Posted on 11/09/2012 10:19:09 AM PST by Jeff Head
Late on election night, November 6, 2012...actually probably early in the morning hours of November 7th at the time...well after Ohio and then Virginia were called, and then after listening to the speeches by Romney and Obama, I wrote the following and shared it with friends and groups I frequent.
"God in Heaven has answered our prayers...but not the answer we hoped and prayed for. I have faith in Him, and accept His will. It just means we have to work harder, that we will probably have to endure much more, and that we have to have even more trust in Him during these difficult times. But HE IS IN CHARGE, and He knows what He is doing. God grant that we all stay true and begin to prepare now for the next mid-terms and the next presidential election.
"We must be in this for the long haul...like any parent is with their own loved children, who loves those children and seeks to help them even if they take a different path. That is something we can, and must do.
"Our forefathers who taimed the wilderness, who defeated the mightest military power on earth to gain their independence at the time, who fought several more wars, who fought and survived one of the most horrific and deadly civil wars in history and preserved the Union and our nation, who crossed the plains and mountains subject to starvation and Indian massacre, who suffered through a great depression, who fought two world wars against the mightest forces of evil the earth had yet seen...and defeated them, and who thye spent almost fifty years contending against and defeating an even greater menace, the greatest evil empire in history...those forebearers suffered much for their way of life, for their liberty, and passed the torch on to us. They suffered much more than we have had to ednure to date.
"Now, perhaps it is our turn to face such tests. I ask you, can we abandon the field, the gtreat animiated contest for liberty and let those sacrifices be in vain?
"As God is my witness, I SAY NO! I will not let their scrifice and their life's blood to have been shed in vain. We can continue this fight,,,WE WLL CONTINUE THIS FIGHT as never before!
"We will have to do a lot of educating, praying, writing, canvasing, praying, petitioning, protesting, praying, holding meetings/rallies/get togethers/town halls, picking ourselves back up and dusting ourselves off during setbacks, praying, and absolutely perservering until the battle is won. And it may be our great grandkids and beyond who ultimately win it...and they are and will be watching us...and their own parents are also watching us and what we do during these times of difficulty. What will be said of us? What will the remember? What will be written? How can they cary pon the fight if we ourselfes do not...if they do not see the fire burning even more brightly within us now...then their lights will shine and burn less intense, and ultimately go out.
God forbid! I cannot speak for others, but I will now stoke the fires of liberty in any way I can to burn even more brightly!.
"For their sake and the rising generations after them, I vow before God and man to stand, and to fight, and to never stand down, or give in...to never wiaver or falterwith respect to our precious liberty and unalienable rights!
"As for now...well, thank God we still have the House of Representatives to mitigate the situation. We must hoild their feet to the fire so they do not falter as they stand on the wall, They must know that we stand with them. And should one of them falter (ie. Boehner) then that watchman must be replaced because their duty now, in the face of the Senate, the Presidency, and all the agencies of government and a stacked judiciary, is absolutely critical and they must stand strong.
"God bless America, all of it, and all of our people, and may we perservere and committ ourselves to working even harder for the future of our Republic."
We have been dealt a hard, crushing, depressing, wind-knocked-out-of-you, blow. Many are still figuratively gasping for breath. And that is understandable. The thought that in the wake of what we know about this administrtion and President and its horrific record and actions, that the people would willingly vote to continue it is simply astonishing, and literally breath taking..and it is also mortally dangerous for all of us and our liberty.
But we are not out of the fight. Not by a long shot. 58 million sould voted against it. Millions others stayed home. We simply have to seek God's help, humble ourselves, re-dedicate ourselves and have the steel to devise ways of cutting through the decades-long dumbing down and patronizing of so many segments of our population. We must show them that their best interests are served by individual liberty, responsibility, accountability and less government.
That will be hard to do. In many places across this land, you now have 3rd and 4th generation families who have lived nothing else and believe that the hand-out entitlement state of affairs is the norm. It's how they live day to day. Many do not have parents in the home (if they are lucky enought to have both parents) who understand the foundational values of this nation, or the economic engine and free market upon which it rests. Without parents and relatives and friend to teach them, they are left to a liberal, progressive education systems which all too often attacks and down plays those values and systems, and to an utterly biased media which they watch...when they are not playing video games or watching M-TV, that does the same. To them, anyone who threatens this state of affairs...their way of life...is an enemy.
