在自由的土地上生存, 天高得 英國國王遙遠難見的美國移民,
![File:MayflowerHarbor.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/MayflowerHarbor.jpg)
自從乘著 Mayflower 號航船 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower in 1620 靠岸, 到
已經過去了一百四十多個年頭了。
即使不能說腳跟完全占穩了, 但至少已經有了差不多達到獨立的底氣了, although "獨立戰爭" 打得依然是艱苦卓絕, 蕩氣回腸。就算獨立了以後, 武器裝備精良, 訓練相當有素的英軍, 還又登陸來反撲了一會,
The Burning of Washington took place on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the British Empire and the United States of America. British forces occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladen*****urg. The facilities of the U.S. government, including the White House, were largely destroyed, though strict discipline and the British commander's orders to burn only public buildings are credited with preserving the city's private buildings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
大概美國人一提起皇室, 王朝就頭痛, 頭大吧? Thomas Jefferson 本人就患有嚴重的偏頭痛 Migraine headache,
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
所以字字句句都是反著 British Empire, 為求自由, 求解放而 來的。
前三位總統都是 founding fathers.
Like Jesus is the Son of God, but Decended on Earth as a Servant to Serve Mankind. these people's 公仆型的領袖們, 也是給了人民從天(宗教, 信仰), 到地(擁有, 占有土地)的完全自由。
所一美國總統從頭就是一個人子加天子的, 為人民作服侍的, "兒皇帝" 角色。
到現在政府也還是上不能幹涉信仰自由, 下不能對人們的business指手畫腳。
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中國把舊王朝想趕也是難徹底趕走的, 隻能靠內部更新, 消化, 改造, 甚至推翻舊統治了吧?
更難, 也是更重要的應當是承傳和發揚自己民族,自己文化中的精髓和光明, 因為那是我們的禮物和根基 -- a free and precious gift from God between Heaven & Earth.
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