The Letter

January 25, 2010

we the people

The Letter Everyone is Talking About

The following letter read on a show, is rapidly circulating around the country.

Americans everywhere identify with this 53-year-old woman. She has given us a voice. Once you read this, you will want to forward it to all of your friends.

Talk Show Host: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation’s leadership :

"I am a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me Instead, we are burdened with Congressional Dukes and Duchesses who think they know better than the citizens they are supposed to represent.

There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you’re willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. 

You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would feel so horribly disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut-job am I? Well, these briefly are the views and issues for which I seek representation: 

Illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution.

  P.S., I’m not a racist. This is not to be confused with legal immigration.

Two: the STIMULUS bill. I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you No, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

Three: Czars. I want the circumvention of our constitutional checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution, and honor it.

Four: cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There are many conflicting opinions and it is too soon for this radical legislation. Quit throwing our nation into politically-correct quicksand.

Five: universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision that will burden me, my children, and grandchildren. Don’t you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night without even reading it. Slow down! Fix only what is broken — we have the best health care system in the world — and test any new program in one or two states first.

Six: growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. More is not better! Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real [Constitutional] obligations. Why don’t you start there.

Seven: ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes — how did they pull that one off? Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census with our taxpayer money. I don’t trust them with any of our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

Eight: redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs — and that is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person! Why do you want me to hate my employers? And what do you have against shareholders making a profit?

Nine: charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves

Ten: corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Every company must sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we’ll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. (Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid?) We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

Eleven: transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let’s have it. Let’s say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please stop trying to manipulate and appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

Twelve: unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now Take a breath. Listen to the people. Slow down and get some input from nonpoliticians and experts on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed-reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I’m busy I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.

I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children.
We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is needless urgency and recklessness in all of your recent spending of our tax dollars.

From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on bringing our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzwords like unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don’t want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we’re morons. We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we’re so busy with our lives that we will never come for you?
We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work, pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone… and we are now looking at you

You have awakened us, the patriotic freedom spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. 

We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn’t ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will bsp;represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.

Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this.. We don’t care. Political parties are meaningless to us Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution, and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear?

We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you.

If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. 

We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent?

 Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming!"

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Remember the Spirit of Christmas

December 09, 2009


Let us take a few moments and remember what this season is really supposed to be about.

Merry Christmas to you all!

‘Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the town
Not a sign of Baby Jesus
Anywhere could be found.

The people were too busy
With Christmas time chores
Like decorating and baking,
And shopping in stores.

No one sang "Away in a manger,
No crib for a bed."
They just sang of Santa
All dressed in bright red.

Mama watched Martha Stewart.
Papa drank beer from a tap.
As hour upon hour
The presents they’d wrap.

When what from the TV
Did just ring in their ears?
But an ad.. which told
Of a big sale at Sears!!

So away to the mall
They all flew like a flash…
Buying things on credit…
And others with cash!

As they made their way home
From their trip to the mall,
Did they think about Jesus?
Oh, no… not at all.

Their lives were so busy
With their Christmas time things
No time to remember
Jesus Christ, "King of Kings."

There were presents to wrap
And more cookies to bake.
How could they remember
Who died for their sake?

To pray to the Savior…
They had no time to stop.
‘Cause they needed more time
To "Shop till they dropped!"

On Walmart! On K-mart!
On Target! On Penney’s!
On Hallmark! On Zales!
A quick lunch at Denny’s.

From the big stores downtown
To the stores at the mall
They would dash away, dash away,
And visit them all!

And up on the roof,
There arose such a clatter
As grandpa hung lights
With his big brand new ladder.

He hung lights that would flash.
He hung lights that all twirled.
Yet, he never prayed once to
The "Light of the World."

Christ’s eyes… how they twinkle!
Christ’s Spirit… how merry!
Christ’s love… how enormous!
All our burdens… He’ll carry!

So don’t be so busy,
Overworked, and uptight.
Put Christ back in Christmas
And enjoy Christmas Night!
 

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American Flag Haters

December 03, 2009

col van barfoot

You put your life on the line to protect the freedom of all.  You receive the Medal of Honor.  You fight in three wars. You manage to live to be 90 years old and how are you rewarded?  Some overly politically correct snit gets a knot in their bloomers and decides to pick on a hero.  Now I don’t know about you but I have always found the American flag a thing of beauty. The bigger it is and the higher it flies the more proud I feel.

Maybe the Sussex Square Homeowners Association should re-evaluate its bylaws.  Bylaws that do not allow the flying of an American flag atop a high pole and who object to the sight of the flag are stupid.  Sorry if that offends you but it is just plain stupid. 

Folks like Col. Barfoot have been putting their lives on the line for centuries, many even sacrificed their lives so that we can do and think and speak as we feel without fear of retribution.  Barfoot is a MOH hero and some snit is offended by his flag.  Maybe it’s the Sussex Square Homeowners Association that should be receiving legal letters telling them that we object to their total lack of pro-American sensitivity. 

Barfoot is one who has earned the right for a small exception.  Actually looking at the video and the footage of the development with all the tall trees, it appears to me that his flag pole actually blends into the surroundings more than the short, angular mounts the association prefers.  Give the man a break.

The story from the Richmond Times Dispatch, written by Bill McKelway:

Col. Van T. Barfoot, a local Medal of Honor winner, is under the gun from his Henrico County community’s homeowner association.

In a five-paragraph letter to Barfoot that he received yesterday, Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard. The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the American flag every morning on the pole, then lowers and folds the flag at dusk each day in a three-corner military fashion.

In a priority mail letter, the Coates & Davenport law firm in Richmond is ordering Barfoot to remove the pole by 5 p.m. Friday or face "legal action being brought to enforce the Covenants and Restrictions against you." The letter states that Barfoot will be subject to paying all legal fees and costs in any successful legal proceeding pursued by the homeowner association’s board.

Barfoot’s daughter said this evening that news reports about the association order have prompted an outpouring of sympathy and offers of help from people following her father’s ordeal.

Tonight, the Sussex Square Homeowners Association issued a statement reiterating its position that Barfoot directly violated the association board’s denial of his request to erect a flagpole.

"This is not about the American flag. This about a flagpole," the statement reads.

Barfoot lives in the Sussex Square community in far western Henrico; its board of directors rejected a plea from Barfoot in July to approve the pole, disallowing the fixture on aesthetic grounds.

There is no provision in the community’s rules expressly forbidding flagpoles, Barfoot’s daughter said. But she said the board ruled against her father’s fixture and ordered it removed in July, deciding that free-standing flag poles are not aesthetically appropriate. Short flag stands attached to porches dot the community.

"Dad sort of feels like this is the end," said Margaret Nicholls, Barfoot’s daughter, who lives a few doors away. But she said this morning that she and her husband are attempting to generate support for her father’s cause, a flag-raising rite that he has undertaken for most of his life.

Barfoot received the Medal of Honor on the battlefield during World War II in Italy and fought as well in the Korean and Vietnam wars. A portion of a highway in rural Mississippi, his native state, was named in his honor this fall. A building at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond also carries his name.

Barfoot began regularly flying the flag on Veteran’s Day this year despite the Sussex Square board’s decision.

He said in November that not flying the flag would be a sacrilege to him.

"There’s never been a day in my life or a place I’ve lived in my life that you couldn’t fly the American flag," he said.

For more on this story, see tomorrow’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.

— Bill McKelway
 

 

 

Click here to read the full article in the Richmond newspaper and to watch the video.

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The Truth is

November 03, 2009

The Truth is:

I think everyone needs to see this. I’m sick and tired of the whole "happy holidays" thing. Go Fish explains it much better than I ever could. This is more for the song, as I have provided the lyrics in the video.

This site is not about religion or politics.  It is about truth and tributes.

The truth is God exists.

The Truth is we live in a republic where the MAJORITY rules…not the ACLU representing one person.

The Truth is God’s word is infallible.

The truth is Christ is in Christmas…do not attempt to remove him.



And the final truth is God’s law can’t save us but it can help us understand why we need to be saved.

Are you ready to do the boogie?
 

 

Don’t worry.  If the ACLU does not shut us down for having our own thoughts, we will post this again in time for CHRISTmas!

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Do Not Take My Freedom Away

November 01, 2009

no-to-socialism

 

The last time I looked, we voted politicians into office to carry out our wishes, not to tell us what they want us to do.

This cartoon dates back to 1948, the year I was born.  Without calling names, there is a tremendous amount of truth here.

Watch it and make up your own mind.

 

When are politicians going to understand that our men and women gave their lives fighting to protect our freedom.  Do you honestly believe we are going to quietly lie down and let these people destroy everything they fought for?  I think not!

I do not choose to live like a slave of the state.  I do not choose to have someone in government tell me where I can work, what I can eat, where I can live, what I can think, who I can associate with.  Give our country back to us or pay the price at election time!

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FOX News Reports

November 01, 2009

no-to-socialism

This Sunday at 9:00 PM eastern

No one is going to shove a viewpoint down your throat.  You are too smart for that.  But, before you make your mind up, shouldn’t you have a look at both sides of the questions?  Not just a one sided media grandstand?  There is a lot of unrest in our country right now.  The only way to fight foolish statements is to educate yourself so you can discuss a topic with a certain knowledge, not just on emotions.  Argue on emotions and you will lose 100% of the time.  Tune in tonight to see what all of the fuss is about.  Then make your decisions.

This Sunday Fox news, is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night at 9pm Eastern, 8pm Central, 7pm Mountain, and 6pm Pacific Time.    

The report will go back to Obama’s earlier days, showing even then his close ties to radical Marxist professors, friends, spiritual advisers, etc.  It will also reveal detail his ties to Rev. Wright for 20+ yrs. How he was participating with this man, and not for the reasons he states!

The report has uncovered more of Obama’s radical past and we will see things that no one in the liberal or middle of the road media is willing to put out there. It will be a segment to remember. After watching this you will understand why the administration does not favor FOX news. Are they right or are they wrong? You decide.

Mark your calendar and tell everyone you know:  Sunday night, 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT, and 6pm PT.  Democrat, Republican, and Independent, this report will open your eyes.
 

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One World Government

October 23, 2009

One World Government

Is a one world government what you really want?  Do you really want to subject yourself to the authority and enforcement of some third world country all under the guise of clean air?

