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At first I wasn't going to post today, but then I remembered a quote of Thomas Paine's that I particularly love. It is from "The Crisis", written during the Revolutionary War prior to the publishing of the infamous "Common Sense" pamphlet. This phrase in particular is a favorite of mine, and highly applicable to America's situation today.
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
I ask now, will YOU be a sunshine patriot? Or stand by your country, your beliefs, and what you know is right even when the world is against you and those that think like you? As I said yesterday, those who side with big government, "spreading the wealth", and corrupt leadership may have won the most recent battle--health care--but this American Revolution within the hearts and minds of the PEOPLE has just begun.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Fearful yet Optimistic...
Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting this next blog entry... I want to thank all of you who return to read and comment on this blog... I appreciate it!
So, it's been one week since the passage of "Obamacare"...half the country seems to be in a shocked daze, while the other is celebtrating. I, for one, have some mixed feelings about this. Obviously, I'm incredibly fearful for the future of this country. The President and Congress won the battle of overhauling the healthcare system... in which Americans will be required to purchase insurance or face a fine...and government will have the power to come between you and your doctor, your child/family member/loved one and their doctor...that cost $940 billion...(don't for get the trillion dollar deficit)...and just to top it all off, 73% of voters wanted Congress to scrap the bill and start over! Yes, the healthcare system IS flawed. It NEEDS work. Not placement in the hands of the government. Over half of the American public was against this bill, and yet the politicians that were elected to represent the PEOPLE kept pushing and got it passed. Our rights are at stake. The future is at stake. My future, and my generations future is at stake. The freedoms that are given to us by our Creator, NOT our government, are at stake now that the leadership of this country has shown they will stop at nothing to adhere to their sick, twisted, government-growing agenda.
However, the other half of me is slightly optimistic on this. Yes, I know, that sounds rather surprising. But I've been doing a lot of thinking. We have reason to be optimistic because the agenda of the politicians supposedly 'leading' this country we've been suspicious about all along, is now being revealed. The "mask is off" as Glenn Beck said just a week ago. He also said, and this I firmly believe, that the health care "battle" may have been won by Obama, Pelosi, Reid, etc.... but the 'war' between right and wrong, truth and deception is nowhere near over. It has just begun. I believe a "sleeping giant" has been awakened in the American people. We are sick and tired of corrupt "politics as usual". We are sick and tired of elected official's phone lines being seemingly "too busy" to answer our calls. We are sick and tired of faulty campaign promises and fancy rhetoric and teleprompter-speeches taking the place of real efforts to further the republic. We are sick and tired of our voices being ignored by those elected to represent us.
Prior to the vote on healthcare, President Obama offered his fair share of bribes to get the votes needed to pass this bill. I don't want to delve into this too much because a corrupt politician is a corrupt politician... but, today I heard a comment that really made my hair stand on end. At school, a random political discussion broke out, namely abaout some of the bribes the president offered in exchange for votes. One particular Obama-fan said something like, "Do you really think other Presidents in the past haven't offered bribes for things?" ...insinuating that this practice is "okay". This just really made me wonder. Just because someone pushes their neighbor off the roof of a building, does that make it acceptable? WHY has the idea of politicians--PUBLIC SERVANTS-- doing their jobs, representing the people, listening to the people, gone out of style? Just something that made me think about the general order of things, and thought I'd share!
Lastly on today's post, I bring you the "Al Sharpton Socialism Shocker" that... actually, isn't all that much of a shocker...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqojWrtnieI&feature=PlayList&p=278EC343E9BC04B0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27
Apparently, according to Sharpton, the American people voted for socialism when they voted for President Obama. Really? Nice move, Sharpton... I think you confirm our suspicions on the goals of the Obama administration. And anyway, the "will of the American people" didn't elect him, the electoral college did!
I leave you with a quote by Ronald Reagan, one the greatest Presidents of our time...
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
God Bless America, and Long Live the Republic.
