas is here to tell you – I AM NOT GOING TO SOCIALISM.

God Bless Our Founders – God Bless the Liberty that they gave us and God Help Us Protect It.

From Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775:

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope that it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen, if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve.

This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty towards the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth — to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House?

Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation — the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motives for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?

No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer on the subject? Nothing.

We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer.

Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.

Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.

If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Patrick Henry – March 23, 1775

Lady Libertas is pleased to announce my all out Endorsement for Brian Reilly for US Congress in Florida District 20.

Readers of Lady Libertas will remember me mentioning Brian Reilly last summer when I met him at the Tea Party Rally in Fort Lauderdale on July 4. ( See original post here )

Lady Libertas was impressed with Brian last summer and, certainly now, we need a GREAT Conservative & national grassroots support  to beat Debbie Wasserman-Schultz-the-Pelosi-Clone and the Democratic war chest that she will have access to!

Brian fell off the radar for a few months and it even looked like he was not going to be running towards the end of the year.  Lady Libertas found out after Christmas that Brian lost both of his parents last year and had dropped out of the race.  Thankfully, Brian rallied and supporters from Florida District 20 reached out and asked him to re-enter the race.  And he did.  And Lady Libertas is thrilled!

Brian’s campaign is picking up steam and will be kicking off at the BREC on 3/22 in Fort Lauderdale.

Javier from the Shark Tank has done a wonderful interview with Brian.  Javier is THE Florida Political Commentator Extraordinaire at The Shark Tank which is also where you can find all the MARCO RUBIO updates as well.

Please check out Brian Reilly’s Interview on the Shark Tank and please stop in and donate to Brian – we need a Real Conservative!

Brian is a successful Business man with businesses in his hometown in upstate New York and in Florida in District 20.

Brian is a real Conservative who has worked on Wall Street and returned to Main Street – he has met payrolls and created jobs.

Brian stands for Less Government, Low Taxes, Support of Israel and a strong defense against Terrorism.

Brian worked in New York on 9/11 and lost friends as the towers fell that horrible morning.

and did I mention that Brian’s Mom was a Reagan?  HA – Could he be the Reagan we need for Florida District 20?

Lady Libertas says YES!

Brian Reilly hits all the buttons for Lady Libertas – Please give him your support!

Stop in at the Shark Tank and leave some comments and visit Brian’s Site.

Let’s take the Pelosi-Clone that is Wasserman-Schultz OUT with a Real Conservative!

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by scot cerullo

With his first year as President under his belt, many initial Obama supporters have become disillusioned over the unrealized Hope and Change that drove the 2008 campaign like nitrous oxide.

Obama supporters, independents and a great number of Democrats are scratching their heads because, having climbed this historic political mountain together, having signed on to various get-out-the-vote ground operations, now stand at the pinnacle of the mountain and, looking over the horizon, do not see the post-partisan, post-racial utopia Obama articulated repeatedly and promised unequivocally during his campaign .

The lofty rhetoric that told of a new way of doing business in Washington, the brilliant young leader promising to right the wrongs of past administrations and restore America’s good name in the world, well, it’s kind of fizzled out.

Still, he had a majority in the House of Representatives and a super-majority in the Senate, so clearly a few missteps wouldn’t affect the powerful change to come.

Yet somehow, despite all the talk, and there has been much of that, a year after the election unemployment remains at an amazing 9%, people are walking away from their homes, and health care, something consistently rated low on the list of priorities among people in poll after poll, seems to be the all-consuming agenda item of this dynamic new kind of politician.

Obama supporters have discovered that Obama is long on enunciating problems, but short on providing effective remedies. Supporters are finding out that all that talk of post-partisanship simply has not materialized. In fact and quite oddly, this new-breed-of-politician has polarized Washington and the electorate in a manner not seen in modern political history.

Some argue that by not reaching out to small business, indeed ignoring the inclusion of the free market in any of his large-scale, government solutions, Obama is actually exacerbating a recession that by now, by historical records, should be resolving itself.

I won’t list the many errors the Obama administration has made over the past 12 months. They are there for anyone who cares to turn on their computer, TV or pick up a newspaper.

What I will point out is that Obama is governing against the will of the people. Never in modern history have so many apolitical voters gathered en masse to exclaim their disapproval. From the Tea Parties that began in the spring of 2009, the Town Hall meetings which pitted frightened taxpayers against tin-eared elected officials, to the massive, historic, and highly under-reported march on Washington, Obama appears to want to wish these people and their concerns away in favor of his ideas, his plan for America.

But time has a way of providing nuance and context. Reasonable people may disagree about a given issue, but in total the voting public has moved from unbridled enthusiasm to quixotic, to anger and dismay. It’s become so bad that Obama has both the Left and the Right angry.

But the November mid-term elections are coming. And this time, many voters don’t just want to see the GOP win, they want to see conservatives win. In one short year they miss having a leader who respects the free market, small business, and the notion that working hard and earning good money is nothing one should apologize for.

While President Obama may have had no track record or resume prior to his election, he does now. And it is dismal. We have discovered that rather than being post-partisan, his is ultra-partisan, rarely allowing Republicans to contribute ideas. Remember when George Bush asked Ted Kennedy to help him write the Education bill? That kind of politics hasn’t been around for some time.

The recent regional elections in Massachusetts, New Jersey and elsewhere are setting precedents and screaming out to the nation that many voters cannot wait for November.

While I never believed in Obama’s world view or politics, and it saddens me that it’s taken his election to prove I may be right, I am comforted by the mass awakening that is taking place and hope that it translates into quality conservatives being elected in November.