Last year during one of the biggest annual labor conventions held in Las Vegas, it was announced that key US labor unions were joining forces with the leading European labor union.  There was an exceptionally attractive list of advantages for everyone for supporting this pact.  However, in a followup interview after the European union president returned home,

On October 14th 2009, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change expert, gave a presentation at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN in which he issued a dire warning regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty which is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Nations around the world are set to sign the Copenhagen treaty otherwise known as The Convention on Climate Change in December of 2009. This is very important to those who are watching prophecy. It is also important to those living in the United States.

Link to the treaty:
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/docu…

Link to Constitution Article VI:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/co…

Link to Foxienews blog who explains it better:
http://foxienews.com/blog/?p=145

The problem with this is that a treaty of this nature will become supreme over the United States constitution. There is also a part of the treaty that will institute the redistribution of wealth. Which means it will take the wealth of the larger nations and give it to the smaller third world nations. That will effect you and me directly.

If this treaty takes place, then it will open the door for the One World Government to be set in place. For those that follow prophecy, you know that must take place in order for the anti-christ to rule. It looks at though this could be opening that door.

Thanks to Chad at YT channel ChangetheChange for this:
Page 18: Section 38 of the "Share vision for long-term cooperation action plan" contains the text for forming the new government.

Page 40: Section 46 Subsection H of the "Objectives, scope, and guiding principles" contains the text for enforcement and establishment of the rule of law.

There has been considerable debate about Monckton’s conclusion that the Copenhagen Treaty would cede US sovereignty to a world government. His comment appears to be based upon his interpretation of the The Supremecy Clause in the US Constitution (Article VI, paragraph 2). This clause establishes the Constitution, Federal Statutes, and U.S. TREATIES as the supreme law of the land. Concerns have been raised in the past that a particularly ambitious treaty may supersede the US Constitution. In the 1950s, a constitutional amendment, known as the Bricker Amendment, was proposed in response to such fears, but it failed to pass.

Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged Al Gore to a debate to which Gore has refused. Monckton sued to stop Gore’s film "An Inconvenient Truth" from being shown in British schools due to its inaccuracies. The judge found in-favor of Monckton, ordering 9 serious errors in the film to be corrected. Lord Monckton travels internationally in an attempt to educate the public about the myth of global warming.

 

Is this the kind of future world our proud soldiers fought and died for? Is this what they put it on the line for? Is this what they made the ultimate sacrifice for? I think not. Wake up and smell the roses America. There is a thief amongst us whom we invited into our homes and that thief is about to set in motion that which will ultimately steal everything from us which we consider valuable, namely freedom!

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Red Skeltons Pledge of Allegiance

October 12, 2009

The Pledge of Allegiance

Red Skelton’s "Pledge of Allegiance" was first introduced on The Red Skelton Show on CBS Television on January 14, 1969.

It has since been twice read into the Congressional Record of the United States and has received numerous awards.

Listen to it today, while you still can.  The day is approaching when you will be forbidden to listen to such deliveries.

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5 Basic Truths

October 07, 2009

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read. This is one paragraph that should be in every book in every school room in every city in every state in our great Union . Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and instill these words in the minds of all students.

1.   You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2.   What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3.   The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4.   When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.
5.   You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it

 

No matter how you twist the truth, no matter how hard you campaign, no matter how many Czars you appoint to office, you cannot change these basic truths.

PERIOD.
 

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President Without a Country

September 23, 2009

My lifelong friend Mitch just sent this to me.  It is not a condemnation.  No, It is a call to wake up and understand what is happening to our beloved country before it is totally and utterly changed.  Changed into a country that we may not be so proud of.  No, there is no condemnation here.  There is just a call to get off your lazy laurels and start to think for yourselves before you are sold down the river to a totally socialist form of government.

"The gate closes quickly!"

The president without a country

By Pat Boone

"We’re no longer a Christian nation." – President Barack Obama, June 2007

" America has been arrogant." – President Barack Obama

"After 9/11, America didn’t always live up to her ideals."- President Barack Obama

"You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President Barack Obama, Egypt 2009

Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who wears the title of president. I keep wondering what country he believes he’s president of.

In one of my very favorite stories, Edward Everett Hale’s "The Man without a Country," a young Army lieutenant named Philip Nolan stands condemned for treason during the Revolutionary War, having come under the influence of Aaron Burr. When the judge asks him if he wishes to say anything before sentence is passed, young Nolan defiantly exclaims, "Damn the United States ! I wish I might never hear of the United States again!"

The stunned silence in the courtroom is palpable, pulsing. After a long pause, the judge soberly says to the angry lieutenant: "You have just pronounced your own sentence. You will never hear of the United States again. I sentence you to spend the rest of your life at sea, on one or another of this country’s naval vessels – under strict orders that no one will ever speak to you again about the country you have just cursed."

And so it was Philip Nolan was taken away and spent the next 40 years at sea, never hearing anything but an occasional slip of the tongue about America. The last few pages of the story, recounting Nolan’s dying hours in his small stateroom – now turned into a shrine to the country he fore swore – never fail to bring me to tears. And I find my own love for this dream, this miracle called America , refreshed and renewed. I know
how blessed and unique we are.

But reading and hearing the audacious, shocking statements of the man who was recently elected our president – a young black man living the impossible dream of millions of young Americans, past and present, black and white – I want to ask him, "Just what country do you think you’re president of?"

You surely can’t be referring to the United States of America , can you? America is emphatically a Christian nation, and has been from its inception! Seventy percent of her citizens identify themselves as Christian. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were framed, written and ratified by Christians. It’s because this was, and is, a nation built on and guided by Judeo-Christian biblical principles that you, sir, have had the inestimable privilege of being elected her president.

You studied law at Harvard, didn’t you, sir? You taught constitutional law in Chicago ? Did you not ever read the statement of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and an author of the landmark "Federalist Papers": "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers – and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation – to select and prefer Christians for their
rulers"?

In your studies, you surely must have read the decision of the Supreme Court in 1892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."

Did your professors have you skip over all the high-court decisions right up till the mid 1900’s that echoed and reinforced these views and intentions? Did you pick up the history of American jurisprudence only in 1947, when for the first time a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson about a "wall of separation between church and state" was used to deny some specific religious expression – contrary to Jefferson ‘ s intent with
that statement?

Or, wait a minute . were your ideas about America ’s Christianity formed during the 20 years you were a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ under your pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Is that where you got the idea that " America is no longer a Christian nation"? Is this where you, even as you came to call yourself a Christian, formed the belief that " America has been arrogant"?

Even if that’s the understandable explanation of your damning of your country and accusing the whole nation (not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists) of "not always living up to her ideals," how did you come up with the ridiculous, alarming notion that we might be "considered a Muslim nation"?

Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians? Does that make us, by any rational definition, a "Muslim nation"?

Why are we not, then, a "Chinese nation"? A "Korean nation"? Even a "Vietnamese nation"? There are even more of these distinct groups in America than Muslims. And if the distinction you’re trying to make is a religious one, why is America not "a Jewish nation"? There’s actually a case to be made for the latter, because our Constitution – and the success of our Revolution and founding – owe a deep debt to our Jewish brothers.

Have you stopped to think what an actual Muslim America would be like? Have you ever really spent much time in Iran ? Even in Egypt ? You, having been instructed in Islam as a kid at a Muslim school in Indonesia and saying you still love the call to evening prayers, can surely picture our nation founded on the Quran, not the Judeo-Christian Bible, and living under Shariah law. Can’t you? You do recall Muhammad’s directives
[Surah 9:5,73] to "break the cross" and "kill the infidel"?

It seems increasingly and painfully obvious that you are more influenced by your upbringing and questionable education than most suspected. If you consider yourself the president of a people who are "no longer Christian," who have "failed to live up to our ideals," who "have been arrogant," and might even be "considered Muslim" – you are president of a country most Americans don’t recognize.

Could it be you are a president without a country?

Could it be you don’t have a clue what the people who elected you expect in return for their vote?  Allegiance to THIS country.  Not the nation of Muslim!  This is AMERICA!  Our President bows before no other!

 

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I Am an American

September 02, 2009
American Valor

American Valor Salutes Freedom and Those Who Protect It

I Am an American

The gate is closing rapidly

We are on the verge of losing ALL FREEDOM in America.

This is not about Democrat or Republican.  This is about right versus wrong.

What is going on in Congress right now is wrong.  Whether you agree with me or not, it is still wrong.

I have selected some videos for you to watch and make up your own mind, while it is still legal.

Allow me please to start out with quotes/truisms from over the years and then we will get to the videos.

"You cannot tax a nation into prosperity."

"This is America!  You do not and WILL NOT redistribute wealth…you EARN it!"

"If an American cannot run a business and make a profit from it, there is no way in creation that the Government can."

"Our healthcare system is in trouble.  It desperately needs to be FIXED!  Do you want our government treating our health the same way they run everything else?"

"This is America!  So why do I have to press 1 to hear English?"

"Congress is not about a Democracy.  Congress does not represent and look out for the benefits of it’s voters.  If Obama and Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi want it, it is done."

"There have been more laws and more appropriations fast-tracked this year than ever in the history of our country.  Is that because they were good laws or because of EFFECTIVE spending? No!  It was because Obama and Pelosi wanted it."

"We’ve worked hard all our lives scrimping and saving and paying taxes and obeying laws and playing by the rules so that we could look forward to a comfortable retirement.  Now we are in grave danger of losing all of it so that people who don’t work, who don’t try to save, who don’t pay taxes, who break the laws, who break the rules can have the same thing."

"Obama and Pelosi have been moving about Washington like gigantic earthmovers to pour billions of dollars into saving banking institutions that couldn’t make profitable decisions.  They’ve poured billions of dollars into the auto industry because they could not make profitable decisions."  It is a fact of like that most new businesses fail with the first five years after startup.  It is a fact of life that if you don’t run your business in a profitable manner you will go out of business.  We just don’t learn.  Years ago we bailed out Chrysler.  Now years later they have failed to survive without intervention.  Why will General Motors be any different.  If GM cannot make profitable decisions, then let them fail.  This is America!  Someone will step in, start making dependable vehicles at affordable prices and employ American workers.  Stay out of our business.

Now all that being said about all the billions and billions of dollars they are throwing around like confetti showering it upon people who don’t deserve it. Think about this:  "they just announced that there will be no cost of living increases for those living on fixed incomes with Social Security for the first time in twenty years. Budget problems you know.  Things are financially tight for the government this year you know.  BULL BUNGEE!  The pharmaceutical companies are making gigantic profits this year as they continue to increase the prices of the medications these people must have.  Other companies are raising prices to compensate for a loss of sales due to the bad economy.  So everything is increasing in cost to everyone in the country, including these people on Social Security.

