{"id":7542,"date":"2012-07-02T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/?p=7542"},"modified":"2012-07-02T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T13:30:03","slug":"your-weekly-politickle-dependence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/your-weekly-politickle-dependence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Politickle: DEPENDENCE DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEPENDENCE DAY
\n\u201cI remember how some of us tried:
\nHow we fought, how we failed, how we cried,
\nHow we few knew the worth
\nOf this last hope on earth.
\nI was there when America died.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the archive:<\/em><\/p>\n

REPUBLIC
\nOur Creator has blessed us a lot
\nSince the sound of that round-the-world shot,
\nBut how long will we be
\nStill the land of the free
\nIf the people don\u2019t know what we\u2019ve got?
\n2011<\/p>\n

REVOLTING DEVELOPMENT
\nRevolution\u2019s a natural desire
\nWhen we lack what our natures require,
\nBut it loses its glow
\nWhen oppressed people go
\nFrom the frying pan into the fire.
\n2011<\/p>\n

INDEPENDENCE DAY
\nAll the fireworks exploding on high,
\nCelebrating the Fourth of July,
\nSymbolize how we fought
\nFor that world-changing thought:
\nIf we cannot live free, we shall die.
\n2008<\/p>\n

WORLD FREEDOM
\nIf freedom can come to Romanians,
\nAlbanians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians,
\nWhy must others abide
\nWhile their freedom\u2019s denied:
\nBrother Syrians, Saudis, Iranians?
\n(2006)<\/p>\n

REVOLUTION REVERIE
\nI attend every fireworks show
\nWith the spirits of men you may know:
\nGeneral Washington,
\nThomas Jefferson,
\nAdams, Madison, and Monroe.
\n2006<\/p>\n

ANTHEM FELLOW
\nWith Bates, Berlin, and Key,
\nI salute this \u201cland of the free,\u201d
\nThis \u201cland that I love . . .
\nWith the light from above,\u201d
\nStretched \u201cfrom sea to shining sea.\u201d
\n2002<\/p>\n

FLAG POLL
\nAs a gift for every descendant
\nIn a Pledge of Allegiance amendment,
\nWould it be permissible
\nAfter \u201cindivisible\u201d
\nTo add \u201csovereign and independent\u201d?
\n2001<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s limerick:<\/em><\/p>\n

CEREALISM
\n\u201cHere\u2019s a great idea, what do you think:
\nThe Trix Rabbit ‘comes out’ with a wink,
\nWhile Count Chocula warms
\nTo the Leprechaun\u2019s charms
\nAnd the Jolly Green Giant wears pink?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: DEPENDENCE DAY \u201cI remember how some of us tried: How we fought, how we failed, how we cried, How we few knew the worth Of this last hope on earth. I was there when America died.\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Your Weekly Politickle: DEPENDENCE DAY - Politickles","description":"Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: DEPENDENCE DAY \u201cI remember how some of us tried: How we fought, how we failed,"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3782,56,3783,3780,3784,588,2565,1654,3779,3777,3781,12,1787,3778,7,24,1448],"class_list":["post-7542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-america-died","tag-american-revolution","tag-death-of-america","tag-dependence-day","tag-end-of-america","tag-fr-duplantier","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-independence-day","tag-john-roberts","tag-justice-roberts","tag-last-best-hope-on-earth","tag-obama","tag-obamacare","tag-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act","tag-politickle","tag-socialism","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}