And the fact is, WE DO! We do threaten that way of life. We do so because that way of life threatenns all us us, including them themselves! We know that that very state of affiars threatens ours...and by extension, their liberty and opportunity for any prosperity, because we are the ones paying for it and we know that it is absolutely unsustainable. It leads off a cliff, which is precisely where the designers of this abject social malware want it to go, so they can sieze all power, control, and wealth for themselves in the crisis and chaos that ensures when it does go over the cliff. They are not stupid, these designers of this state of affairs, and they ar eprepared to continue to push it to the point of having all of us living as serfs while they amass all power and wealth to themselves.
At their heart, that's who the Obama's, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Michale Moore, Geroge Soros, Diane Feinstein, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Bill Ayers, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Bill Maher, etc., etc. are. As an example, just look how the Obama's live in the White House. Consider the billion dollars of tax-payer money that went to support their "lifestyle" just over the last year. A life style that had did not include Obama's Presidential duties (mostly campaigning and playing golf), but had them as a family living on one hand like abject royalty during these horrible economic times, while on the other hand they tell the "masses" that they care fo them! Actions speak much, much louder than words.
So, this is how I feel in the wake of this election...of this monumental loss. Hard times, potentially very hard times are coming and may be wholly unavoidable at this point. Times which may well completely humble the entire nation of the dollar goes off the cliff and the entire economy tanks to the point where commerce, banking, and transportation are massively and negatively impacted, because that is a very real potential. Such times, and the chos, social unrest, and upheavels that would go along with it will,. sadly, kill...and they will predominantly kill the poor wretches whohave bought into the idea that government is the cure of all their ills, the great provider. They may never realizie that those very government programs and dependencies which they grasp to as a way of life, are the very weapons that will destroy them.
But, even in the face of those dire, worst case scenarios...we can and must fight on. God in Heaven will open the doors, in His time, for us to restore what He established here in the first place, our Constitutional Republic. We must be ready, and worthy, to step through that door when the times come...one at a time...and grasp our liberty, our blessing and birthright for our children, and their children, and their children. In order to do so, whether it is in the next five years, or fifty, we must educate and train them (our children and grandchildren) to do the same.
Never give in an inch. Make them fight for every bit...and then when given the opportunity, we strike back and take and hold the ground we are given.
As Major General Winfield Scott Hancock said at Gettysburg, upon finding a defenisble positions, "this is good ground,"
May we find that "good ground," in our faith, our commitment to God in Heaven and His fundamental moral principles, and in our willingness to stand up and fight, and also in our willingness to, "Wait upon the Lord," so that we might ultimately, "Rise up as on wings of Eagles."
Jeff Head
November 9, 2012
Emmett, ID, USA
AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY
OBAMA'S DISASTEROUS FIRSTS AS PRESIDENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CLASS ENVY TRAIN WRECK
WALKING GUNS WITH AL QUIDA IN BENGHAZI
JOBS NUMBERS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION LIES
Feeling worse as this goes on...like my dog died or something.
Not too late, II. Only if we individually and collectively decide it is. I am about to turn 57, was disbled severelly three years ago with malignant bone cancer, which they got, but had to cut out a bunch of my spine to do it...and I am not completley cancer free yet.
I have five kids who are now raising their own families and a bunch of grandkids.
I will never give up, throw in the towel, are accept the notion that it is too late for me to do something about it and help them as long as I have breath.
Not too late, II. Only if we individually and collectively decide it is. I am about to turn 57, was disbled severelly three years ago with malignant bone cancer, which they got, but had to cut out a bunch of my spine to do it...and I am not completley cancer free yet.
I have five kids who are now raising their own families and a bunch of grandkids.
I will never give up, throw in the towel, or accept the notion that it is too late for me to do something about it and help them as long as I have breath.
I will fight as long as the Good Lord allows me to draw breath. Thank you for your inspirational words.
It is my view, that conservatives, should stand back, far back, and let the liberals, self-destruct....we are always rushing to save the day....let Obama run the ship into the rocks....that is the only way this mess can be turned around....sorry to say....