So, it's been one week since the passage of "Obamacare"...half the country seems to be in a shocked daze, while the other is celebtrating. I, for one, have some mixed feelings about this. Obviously, I'm incredibly fearful for the future of this country. The President and Congress won the battle of overhauling the healthcare system... in which Americans will be required to purchase insurance or face a fine...and government will have the power to come between you and your doctor, your child/family member/loved one and their doctor...that cost $940 billion...(don't for get the trillion dollar deficit)...and just to top it all off, 73% of voters wanted Congress to scrap the bill and start over! Yes, the healthcare system IS flawed. It NEEDS work. Not placement in the hands of the government. Over half of the American public was against this bill, and yet the politicians that were elected to represent the PEOPLE kept pushing and got it passed. Our rights are at stake. The future is at stake. My future, and my generations future is at stake. The freedoms that are given to us by our Creator, NOT our government, are at stake now that the leadership of this country has shown they will stop at nothing to adhere to their sick, twisted, government-growing agenda.
However, the other half of me is slightly optimistic on this. Yes, I know, that sounds rather surprising. But I've been doing a lot of thinking. We have reason to be optimistic because the agenda of the politicians supposedly 'leading' this country we've been suspicious about all along, is now being revealed. The "mask is off" as Glenn Beck said just a week ago. He also said, and this I firmly believe, that the health care "battle" may have been won by Obama, Pelosi, Reid, etc.... but the 'war' between right and wrong, truth and deception is nowhere near over. It has just begun. I believe a "sleeping giant" has been awakened in the American people. We are sick and tired of corrupt "politics as usual". We are sick and tired of elected official's phone lines being seemingly "too busy" to answer our calls. We are sick and tired of faulty campaign promises and fancy rhetoric and teleprompter-speeches taking the place of real efforts to further the republic. We are sick and tired of our voices being ignored by those elected to represent us.
Prior to the vote on healthcare, President Obama offered his fair share of bribes to get the votes needed to pass this bill. I don't want to delve into this too much because a corrupt politician is a corrupt politician... but, today I heard a comment that really made my hair stand on end. At school, a random political discussion broke out, namely abaout some of the bribes the president offered in exchange for votes. One particular Obama-fan said something like, "Do you really think other Presidents in the past haven't offered bribes for things?" ...insinuating that this practice is "okay". This just really made me wonder. Just because someone pushes their neighbor off the roof of a building, does that make it acceptable? WHY has the idea of politicians--PUBLIC SERVANTS-- doing their jobs, representing the people, listening to the people, gone out of style? Just something that made me think about the general order of things, and thought I'd share!
Lastly on today's post, I bring you the "Al Sharpton Socialism Shocker" that... actually, isn't all that much of a shocker...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqojWrtnieI&feature=PlayList&p=278EC343E9BC04B0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27
Apparently, according to Sharpton, the American people voted for socialism when they voted for President Obama. Really? Nice move, Sharpton... I think you confirm our suspicions on the goals of the Obama administration. And anyway, the "will of the American people" didn't elect him, the electoral college did!
I leave you with a quote by Ronald Reagan, one the greatest Presidents of our time...
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
God Bless America, and Long Live the Republic.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
"Abridgements of freedom..."
Hi everyone! I have returned from the West Coast... and what do you know, it's raining in Missouri. Wish I was back on the beach!
Anyway, I just wanted to post a quick update since I have been gone for a few days. I found a quote by James Madison that is shockingly applicable to the recent passage of "Obamacare"... read it and think about the reprecussions of this government-expanding legislation... and the future "reforms" that the left has in store for this country.
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
I pray that those believe the government "knows better" than the American people and those that believe the government is capable of "taking care" of the American people and their families realize, before jumping on the Obama bandwagon, that NOTHING in life is "free".
Anyway, I just wanted to post a quick update since I have been gone for a few days. I found a quote by James Madison that is shockingly applicable to the recent passage of "Obamacare"... read it and think about the reprecussions of this government-expanding legislation... and the future "reforms" that the left has in store for this country.