The government has taken several steps this year to reduce military benefits for our sons and daughters, moms and dads, brothers and sisters in uniform.  They put their lives on the line everyday of the year, year in and year out to protect our country and our freedom and we are going to cut their benefits?  BULL BUNGEE!  You know, just once in a while there is nothing wrong with taking care of the people who have earned the right to be taken care of.

OK, OK, OK I’ll stop ranting and get on with our videos.  I’ll just leave you with these thoughts: 

I think it is time we put Americans in office.  I think it is time that people WE put in office should start looking our for us. I think that immigration is at the foundation of the development of our great nation.  Without immigrants, we would not have America.  I think immigrants who choose to stay here should apply for US citizenship within a reasonable time or they should leave.  I think they should learn to speak English and begin contributing to our economy.  We should not walk into department stores or pick up packages and have to look for the English version.  I think that every person from every country who immigrates to America brings a valuable contribution to our history and our system of values.  We are a melting pot of nationalities.  As we come together as Americans we build a unique system of values for our country that has made it one of the greatest nations on earth in all of history.

If you want to sneak into this country, operate on the black market economy, not pay taxes, not contribute to society, not obey the laws of our land then all I have to say to you is "Leave now.  You are no longer welcome here.  And those BULL BUNGEE slurping nimrods in Congress who want to give everything to you while denying it to American citizens should go with you.  The leader of our country should not kneel before the leader of any other country in this world.  Kneel only before God. 

I think by now most of you get my drift.  The problem is this:  most people in the United States (legally) feel the same way.  We are referred to as the great silent majority.  We know what is happening is not right, but we are comfortable with just sitting around mouthing off about it because just maybe some day we will be the ones getting the free lunch.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there is no free lunch.  The gates are just about closed.  It is just about over.  Big Brother 1984 is just about in control, total domination.  There will be nothing we can do to change it when it happens.  Get off your collective duffs and speak up.  Vote when you can.  Do everything possible to get the nimrods out of office.  If they don’t like our country let them go to China or Iran or Russia.

The Videos:

 

 

I Am An American!

In 1954 an Akron, Ohio, high school girl, Elizabeth Ellen Evans, wrote a prize-winning essay titled "I Speak for Democracy." Carmon Dragon, conductor-composer of the School Broadcast, and Adrian Michael’s, the Broadcast’s program manager, read the essay and were impressed by its sincere patriotic feeling. Michaelis developed and adapted the words for musical presentation and Dragon composed the choral-orchestral background for a dramatic narration. The result: "I am an American." It was first heard on The Standard Hour, broadcast on "I am an American Day," September 12, 1954, from the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. (Narrator: Edmond O’Brien)

 

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Cell Phone Sadness

August 27, 2009

Cell phone Tragedy

This is not about heroes.  This is about our children and our families.  When we were growing up it was just drunk or careless drivers.  Now, with cell phones and texting, it opens up a whole new dimension of sadness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk&feature=player_embedded

 

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Utopia Versus Freedom

August 11, 2009

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Utopia Versus Freedom

John has been so timely is providing us just the right information at just the right time.  I just received the following from him immediately after my earlier post:

by Thomas Sowell, Tuesday, August 04, 2009

"Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom." We have heard that many times. What is also the price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections. If everything that is wrong with the world becomes a reason to turn more power over to some political savior, then freedom is going to erode away, while we are mindlessly repeating the catchwords of the hour, whether "change," "universal health care" or "social justice."

If we can be so easily stampeded by rhetoric that neither the public nor the Congress can be bothered to read, much less analyze, bills making massive changes in medical care, then do not be surprised when life and death decisions about you or your family are taken out of your hands– and out of the hands of your doctor– and transferred to bureaucrats in Washington.

Let’s go back to square one. The universe was not made to our specifications. Nor were human beings. So there is nothing surprising in the fact that we are dissatisfied with many things at many times. The big question is whether we are prepared to follow any politician who claims to be able to "solve" our "problem."

If we are, then there will be a never ending series of "solutions," each causing new problems calling for still more "solutions." That way lies a never-ending quest, costing ever increasing amounts of the taxpayers’ money and– more important– ever greater losses of your freedom to live your own life as you see fit, rather than as presumptuous elites dictate.

Ultimately, our choice is to give up Utopian quests or give up our freedom. This has been recognized for centuries by some, but many others have not yet faced that reality, even today. If you think government should "do something" about anything that ticks you off, or anything you want and don’t have, then you have made your choice between Utopia and freedom.

Back in the 18th century, Edmund Burke said, "It is no inconsiderable part of wisdom, to know much of an evil ought to be tolerated" and "I must bear with infirmities until they fester into crimes."

But today’s crusading zealots are not about to tolerate evils or infirmities. If insurance companies are not behaving the way some people think they should, then their answer is to set up a government bureaucracy to either control insurance companies or replace them.

If doctors, hospitals or pharmaceutical companies charge more than some people feel like paying, then the answer is price control. The actual track record of politicians, government bureaucracies, or price control is of no interest to those who think this way.

Politicians are already one of the main reasons why medical insurance is so expensive. Insurance is designed to cover risks but politicians are in the business of distributing largesse. Nothing is easier for politicians than to mandate things that insurance companies must cover, without the slightest regard for how such additional coverage will raise the cost of insurance.

If insurance covered only those things that most people are most concerned about– the high cost of a major medical expense– the price would be much lower than it is today, with politicians piling on mandate after mandate.

Since insurance covers risks, there is no reason for it to cover annual checkups, because it is known in advance that annual checkups occur once a year. Automobile insurance does not cover oil changes, much less the purchase of gasoline, since these are regular recurrences, not risks.

But politicians in the business of distributing largesse– especially with somebody else’s money– cannot resist the temptation to pass laws adding things to insurance coverage. Many of those who are pushing for more government involvement in medical care are already talking about extending insurance coverage to "mental health"– which is to say, giving shrinks and hypochondriacs a blank check drawn on the federal treasury.

There are still some voices of sanity today, echoing what Edmund Burke said long ago. "The study of human institutions is always a search for the most tolerable imperfections," according to Prof. Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago. If you cannot tolerate imperfections, be prepared to kiss your freedom goodbye.

Food For Thought…..

1. What if I had told you in October 2008, before the last presidential election, that before Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, the federal government would be in control of both the mortgage and the banking industries? That 19 of America ’s largest banks would be forced to undergo stress tests by the federal government which would determine if they were insufficiently capitalized, so they must be supervised by the
government?

2. What if I had told you that within Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office the federal government would be the largest shareholder in the US Big-Three automakers: GM, and Chrysler? That the government would kick out the CEO’s of these companies and appoint hand-picked executives with zero experience in the auto industry and that executive compensation would be determined, not by a Board of Directors, but by the government?

3. What if I had told you that Barack Obama would appoint 21 Czars, without congressional approval, accountable only to him, not to the voters, who would have control over a wide range of US policy decisions. That there would be a Stimulus Accountability Czar, an Urban Czar, a Compensation Czar, an Iran Czar, an Auto Industry Czar, a Cyber Security Czar, an Energy Czar, a Bank Bailout Czar, and more than a dozen other
government bureaucrats with unchecked regulatory powers over US domestic and foreign policy.

4. What if I had told you that the federal deficit would be $915 billion in the first six months of the Obama presidency – with a projected annual deficit of $1.75 trillion – triple the $454.8 billion in 2008, for which the previous administration was highly criticized by Obama and his fellow Democrats. That congress would pass Obama’s $3.53 trillion federal budget for fiscal 2010… That the projected deficit over the next
ten years would be greater than $10 trillion.

5. What if I had told you that the Obama Justice Department would order FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high-value detainees captured on the battlefield and held at US military detention facilities in Afghanistan . That Obama would order the closing of the Guantanamo detention facility with no plan for the disposition of the 200-plus individuals held there. That several of the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo would be
sent to live in freedom in Bermuda at the expense of the US government. That our returning US veterans would be labeled terrorists and put on a watch list.

6. What if I had told you that the federal government would seek powers to seize key companies whose failures could jeopardize the financial system. That a new regulatory agency would be proposed by Obama to control loans, credit cards, mortgage-backed securities, and other financial products offered to the public.

7. What if I had told you that Obama would travel to the Middle East, bow before the Saudi king, and repeatedly apologize for America ’s past actions. That he would travel to Latin America where he would warmly greet Venezuela ’s strongman Hugo Chavez and sit passively in the audience while Nicaraguan Marxist thug Daniel Ortega charged America with terrorist aggression in Central America .

8. Okay, now what if I were to tell you that Obama wants to dismantle conservative talk radio through the imposition of a new "Fairness Doctrine." That he wants to curt ail the First Amendment rights of those who may disagree with his policies via internet blogs, cable news networks, or advocacy ads. That most major network television and most newspapers will only sing his phrases like state-run media in communist countries?

9. What if I were to tell you that the Obama Justice Department is doing everything it can to limit your Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. That the federal government wants to reinstate the so-called assault weapons ban which would prohibit the sale of any type of firearm that doesn’t require the shooter to pull the trigger every time a round is fired. That Obama’s Attorney General wants to eliminate the sale of
virtually all handguns and ammunition, which most citizens choose for self-defense.

10. What if I were to tell you that the Obama plan is to eliminate states rights guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment and give the federal government sweeping new powers over policies currently under the province of local and state governments and voted on by the people. That Obama plans to control the schools, energy production, the environment, health care, and the wealth of every US citizen.

11. What if I were to tell you that the president, the courts, and the federal government have ignored the US Constitution and have seized powers which the founders of our country fought to restrict. That our last presidential election may have been our last truly free election for some time to come.

Thank you Thomas Sowell.

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We The People Stimulus Package

August 11, 2009

American Valor Military Tribute

American Valor Salutes Our Military


We The People Stimulus Package

Dad is going over the top again.  I spent 9 years in the U.S.Army serving my country during the Vietnam era.  I have spent the last two years giving everything I have to bring honor and glory to the men and women of the United States military, past, present and future.  I have done all that I can to network with dozens of unsung heroes who are working behind the scenes to bring honor to our unrecognized military heroes.

Dad is an All-American, red-blooded, dyed-in-the-wool patriot through and through.  But I have reached my limit.  I have swallowed my pride for the last time. I do everything but call people obnoxious names on this site when they do unpatriotic deeds…and nobody says anything.  I spend my time trying to enlighten people as to the troubles that are brewing on the horizon, and I get silence.  Even though I am disgusted by what I see, I will not dishonor the office of the President because no matter what he does or how I feel about the job he is doing, he is still the Commander in Chief.  As they say, ‘you salute the uniform…not the man!’  So no opinions will flow here about the President.  But…

…But, that same respect does not go for the bilge buggers slopping at the trough in congress.  They have unilaterally, in less than eight months time destroyed, or attempted to destroy every value that is sacred to the American people.  Things that we and our fathers and grandfathers have fought and died to protect, they are systematically sweeping out the door as if we do not even exist.

