I just finished reading "Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto" by Mark Levin. As I stated in the "Some Books I've Read This Year" list on the right, this book is a most read for every true patriot.
Toward the end there is a great quote by Ronald Reagsn that captures the message of this book:
"How can limited government and fiscal restraint be equated with lack of compassion for the poor? How can a tax break that puts a little more money in the weekly paychecks of working people be seen as an attack on the needy? Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes—one rich, one poor—both in a permanent state of conflict and neither able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division?”
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Great Answer
This morning on Fox News I saw that at a Pennsylvania Town Hall meeting, a stay-at-home mom by the name of Katy Abram asked Senator Specter a rather pointed question about health care and the Constitution. Fox interviewed her later and asked her why she spoke up. She gave a great answer, stating that she wanted to be able to give her kids an answer if they ask, later in life, "Mom, why didn't you do anything."
That is a great American answer. The true American doesn't only look out for himself; he looks out for future generations as well. We work to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." I trust that if you're reading this, you know where that quote comes from. If you do not, please look it up and read the entire document!
That is a great American answer. The true American doesn't only look out for himself; he looks out for future generations as well. We work to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." I trust that if you're reading this, you know where that quote comes from. If you do not, please look it up and read the entire document!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Best Bob Hope movie line
My district's California state senator, George Runner (R), posted this on Facebook today. It's too good to not pass on. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4
(The Youtube title is "Best Bob Hope movie line.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4
(The Youtube title is "Best Bob Hope movie line.")
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Our Cornerstone Document
When's the last time you read our nation's Declaration of Independence? Have you read it at all? I'm not sure I read it in school, not even in college where I majored in American History, at least not all of it. I would hope that we are all intimately familiar with the first sentence of the second paragraph and many of us remember reading all of that paragraph at one point. But when was the last time you read any of it?
Personally, it wasn't until the Clinton administration that my interest in America's history grew into a genuine concern about her future. It was then that I really began to look at our history in regards to where we stand today in being faithful to the concepts upon which this great nation was founded. Since that time, I've read and reread the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and other key documents from the founding our our nation.
In my studies, I've come to a deep respect for the fundamental importance of the Declaration of Independence. No other document better reflects what this country is supposed to be about and what I intend, as stated, to focus on in this blog. Therefore, I find it only fitting that I begin this blog site with the great document:
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Our Declaration of Independence continues with a list of our Founders greviences. To read it in its entirity, go to http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
Personally, it wasn't until the Clinton administration that my interest in America's history grew into a genuine concern about her future. It was then that I really began to look at our history in regards to where we stand today in being faithful to the concepts upon which this great nation was founded. Since that time, I've read and reread the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and other key documents from the founding our our nation.
In my studies, I've come to a deep respect for the fundamental importance of the Declaration of Independence. No other document better reflects what this country is supposed to be about and what I intend, as stated, to focus on in this blog. Therefore, I find it only fitting that I begin this blog site with the great document:
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Our Declaration of Independence continues with a list of our Founders greviences. To read it in its entirity, go to http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Calling All The Clans Together
Here's a unique patriotic video I came across today. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmr-tFPUx9M
(I'm hoping to figure out to have youtube videos play on this page.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmr-tFPUx9M
(I'm hoping to figure out to have youtube videos play on this page.)
What You'll See Here
I believe in the principles this country was founded upon. I guess in some ways you could say I'm an 18th century American, stuck in the 21st century. I believe in what to many people believe to be archaic, obsolete ideas: God, individual rights and responsibilites, liberty, freedom, small and nonintrusive government with limited power and responsibilites, the family. . . you get the idea. In this blog you'll find quotes, photos, videos, essays, and anything else interesting and pertinent relating to these themes. Some will be from my collection which I've gathered over the years, others from friends and family, and more that I find on the WWW. So, for a good strong dose of the philosophies this country was founded upon, visit this blog every now and then and see what I've added.
God Bless America when she's right and correct her when she's wrong!
God Bless America when she's right and correct her when she's wrong!
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