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
I pray that those believe the government "knows better" than the American people and those that believe the government is capable of "taking care" of the American people and their families realize, before jumping on the Obama bandwagon, that NOTHING in life is "free".
Monday, March 22, 2010
God Bless America
Hello from Monterey, California, everyone...
Well, what is there to say? The bill that was predicted to fundamentally alter, possibly bankrupt the United States has passed. The Democrats may have won this battle; they most definitely have not won this tacit war between right and wrong. In my opinion, this only means the REAL Americans, the TRUE Americans are going to have to fight even harder to preserve the Republic and take back our country.
The West Coast is beautiful, on a lighter note... I've seen the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, the cliffs edging the Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay...in the back of my mind was the thought that America, even with all of her internal conflicts and imperfections, is a beautiul place. It's a beautiful, liberating idea of personal freedom, self determination that we often take for granted. It is sickening to me that such self-absorbed, power hungry, socialist leaning politicians that believe they "know better" than the American people themselves want to virtually change the land of the free and home of the brave to fit their agenda, and to become the proprietors of freedom, the givers of rights.
I will post some more commentary on the passage of this bill within the next few days, but I want to leave you with a quote that has really influenced me, and one that I believe we must consider if we are to "bring back" our country.
"Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or slander their ideological counterparts. Those who know they are right have no reason to stifle debate because they realize that all opposing arguments will ultimately be overcome by fact." -Glenn Beck
Good night, and God Bless America. :)
Well, what is there to say? The bill that was predicted to fundamentally alter, possibly bankrupt the United States has passed. The Democrats may have won this battle; they most definitely have not won this tacit war between right and wrong. In my opinion, this only means the REAL Americans, the TRUE Americans are going to have to fight even harder to preserve the Republic and take back our country.
The West Coast is beautiful, on a lighter note... I've seen the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, the cliffs edging the Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay...in the back of my mind was the thought that America, even with all of her internal conflicts and imperfections, is a beautiul place. It's a beautiful, liberating idea of personal freedom, self determination that we often take for granted. It is sickening to me that such self-absorbed, power hungry, socialist leaning politicians that believe they "know better" than the American people themselves want to virtually change the land of the free and home of the brave to fit their agenda, and to become the proprietors of freedom, the givers of rights.
I will post some more commentary on the passage of this bill within the next few days, but I want to leave you with a quote that has really influenced me, and one that I believe we must consider if we are to "bring back" our country.
"Only those afraid of the truth seek to silence debate, intimidate those with whom they disagree, or slander their ideological counterparts. Those who know they are right have no reason to stifle debate because they realize that all opposing arguments will ultimately be overcome by fact." -Glenn Beck
Good night, and God Bless America. :)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
A Word on Health Care...
Hello! I will be out of town for the next few days so I wanted to leave an update in case I do not get to a computer until I return.
I found this quote by Thomas Jefferson and I thought it rather appropriate...
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government".
With the epic vote on the health care bill just hours away (Sunday morning) I hope members of Congress realize what their vote will mean to the United States, and I hope they keep in perspective that the "first and only object of good government" is the "care of human life and happiness, not their destruction". This morning, watching Fox News, I saw an unofficial vote count for the Health Care bill... 214 "no" and 217 "yes"... let's hope and pray for the future of the country that a few undecided members of Congress decide to side with the PEOPLE they were elected to represent and vote against this bill.
Also while watching the news, I saw an amazing thing that, if I lived closer, I would have been a part of... nearly 2,000 Americans gathered on Capitol Hill to protest the health care bill, fully exercising the beautiful rights to free speech and assembly. As I watched, I realized the people holding signs reading "Big Government-NO!" and "Kill the Bill" all looked similar... they were all AMERICANS, concerned for the future of their country, their families, their children. They were Americans who DON'T want the government coming between them and their doctors, who DON'T want this $940 billion overhaul to change the United States, who DON'T want government to overstep it's boundaries any further.
Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security calls them "right wing extremism"... any other clear-thinking American knows their mothers, fathers, grandparents, husbands, wives, small business owners... the every day hard-working American who just wants representation by their government. All I can say is, if standing up for your beliefs and your Constitutional rights is considered right wing extremism, make the most of it!
May the collective voice of the people prevail... God Bless America.
I found this quote by Thomas Jefferson and I thought it rather appropriate...
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government".
With the epic vote on the health care bill just hours away (Sunday morning) I hope members of Congress realize what their vote will mean to the United States, and I hope they keep in perspective that the "first and only object of good government" is the "care of human life and happiness, not their destruction". This morning, watching Fox News, I saw an unofficial vote count for the Health Care bill... 214 "no" and 217 "yes"... let's hope and pray for the future of the country that a few undecided members of Congress decide to side with the PEOPLE they were elected to represent and vote against this bill.
Also while watching the news, I saw an amazing thing that, if I lived closer, I would have been a part of... nearly 2,000 Americans gathered on Capitol Hill to protest the health care bill, fully exercising the beautiful rights to free speech and assembly. As I watched, I realized the people holding signs reading "Big Government-NO!" and "Kill the Bill" all looked similar... they were all AMERICANS, concerned for the future of their country, their families, their children. They were Americans who DON'T want the government coming between them and their doctors, who DON'T want this $940 billion overhaul to change the United States, who DON'T want government to overstep it's boundaries any further.
Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security calls them "right wing extremism"... any other clear-thinking American knows their mothers, fathers, grandparents, husbands, wives, small business owners... the every day hard-working American who just wants representation by their government. All I can say is, if standing up for your beliefs and your Constitutional rights is considered right wing extremism, make the most of it!
May the collective voice of the people prevail... God Bless America.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A Government Big Enough to Give You Everything...
Hi again, all… if you’re just visiting my blog for the first time, check out my previous posts and become a follower, and a fan of the Present Day Patriots page on Facebook! (It already has around 55 fans after just one week!) Before I go any further, I have another favorite quote to share that I think is very relevant to many of today’s current debates…
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.” –Thomas Jefferson
That brings me to today’s topic: the epic battle over health care. I think I’ll begin with the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of, or read about, this debate. Turn on the news and listen to something regarding this issue… so-and-so will vote yes on the most recent bill because so-and-so won’t support their campaign in the next election, or will ruin their careers if they vote no. It’s sickening; those who were elected BY the people no longer seem to be LISTENING to the people, but rather, their colleagues. In fact, it doesn’t seem to even be about the people anymore. It’s a matter of power, of political parties, of endorsement promises. Around 55% of voters in a Rasmussen poll (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform) … “would rather see Congress scrap the original plan and start all over.” And yet these “civil servants”—a term to be used loosely—never seem to be able to keep up with citizens phone calls; they have turned a deaf ear to their constituents and continue to press forward with the most recent healthcare bill.
There ARE problems in the health care system. It DOES need work. But this bill, and government-run health care in general, are not the answer. Our system is one that has drawn citizens of countries that have universal health care TO the United States to receive decent care. Our system needs refining, not total annihilation and replacement.
Everything about this bill, including the American people it will affect, is screaming NO, but Congress is still fighting. It is estimated that this plan is capable of putting the country in bankruptcy within four years (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/governor-races/87061-cahill-blasts-dem-healthcare-bill). As a teenager, I find this incredibly alarming… along with the ridiculous deficit, who will be paying for this? My generation, and the generations that follow.