You better get the wax out of your ears and listen to me this time.  Do You remember my earlier post entitled: "Don’t Sacrifice Freedom for a Free Lunch"…subtitled ‘How to Catch Wild Pigs’?  You might just want to read that post again because our fence has been built while we lolligagged about and the time is approaching when they are going to close the gate on us.  It has already been mounted onto the hinges and is still standing open, but one day, one day very soon it is going to slam shut on us.  And as God is my witness and salvation, when that day comes there will be no more America.  It will be over.  We have been warned over and over and over again that it is happening and people just ignore the warnings.  We have become soft and lazy.  We have no family values any more.  We have no room in our lives for God any more.  Further more, we have become so corrupt minded that it is no longer satisfying to plague ourselves.  No, no no!  Now we must do everything within our power to penalize those few citizens left in American who not only have fundamental values in their lives but they also try to help other people develop their own set of values and self worth.

Watch this video from start to finish and seriously listen to what they are saying.  It is true.  It is happening right now as you sit here reading this.   Please!  Please!  Please!  Wake up and take action before it is too late.

Bob Basso author of "Common Sense" plays the role of Thomas Paine to ignite the fire of change in America. Patriotism and Pride for America lead Thomas Paine to help take back America!

 

 

Here is the information posted at the end of the video:

 

Uncle Sam Need You to Join

THE NATIONAL TEA PARTY

For your specific addresses go to:

www.house.gov

and

www.senate.gov

and

President Barak Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvannia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

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The Silence – Il Silenzio

April 01, 2009

The Silence – Il Silenzio

Welcome back my friends.

Today marks the end of a 19 year career as my plant has finally closed.  I will be beginning my life anew at the proud age of 61.  I am looking forward to early retirement.  The possibilities are endless.  I can spend far more time pursuing those things that are important to me like American Valor and Military Tributes.

That being said it still brings a tear to my eye as I contemplate these last 19 years.  I’ve had a coworker die below me as I tried CPR without success.  His heart had exploded and there was nothing that could be done to save him. I know that now but back then I carried a heavy burden and blamed myself.  We’ve all been in that lonely foxhole before.

In that same time I have enjoyed the birth of five grandchildren and watched as my four beautiful children have matured into proud young adults, now approaching their own middle age.

I have spent the years separated from the only brother I have meeting rarely on the telephone as my two beautiful nieces have grown into young adults.

In that same 19 years I have buried my mother and father, mother-in-law and father-in-law.

I have seen in that time a stock market boom and a stock market bust that rivals the great depression, maybe worse.

It has been said that God never takes anything away from us but that he replaces it with something even better.

I am a failure of a man…but I have received salvation.

I have lost family but I have enjoyed the love of my wife going on 42 years. 

The birth of these five grandchildren speaks volumes of miracles.

I have outlived most of the men I began working with…attending their funerals with the fear that I might be next.

I spent the last day of my career tying up loose ends.  Actually yesterday was my last day, but the company has been good to me and I volunteered my services today as a thank you.

As my day was coming to an end and my heart was swelling with the memories both good and bad of these past years, I thought of my good friend Tom and all the support and friendship he had given me these past years.  The feelings began to warm.

Then when I got home, my longtime friend John, always the comic, always jousting at the social windmills, sent me a video of a precious young girl playing the trumpet.  Her song is "The Silence – Il Silenzio". 

As I listened, the tears began to dry, my heart stopped pounding, the pressure disappeared, my mind cleared and I began to feel like I was just reborn into a new world full of hope.

Please take a few moments to listen to this.  Appreciate the extreme talent God has given this child.  Open your mind, open your heart and be prepared to undergo total rejuvenation.

                …Dad

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Thankful for Your Service

November 28, 2008

Good morning and a belated "Happy Thanksgiving" to all of you reading this.

I especially want to pledge my support and eternal thanks to those of you who are now serving or have ever in your life served our country.  Your job is never easy;  often unappreciated;  often scorned;  never over, often blamed for the decisions of politicians and rarely ever given credit for the self-sacrifice you make every day of your lives.

But the question often comes up by well-meaning, good-hearted liberals:  Why do we need the military?  They are so expensive!  We can negotiate with the misunderstood people of the world.  Is that so…

Today there was a common thread in the news:  Mumbai hit by terrorists.  The Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India.

"Several hostages are still in the Taj hotel and another 100 people are believed to be trapped in the Oberoi hotel, police said. Police conceded that there were some casualties among the commandos.

So far, 125 people have been killed, including 14 policemen and six foreigners, and 327 injured in a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai since Wednesday evening. Security forces from the Indian army, navy, National Security Guard and Rapid Action Force got involved in the raging encounter with heavily-armed terrorists.

In the first ever press conference by the Indian Navy commandos, a masked officer said the terrorists were firing with AK series automatic rifles and hurling grenades inside the Taj hotel. "Definitely they were trained. Not everybody can fire AK series weapons. Using such weapons and explosives, it is obvious they were trained somewhere," said the officer.

A group calling itself Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, "external forces" are being blamed for the violence – a phrase sometimes used to refer to Pakistani militants, whom Indian authorities often blame for attacks. Pranab Mukherjee, the country’s foreign minister, was more explicit. "According to preliminary information, some elements in Pakistan are
responsible," he said."

Do you see what is going on here?  There was a small headline in the paper today stating that the Iraqi parliament has tentatively approved a plan for U.S. troop withdrawal.  We are approaching the end of the conflict in Iraq, hopefully.  Afghanistan is still smoking.  India is suffering.  What do we see as a common thread here?

We see evidence of AK series automatic rifles:  Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov’s automatic rifle model of year 1947" …my goodness oh my goodness!  Isn’t that the devil-designed little assault rifle designed, developed and PRODUCED by the Russians?  Even to this day?

"Using such weapons and explosives, it is obvious they were trained somewhere"…Iran, Pakistan?

We are facing a world-wide confrontation with a very specific enemy.  Now I know that "profiling is supposed to be bad" but explain that to murdered soldiers, peacekeepers and law enforcement officials all over the world.

We are facing an enemy who is afraid to be seen in the light.  They are the Sons of Darkness.

They like to cover their faces with cloth…masks.

They like to fire missiles from within synagogues, mosques, churches, hospitals, hotels and schools where they can be "protected" by surrounding themselves with women and children.  Then, if and when fire is returned upon them, they scream persecution because we have killed their innocent women and children.

They strap explosives around their waists, cover them up, walk into a crowded public area and detonate, killing and wounding civilians.

They often use weapons manufactured in Russia.  They very often originate from one of three or four specific middle-eastern countries.

They often use force, fear and harassment to control their people.

Is it becoming clear what we are up against?  Cowards.  Their only desire in the world is death.  Death to themselves and to anyone who disagrees with them.  They have no remorse for killing women, children, the elderly, anyone of convenience.  They fear not death; they embrace it as an honor.

That my friends paints a pretty specific picture of a typical terrorist.  That is why we need the military.  The military is working around the clock, 365 days a year forever to protect us from them. 

We need to get down on our knees today and pray to God for His intervention, guidance and wisdom in fighting against these soldiers of the dark.  We need to thank God each and every day for our sons and daughters, our family and friends who are serving in the military to protect us from this evil disease called Terrorism.

Dad

 

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Vote Your Faith

October 24, 2008
American Valor Salutes Our Military

American Valor makes you think!

American Voters – Think Hard!

American Valor has just published our new page:  American Voters  It presents a very compelling video and it DOES NOT tell you who you should vote for. Just gets you thinking.  Now keep an open mind and an open heart as you evaluate the values of the candidates.  I have done my research and I know what the basic positions are that the two candidates McCain and Obama stand for.  Based on that I am ready to make my vote count. 

However, I will not go over the issues with you.  For me to review the issues and how each candidate stands would be for me to lead you in a particular direction.  I will not do that.  I will only say that if you are strong in your faith; study the candidates positions and vote with your faith…there is only one choice you can make that really matters.

Some things are more important than high gas prices or a faltering economy. They are life, family, marriage and faith. This November, Christians will have one vote to change the world. Vote your values! 

Check out American Voters now!
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American Presidential Election

October 16, 2008

American Presidential Election

Dad received an email from a good friend today with the following message attached about the Presidential elections coming up in November.  If you are totally happy with the current events in our nation you may as well click out of here to another site.  Maybe Disney. COM or some other fantasy site.  However, if you, like Dad, are fed up to the gills with the way things are, then read on. 

Dad reminds you that this is not directed at Obama or McCain individually.  This is the result of many years of being a part of the great silent majority and believing in the credo "Don’t Tread on Me!"

We have been the peacekeeper and policeman to the world.  We have financed aid to 100’s of nations.  We have fought for and financed food and health aid for 100’s of countries over the course of history.  We have been "right there", "Johnnie on the Spot" to help protect many countries from invasion.  We have always stood for and fought for freedom at home and abroad.

WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY ONE OF THE U.S.  PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?

"My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of the Iraq regime has been completed.

Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete.

This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now time to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The United Kingdom , Spain , Bulgaria , Australia , and Poland are some of the countries listed there.

The other list contains every one not on the first list. Most of the world’s nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war. THEN EVERY YEAR THERE AFTER IT’ll GO TO OUR SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SO IT WONT GO BROKE IN 20 YEARS.

The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world Hellholes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption.

Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France

In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home. On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth.

Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France or maybe China .

I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France , Germany , and Russia . Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well. Bonne chance, mez amies.

I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I don’t care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York !

A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.

Mexico is also on List 2. Its president and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple extra thousand tanks and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put ‘em? Yep, border security.

Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty – starting now.

We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we’ll be drilling for oil in Alaska – which will take care of this country’s oil needs for decades to come. If you’re an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there.

It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, "damn tootin."

Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America It is time to eliminate homelessness in America . To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thank you guys. We owe you and we won’t forget.

To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic.

God bless America . Thank you and good night."

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

God Bless America!

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Presidential Race

October 09, 2008


Presidential Race

The following article was written by RenewAmerica author Felicia Benamon.  I believe Felicia has captured the very essence of what the average American voter is faced with and thinking as they approach election day.  Thank you Felicia for a job well done and for being brave enough to speak the truth.

