Union and Democrats leaders are bullies. Always have been always will be. When in power they are not afraid to ram legislation down the throats of those who do not want said legislation, just think Obamacare. However, when the tables are turned and they do not have the political strength to stop what they do not like, they resort to tactics that are reminiscent of a three year old child, throwing public tantrums until they get their way.
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Those in the political fight and the market place of ideas should remember this quote from Theodore Roosevelt especially when the going gets tough:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt, April 23, 1910. (for full text)
- The Professor
PS – Nixon wrote a post presidency book with this title.
I don’t know why this surprises me.
I guess I expect the President of The United States to understand the importance of each and every word of The Declaration of Independence AND The Constitution. Apparently, neither one is on his reading list.
Just a suggestion, maybe if he skipped a round of golf every now and then, he’d have enough time to brush up on the documents that founded our Country. It may not improve his golf game, but it might improve his leadership.
Editor’s Note: The following comments were written by guest writer David Evans who blogs at http://daevans34.blogspot.com. He sends much of his material out via email and after receiving a forwarded email copy of this particular article we contacted him and got his permission to repost it here. It dovetails with our belief that many people who are now Tea Party members got their wakeup call on September 11th, 2001.
It is said that most of us can vividly remember past events of disaster and calamity. Being somewhat older than most of you, I can recall listening to radio reports of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Contrary to some reports, I cannot remember the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor). I can recall all of the events relative to the assassination of President Kennedy including where I was and what I was doing. My wife and I were in the Brussels, Belgium airport when the first survivors of the Belgian Congo Massacre arrived there in Nov. 1964 with the Queen of Belgium in attendance. We have witnessed history in the making.
All those of school age and older can (or should) recall the same things about that awful day on Sep. 11, 2001 . . . where they were and what they were doing, etc. Most Americans never will forget what happened that terrible day.
But not all.
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Today on WMOX, we discussed the History Channel’s new show, Jefferson. One of the many interesting facts about the author of the Declaration of Independence was the three accomplishments he was proud of that he had placed on his tombstone. They are (1) The Declaration of Independence, (2) the Virginia Bill of Religious Freedom and (3) Founding of the University of Virginia.
The Virginia Bill of Religious Freedom is powerful and short. Its preamble is in the style of the Declaration and worth reading. I have provided a link or check out this short but powerful prose.
The letter declining an invitation to attend a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is also very powerful. This phrase about the 4th is something we should all remember each year: “For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.” For full text of the letter to Roger Weightman.
Be sure watch or DVR this show when it comes again on the History Channel. In the mean time checkout some the material the History Channel has pulled together on our most thoughtful Founder.
- The Professor
Words mean things and Reagan said them better than anyone else.
H/T: Breitbart.tv
Set against the backdrop of today’s headline – 67% of Americans don’t approve of Obama’s economic policies, the film takes a provocative look at our deeply depressed economy using the words and actions of Presidents Reagan and Obama and shows the marked contrast between Reaganomics and Obamanomics. The film contrasts two views of the role that the federal government should play in our daily lives using the words and actions of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
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Londoner Pat Condell states what we all should know about the mosque at Ground Zero.
On October 31, 2008, I sent out a letter to many of my friends regarding the upcoming Presidential Election. Although my expressed hope that the American People could see through the charade was proven wrong, I feel that with the November 2nd, 2010 election just around the corner, the letter deserves to re-read. I made several predictions in the letter that did come true and I stated my beliefs in a way that surprises me today considering that it was written prior to my involvment in Tea Parties (although I’m pretty sure the letter is a good indication of why I got involved in them in the first place). I’m proud to say that I had a pretty good grasp of the situation and my own beliefs in Freedom and the Constitution. We’ve all come a long way through this and we’ve all learned a lot.
Read this letter for what it is: the musings of an American Citizen concerned about the future given what was known then about the potential of an Obama Administration.
