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Killgore Trout7/04/2010 8:17:08 am PDT

Breitbart’s Big Government site shills for the Birch Society on July 4th….
Opposing Obama’s Blueprint by Celebrating American Exceptionalism

The national bestseller The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle that Changed the World does a masterful job of showing American exceptionalism in the context of world history. With a special focus on economic freedom, this book shows that the principles of liberty enshrined by our Founders in our Declaration of Independence, and later in the U.S. Constitution, led to an inconceivable level of prosperity, safety and happiness in this country that the rest of the world looked at in shocked disbelief.

Yet President Obama doesn’t believe in American exceptionalism.
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On the Fourth of July, we celebrate our Independence Day—our freedom from oppressive government and our commitment to individual freedom. In doing so, we oppose Barack Obama’s vision, and his blueprint for America.

Happy Fourth of July.