Finally, I offer this caution: Voters are not looking for the same GOP candidates from before. They are looking for tough, conservative leaders who have the strength and fortitude to make the hard, unpopular decisions that too many politicians put off for another day.

Well, that day has come. As state after state goes bankrupt, those thinking of running for office would do well to take a cue from the newly elected Republican Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christi. His recent speeches and his plans for his state speak volumes about how we will need to proceed as a viable nation.

We already know the alternative as Obama is demonstrating it each day.

Lady Libertas has popcorn popping and will be sitting back and watching the Eric Massa saga unfold today.

Eric Massa is the US House of Rep Congressman from NY-29 who announced his resignation last week due to a House Ethics Probe about misbehavior during a wedding and inappropriate comments.  Massa apparently has decided to take out the Democratic Leadership on his way out the door. He claims he is being ousted due to his NO vote on health care.

To clarify, Massa is indeed a NO vote on healthcare but he is voting NO because he is a Single Payer advocate – so he wants MORE government involvement in health care.  Now on to the good stuff.

Massa set the tone for the interview at the outset:

“I will not go quietly into the evening,

I was set up for this from the very, very beginning. If you think that somehow they didn’t come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill, then ladies and gentlemen you live today in a world that is so innocent as is not to understand what is going on in Washington, D.C.”

Eric Massa continues on his rampage – Allow Lady Libertas to walk you through some of the juicier bits of the interview:

“Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.”

Now, Lady Libertas cannot disagree with that one.  Nope – not one bit.  Apparently, Massa speaks from experience as he recounts an experience with Rahm (the mouthpiece of Obama!?):

“When I voted against the cap and trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff to the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn’t heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983,” Massa said. “And I gave it right back to him, in terms and words that I know are physically impossible.”

Massa does not stop there.  He goes on to call Rep. Steny Hoyer a LIAR. This is better than the ridiculous Academy Awards any day. From Fox News:

And he said the accounting provided by Hoyer and his staff is a fabrication.

Hoyer’s office claims the majority leader’s staff was notified the week of Feb. 8 about the allegations, that Hoyer was “immediately informed” and that he told his staff that Massa should refer the matter to the Ethics Committee within 48 hours, or he would do so himself. According to Hoyer’s office, Hoyer learned “within 48 hours” from the ethics committee staff and Massa’s staff that the Ethics Committee had been contacted.

“Steny Hoyer has never said a single word to me at all, not ever, not once,” Massa said on Sunday.

“Not a word. This is a lie. It’s a blatant false statement. And that’s what triggered me to understand what in fact is going on.”

Then, in a shameless maneuver, Massa appeals to the American people to stop his resignation:

“I’m not going to be a Congressman as of 5 o’clock [Monday] afternoon. The only way to stop that is for me to rescind my resignation. That’s the only way to stop it. And the only way that’s going to happen is if this becomes a national story.”

and he tells another caller:

“I can’t call Fox News. You guys gotta call Fox News. I can’t do it. … Here’s why. I’m in the center of this storm, so obviously I’m not objective.”

WOW!  Devil’s Spawn, Cursing from the Obama Administration, Lies from Congressional Leader’s and all wrapped up in an Ethics investigation or PLOT to hear Massa tell it.  Considering that Massa has inappropriate behavior on New Year’s – the House Ethics Committee did move pretty fast, especially if you compare the Rangel ethics investigation and the several others still outstanding.

Countdown to 5pm begins – what will happen next?

Original Stories on Right Pundits here (Devil Spawn by Donald) and here

Breitbart has some of the audio from the Radio Interview with Eric Massa here

Lady Libertas Original Story

Senator Harry Reid announced the following today:

“Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good,” Reid said Friday on the Senate floor.

Video- Harry Reid\’s Big Day In America

BREAKING NEWS:  SENATOR HARRY REID IS BEING CONTROLLED BY ALIENS or possibly has had a psychotic break from Lame Duck Flu.

Lady Libertas can think of no other explanation for the callous and disgusting remarks made by Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader of the Senate.

There are no words to describe the complete disconnect that Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the Obama Administration have with the American People.  The same People that they have made oaths to serve.

Oath Breakers all of them.

Today in the United States of America – 36, 000 People received notice that they no longer had a job.  These people had to return to their homes and to their families and share the news that Lady Libertas imagines was sitting in the pit of their stomachs for hours.  The same people are probably staring at the ceiling of their bedrooms tonight and wondering how they will keep their lives together.

How will they pay their rents or mortgages?

How will they put food on the table?

How will they look their children in the eye day after day while their HOPE slowly crumbles as new jobs are simply words bandied around by the Ruling Elite in DC?

How will they pay their Cobra insurance or push off health issues because they cannot afford to see a doctor?

How will they survive?

And Harry Reid sneers down from the height of the Democratic Ruling Elite in Washington DC and says:

“Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good.”

Look carefully at these faces, Patriots.  These are the faces that we need to keep foremost in our minds for the next EIGHT MONTHS.

Obama.  Pelosi.  Harry “I am being controlled by Aliens that make me a Smug Insensitive Elitist” Reid.

As we prepare for Election 2010, do not let these faces waver for a moment.  Use them as your banner as we pick up the most powerful weapon in our arsenal – OUR VOTES.

They have ignored the American People for over a year.  We are under attack daily and in a fight for no less than our Country.

Remember these faces.  They are the faces of the most malignant terrorist attack in our history – they seek to take our Voices, our Freedom and what the United States of America stands for.

Bless those of us who are struggling.  So many who are struggling.

VOTE THEM OUT.  It has become our Moral Imperative.