I’ve had some time to relax and reflect on the direction of our country and what steps we should take to ensure its prosperity.

In viewing the election, I’ve come to the conclusion that John McCain is the best choice. Earlier in the election season, I was indeed adamantly against voting for McCain and instead, touted third party candidates. Those who have decided on voting for a third party candidate…let’s face it, they will not get the proper coverage necessary for the American public to see their views and plans for this country. The media has concentrated on the two party candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama. The race is now solidly between the two.

I am not negating the importance of third party candidates (candidates who usually have a differing view than the two party system), but if they are going to be serious challengers to the two party system, they must become more organized than they are currently. There is a lot of confusion, and voters considering third party candidates are split between the Constitution party, the Libertarian party, and America’s Independent Party. Third party candidates’ agenda would be better served if they could meet somewhere in the middle, come together under one political party banner.

However strong I may be against John McCain’s globalist leanings, he has bravely served his country. For his valiant effort to remain strong during torturous years in Vietnam and for his service, I am grateful and respect him. I am inclined to support a person of valor who knows the importance of supporting our troops’ mission in battle and who I KNOW will be an advocate for our troops.

His partner, Vice Presidential pick Sarah Palin is a bright light which this nation hasn’t had a privilege to see in a long time. Strong, sassy, beautiful, and conservative, Sarah Palin is a REAL woman who tells it like it is and isn’t afraid to play hardball against the entrenched politicians in Washington. I know she will hold her own in the White House.

Because I don’t put my hope in a politician, it will not matter who is in office as long as the hearts of the American people are fixed on God and are right with Him. When we are right with God, we can realize our gifts and use them to affect positive change and cause our leaders to take notice. Whether McCain is elected or not, our job is not to sit back and become disillusioned. We are to be active in keeping the American spirit alive…keeping it as a beacon for freedom and strength in the world. We must demand of our leaders that they hear us. And part of that is making the right choice at the voting booth.

I’ve had time to think, pray, and reflect. Now, I have made my choice. It is my hope that those who read this will vote in the best interest of our nation and allow God to have His way in their lives. Real hope lies in the Lord Jesus Christ, and not any particular politician.

Pray for our leaders and our country.
Felicia Benamon

Felicia Benamon is a conservative columnist who writes from a political perspective, but occasionally deviates to write about other concerns facing her country. A patriotic American, Felicia hopes to motivate others to be more conscious of the current state of affairs in America, and to hold true to the wonderful traditions that make America great.

Felicia comes from a military background and is proud to support the men and women who put their lives on the line daily to protect American citizens and who reach out to help those in need across the globe.

Write to Felicia at: FeliciasDesk@aol.com

American Valor thanks you Felicia!

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US Soldiers Gain Baggage Decision

September 28, 2008

Soldiers going off to war or returning home should not have to pay a baggage fee of any kind, ever.

Now it seems that since our last post, based on an August Washington Post article, American Airlines is changing their tune.  Pat, one of our readers and a military mom AND an American Airlines agent advised us that this is no longer the case.  According to the Conners Report on the KMOV TV Channel 4 web log out of St Louis, MO:

“…So, now, there is some good news … at least from American Airlines.  In the face of all the publicity and outcry … American Airlines is doing what should have been done in the beginning.  American Airlines will no longer charge our troops for a third bag. “

Thank you Pat, thank you KMOV TV 4, and thank you to all the people who raised the dickens about this absurd practice and got it changed.

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Soldiers pay bag fee

September 27, 2008

Soldiers pay bag fee on travel to war

VFW seeks airline waiver, not reimbursement form

Sometime back this article appeared in the Washington Times Online Newspaper.  I don’t know about you but this really irks Dad.  It sounds to me like the real problem here may be with American Airlines.  You would think a company with such a notable name would lead the pack in helping our military personnel both going to and coming home from war.  Does it always have to be about the almighty dollar?  Come on American, live up to your name.”American Airlines is charging troops for their extra baggage, a practice that forces soldiers heading for a war zone in Iraq to try to get reimbursement from the military. One of the country’s largest veterans groups is asking the aviation industry to drop the practice immediately.

American, which recently charged two soldiers from Texas $100 and $300 for their extra duffel bags, said it gives the military a break on the cost for excess luggage and that the soldiers who incur the fees are reimbursed.

“Because the soldiers don’t pay a dime, our waiver of the fees amounts to a discount to the military, not a discount to soldiers,” said Tim Wagner, spokesman for American Airlines. “Soldiers should not have to pay a penny of it.”

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) spokesman Joseph Davis said service members destined for Iraq should not have to spend the money out of pocket and should not have to worry about filing expense forms in a war zone.

“That’s a lot to ask when the service member has much more important things on their minds, such as staying alive and keeping those around them alive,” he said.

The VFW is asking the Air Transport Association (ATA) to urge member airlines to exempt military personnel traveling on official orders from all excess-baggage fees. “This should not be a very difficult decision to make,” Mr. Davis said.

In a written statement to The Washington Times, James C. May, president and chief executive officer of the ATA, said it is individual airlines that must determine fare rates.

“Air Transport Association member airlines have always been committed to supporting our nation’s military,” he said.

“Airlines routinely offer special fares for military personnel and families, attempt when possible to accommodate unplanned schedule changes and generally seek to do what they can to show their appreciation,” Mr. May said.

Most major U.S. carriers waive baggage fees for up to two bags for military members traveling under orders, Mr. Lisicki said. However, a $100 fee for checking a third bag appears to be the industry norm, except for first-class passengers or elite frequent fliers.

US Airways allows military personnel with identification free luggage up to 100 pounds, and Delta allows two bags up to 70 pounds in the cargo hold, as does Northwest.”

 

Granted, this story dates back to mid-August but I have seen no followup as yet.  Is American Airlines still gouging American military members goiing to and from war or have they modified their policy.  If anyone has additional information please let me know and we will clarify this gross injustice to our soldiers.

Read the full story here…  

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THE COLONEL AND MR. LINCOLN

September 02, 2008

THE COLONEL ANGER

THESE ARE STRONG, POWERFUL AND COURAGEOUS WORDS COMING FROM A RETIRED COLONEL!  Dad is really grabbing this one and running with it.  It is a bit dated but still appropriate.

33 Senators Voted Against English as America ’s Official Language on June 6, 2007.

On Wed. 6 June 2007, Colonel Harry Riley, USA , Ret. wrote:

"Senators:

Your vote against an amendment to the immigration Bill 1348…. to make English America’s official language is astounding.

On D-Day, no less, when we honor those that sacrificed in order to secure the bedrock, character and principles of America , I can only surmise your vote reflects a loyalty to illegal aliens.

I don’t much care where you come from. What your religion is. Whether you’re black, white, or some other color…male or female……Democrat, Republican or Independent……. But I do care when you are a United States Senator representing Citizens of America…and Vote against English as the official language of the United States.

Your vote reflects Betrayal; Political Surrender; Violates Your Pledge of Allegiance; Dishonors historical principle; Rejects Patriotism; Borders on traitorous action and, in my opinion, makes you unfit to serve as a United States Senator…impeachment…Recall……..Or other appropriate action is warranted, or worse.

Four of you voting against English as America ’s Official Language are Presidential Candidates: Senator Biden, Senator Clinton, Senator Dodd and Senator Obama. Four Senators vying to lead America , but won’t, or don’t, have the courage to cast a vote in favor of English as America ’s Official Language when 91% of American Citizens want English officially designated as our language.

This is the second time in the last several months this list of Senators have disgraced themselves as ‘political’….. Unworthy as Senators and certainly unqualified to serve as President of the United States .

If America is as angry as I am, you will realize a backlash so stunning it will literally ‘rock you out of your socks’……… And preferably totally out of the United States Senate. The entire immigration bill is a farce… Your action only confirms this really isn’t about America … it is about self-serving politics……despicable at best.

It has been said: ‘Never Argue with an Idiot….They’ll drag you down to their level!’

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID: ‘Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, quickly tried and hanged!!!’

We have recently discovered that this "Quote"  attributed to President Lincoln was in fact bogus.  The reference to Congressmen was made by a published author who knowingly created the line and implied that Lincoln made the remarks.  That quote is BOGUS, Lincoln did NOT make that statement!  Thank you Tina.

Now we get into a little OPINION by Dad. Having spent nine years in the military during the Vietnam era I will go on record with this comment:

During time of war, Congressmen and entertainers who willfully take actions that damage morale, undermine the military, and speak out against the President and the military should be dealt with, not hanged, but dealt with.  Movie stars and wanna be politicians have NO BUSINESS going to a foreign country that we are at war with and having private meetings with the enemy and then speaking out against the course of action of the United States.  This is so close to being treason as to justify severe inquiry into their actions.

Another way of looking at it is this:

Treason is when a U.S. citizen attempts by overt acts to overthrow or seriously harm the U.S. government. The US Constitution actually defined the offense and penalty for treason in Article 3 Section 3 According to, Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution, if an official of the U.S. government commits treason, he or she can be impeached, convicted and removed from office. The requirements for conviction of treason are intentionally narrow, allowing for only a confession or an accusation from two direct witnesses of the treasonous act.
As I said before, hang…No.   Dealt with?  Definitely

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Dangerous Fanatics

August 07, 2008

American Valor

I just received this today from a close friend. It is an interesting view from a slightly different angle.  It is ironic that I was exchanging views on Iraq just this morning as an extension of an Obama issue. I remain convinced that the decision to engage the war against terrorists in Iraq is a good decision. Many disagree.

As Joseph Campbell put it in his last book The Inner reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion  the three primal instincts of humans are:

To feed

To Procreate

To Dominate

Peace has never been what people are about. Human history is a collection of stories about slavery and warfare. It is surprising how much slavery continues today. Decisions by a few control the behavior of the masses. That is the way it has always been and the way it is likely to be far into the future.

This article should scare all of us.  It is so true that it is normally not a whole group that gets to us.  It is not normally a majority that decides or controls anything (i.e., our Great Silent Majority).  It is the squeaky wheel that get greased.   It is the raving fanatic that gains control and gets their way with all of us most of the time.  Devour this translation as if your very life depends on it…it just may.

A German’s View on Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. "Very few people were true Nazis," he said, "but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.

I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."

We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is a religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the "silent majority," is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.

And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just ignores this warning, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and share this with your friends and family! Let us hope that thousands, worldwide, read this and think about it, and share it – before it’s too late.

It is my prayer that the people of this country will wake up and quit being silent about the obvious threat to civilizations freedom.

 

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Why We Speak English

July 27, 2008

A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, ‘whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.’

