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The Giant And His “Friends”

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There is a wind blowing.  A mighty wind. The Giant, long asleep, has awakened to find his home being pillaged in the stealth of night. 

And he is angry.

The Giant, who is kind, works hard, takes care of his tribe and usually keeps his own counsel, thought the thieves were Friends. He thought that by taking care of himself and his tribe, and those Friends, he would keep the land safe so his tribe could grow strong and prosper. He gladly paid a small tithe to the Friends, but that is not what they want.  The stores he has put by for the long winter, the patch of ground he has worked, they want all that, too. The Friends want to control the Giant and his tribe, so what the Giant won’t simply hand them they take and steal.  They want the Giant to be dependent on them; he has too much, they say, so they take it and make it theirs.

The Friends have never seen the Giant angry. They ignore him in his protests; they turn a deaf ear to his complaints. He has been quiet too long and that quiet has been taken as complacency. But that wasn’t what it was.  It was simply the Giant going about his business, content with his world, warts and all. He never expected his life to be perfect, but he always had options and choices and he could work with that. He sees now the Friends aren’t his friends; they have been waiting quietly for the Giant to sleep so they may take away what he has worked for, to take away his choice of how he lives. Has the Giant awakened in time?  How greedy have the Friends really become? How far will they go? They have already started to smear the Giant’s good name, to say things about him that are untrue. The Friends have already shown they might use force if the Giant doesn’t cooperate and go back to sleep.

How far will they go?

It has been many, many years since the Giant has had to fight on his own land for his right to be left alone. Can he still do it? For all the Giant holds dear, he must now fight or what he loves will be forever changed.

We, The People, of The United States of America are at the crossroads of one of the most dangerous times in our long history. Is that statement scaremongering? Over the top? I don’t think it is. The wealth of our nation is our wealth, wealth that we have earned. The government has no wealth except for what WE, THE PEOPLE, create.

Think about that.  They are borrowing on what we do, on what we will do in the future, and spending it. It is NOT their money; the government has no money but what they take from WE, THE PEOPLE.

WE are a kind and generous folk, always have been.  Are we perfect? No, we are humans. However, we should always understand and be proud of all the good we do. The money, goods and time we give freely to help others in this country as well as others.  WE, THE PEOPLE, are good folks.  We can’t forget that though they, the government, would like us to forget. They call us greedy and tell us we have no idea not only how to take care of ourselves but how to best use what we have earned though our labor and so they will take it.

This isn’t about the rich,  it is about our rights.  It is about our right to choose how we conduct our lives.  To choose how to to PURSUE our own happiness, how we live day-to-day.

It is about control.

Do we have the guts to fight this? I believe we do and it isn’t just Congress.  It is the local and state governments as well.

How do they play?  Let us count the ways.

Schools go right after busing and anything else they can think of to upset the kids and inconvenience the parents. Yet on closer inspection they have hired more administrators, given them raises, and have spent money on precious little that has to do with actual education. Plus they have to follow unfunded, useless mandates from the state and federal
governments.

At the local and state levels they say “We will cut services”; police and fire go right off the bat, yet spend $500 a pop on office chairs (yes, that happened in my state). Hire more pencil pushers and give everyone raises. Have assistants for assistants; everyone has a state car to drive, and on and on.

The Federal government …won’t even start.

They all have their hand in our pocket.  They all make laws and rules daily that take a bit more of our rights and our ability to pursue happiness.

It is time to stop “The Friends” because our “friend” they are not.

Progressive Pigs

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 This is but one example of the difference between the left-wing entitlement derangement syndrome types and conservatives. 

 

The D.C. Mall after Obama’s inauguration:

 

The D.C. Mall after an “angry mob” of over a million Americans protested on 9/12:

D.C. Mall after 9/12 protest rally

 

Any more questions?

They Don’t Listen Because They Don’t Care

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The evidence of American displeasure; indeed, their outright anger with the government of the United States was overwhelming clear yesterday when the Mall in D.C. was filled to overflowing with an estimate million-plus citizens gathered congenially to tell the administration that “enough is enough”.

But as is par for the course of this Obamanation of an administration, those who most needed to see and to hear were conspicuously absent.   President Obama was all wee-weed up on yet another health-care reform campaign stump as far away as he could go without looking too obvious.  All except a very few Congress critters who represent the conservative point of view cowered behind locked doors.

