Stop Complaining and Start Doing

Townhall.com ^ | June 27, 2013 | Jedediah Bila

[RedHeeler]

Pretty gal! I don’t watch much TV. Heck of a name. I like Louisa. Jed just does not fit. Take care, Timber Rattler

[cripplecreek]

One thing I would like to see is conservatives creating and donating to private scholarships for inner city kids who excel to go to good conservative colleges like Hillsdale college.

Teach a man to fish and he will teach others to fish.

[jmacusa]

Don’t file. Gotta file every year right? They jump all over you when you don’t. If the Tea Party could become a reality, everyone one us, FReepers, conservatives, Hells Bells, even the stupid liberals should be able to get this one right, just don’t file on the next 15th. of April and tell the scallywags in D.C “ENOUGH!! No dough until there are changes!.

[jmacusa]

“Dumb’’, ‘’Dumber’’& Dumbest’’.

[jmacusa]

You still have to file, right? They come gunnin’ for you when you don’t. Everyone blue-eyed red-blooded one just don’t file next April 15th. and tell the bums we’ve had enough.

[LibLieSlayer]

If I ever get to retire before the Fed kills me... I’ll try some of the things that you mentioned. Right now... I am doing what I can and that is a significant amount considering my time.

LLS

[Elsie]

permitted?

ENCOURAGED!

[Elsie]

Emulate all you want; but you'd best be perpared for the consequences...    

What Happened to the Signers

of the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British and brutally tortured as traitors. Nine fought in the War for Independence and died from wounds or from hardships they suffered. Two lost their sons in the Continental Army. Another two had sons captured. At least a dozen of the fifty-six had their homes pillaged and burned.

What kind of men were they? Twenty-five were lawyers or jurists. Eleven were merchants. Nine were farmers or large plantation owners. One was a teacher, one a musician, and one a printer. These were men of means and education, yet they signed the Declaration of Independence, knowing full well that the penalty could be death if they were captured.

In the face of the advancing British Army, the Continental Congress fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore on December 12, 1776. It was an especially anxious time for John Hancock, the President, as his wife had just given birth to a baby girl. Due to the complications stemming from the trip to Baltimore, the child lived only a few months.

William Ellery's signing at the risk of his fortune proved only too realistic. In December 1776, during three days of British occupation of Newport, Rhode Island, Ellery's house was burned, and all his property destroyed.

Richard Stockton, a New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice, had rushed back to his estate near Princeton after signing the Declaration of Independence to find that his wife and children were living like refugees with friends. They had been betrayed by a Tory sympathizer who also revealed Stockton's own whereabouts. British troops pulled him from his bed one night, beat him and threw him in jail where he almost starved to death. When he was finally released, he went home to find his estate had been looted,
his possessions burned, and his horses stolen. Judge Stockton had been so badly treated in prison that his health was ruined and he died before the war's end. His surviving family had to live the remainder of their lives off charity.

Carter Braxton was a wealthy planter and trader. One by one his ships were captured by the British navy. He loaned a large sum of money to the American cause; it was never paid back. He was forced to sell his plantations and mortgage his other properties to pay his debts.

Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he had to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Continental Congress without pay, and kept his family in hiding.

Vandals or soldiers or both looted the properties of Clymer, Hall, Harrison, Hopkinson and Livingston. Seventeen lost everything they owned.

Thomas Heyward, Jr., Edward Rutledge and Arthur Middleton, all of South Carolina, were captured by the British during the Charleston Campaign in 1780. They were kept in dungeons at the St. Augustine Prison until exchanged a year later.

At the Battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the family home for his headquarters. Nelson urged General George Washington to open fire on his own home. This was done, and the home was destroyed. Nelson later died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis also had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife for two months, and that and other hardships from the war so affected her health that she died only two years later.

"Honest John" Hart, a New Jersey farmer, was driven from his wife's bedside when she was near death. Their thirteen children fled for their lives. Hart's fields and his grist mill were laid waste. For over a year he eluded capture by hiding in nearby forests. He never knew where his bed would be the next night and often slept in caves.

When he finally returned home, he found that his wife had died, his children disappeared, and his farm and stock were completely destroyed. Hart himself died in 1779 without ever seeing any of his family again.

Such were the stories and sacrifices typical of those who risked everything to sign the Declaration of Independence. These men were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged:

"For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Are there any among us who would do likewise?

Author Unknown

 

 

[Elsie]

I blame the soft and miseducated Americans for accepting obvious lies and promises that are never fulfilled.

And NOW we know how the Native Americans feel!

[Elsie]

“You replaced a cog in the system. The system didn’t change.”

But there is nothing WRONG with the system that actually USING it cannot fix!

[Elsie]

Teach a man to fish and he will teach others to fish.

Ha!

And tell them the fishin' is better about 6 miles away from HIS favorite spot!

[Darren McCarty]

In other words, let's stop complaining and start doing.

The left wins because too many on the right let it happen so they can stick their nose in the air and say "I told you so."

The left wins because too many on the right let the perfect become the enemy of the good (2012 primary when the not Romney fought each other).

The left wins because too many on the right don't pay attention to local elections.

The left wins because too many on the right are not involved in the Republican Party and participate in party leadership elections.

The left wins because too many on the right are lazy, whether it be from poor work ethic on politics, thinking they are above politics, or simply don't know how to fix things.

[Darren McCarty]

I think we’ve passed the tipping point, Ms. Bila, and our only hope is to let it burn.

And you and your family will burn along with it.

That's not an acceptable option for me.

[Darren McCarty]

I simply don’t believe God will make a distinction between those who set the fire and those who sat back and watched it burn

Reminds me of a joke my priest told to start a sermon.

A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.

A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”

The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”

As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”

The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”

The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.

A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”

Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.

When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”

And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”

[Future Snake Eater]

Okay/ Start by doing what. exactly?

I see crap like this posted not just in articles but in Freeper responses, and I always think what you said--"And what should we do?"

None of the keyboard commandos can ever answer that.

[cripplecreek]

LOL More than a joke but a powerful lesson.

[Kaslin]

Excellent points. Sadly

[VRWC For Truth]

When the car is broke and you cannot fix it. What do you do? You cannot fix the current gov’t. God is sending a message loud and clear. Start over. It has to burn.

[VideoDoctor]

Your post #8 was very astute.

That kind of perspective can help to get more people on the same page.

[cripplecreek]

None of the keyboard commandos can ever answer that.

Usually too busy bashing anyone who suggests doing anything.