San Antonio Tea Party, April 15th, 2009
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These were the closing remarks at the Boerne Tax Day Tea Party

Joni was kind enough to send me the text of her speeches. Please give them both a read.





Did you have a good time? Do you now have a stronger desire to restore the nation our Founders intended us to have? I do. I am so thankful that I am allowed to be a part of this movement. It’s very obvious that God has his hand in this, and I thank and praise Him.

Before we all go home, please bear with me a couple more minutes as I tell you a story.

I’m just going to read the last few paragraphs of this historical perspective. When I read the complete story, my respect, admiration, and thanks for our Founding Fathers could not have been greater. These were indeed men of honor, in every sense of the word.

This was written by Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr. the father of Rush
Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes.

Twelve signers had their homes completely burned.

Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.

And, finally, there is the New Jersey Signer, Abraham Clark.

He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to that infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York Harbor known as the hell ship "Jersey," where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father.

One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and Parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each and one of us down through 230 years with the answer: "No."

The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence proved by their every deed that they made no idle boast when they composed the most magnificent curtain line in history. "And for the support of this Declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Do you know anyone like that? Have you ever met anyone with that kind of resolve for something they would possibly not live to see the results of, but were still willing to give EVERYTHING they have for the cause of Liberty? Are you a person like that?

Now, fast forward to the Battle of the Alamo. All 189 of those brave men knew they would most likely not survive the battle against the 3000 Mexican soldiers. Yet, as legend has it, on the morning of March 5, 1836, Col. William Barrett Travis, a 26-year old lawyer, called his fellow defenders together and told them:

"We must die," he said. "Our business is not to make a fruitless effort to save our lives, but to choose the manner of our death."

He saw three possibilities: Surrender and summary execution, trying to fight their way out only to be "butchered" by Mexican lancers or "remain in this fort…resist every assault, and to sell our lives as dearly as possible."

Then, with a flourish, Travis drew his sword and slowly marked a line in the dirt. "I now want every man who is determined to stay here and die with me to come across this line."

Young Tapley Holland made his decision quickly, proclaiming "I am ready to die for my country!" as he jumped over the line. It's hard to picture it as a stampede - the men knew they were voting to die - but all but two of them walked over the line. Co-commander Jim Bowie, lying sick on a cot, asked some of his men to carry him across. Only Louis Moses Rose, a French soldier of fortune, remained behind.

That night, Rose slipped out of the Alamo and managed to make it through the enemy lines. He ended up in Louisiana and supposedly lived until 1850.

How much do you love your country? Hopefully, it won’t come to that: being called to make the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation, but many, many brave men and women have chosen to do just that. I would like the members of the mighty United States Military Forces, both past and present, to stand up and be recognized. God bless our Military! Thank you so much for your service to our country.

Now, I’m going to draw a line in the sand here, and if you resolve to do everything you can to pass a healthy, strong, free nation on to your children and grandchildren, I invite you to cross this line.

God bless you! And may God continue to bless America!