 Spent the 4th of July watching the fireworks light up the sky, got some time with my family and ate some amazing barbeque. It’s been a couple days now, and I find myself still thinking about the night of the 4th, 2024, and what it meant to me. The headlines have stolen my attention with the likes of vehicles driven through family hangouts, murdered children, drive by shootings, abducted teenagers and two presidential candidates highlighting their debate with insults and comparison of golf scores.
247 years, 11 months and 30 days ago today, a handful of men and their families decided to cement their departure from tyranny, taxation, oppression, corruption and religious mandates. They opted for freedom at all costs. They knew exactly the insurmountable odds that they would face, and the dire consequence of failure. Today, we celebrate what was given to us by the brave men and women that came before us. Today, we celebrate what we've done with what these men and women left for us to benefit from. Today, I wonder where the brave men and women of this generation are, and when they might come together, stand up and take back the gifts that were left for all of us. Freedom, Democracy and the wild, unrelenting pursuit of happiness that is etched into our DNA. Today, in my opinion, we've wasted what was gifted to all of us. We've sold the freedoms, we've bartered our independence and we've trusted only the most greedy, the most incompetent, the most deceitful and the most out of touch leadership with the most precious, incredible, inclusive and beautifully dreamt republic in the history of mankind. Today, I'll be thankful for what we were given. I'll celebrate what I believed with all of my heart growing up in and then fighting for this country. I'll remember those that have gone before me in their own fights for their own beliefs. But never, NEVER will I comply or agree with any of the absolute ‘regression’ or “devolution” to the exact same state that we left over 247 years ago. Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸 - Burke #civildisobedience #standup #stopaskingpermission #thereisnowiggleroom #nowornever #nobody2024 #donotcomply |
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FROM HEART TO LIMB TO PENTHE PAGES AREN'T NAMED FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THE PROCESS. MY PROCESS. SIMPLY PUT, AN IDEA LANDS ON MY HEART, IT RESTS THERE FOR A WHILE AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, MY HEART CAN'T HOLD THE THOUGHT ANY LONGER AND THE IDEAS SPILL "FROM HEART TO LIMB TO PEN". - BURKE
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WE'RE NOT HERE TO "FIT IN""A TRAGEDY LARGER THAN ALL THAT WE KNOW TO BELIEVE THAT THIS TRIP THROUGH THE STARS MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO OWN, SOMETHING TO CONTROL. THIS SLIVER OF TIME, THIS FRAGILE, FABULOUS AND FEARFUL ACCELERATION TOWARDS THE END IS TO BE ENJOYED, ENDURED, BUT NEVER, EVER CONTROLLED”. - BURKE
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