
Out of many, one. That is the motto of the United States of America. It encompasses the values, traditions, and pride of a people who came to these lands from distant shores. Some were seeking their fortunes, but many others were fleeing from oppression. All sought a better life free from the tyranny of their homelands. Unfortunately, the tyranny of England would not relent and taxes were levied without representation in the government that levied them. The war for independence followed soon after and the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Concord.
We purchased our freedom with the blood of patriots and the deaths of those who sought to keep us in bondage to a monarchy that viewed Americans as property and not citizens. We fought not only the red coats of the King, but also the Tories who sought to keep us under the influence of England. In fact, there were more loyalists to the crown than there were men who sought to break the yoke of the King. Spies for the crown were a constant danger to the men and women of the Revolution. By taking part you were committing treason. An offense that is punishable by death. If they were caught, they were certain to hang, and many did.
The war ended at Yorktown, Virginia where Washington pressed the British Army on the ground and the French fleet prevented General Cornwallis’ escape. It is telling that General Cornwallis did not even possess the courage to face Washington in person and sent his sword of surrender via a subordinate. Despite this slight, we were free.
A Constitutional convention eventually followed to correct the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution was born. Our highest law, it took years to hammer out and the debate almost came to blows in Independence Hall more than once. Eventually, the final document was drafted by a collection of the finest minds that the world had ever known and was finally sent to the States for ratification. Once adopted, the Constitution became the guardian of our liberty. It is the ultimate guarantee for all Americans that protect the citizenry from an intrusive or abusive government. All Federal, State, and local law must be subservient to that document and the Declaration of Independence and the Articles written in the newspapers of the day by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay are used to further define our American rights.
Further, our American rights are based upon the philosophies of John Locke, Montesquieu, and Hume. It is from these men that we achieve our understanding of the reasoning behind our founding documents. It is certain that the founding fathers knew of these men and had studied their work prior to securing our freedoms and creating our national government. That government derives its power from the consent of the governed and that consent may be withdrawn at any time comes directly from Locke. Our founding documents, the sacrifice of our most sacred blood, and the reasoning of the finest minds of an era all formed the basis for E Pluribus Unum.
The first Americans were bound together by a shared belief in our founding values. Newcomers to our shores sought American freedom and became believers in our national ethos. As such, they joined with us and made us stronger. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Today we are faced with a government run amok. Congress has set the bonds of financial slavery upon our unborn children and seeks to tighten them. A Socialist/Marxist sits as the President in the White House oblivious to the pleas for freedom from the peoples of the Earth and apologizing for America’s arrogance and cowboy attitude while he bows in obeisance to foreign potentates.
The Congress seeks to spend Americans into oblivion by raising taxes, reducing our standard of living, and turning America into a welfare state similar to Germany and France. The government has promised transparency, but there is none. There is only obfuscation. The government has promised to act ethically, yet the opposing party is locked out of legislative decisions and only given information when it is far too late to assert any influence. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barrack Obama seek to spend trillions more, place businesses under the Federal Reserve Bank where there is no possibility of oversight by the American people in order to protect trillions of taxpayer dollars.
Worse, nearly every time a bill goes through the House or the Senate the Democrats in control say that it is an emergency and there is no time to actually read the bill before the vote. Yet, when the second TARP bill was passed it waited on President Obama’s signature for four days because he was vacationing in Colorado. While many damn the Democrats for their irrational behavior and their desire to spend money like it is going out of style, but fault must also be laid at the doorstep of the Republicans for their idiocy over the past eight years. If bubble headed Megan McCain is any example of what a Republican is then count me out. John McCain and his ilk have thumbed their nose at conservatives and our values for decades. The only reason he even gave us the time of day the last election was because he knew that he would lose if he didn’t. I for one am tired of “me to” Republicans cow towing to the Marxist Democrats because we need to “reach across the aisle.”
When they lose they moan about “rebranding” and “getting the message out” and all that other trash. How does one rebrand ethics or morals? How do you remake God? Like the Marxist Democrats the Republicans seek to appeal to hyphenated Americans by being fence riders and advertising a “big tent.” It is truly sad that we have come to this. Conservatism is an admirable ideology. The principals upon which this nation was founded are our ideology. Family values, a belief in the Almighty, and in the sanctity of human life are our principals. We believe that a man should do unto others as he would have them do unto him. We believe that lying, cheating, and stealing are wrong. That God watches our every action and measures our every intent and that there will be an accounting for our actions. We believe in giving a person a hand up and not a hand out. That Dr. King was right when he said that a person should be judged by the content of their character and not by any other measure. That man was endowed by his creator with inalienable rights and that those rights are inherent in the man and not granted by any government.
We believe that government should not and cannot be trusted to any great degree because it is human beings who do the work of government and humans are fallible and can be corrupted. We believe that the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that it is not to be tampered with or used as “guidelines.” We believe that legislating from the bench is an abuse of judicial authority and demonstrates a lack of ethical behavior. We believe that abortion is the legally sanctioned murder of the unborn and that it is used to cull the population of “undesirables” as a continuing tool of eugenics.
On April 15th there were thousands that took to the streets to protest a government that is out of control. The result was crude sexual humor by leftist news media, derision by one CNN newscaster, and laughter by the politicians in Washington. This July 4th, remember where we came from and what we had to do to earn the freedoms that we enjoy. Remember the blood, sweat, and tears that forged the fabric of this nation. Remember the founding principles that bind us together as one unified people. But most of all, remember the politicians who thumbed their nose at you and laughed at your objection to the ruination of you and your children’s future. Remember that anger and keep it close until Election Day and then repay the jackals, each and every one of them and explain to your children why you did what you did.
United we stand, divided we fall.
We purchased our freedom with the blood of patriots and the deaths of those who sought to keep us in bondage to a monarchy that viewed Americans as property and not citizens. We fought not only the red coats of the King, but also the Tories who sought to keep us under the influence of England. In fact, there were more loyalists to the crown than there were men who sought to break the yoke of the King. Spies for the crown were a constant danger to the men and women of the Revolution. By taking part you were committing treason. An offense that is punishable by death. If they were caught, they were certain to hang, and many did.
The war ended at Yorktown, Virginia where Washington pressed the British Army on the ground and the French fleet prevented General Cornwallis’ escape. It is telling that General Cornwallis did not even possess the courage to face Washington in person and sent his sword of surrender via a subordinate. Despite this slight, we were free.
A Constitutional convention eventually followed to correct the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution was born. Our highest law, it took years to hammer out and the debate almost came to blows in Independence Hall more than once. Eventually, the final document was drafted by a collection of the finest minds that the world had ever known and was finally sent to the States for ratification. Once adopted, the Constitution became the guardian of our liberty. It is the ultimate guarantee for all Americans that protect the citizenry from an intrusive or abusive government. All Federal, State, and local law must be subservient to that document and the Declaration of Independence and the Articles written in the newspapers of the day by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay are used to further define our American rights.
Further, our American rights are based upon the philosophies of John Locke, Montesquieu, and Hume. It is from these men that we achieve our understanding of the reasoning behind our founding documents. It is certain that the founding fathers knew of these men and had studied their work prior to securing our freedoms and creating our national government. That government derives its power from the consent of the governed and that consent may be withdrawn at any time comes directly from Locke. Our founding documents, the sacrifice of our most sacred blood, and the reasoning of the finest minds of an era all formed the basis for E Pluribus Unum.
The first Americans were bound together by a shared belief in our founding values. Newcomers to our shores sought American freedom and became believers in our national ethos. As such, they joined with us and made us stronger. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Today we are faced with a government run amok. Congress has set the bonds of financial slavery upon our unborn children and seeks to tighten them. A Socialist/Marxist sits as the President in the White House oblivious to the pleas for freedom from the peoples of the Earth and apologizing for America’s arrogance and cowboy attitude while he bows in obeisance to foreign potentates.
The Congress seeks to spend Americans into oblivion by raising taxes, reducing our standard of living, and turning America into a welfare state similar to Germany and France. The government has promised transparency, but there is none. There is only obfuscation. The government has promised to act ethically, yet the opposing party is locked out of legislative decisions and only given information when it is far too late to assert any influence. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barrack Obama seek to spend trillions more, place businesses under the Federal Reserve Bank where there is no possibility of oversight by the American people in order to protect trillions of taxpayer dollars.
Worse, nearly every time a bill goes through the House or the Senate the Democrats in control say that it is an emergency and there is no time to actually read the bill before the vote. Yet, when the second TARP bill was passed it waited on President Obama’s signature for four days because he was vacationing in Colorado. While many damn the Democrats for their irrational behavior and their desire to spend money like it is going out of style, but fault must also be laid at the doorstep of the Republicans for their idiocy over the past eight years. If bubble headed Megan McCain is any example of what a Republican is then count me out. John McCain and his ilk have thumbed their nose at conservatives and our values for decades. The only reason he even gave us the time of day the last election was because he knew that he would lose if he didn’t. I for one am tired of “me to” Republicans cow towing to the Marxist Democrats because we need to “reach across the aisle.”
When they lose they moan about “rebranding” and “getting the message out” and all that other trash. How does one rebrand ethics or morals? How do you remake God? Like the Marxist Democrats the Republicans seek to appeal to hyphenated Americans by being fence riders and advertising a “big tent.” It is truly sad that we have come to this. Conservatism is an admirable ideology. The principals upon which this nation was founded are our ideology. Family values, a belief in the Almighty, and in the sanctity of human life are our principals. We believe that a man should do unto others as he would have them do unto him. We believe that lying, cheating, and stealing are wrong. That God watches our every action and measures our every intent and that there will be an accounting for our actions. We believe in giving a person a hand up and not a hand out. That Dr. King was right when he said that a person should be judged by the content of their character and not by any other measure. That man was endowed by his creator with inalienable rights and that those rights are inherent in the man and not granted by any government.
We believe that government should not and cannot be trusted to any great degree because it is human beings who do the work of government and humans are fallible and can be corrupted. We believe that the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that it is not to be tampered with or used as “guidelines.” We believe that legislating from the bench is an abuse of judicial authority and demonstrates a lack of ethical behavior. We believe that abortion is the legally sanctioned murder of the unborn and that it is used to cull the population of “undesirables” as a continuing tool of eugenics.
On April 15th there were thousands that took to the streets to protest a government that is out of control. The result was crude sexual humor by leftist news media, derision by one CNN newscaster, and laughter by the politicians in Washington. This July 4th, remember where we came from and what we had to do to earn the freedoms that we enjoy. Remember the blood, sweat, and tears that forged the fabric of this nation. Remember the founding principles that bind us together as one unified people. But most of all, remember the politicians who thumbed their nose at you and laughed at your objection to the ruination of you and your children’s future. Remember that anger and keep it close until Election Day and then repay the jackals, each and every one of them and explain to your children why you did what you did.
United we stand, divided we fall.