You Ready to Get Serious Now? You Ready to Listen?
Posted by Ann Barnhardt - November 7, AD 2012 6:23 PM MST
Now do you understand why I had precious little to say about the “election”? The results of this election were determined in 2008, including the faux-opposition candidate. You people who have spent the last several months breathlessly agonizing over this, analyzing fake polls and deluding yourselves into believing that this was somehow a legitimate operation are just sad. You’re like the people in Iraq who supported the opposition candidate to Saddam Hussein for all of those years. Yes, Saddam Hussein held “elections”. Regularly. That is what happened here yesterday. We had a Saddam Hussein “election”.
This can all be summed up in one simple sentence that I have been screaming from the rooftops ever since November of 2008:
These people are NEVER going to walk away.
She’s got a point. I know I failed to believe what I have thought all along. This is what Marxist do.......That said, our path before us is now very clear. Fight or fail.
You got that right. When 53% of the country hate the other 47% it is pretty scary. Funny we are th3 47%. Wow I am living in a twilight zone universe...
Such times, and the chos, social unrest, and upheavels that would go along with it will,. sadly, kill...and they will predominantly kill the poor wretches whohave bought into the idea that government is the cure of all their ills, the great provider. They may never realizie that those very government programs and dependencies which they grasp to as a way of life, are the very weapons that will destroy them.
Perhaps my bitterness is too overwhelming right now, but I say GOOD RIDDANCE! May they ALL die, and die painfully, scratching and clawing each other's eyes out fighting over the scraps their communist masters deign to throw! May they all begin the slow, long rot in Hell HERE before they take their last breath. And may they watch their illiterate, slovenly, celebrity-worshipping progeny slouching in government-approved lines, knowing they will end up the SAME WAY! Not one of them will get a moment of my sympathy, not a dime of my charity. I will spit on and kick each and every one of them.
From here on out, it's my children and NO ONE else that matters. They will learn the TRUTH about what they see as it goes on around them. And I hope to God my anger takes hold in them and GROWS, so they will never knowingly or willingly cede one iota of their time or treasure to ANY of the cretins who have stolen their future out from under them.
Screw 'em all.
It is not anecdotal. We have the same black panthers intimidating voters from the previous election. Republican election officials were kicked out of Philadelphia voting locations that ended up with Saddam Hussein vote results. This is hard core rock solid voter fraud and everyone who participated needs to have their American citizenship revoked and put on a slow boat to China.
Maybe they need one big collective shove to get them there faster?
re: “God in Heaven has answered our prayers...but not the answer we hoped and prayed for. . . But HE IS IN CHARGE, and He knows what He is doing.”
I agree with everything you said in your post except the part about blaming God for the election results. God gives us free will, He allows us to make choices. Our country made a choice - a very bad one - and, we are going to have to endure the consequences of that choice.
Yes, God is ultimately in control, but He did not choose Hitler, or Lenin, or Stalin, or Mao - man did that. God allows man to make free moral choices - God is able to carry out His will IN SPITE of those choices. Not everything that happens is what God wanted, yet His will cannot be thwarted. How He does this I don’t know, but notice what Jesus said about Jerusalem in Luke 13:34 -
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!”
Jesus wanted to gather the people of Jerusalem to Himself, but they refused. How can it be that His will was to gather them, but they could refuse? Doesn’t God’s will always happen? Isn’t He “in control”?
The answer is it’s because God gives us the freedom to choose that allows us to disobey Him. Does that mean God’s will is helpless - absolutely not! God always works things out to conform to His ultimate will.
God will help us through good and bad times. This is definitely one of the bad times. I heard someone say recently that there are hurtful, harmful things that God allows us to experience because of either our choices or others bad, sinful choices, but what He chooses not to remove, He will help us endure. This I do believe.
I realize many may not agree with me on this, but I just feel God gets blamed for a lot of bad stuff that we do - not Him.
Great post. I am sick of all the defeatism I have been reading and hearing from our friends.
As for me, I am going to fight these leftist traitors and dupes every way I can. I will not comply. We must fight them intellectually, spiritually, and on the streets with protest and civic actions. We must keep faith with our brothers and sisters where ever they live, especially those patriots in the most democrat-controlled hell-holes of our Republic. These are truly the times that try men’s souls and I am no sunshine patriot. We will prevail. “Don’t tread on Me” is our pledge and our watchword.