He then asked, ‘Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?’

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied ‘Maybe it’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.’
 

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Senator John McCain – American GI Forum

July 25, 2008

Senator John McCain at 2008 American GI Forum

This is a transcript of Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain as given before the 2008 American GI Forum of the United States National Convention, Denver, CO. We wish to credit the fine folks at www.RealClearPolitics.com for providing access to this transcript.

Ralph Peters is a retired Army officer, a strategist and columnist, and the author of the new book, "Wars Of Blood And Faith, The Conflicts That Will Shape the Twenty-First Century.”  Ralph writes regularly for www.RealClearPolitics.com. In his recent article "John McCain’s Integrity Problem", Ralph states: "Senator John McCain has an integrity problem: He has too  much of it. At a time when would-be presidential candidates in both parties alter their views depending on the prevailing winds, McCain stands up for what he truly believes.

And he’s paying for it.

McCain is the only presidential aspirant in either party who refuses to pander. It may cost him the election, as we, the people, reward those who tell us what pollsters decide we want to hear, rather than supporting the honorable few still willing to tell us uncomfortable truths."

Senator John McCain is a true hero American Valor style in the eyes of Dad and a large number of the Great Silent Majority.  Now, His speech:

Senator John McCain:  "Thank you for that kind introduction and warm welcome. I want to begin by talking about an issue in this campaign that I know concerns you as it concerns all Americans: the war in Iraq. Thankfully, the news from Iraq today is much more encouraging than I could have reported to you last year.

Eighteen months ago, America faced a crisis as profound as any in our history. Iraq was in flames, torn apart by violence that was escaping our control. Al Qaeda was succeeding in what Obama bin Laden called the central front in their war against us. The mullahs in Iran waited for America’s humiliation in Iraq, and the resulting increase in their influence. Thousands of Iraqis died violently every month. American casualties were mounting. We were on the brink of a disastrous defeat just a little more than five years after the attacks of September 11, and America faced a profound choice. Would we accept defeat and leave Iraq and our strategic position in the Middle East in ruins, risking a wider war in the near future? Or would we summon our resolve, deploy additional forces, and change our failed strategy? Senator Obama and I also faced a decision, which amounted to a real-time test for a future commander-in-chief. America passed that test. I believe my judgment passed that test. And I believe Senator Obama’s failed.

We both knew the politically safe choice was to support some form of retreat. All the polls said the "surge" was unpopular. Many pundits, experts and policymakers opposed it and advocated withdrawing our troops and accepting the consequences. I chose to support the new counterinsurgency strategy backed by additional troops — which I had advocated since 2003, after my first trip to Iraq. Many observers said my position would end my hopes of becoming president. I said I would rather lose a campaign than see America lose a war. My choice was not smart politics. It didn’t test well in focus groups. It ignored all the polls. It also didn’t matter. The country I love had one final chance to succeed in Iraq. The new strategy was it. So I supported it. Today, the effects of the new strategy are obvious. The surge has succeeded, and we are, at long last, finally winning this war.

Senator Obama made a different choice. He not only opposed the new strategy, but actually tried to prevent us from implementing it. He didn’t just advocate defeat, he tried to legislate it. When his efforts failed, he continued to predict the failure of our troops. As our soldiers and Marines prepared to move into Baghdad neighborhoods and Anbari villages, Senator Obama predicted that their efforts would make the sectarian violence in Iraq worse, not better.

And as our troops took the fight to the enemy, Senator Obama tried to cut off funding for them. He was one of only 14 senators to vote against the emergency funding in May 2007 that supported our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He would choose to lose in Iraq in hopes of winning in Afghanistan. But had his position been adopted, we would have lost both wars.

Three weeks after Senator Obama voted to deny funding for our troops in the field, General Ray Odierno launched the first major combat operations of the surge. Senator Obama declared defeat one month later: "My assessment is that the surge has not worked and we will not see a different report eight weeks from now." His assessment was popular at the time. But it couldn’t have been more wrong.

By November 2007, the success of the surge was becoming apparent. Attacks on Coalition forces had dropped almost 60 percent from pre-surge levels. American casualties had fallen by more than half. Iraqi civilian deaths had fallen by more than two-thirds. But Senator Obama ignored the new and encouraging reality. "Not only have we not seen improvements," he said, "but we’re actually worsening, potentially, a situation there."

If Senator Obama had prevailed, American forces would have had to retreat under fire. The Iraqi Army would have collapsed. Civilian casualties would have increased dramatically. Al Qaeda would have killed the Sunni sheikhs who had begun to cooperate with us, and the "Sunni Awakening" would have been strangled at birth. Al Qaeda fighters would have safe havens, from where they could train Iraqis and foreigners, and turn Iraq into a base for launching attacks on Americans elsewhere. Civil war, genocide and wider conflict would have been likely.

Above all, America would have been humiliated and weakened. Our military, strained by years of sacrifice, would have suffered a demoralizing defeat. Our enemies around the globe would have been emboldened. Terrorists would have seen our defeat as evidence America lacked the resolve to defeat them. As Iraq descended into chaos, other countries in the Middle East would have come to the aid of their favored factions, and the entire region might have erupted in war. Every American diplomat, American military commander, and American leader would have been forced to speak and act from a position of weakness.

Senator Obama told the American people what he thought you wanted to hear. I told you the truth. From the early days of this war, I feared the administration was pursuing a mistaken strategy, and I said so. I went to Iraq many times, and heard all the phony explanations about how we were winning. I knew we were failing, and I told that to an administration that did not want to hear it. I pushed for the strategy that is now succeeding before most people even admitted that there was a problem.

Fortunately, Senator Obama failed, not our military. We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right. Violence in Iraq fell to such low levels for such a long time that Senator Obama, detecting the success he never believed possible, falsely claimed that he had always predicted it. There have been almost no sectarian killings in Baghdad for more than 13 weeks. American casualties are at the lowest levels recorded in this war. The Iraqi Army is stronger and fighting harder. The Iraqi Government has met most of the benchmarks for political progress we demanded of them, and the nation’s largest Sunni party recently rejoined the government. In Iraq, we are no longer on the doorstep of defeat, but on the road to victory.

Senator Obama said this week that even knowing what he knows today that he still would have opposed the surge. In retrospect, given the opportunity to choose between failure and success, he chooses failure. I cannot conceive of a Commander in Chief making that choice.

A new hope is rising in Iraq today. Across the country, Iraqis are preparing for upcoming provincial elections. And security has improved enough to permit the Iraqi government to begin seriously providing services and opportunities to the Iraqi people. This progress is encouraging but reversible if we heed those who have always counseled defeat when they now argue to risk our fragile gains and withdraw from Iraq according to a politically expedient timetable rather than the advice from the commanders who so brilliantly led this stunning turnaround in our situation in Iraq.

I said that the surge has succeeded, and it has. That is why the additional surge brigades are almost all home. I said we can win, and we will. I’m confident we will be able to reduce our forces in Iraq next year, and our forces will be out of regular combat operations and dramatically reduced in number during the term of the next President. We have fought the worst battles, survived the toughest threats, and the hardest part of this war is behind us. But it is not over yet. And we have come too far, sacrificed too much, to risk everything we have gained and all we could yet gain because the politics of the hour make defeat the more convenient position.

Because of the choice we made and all the surge has accomplished, the time will soon come when our troops can come home. But we face another choice today. We can withdraw when we have secured the peace and the gains we have sacrificed so much to achieve are safe. Or we can follow Senator Obama’s unconditional withdrawal and risk losing the peace even if that results in spreading violence and a third Iraq war. Senator Obama has suggested he would consider sending troops back if that happened. When I bring them home in victory and with honor, they are staying home.

Senator Obama might dismiss defeat in Iraq as the current President’s problem. But presidents don’t lose wars. Nations do. And presidents don’t fight wars. You do, the men and women of the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. The sacrifices you’ve made deserve to be memorialized in something more lasting than bronze or in the fleeting effect of a politician’s speeches. Your valor and devotion have earned your country’s abiding concern for your welfare. When our government forgets our debts to you, it is a stain upon America’s honor. The Walter Reed scandal recalled not just the government but the people who elect it, to our responsibilities to those who risk life and limb to meet their responsibilities to us.

Those who have borne the burden of war for our sake must be treated fairly and expeditiously as they seek compensation for disability or illness. We owe them compassion, knowledge and hands-on care in their transition to civilian life. We owe them training, rehabilitation and education. We owe their families, parents and caregivers our concern and support. They should never be deprived of quality medical care and mental health care coverage for illness or injury incurred as a result of their service to our country.

As President, I will ensure that those who serve today and who have served in the past have access to the highest quality health, mental health and rehabilitative care in the world. The disgrace of Walter Reed will not be forgotten. Nor will we accept a situation in which veterans are denied access to care due to great travel distances, backlogs of appointments, and years of pending disability evaluation and claims. In addition to strengthening the VA, we should give veterans the option to use a simple plastic card to receive timely and accessible care at a convenient location through a provider of their choosing. I will not stand for requiring veterans to make an appointment to stand in line to make an appointment to stand in line for substandard care of the injuries you have suffered to keep our country safe. Whatever our commitments to veterans cost, we will keep them, as you have kept every commitment to us. The honor o f a great nation is at stake.

Let me close by expressing my gratitude for the contributions Hispanic-Americans have made to the security of the country I have served all my adult life. I represent Arizona where Spanish was spoken before English was, and where the character and prosperity of our state owes much to the Arizonans of Hispanic descent who live there. And I know this country, which I love more than almost anything, would be poorer were we deprived of the patriotism, industry and decency of those millions of Americans whose families came here from Mexico, Central and South America.

When you take the solemn stroll along that wall of black granite on the national Mall, it is hard not to notice the many names such as Rodriguez, Hernandez, and Lopez that so sadly adorn it. When you visit Iraq and Afghanistan you meet some of the thousands of Hispanic-Americans who serve there, and many of those who risk their lives to protect the rest of us do not yet possess the rights and privileges of full citizenship in the country they love so well. To love your country, as I discovered in Vietnam, is to love your countrymen. Those men and women are my brothers and sisters, my fellow Americans, an association that means more to me than any other. As a private citizen or as President, I will never, never do anything to dishonor our obligations to them and their families.

No story better exemplifies the sacrifices Hispanic Americans have made for our country than the story of Roy Benavidez. I have told it before, and this won’t be the last time I tell it. All Americans need to hear it.

Roy Benavidez was the son of a Texas sharecropper, a seventh grade dropout who suffered the humiliation of being constantly taunted as a "dumb Mexican." He grew up to become a master sergeant in the Green Berets, and served in Vietnam. He was a member of that rare class of warriors whose service was so honorable and brave they are privileged to wear the Medal of Honor. He was decorated by Ronald Reagan, who said that if the story of his heroism were a movie "you would not believe it."

On May 2, 1968, in an outpost near the Cambodian border, Sergeant Benavidez listened on his radio as the voice of a terrified American, part of a 12 man patrol surrounded by a North Vietnamese battalion, pleaded to be rescued. Armed with only a knife, Roy jumped into a helicopter and took off with a three-man crew to rescue his trapped comrades.

When they arrived at the battle, the enemy was too numerous for the helicopter to evacuate the surrounded soldiers. It had to land seventy-five yards away from their position. After making the sign of the cross, Sergeant Benavidez jumped out of the helicopter as it hovered ten feet above the ground, and ran toward his comrades carrying his knife and a medic bag.

He was shot almost immediately, but he got up and kept moving. A grenade knocked him down again, shrapnel tearing into his face. He got up and kept moving. Reaching the Americans’ position, he found four men dead, and all the others badly wounded. He armed himself with an enemy rifle, and began to treat the wounded, distribute ammunition and call in air strikes. He was shot again. He then ordered the helicopter to come in closer as he dragged the dead and wounded aboard. After he got all the wounded aboard, he ran back to retrieve classified documents from the body of a fallen soldier. He was shot in the stomach, and grenade fragments cut into his back. He got up and kept moving, and made it back to the helicopter.

The pilot was shot and the helicopter crashed. Roy pulled the wounded from the wreckage and radioed for air strikes and another helicopter. He kept fighting until air support arrived. He was shot several more times before a second helicopter landed. As he was carrying a wounded man toward it, a North Vietnamese soldier clubbed him with his rifle and stabbed him with a bayonet. Sergeant Benavidez fought him hand to hand, to death. After rescuing three more soldiers, he was finally flown with them to safety.

Bleeding profusely, and completely immobile, a doctor thought him to be dead. Roy was placed in a body bag, before anyone discovered he was still alive. He spent a year in hospitals recovering from seven serious gunshot wounds, twenty-eight shrapnel wounds, and bayonet wounds in both arms.

It took thirteen years for Roy Benavidez to receive his Medal of Honor. But it didn’t seem to matter to him. He stayed in the Army. The war, and his forgotten heroism never embittered him. He spent his retirement counseling troubled kids, encouraging them to stay in school and off drugs.

"I’m proud to be an American," Roy Benavidez said as he lay dying in a San Antonio hospital ten years ago. May God bless his soul. And may Americans, all Americans, be very proud that Roy Benavidez was one of us. I wouldn’t want to live in a country that didn’t recognize how much we needed such a good man.

I prefer to live in a bigger place. I prefer to live in a growing America, as proud of its variety as it is of the ideals that unite us. I prefer to live in a hopeful country. I prefer to live in Roy Benavidez’ America. Thank you very much."

John McCain, a U.S. Senator from Arizona, is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

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A WORLD THAT STANDS AS ONE

July 24, 2008


This speech was presented by Barack Obama to a group in Berlin on Thursday, July 24, 2008.  Read it with an open mind and really, really think about what is being said here.

Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome.

I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.

I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city. The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father -- my grandfather -- was a cook, a domestic servant to the British.

At the height of the Cold War, my father decided, like so many others in the forgotten corners of the world, that his yearning -- his dream -- required the freedom and opportunity promised by the West. And so he wrote letter after letter to universities all across America until somebody, somewhere answered his prayer for a better life.

That is why I'm here. And you are here because you too know that yearning. This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. And you know that the only reason we stand here tonight is because men and women from both of our nations came together to work, and struggle, and sacrifice for that better life.

Ours is a partnership that truly began sixty years ago this summer, on the day when the first American plane touched down at Templehof.

On that day, much of this continent still lay in ruin.  The rubble of this city had yet to be built into a wall. The Soviet shadow had swept across Eastern Europe, while in the West, America, Britain, and France took stock of their losses, and pondered how the world might be remade.

This is where the two sides met.  And on the twenty-fourth of June, 1948, the Communists chose to blockade the western part of the city. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin.

The size of our forces was no match for the much larger Soviet Army. And yet retreat would have allowed Communism to march across Europe. Where the last war had ended, another World War could have easily begun. All that stood in the way was Berlin.

And that's when the airlift began -- when the largest and most unlikely rescue in history brought food and hope to the people of this city.

The odds were stacked against success. In the winter, a heavy fog filled the sky above, and many planes were forced to turn back without dropping off the needed supplies. The streets where we stand were filled with hungry families who had no comfort from the cold.

But in the darkest hours, the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up. And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here, to the Tiergarten, and heard the city's mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom. "There is only one possibility," he said. "For us to stand together united until this battle is won The people of Berlin have spoken. We have done our
duty, and we will keep on doing our duty. People of the world: now do your duty People of the world, look at Berlin!"

People of the world -- look at Berlin!

Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle.

Look at Berlin, where the determination of a people met the generosity of the Marshall Plan and created a German miracle; where a victory over tyranny gave rise to NATO, the greatest alliance ever formed to defend our common security.

Look at Berlin, where the bullet holes in the buildings and the somber stones and pillars near the Brandenburg Gate insist that we never forget our common humanity.

People of the world -- look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.

Sixty years after the airlift, we are called upon again. History has led us to a new crossroad, with new promise and new peril. When you, the German people, tore down that wall -- a wall that divided East and West; freedom and tyranny; fear and hope -- walls came tumbling down around the world. From Kiev to Cape Town, prison camps were closed, and the doors of democracy were opened. Markets opened too, and the spread of
information and technology reduced barriers to opportunity and prosperity. While the 20th century taught us that we share a common destiny, the 21st has revealed a world more intertwined than at any time in human history.

The fall of the Berlin Wall brought new hope. But that very closeness has given rise to new dangers -- dangers that cannot be contained within the borders of a country or by the distance of an ocean.

The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil.

As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya.

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in Paris. The poppies in Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror of tomorrow. The genocide in Darfur shames the conscience of us all.

In this new world, such dangerous currents have swept along faster than our efforts to contain them. That is why we cannot afford to be divided. No one nation, no matter how large or powerful, can defeat such challenges alone. None of us can deny these threats, or escape responsibility in meeting them. Yet, in the absence of Soviet tanks and a terrible wall, it has become easy to forget this truth. And if we're honest with
each other, we know that sometimes, on both sides of the Atlantic, we have drifted apart, and forgotten our shared destiny.

In Europe, the view that America is part of what has gone wrong in our world, rather than a force to help make it right, has become all too common. In America, there are voices that deride and deny the importance of Europe's role in our security and our future. Both views miss the truth -- that Europeans today are bearing new burdens and taking more responsibility in critical parts of the world; and that just as American
bases built in the last century still help to defend the security of this continent, so does our country still sacrifice greatly for freedom around the globe.

Yes, there have been differences between America and Europe. No doubt, there will be differences in the future. But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together. A change of leadership in Washington will not lift this burden. In this new century, Americans and Europeans alike will be required to do more -- not less. Partnership and cooperation among nations is not a choice; it is the one way, the only way,
to protect our common security and advance our common humanity.

That is why the greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another. The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down.

We know they have fallen before. After centuries of strife, the people of Europe have formed a Union of promise and prosperity. Here, at the base of a column built to mark victory in war, we meet in the center of a Europe at peace. Not only have walls come down in Berlin, but they have come down in Belfast, where Protestant and Catholic found a way to live together; in the Balkans, where our Atlantic alliance ended wars and
brought savage war criminals to justice; and in South Africa, where the struggle of a courageous people defeated apartheid. So history reminds us that walls can be torn down. But the task is never easy. True partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. They require sharing the burdens of development and diplomacy; of progress and peace. They require allies who will listen to each other, learn
from each other and, most of all, trust each other.

That is why America cannot turn inward. That is why Europe cannot turn inward. America has no better partner than Europe. Now is the time to build new bridges across the globe as strong as the one that bound us across the Atlantic. Now is the time to join together, through constant cooperation, strong institutions, shared sacrifice, and a global commitment to progress, to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It was this
spirit that led airlift planes to appear in the sky above our heads, and people to assemble where we stand today. And this is the moment when our nations -- and all nations -- must summon that spirit anew.

This is the moment when we must defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it. This threat is real and we cannot shrink from our responsibility to combat it. If we could create NATO to face down the Soviet Union, we can join in a new and global partnership to dismantle the networks that have struck in Madrid and Amman; in London and Bali; in Washington and New York. If we could win a battle of ideas against
the communists, we can stand with the vast majority of Muslims who reject the extremism that leads to hate instead of hope.

This is the moment when we must renew our resolve to rout the terrorists who threaten our security in Afghanistan, and the traffickers who sell drugs on your streets. No one welcomes war. I recognize the enormous difficulties in Afghanistan. But my country and yours have a stake in seeing that NATO's first mission beyond Europe's borders is a success. For the people of Afghanistan, and for our shared security, the work must
be done. America cannot do this alone. The Afghan people need our troops and your troops; our support and your support to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda, to develop their economy, and to help them rebuild their nation. We have too much at stake to turn back now.

This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly atom. It is time to secure all loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to
reduce the arsenals from another era. This is the moment to begin the work of seeking the peace of a world without nuclear weapons.

This is the moment when every nation in Europe must have the chance to choose its own tomorrow free from the shadows of yesterday. In this century, we need a strong European Union that deepens the security and prosperity of this continent, while extending a hand abroad. In this century -- in this city of all cities -- we must reject the Cold War mind-set of the past, and resolve to work with Russia when we can, to stand up
for our values when we must, and to seek a partnership that extends across this entire continent.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. Together, we must forge trade that truly rewards the work that creates wealth, with meaningful protections for our people and our planet. This is the
moment for trade that is free and fair for all.

This is the moment we must help answer the call for a new dawn in the Middle East. My country must stand with yours and with Europe in sending a direct message to Iran that it must abandon its nuclear ambitions. We must support the Lebanese who have marched and bled for democracy, and the Israelis and Palestinians who seek a secure and lasting peace. And despite past differences, this is the moment when the world should
support the millions of Iraqis who seek to rebuild their lives, even as we pass responsibility to the Iraqi government and finally bring this war to a close.

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. Let us resolve that all nations -- including my own -- will act with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our children back
their future. This is the moment to stand as one.

And this is the moment when we must give hope to those left behind in a globalized world. We must remember that the Cold War born in this city was not a battle for land or treasure. Sixty years ago, the planes that flew over Berlin did not drop bombs; instead they delivered food, and coal, and candy to grateful children. And in that show of solidarity, those pilots won more than a military victory. They won hearts and minds;
love and loyalty and trust -- not just from the people in this city, but from all those who heard the story of what they did here.

Now the world will watch and remember what we do here -- what we do with this moment. Will we extend our hand to the people in the forgotten corners of this world who yearn for lives marked by dignity and opportunity; by security and justice? Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty, shelter the refugee in Chad, and banish the scourge of AIDS in our time?

Will we stand for the human rights of the dissident in Burma, the blogger in Iran, or the voter in Zimbabwe? Will we give meaning to the words "never again" in Darfur? 

Will we acknowledge that there is no more powerful example than the one each of our nations projects to the world? Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law? Will we welcome immigrants from different lands, and shun discrimination against those who don't look like us or worship like we do, and keep the promise of equality and opportunity for all of our people?

People of Berlin -- people of the world -- this is our moment. This is our time.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

But I also know how much I love America. I know that for more than two centuries, we have strived -- at great cost and great sacrifice -- to form a more perfect union; to seek, with other nations, a more hopeful world. Our allegiance has never been to any particular tribe or kingdom -- indeed, every language is spoken in our country; every culture has left its imprint on ours; every point of view is expressed in our public
squares. What has always united us -- what has always driven our people; what drew my father to America's shores -- is a set of ideals that speak to aspirations shared by all people: that we can live free from fear and free from want; that we can speak our minds and assemble with whomever we choose and worship as we please.

Those are the aspirations that joined the fates of all nations in this city. Those aspirations are bigger than anything that drives us apart. It is because of those aspirations that the airlift began. It is because of those aspirations that all free people -- everywhere -- became citizens of Berlin. It is in pursuit of those aspirations that a new generation -- our generation -- must make our mark on history.

People of Berlin -- and people of the world -- the scale of our challenge is great. The road ahead will be long. But I come before you to say that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom. We are a people of improbable hope. Let us build on our common history, and seize our common destiny, and once again engage in that noble struggle to bring justice and peace to our world.

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What is a Veteran?

July 24, 2008

Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American.

During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?’

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: ‘Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have? ‘

You could have heard a pin drop

 

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Crackdown on Blogs & eMails

July 20, 2008

Army Cracks Down On Blogs

It was just announced recently that friends and relatives of war zone military members who blog about the war may be in trouble for posting too much information online.

The guidelines apply to contractors, military members and their families.

"This is the final nail in the coffin for combat blogging," said retired paratrooper Matthew Burden, editor of The Blog of War anthology. "No more military bloggers writing about their experiences in the combat zone. This is the best PR the military has–its most honest voice out of the war zone–and it’s being silenced."

The Army has NOT said you CANNOT BLOG or EMAIL, they have simply said the items must be cleared by a superior officer.  This will make it very difficult, if not nearly impossible for some members to continue with their war Blogs.

We are going to have to approach this one very carefully.  I understand the need to keep track of loved ones, but…and this is a really big and dangerous but,  what if the information a loved one sends to you about their work, or location, or mission or their unit members just accidentally happens to have information, no matter how innocent, that if it got into the wrong hands could cause bodily harm or loss of life? 

We have become so accustomed to having media coverage of battles that we are afraid when we can’t see. Who else is watching and reading these broadcasts and postings?  Think about this one long and hard before you fire up the flamethrower in anticipation of burning an evil administrator at the stake.

 

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American Valor Military Tribute

July 18, 2008

American Valor Salutes Our Military

American Valor Salutes Our Military

Reading the news recently, I came across a couple articles that heralded the general public’s growing disinterest in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They cite the public’s growing war fatigue and frustration.

The authors claim the public is disenchanted with our results in both locations. They don’t see Osama Bin Laden captured and facing justice. They do see our troops in Afghanistan chasing terrorists we can’t see. They see us in Iraq, close to oil, but nothing else, obviously forgetting that we caught Saddam Hussein.

They claim people are getting tired of coverage on two war fronts with no obvious victory in either theatre in the near future. The authors claim the general public is worried about the credit crunch, skyrocketing prices, especially oil related products. They are worried about losing their jobs. They are worried about the upcoming elections. They fear that with the two current choices they may have no more rosy future after the elections than they do now.

OK! I promised you in the beginning that I would do this:

THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE STRICTLY AN OPINION OF ‘DAD’.

Now remember, Dad is a tired old veteran and a card carrying member of the Great Silent Majority. Most of all Dad is full of his own opinions and now they are coming out like a cannon ball and it is long-overdue. So here goes…

REMEMBER 9/11. That should be enough to stop the complaining.

Do you remember the crashes?…the smoke?…the screams? …the bodies falling through the air?…the flames?…the tremble in the ground?…the burning stench?…the monumental clouds of dust?…the nearly 3,000 human beings of all creeds and colors and shapes and sizes and beliefs who were violently crushed and cremated?

Have you ever watched newsreels of the Nazi Holocaust furnaces? Have you shivered as survivors likened the airborne ashes falling to the ground like dirty snow? Have you ever thought long and hard about the blood and bones and flesh and hearts and souls that were inside those clouds of dust boiling towards Heaven then collapsing to earth? Covering the streets and buildings and survivors with ashen dust? …and the tears?  The tears may never stop.

I have watched. I have listened. I am human.  I am guilty as charged. I wept as openly as anyone for days following 9/11. It finally happened "…on our own shores. In our own home! The unspeakable has happened at last."

Now fast forward to 2008. My company is closing our operation in about a year or so. I am nearly 61 and will begin looking for a new job. Frightening. I have watched this year as the "Credit Crisis" has eaten a big, uncomfortable hole in my retirement savings. I will probably have to work now until the day I die. My house is worth maybe half of what it was one year ago.

There are dozens of elected politicians scrambling to borrow money from our social security so they can pay benefits and subsidies and entitlements to…and provide food and shelter and education and health care for…about twenty million ILLEGAL ALIENS. We live in the greatest country on earth with a great immigration program, not always the most efficient, but it does work. Most of the people living in this country today are descendents of immigrants or immigrants themselves. This is America. We are a melting pot. That is what makes us unique. Our common language, our oneness of spirit and courage. A unique and specially blended heritage.  We stand as one nation under GOD!…and we ALWAYS will! But it takes organization and rules and enforcement and discipline. These people made the choice to ignore our rules…our laws…our programs…our entire system. When laws are broken…people are punished. When rules are broken…people are penalized.

In a lot of the countries these twenty million illegals came from,…if they intruded over their own borders they would be put into prison camps, maybe even tortured and shot. But not in America. We are civilized. This is the land of plenty…the land of opportunity…the land of freedom! So, as a result, these twenty million illegals will probably end up being allowed to stay here and ultimately be given citizenship and that is the American way. Hopefully most of them will begin paying taxes on their incomes like the rest of us do and this will all disappear into the night of history. That is the way freedom and liberty work. We may not like it…we may not agree with it…but all humans have rights…and the right to freedom from oppression is one of those basic rights of human life.

But, and this is the most painful truth associated with freedom, "…Someone has to pay for it". One person wants to give all our money to the United Nations to fight global poverty! Very noble indeed. Others want to give freedom to the oppressed countries of the world. Some want to save the animals.  Some want to save the environment.  Some want world peace. Some want free lunches. Some want one currency, one military force, one bank, one government, one world ruling body, joy, love, peace. As I said, there is always a price to be paid. In the case of the United Nations Millenium Declaration, all of those one this and one that generally come at the cost of one thing: our liberty and freedom.

Such is the case in Afghanistan and Iraq. You don’t have to agree with the wars or their outcomes. You don’t have to agree with anything I say, or anyone else for that matter. But this is the mind numbing, bone chilling truth as proven beyond all shadow of a doubt: 9/11 was our wakeup call! The terrorists caught us napping…off guard…on our own shores. If you do not want 9/11…if you do not want daily bombings…if you do not want daily artillery shells exploding in your neighborhood…if you do not want bombs blowing up in your subway stations or hospitals or schools or churches, then you have to go onto their shores to carry on the battle.

We are dealing with an terrorist enemy whom we cannot threaten. They do not fear death…they welcome it. They do not fear oppression…they thrive upon it. They do not fear anything. They speak openly of wanting to kill all the infidels who dishonor their soil and their way of life.

Now I remind you of a little history; this very same Osama bin Laden was smiling with gratitude when we came to his aid in Afghanistan and trained him and his people and helped them become free from their oppressors. But at the same time he was thinking…as soon as this is over, I am going to eliminate the entire American people for stepping on my soil. That is the reason our young men and women are serving so proudly in all arenas…to keep it out of our homes and off of our shores. Do you hear me?

I worry about losing my job while they face losing their lives. I get upset with my neighbor for spreading fertilizer on his fields while they worry about being sprayed with deadly chemicals. I complain about a lumpy mattress while they sleep on the ground, often in a foxhole for protection. I complain about rush hour traffic on the interstate while they worry about landmines in the roadway and ambushes. I worry about a missed episode of a TV show while they miss their families. I complain if I have to get up a few minutes early, they work days on end with little or no sleep. We complain about everything they do in combat while they do everything they do in combat to protect our freedom to complain.

So complain all you want. You are free to complain all you want and you are free to do it as often as you want. Someone bought and paid for your right to do that. That someone is the US Military with all its men and women serving so proudly. They paid the price for you. Many paid with their lives. Many paid with permanent disabilities and disfigurements and unrelenting pain. Some paid with the suffering of life-lasting mental anguish at all they had seen and done. Some paid the price by coming home to find their families gone. They couldn’t suffer the wait any more.

What price are you willing to pay for freedom? Isn’t it about time we stopped complaining and started constructing? Start constructing a grateful home and a grateful nation to welcome all our heroes home from war. Open our hearts and arms wide open to welcome them back and thank them generously for paying for our freedom!

 

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As Muslims Increase in Population

July 13, 2008

 
This third part in the series was received today and bears continued reading and study.When Muslims become an increasing part of a country

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam

Contemporary Threat . . .

Islam – A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF HOW IT WORKS

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components.

Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’

When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.

They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland– Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad &Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselv es under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris — car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam — Mohammed cartoons).

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Musl im 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel’ — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.

And we continue to cater and negotiate in a politically correct way so as not to ‘offend’ our Muslim ‘brothers.’

Now we know how it will happen

“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than any other under the sun.”

John D. Rockefeller, industrialist
 

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