My Friends,
I freely admit that I am fearful of what might happen on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. As a business owner, if Barack Obama wins, my taxes are going to go up even if he does nothing but allow the Bush tax cuts to expire. As a Christian, I am concerned because Obama has stated without hestitation that his first order of business will be to strike down every State law against abortion and have the Federal government become the central authority in family planning and population control. As a radio personality, I am frightened by the re-institution of the Fairness Doctrine which like many laws has been severly mis-named and will do anything but provide fairness and instead will stop free speech in its tracks. As an individual, I am scared that the new levels of taxation on small businesses everywhere will cause the economy to contract and will impact my ability to earn a living by working for myself. As an American, I am worried that as Joe Biden has pointed out, Obama will be tested and many Americans could lose their lives in that test and many more could lose their lives trying to repair the damage done by his inexperience.
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This may seem a little out of the ordinary since we’ve already celebrated the 4th of July and we’ve honored our fallen heroes on Memorial Day, but the fact is, every day we should be thankful that there are men and women willing to fight and die to defend our right to be free and to speak our mind.
It boggles my mind that anyone would not understand why there are so many people who have joined and/or participated in Tea Party groups and events across this country. It dismays me greatly when the mainstream media and others with obvious political agendas attempt to besmirch and maligned the people who have gathered together to exercise their freedom of speech, their freedom to petition their government, their freedom of assembly, and their freedom to vote. Read More→
So far, 250+ people have “liked” TeaPartyConnect.com; however, to be truly effective for the November 2 Election, we need to increase the number of people receiving our messages significantly between now and then. To do that, we’ll be having several Facebook Blitzs to invite other Facebook users to “like” TeaPartyConnect.com.
The first goal is 500 and we need everyone’s help to invite at least one (1) new Facebook member to like us. (Personally, I prefer “fan” but that’s just me!)
TeaPartyConnect.com has been providing great material for Tea Party for six months now and if you’ve enjoyed our work, please suggest us to your friends!
Facebook Bliz On!
Ok, so I’m reading an article from The Washington Times about June 30th, 2010 being the 3rd-largest, single-day debt increase; marveling at the $166 BILLION dollar jump and trying to absorb the fact that my household’s share of just this increase works out to nearly $1,500!
Interestingly enough, the article went on to say:
Daily debt calculations jump and fall, and big shifts are common. But all three of the biggest one-day debt increases have occurred under the tenure of President Obama, and all of the top six have been in the past two years – an indication of just how quickly the pace of deficit spending has risen under Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush.
Ignoring the implication equating Obama’s debt increases with Bush’s; the fact of the matter is that there is some truth to the fact that even if Bush had not pushed and gotten the original bailout bill during the last few months of his Presidency, he probably still would have been on this short list. But, what the article did not include was the actual list of those top six debt days they mentioned and I would really, really like to see that list.
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I haven’t always agreed with everything Newt has said or done in the past. I can think of some pictures he took hugging on Hillary Clinton, and I think he went off the reservation when he tried to cosy up to some of the left-wing nutjobs. I completely lost any hope of his retaining the conservative label when he put party ahead of principle and endorsed Dede Scozzafava in NY-23 and frankly, I was done with Newt after that.
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Making the rounds on the Internet are two very creative “speeches” by Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan about the problems facing the country today. These two speeches use quotes and video from two of America’s best President that apply timeless principles to our challenges. They are both thoughtful and uplifting.
For the Jefferson speech visit The Intellectual Activists and for the Gippper go this site.
- The Professor
Mississippi captured the number one spot on one of the most embarrassing lists around.
Senator Thad Cochran - "Pork King"
Fox News reported today that Senator Thad Cochran Leads Congress In Earmarks. Yes, the king of pork is Sen. Thad Cochran. Each year a group named Citizens Against Government Waste publishes a list of the top congressional earmarkers. Cochran is typically a leading pork-seeker and in 2010 had his name on 240 projects worth $490.2 million dollars worth of earmarks. When added together the total dollar value of all the earmarked projects in fiscal year 2010 amounted to $16.5 billion dollars of the Federal Budget.
“Senator Cochran has been number one for three years in a row and his total for earmarked projects exceeds $2 BILLION during that three-year period time.” said Tom Schatz, President of Citizens Against Government Waste.
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