Oooh talkin' tough on the internet. That's real heroic. When you finally pull out a victory wake me up. In the meantime I'm looking for a 3rd party.
My thoughts exactly!
MARK LEVIN: We conservatives, we do not accept bipartisanship in the pursuit of tyranny. Period. We will not negotiate the terms of our economic and political servitude. Period. We will not abandon our child to a dark and bleak future. We will not accept a fate that is alien to the legacy we inherited from every single future generation in this country. We will not accept social engineering by politicians and bureaucrats who treat us like lab rats, rather than self-sufficient human beings. There are those in this country who choose tyranny over liberty. They do not speak for us, 57 million of us who voted against this yesterday, and they do not get to dictate to us under our Constitution.
We are the alternative. We will resist. We’re not going to surrender to this. We will not be passive, we will not be compliant in our demise. We’re not good losers, you better believe we’re sore losers! A good loser is a loser forever. Now I hear we’re called ‘purists.’ Conservatives are called purists. The very people who keep nominating moderates, now call us purists the way the left calls us purists. Yeah, things like liberty, and property rights, individual sovereignty, and the Constitution, and capitalism. We’re purists now. And we have to hear this crap from conservatives, or pseudo-conservatives, Republicans.
I am not blamimng God. We as a nation made this choice.
We prayed, and worked our hearts out, and sought His help...and I believe He gave it...just not in the way we imagine. That’s all.
He allowed us to make this choice and did not intervene. He has intervened at times in history...but we are not ready for, or His plan does not call for it now.
So, I hope you understand my stance. My point is that whatever case, we have to accept God’s will and work with it and progress from there. He is not molded by our desires, we are modled by His and once we as a people turn to those rightous desires He has for us, we will see progress as a people.
In the mean time we do not falter. We continue to work our hearts out for the day that becomes a reality.
Amen. Spot on.
Have we so soon forgotten about our victories in 2010 after the thumping in 2008!?
I’ll tell you what I tell my kids; “never, ever, quit on yourself!”
In life we can always choose to be the victim or the victor. I know my choice, do you know your’s!?
Jeff,
I respect you greatly. But I look at what America has wrought for itself, and I cannot help but think the country now really does deserve the unethical, amoral government it chose. A majority legally chose this government - TWICE - over the objections of the rest of us.
It is my opinion that we are now at the point that only the act of tearing down the edifices built by over half a century of liberalism will serve to undo the evils. And to accomplish that will now cost the lives of millions.
The rot is too deep. The dependent class, who contribute nothing to this country, will not ever be off the dole until forced off. THEY OUTNUMBER US NOW.
We are going to lose cities before eyes are opened.
Cynical? - you bet. Who would have EVER believed a majority would vote for pie in sky incompetence of the Obama administration? I went right into the election confident that a goodly majority of Americans would vote for ethical, moral excellence in government. Silly me.
So much has to come down before it can be righted.
This is the first FR post I have read since the election. Right now I can’t keep up the good fight - for what end? All politics is local is my new focus. ‘Let the cities burn’ feels like the appropriate response to a country dead set on dependence.
Rick
Excellent piece, Jeff. I see you as a very remarkable man and it will take such men to turn this battered ship into the wind and to get her through this storm.
Regrettably, I do not see a safe harbor ahead, nor calm seas on the horizon. Our ship is made of strong wood, but she is taking on water, has lost her steerage and the pounding seas remain merciless. Although things are not well and our ship is not fit...... she still floats. ;>)
When you spoke of those that came before us and GAVE THEIR ALL in battle after battle, war after war, I am reminded of a question that I often ask myself - “Am I living a life worthy of their sacrifice?”
It’s going to take me a bit to put myself back together, as I am in a very bad mood.... but in due time I will.
What our enemies fail to comprehend is that some of us, many of us, would sooner die fighting, than allow them to steal our Liberty and force our grandchildren to live a filthy Godless life of their design.
Those who seek to do harm to me or my loved ones - they should bring guns.
Push on, yes, we must push on - to do less is to surrender.
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