Equally disturbing, nearly 45% of doctors polled in a Fox News poll, “said they would consider leaving their practice or retiring early if the proposed health care bill was to pass.” (http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/09/16/45-of-doctors-oppose-proposed-health-care-bill/)
If—and by if, I mean, God forbid—this bill passes, it will virtually change the United States… and I fear, not for the better.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently stated that citizens offering up their opposing views of healthcare reform are “un-American”. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/10/tight-spot-pelosi-calls-health-care-critics-american) Tell me, what is “un-American” in exercising the right to free speech and assembly? What is American in ignoring the will of the American people? Also, something else that really made my hair stand on end… the “Pelosi Surprise”… “…we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” Check out a video clip here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To Does anyone know what's in this 1,990 page "surprise"?
I feel that the Founders and those in history who have fought so relentlessly to ensure a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” (The Gettysburg Address) would roll over in their graves if they knew the danger the republic faces at present.
I’m not saying I know the answer to this problem, but I know what its not. I return to the quote, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is capable of taking away everything you have.” There IS a problem with healthcare; the system does need improvements. But the answer does not lie in more government intervention!
I'm sure I will recieve a lot of flak for the opinions and facts stated here, but I know I speak for many, many Americans when I say that We the People want Congress to scrap this bill and start over...We the People want representation...and
We the People want our voices heard by those elected to LISTEN and REPRESENT the people!
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.” –Thomas Jefferson
That brings me to today’s topic: the epic battle over health care. I think I’ll begin with the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of, or read about, this debate. Turn on the news and listen to something regarding this issue… so-and-so will vote yes on the most recent bill because so-and-so won’t support their campaign in the next election, or will ruin their careers if they vote no. It’s sickening; those who were elected BY the people no longer seem to be LISTENING to the people, but rather, their colleagues. In fact, it doesn’t seem to even be about the people anymore. It’s a matter of power, of political parties, of endorsement promises. Around 55% of voters in a Rasmussen poll (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform) … “would rather see Congress scrap the original plan and start all over.” And yet these “civil servants”—a term to be used loosely—never seem to be able to keep up with citizens phone calls; they have turned a deaf ear to their constituents and continue to press forward with the most recent healthcare bill.
There ARE problems in the health care system. It DOES need work. But this bill, and government-run health care in general, are not the answer. Our system is one that has drawn citizens of countries that have universal health care TO the United States to receive decent care. Our system needs refining, not total annihilation and replacement.
Everything about this bill, including the American people it will affect, is screaming NO, but Congress is still fighting. It is estimated that this plan is capable of putting the country in bankruptcy within four years (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/governor-races/87061-cahill-blasts-dem-healthcare-bill). As a teenager, I find this incredibly alarming… along with the ridiculous deficit, who will be paying for this? My generation, and the generations that follow.
Equally disturbing, nearly 45% of doctors polled in a Fox News poll, “said they would consider leaving their practice or retiring early if the proposed health care bill was to pass.” (http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/09/16/45-of-doctors-oppose-proposed-health-care-bill/)
If—and by if, I mean, God forbid—this bill passes, it will virtually change the United States… and I fear, not for the better.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently stated that citizens offering up their opposing views of healthcare reform are “un-American”. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/10/tight-spot-pelosi-calls-health-care-critics-american) Tell me, what is “un-American” in exercising the right to free speech and assembly? What is American in ignoring the will of the American people? Also, something else that really made my hair stand on end… the “Pelosi Surprise”… “…we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” Check out a video clip here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To Does anyone know what's in this 1,990 page "surprise"?
I feel that the Founders and those in history who have fought so relentlessly to ensure a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” (The Gettysburg Address) would roll over in their graves if they knew the danger the republic faces at present.
I’m not saying I know the answer to this problem, but I know what its not. I return to the quote, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is capable of taking away everything you have.” There IS a problem with healthcare; the system does need improvements. But the answer does not lie in more government intervention!
I'm sure I will recieve a lot of flak for the opinions and facts stated here, but I know I speak for many, many Americans when I say that We the People want Congress to scrap this bill and start over...We the People want representation...and
We the People want our voices heard by those elected to LISTEN and REPRESENT the people!
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