And so with no real perspective by which to gauge the events yesterday, from this morning’s edition of CBS’ “Face the Nation” we get the following statements from White House senior adviser David Axelrod.

“I don’t think it’s indicative of the nation’s mood.  You know, I don’t think we ought to be distracted by that. My message to them is, they’re wrong.”

“I don’t believe that some of the angriest, most strident voices we saw during the summer were representative of the thousands of town hall meetings that went on around the country that came off peacefully, that were constructive, people voicing their points of view. You know, one of the great things about our country is people can express themselves even if they’re not representative of the majority.”

Yo, Davey-boy.  Your proctologist called.

He found your head.

Right next to Barry’s.

We, the American people, aren’t a “distraction” and you have no business telling us that we’re “wrong”.  You work for US, remember?  Those who have been and continue to be the most outspoken in their anger merely had the opportunity to speak for the millions more of us who were unable to attend a summer townhall because our unrepresenting representatives were hiding beneath their desks instead of doing their job.

9/12 IS the nation’s mood. 

That means it’s time for you to go.

Quote Of The Day

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One of the comments in response to certain racists commenters at the Washington Post’s article on today’s 9/12 march on Washington, D.C.:

“All you Commiecrats who whine that so many of the protesters were white. Of course, you freaking morons, what’d you expect? THEY’RE PAYING THE BILLS!!!

Do you think you’re gonna see all the welfare honkies and illegal blood suckers there, HMMM?”

 

Just A Little Trip To The Mall

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According to various estimates, at least a million Americans from every corner of the United States took a little trip to the Mall:

Sky-view of the 9/12/09 D.C. Tea Party (Mary Katharine Ham)

Sky-view of the 9/12/09 D.C. Tea Party (Mary Katharine Ham)

 

Here’s a great time-lapse view of the march (3-1/2 hours in 40 seconds):

 

 

C-SPAN coverage of the whole rally can be seen HERE.

Tens of thousands more around the country attended local rallies in support.
 
President Obama decided to spend today campaigning for socialized medicine in Minnesota.
 
Final Score:
United States Constitution – 1,000,000+
Obamacare – 15,000
(Hat tip to the two who pointed out the original photograph wasn’t correct.)

9/12

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I think almost everyone in America remembers where they were the morning of September 11, 2001, a day that will forever be known simply as “9/11”.  Whether in an office, our home, our car, our school – anywhere we were – the horrors of that day are forever etched in America’s collective memory.

What is thought of less often, though, is where we were on the morning of September 12th.  That day dawned just like any other day, yet even though that dawning came with a sun covered by the deep, ugly shadows of what so many had always thought of as the impossible, America awakened stronger than she had been in some 200-odd years.  By that dark and smoldering dawn’s early light She was deeply united, resolute and firm in Her resolve against the enemies of freedom.

It has only been a few years yet, unbelievably, politicians are starting to dumb down what happened on those two critical days.  The current administration is blatantly attempting to usurp its reality and the need for remembrance and turn it into some weird distortion of “service”, solely in furtherance of its dangerous ideologies.   

I find this not only audaciously crass, but abhorrant.  It is through reverent remembrance of the reality of 9/11 that we honor those who started out that fateful day – just like they started any other day – without realizing it would be their last.   Through reverent remembrance of the reality of 9/11 we honor those who willingly sacrificed their lives trying to save others as buildings collapsed and planes crashed; whether they wore a uniform or not, each and every one of them is forever a hero.

By remembering the reality of 9/11 – that America was attacked in blind hate by those who would destroy Her simply because of Her freedoms – we honor every one of the 2,966 people who died that day.  And as we work our way through the memories, at the end we will find ourselves back once more at the morning of 9/12, the morning when we stood together in our tears and our pained confusion but certain of one thing:  America was still standing and we, the people, would not let her go down without a united fight.

 Remember, America.  Remember.

The 9/12

The 9 Principles

1. America Is Good.
   
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
  God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
   
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
  Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington
   
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
  Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson
   
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
  Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson
   
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
  Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
   
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
  Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington
   
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
  On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington
   
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
  Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

The 12 Values
* Honesty
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude