Posted on 07/28/2011 9:06:36 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Recently, my faith and optimism in America and her greatness, her innate ability to rise above what nature and her enemies reign upon her was restored. Not by some vainglorious political speech ……….No, this humbling reminder came from friends….
Most of America would consider these men “rednecks,” or “good ole Florida boys.” Neither of them has ever had anything handed to him. They have worked, against the system that tries to destroy small businessmen, for everything they have, often being pummeled and bruised by the system along the way.
I keep a 30 year old motor home on my buddy’s property. It’s for when I visit him or am in transit to our production studios in Alabama. I recently stopped in on the way back from an Alabama trip, and spent a few days working on my motorcycle.
While I was puttering around, I noticed my friends starting to collect scrap [metal] …….I was told there is a young man in this out-in-the-woods neighborhood, about 15 to 21 years old who needs help.
When I was introduced to him, I noticed he has a slight speech problem, and might have a learning problem, but he is sturdy and willing to work to feed himself.
I found him to be very polite and although probably homeless,(he was unwashed and barefoot) he was quite knowledgeable about tools.
My friends noticed this young man struggling by on his bicycle while, pulling an old “Red Ryder Wagon” behind him.……
They spent the next two days cutting things up, and creating a lightweight 4×4 cart..
These Americans didn’t wait for the government to fill this need. They saw a problem they could fix, and fixed it.
They decided this stranger needed their help…. American spirit will save America….
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
Obviously a guy in need of re-education.
The Miracle of America
from
axes and hoes to high technology;
log cabins to air-conditioned condos;
horsedrawn wagons to autos, planes, and rockets;
scarcity to abundance; &
from tyrannical government rule to individual liberty
HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN?
Most of our history books don’t tell us that, in the beginning, the pilgrims established a communal economic system. Each was to produce according to his ability and contribute his production to a common storehouse from which each was to draw according to his need.
The assurance that they would be fed from the common store, regardless of their contribution to it, had a peculiarly disabling effect on the colonists. Taking property away from some and giving it to others bred discontent and retarded employment. Human nature was the same then as now, and before long, there were more consumers than there were producers, and the pilgrims were near starvation. Governor Bradford, his advisors, and the colonists agreed that in order to increase their crops, each family would be allowed to do as it pleased with whatever it produced. In other words, a free market system was established. In Governor Bradford’s own words:
“This had very good success; for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corne was planted than other waise would have bene by any means ye Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deall of trouble, and gave farr better contente. The women now wente willingly into ye field, and tooke their little-ons with them to set corne, which before would aledg weaknes, and inabilitie; whom to have compelled would have bene though great tiranie and oppression. . . . By this time harvest was come, and instead of famine, now God gave them plenty, and the face of things was changed. . . . and some of ye abler sort and more industrious had to spare, and sell to others, so as any generall wante or famine hath not been amongst them since this day . . . .” (Wm. Bradford, “Of Plimoth Plantation,” original manuscript, Wright & Potter, Boston, 1901)
Those who, today, favor central government planning, common ownership and redistribution of the earnings of others are advocating a system that Americans tried and rejected over 350 years ago. Their wisdom gave birth to the great American miracle!
Are we as wise today?
You Can Do Something About This!
(This message originally published in the mid-1980’s by Stedman Corporation’s Government Affairs & Free Enterprise Education Program – a former NC textile firm. For more essays in this series, visit www.ouragelessconstitution.com )
Amen!!
That story highlights the differences between the “United States”, and America.
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