Posted on 03/22/2010 4:28:59 AM PDT by Wpin
I was in Washington DC for the protests. I realized by the time the program began Saturday that we probably did not have enough people to make a difference to the tyrants working on destroying freedom. We needed hundreds of thousands, an overwhelming number to truly make a difference.
Of course, we could have made a difference with a tenth of the amount we did have. But, it would have taken sacrifice, it would have taken courage. We could have entered our Capital building and refused entry to those who seek to destroy America. We would have been arrested, perhaps even served some time (I doubt it). But, to be blunt...that is too much to ask of us. We have our lives after all. We have our positions. We shouldn't have to risk those...there are others who do that.
After the program I took my son and walked. We walked around to the various memorials and monuments. We went into the Lincoln memorial and I read the Gettysburg Address...humbled by the image of the tremendous sacrifice our Union and Confederate soldiers made for their causes. They gave their lives, they suffered unspeakable horrors. And President Lincoln, almostly seemingly divinely inspired wrote that beautiful speech to honor them.
We walked by the Viet Nam War memorial, where you cannot walk past with a dry eye as you read all those names on those black granite panels. At each walkway entry to the monument stood guard a small contingent of flag bearing veterans. There to protect the monument to their long ago fallen comrades from the leftists who would so gladly desecrate in their horribly misguided view of what is represented by the beautiful wall. These volunteers stand quietly, without acclaim. The news media will cover and give respect to the anti-war protesters, but the lone contingents of veterans loyally protecting the honor of their fallen comrades will go unnoticed. I don't think they care much about that. I spoke with a couple of them. They had that quiet resolve that serious men with serious business have about them. I shook their hands and thanked them. They truly are the finest still in America.
My son and I walked to the Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence memorial where we read in the sidewalk:
AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION, WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR.
I contemplated on how much these few men were willing to sacrifice...they were not a poor, starving mob. Indeed, most of these men were well to do by their days standards. They were men of property. What courage, what sacrifice they made. Indeed, it is clear to me that God did have his strong hand in the making of America.
We walked to the World War II memorial. Walked around the pond and looked at the wreaths for each state. How many men and women gave their lives to liberate others for that war? How many died protecting our freedoms so that we at home could live our comfortable lives? How many suffered the horrors of war and survive to live with those horrors for the rest of their lives?
God Bless them all.
Of course we walked over to the Washington Memorial, how can anyone not give homage to the "Father of the US of A" when visiting our capital? What a great man he was/is, his undying, unwavering courage and spirit that kept him going even when the worse was in front of him with no real hope for getting to the other side. How humble to truly grudgingly become the first President, turning down the offers for kingship...
We finally went over to the Jefferson Memorial. This has always been my favorite. I have yet to keep a dry eye when reading Mr. Jefferson's beautiful words of freedom and dignity. Inside the memorial at the top are some of his most beautiful and dramatic:
I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY AGAINST EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN.
What are these men thinking today? Are they saddened, angry? Are they proud of our Tea Parties? Are they proud of the states that intend on declaring their sovereignty from a tyrannical federal government?
Do they think that America died without a shot being fired? Without so much more than a whimper of protest?
What do you think?
Your post has brought some tears to my eyes.
It seems free stuff, materialism, and laziness has transformed America.
The most evil that we have ever seen began with the credit card. Prosperity gone and mountainous debt became acceptable and even fashionable. What better than to get things without having the money to pay for it. We all became slaves then.
“We don’t have enough people yet to rush the Capitol and win. We need to fight this at the ballot box in November by voting them out, by refusing to support union companies (GM) and others who’ve taken handouts from this corrupt administration, and by lowering our tax burden as far as possible.
They can’t continue to do this without our votes and our money - so deny them both to them.
It may come a time when we have to “Ceaucescue” but we are not there yet.
LQ”
Wise words LizardQueen, but we must not forget that we will not be able to win by “voting them out” alone. We MUST remove all protections for unions, remove liberal propaganda in our schools, remove liberal judges, and massive tort reform. We must purge our security and military of liberal members. It is the only way to defeat these tyrants. We must take out their infrastructure which supports their corrupt system.
It is not our American nature to travel to distant Washington DC to beg the federal government. Our actions should be directed at state and local governments.
I knew we no longer lived in America the day I saw Elian snatched at gunpoint from a private citizen’s home.
Nobody said this would be easy and it could get much worse, but, until I take my last breath I will fight, doing what I can to stop tyranny. One of the best ways to fight is on your knees in prayer and petition to God. How many times did Israel cry out to God and He rescued them from their enemies? Over and over again. What God will do for one, He will do for another. He is no respecter of persons.
2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name,(Jews and Christians) will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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I’m afraid many people have run out of steam.
Are you willing to count the cost?....Is freedom so precious and tyranny so horrifying to you?...Would it make a difference?
..possibly it would if hundreds of thousands did it and the huge number overwhelmed the authorities.
This has been tried, but not in huge numbers...
..Thousands offered themselves up for arrest 20 years ago when they were protesting ...abortion.
They counted the costs and pressed on....and were arrested.
But not enough people had the courage or desire to do this....thousands but not tens of thousands...
..the nation ignored them, churches were embarrassed..(some churches supported as much as they could)...and the authorities (during the Clinton administration)...hit them with RICO charges.
The momentum eventually trickled down and life went on.
Now....here we are....facing federally funded abortion.
How many men & women of conscience will yet again confront this line drawn in the sand.
Will you allow your money used for blood sacrifice?
And even if you're not pro-life.....they're coming for you anyway!....you will not be allowed to live in peace and make your own decisions.
At what price freedom?
“Now the lines are drawn. There’s no denying it. Each of these idiots picked up a large bulls-eye and put it on their back. A large number of these people are in office because they have been able to have it “both” ways, depending on the group they were speaking to. No more!”
God Bless you and your faith in the next election.
Yeh, I think they used sleight of hand. They took an existing House Bill, and stripped out the language, then inserted the senate bill language, and wahla it originated in the house.
That was a pretty ridiculous question, given what has been going on the last few days. Either you had to be under a rock or hiding out on the moon to ask that question.
Don’t forget the NYC leftist media. They are much more damaging than we give them credit.
More like waking up to a wrecking ball.
Words from Janis Joplin song:
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”
(From the song, “Me and Bobby McGee.”)
The question I first heard from a high school history teacher (we still had such a thing in 1960) has now been answered. That was, “How long do you suppose the most successful republic in history can last? 234 years.
No.
it does not excuse your nasty post to me....some dems have said this is the senate bill and will go straight to obama and others say it has to pass the senate....they have broken so many rules how am i supposed to know what is going to happen.....many people are confused about this because the process seems so out of order...some even say it cant get past the senate but others say its a done deal.
USSA = United Socialists States of Amerca
Did we see this occur Sunday evening?
The bill would have gone to the senate if they had significantly changed the text of the law to incorporate accommodations to Stupak et al. The Republicans were looking at that as a potential means to demand that the bill had been altered and would require approval in the senate once again. The democrats got around that by submitting and passing a reconciliation bill to be signed after the deathcare bill is signed, that then those amendments are included as part of the law. The part I’m not sure about is the reconciliation bill. THAT BILL may require approval in the senate, and the republicans will stop it from passing, negating the deal that Stupak sold out for.
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