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July 27, 2009

Quote of the Day

"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson

And this quote has never been truer in our history than today.

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Well, What WOULD You Say?

A friend of mine, Eric Faust, wrote the following post on his Face Book page; I was so impressed with it that I asked him if I could post it here and he graciously gave me permission to do so...Take it away, Eric !

C'mon - That'll never happen in America!

" What would you say if I gave you 11 reasons why the elections in 2010 will be the most important in the history of the United States?"

1. What if I had told you in October 2008, before the last
presidential election, that before Barack Obama's first 100 days in office,
the federal government would be in control of both the mortgage and the banking industries?
That 19 of America's largest banks would be forced to undergo stress tests by the
federal government which would determine if they were insufficiently capitalized,
so they must be supervised by the government?
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

2. What if I had told you that within Barack Obama's first 100 days
in office the federal government would be the largest shareholder in
the US Big-Three automakers: Ford, GM, and Chrysler? That the
government would kick out the CEO's of these companies and
appoint hand-picked executives with zero experience in the auto
industry and that executive compensation would be determined, not by a
Board of Directors, but by the government?
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

3. What if I had told you that Barack Obama would appoint 32 Czars,
without congressional approval, accountable only to him, not to the
voters, who would have control over a wide range of US policy decisions.
That there would be a Stimulus Accountability Czar, an Urban Czar,
a Compensation Czar, an Iran Czar, an Auto Industry Czar,
a Cyber Security Czar, an Energy Czar, a Bank Bailout Czar, and more
than a dozen other government bureaucrats with unchecked regulatory
powers over US domestic and foreign policy.
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

4. What if I had told you that the federal deficit would be $915
billion in the first six months of the Obama presidency - with a
projected annual deficit of $1.75 trillion - triple the $454.8
billion in 2008, for which the previous administration was highly
criticized by Obama and his fellow Democrats. That congress would
pass Obama's $3.53 trillion federal budget for fiscal 2010. That the
projected deficit over the next ten years would be greater than $10
trillion.
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

5. What if I had told you that the Obama Justice Department would
order FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high-value detainees
captured on the battlefield and held at US military detention
facilities in Afghanistan. That Obama would order the closing of
the Guantanamo detention facility with no plan for the disposition of
the 200-plus individuals held there. That several of the suspected
terrorists at Guantanamo would be sent to live in freedom
in Bermuda at the expense of the US government. That our returning US
veterans would be labeled terrorists and put on a watch list.
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

6. What if I had told you that the federal government would seek
powers to seize key companies whose failures could jeopardize the
financial system. That a new regulatory agency would be proposed by
Obama to control loans, credit cards, mortgage-backed securities, and
other financial products offered to the public.
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

7. What if I had told you that Obama would travel to the Middle East,
bow before the Saudi king, and repeatedly apologize for America's past
actions. That he would travel to Latin America where he would warmly
greet Venezuela's strongman Hugo Chavez and sit passively in the
audience while Nicaraguan Marxist thug Daniel Ortega charged
America with terrorist aggression in Central America.
Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

8. Okay, now what if I were to tell you that Obama wants to dismantle
conservative talk radio through the imposition of a new "Fairness
Doctrine." That he wants to curtail the First Amendment rights of
those who may disagree with his policies via Internet blogs, cable
news networks, or advocacy ads. That most major network television
and most newspapers will only sing his phrases like state-run media
in communist countries?
Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

9. What if I were to tell you that the Obama Justice Department is
doing everything it can to limit your Second Amendment rights to keep
and bear arms. That the federal government wants to reinstate the
so-called assault weapons ban which would prohibit the sale of any
type of firearm that requires the shooter to pull the trigger every
time a round is fired. That Obama's Attorney General wants to
eliminate the sale of virtually all handguns and ammunition,
which most citizens choose for self-defense.
Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

10. What if I were to tell you that the Obama plan is to eliminate
states rights guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment and give the federal
government sweeping new powers over policies currently under the
province of local and state governments and voted on by the people.
That Obama plans to control the schools, energy production,
the environment, health care, and the wealth of every US citizen.
Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America."

11. What if I were to tell you that the president, the courts, and the federal government
have ignored the US Constitution and have seized powers which the founders of our country
fought to restrict. That our last presidential election may have been our last truly free election
for some time to come. That our next presidential election may look similar to the one recently
held in Iran. (And maybe under review by ACORN.)
I know, I know what you will say. That will never happen in America.

If we don't do everything in our power to stop this madness in 2010,
may God have mercy on our souls. Pass this on to every freedom loving American you can.
Thank you.

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Dry Bones

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Resident Obama should have answered the question posed to him about this affair with the statement: "I don't know the facts" FULL STOP end of story.

That he didn't only serves to prove that he is not of the mettle worthy of the Office he holds. It further proves just what he really IS; a race-baiting, community organizing (read shakedown thug), smug narcissist that believes that everyone is waiting breathlessly to hear his next pronouncement/opinion upon any and every subject as if it were coming from the midst of a burning bush.

Thanks a LOT you fiddy-twoers. We got the Leader President Jackass-in-Chief YOU deserve.

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July 26, 2009

National Health Care

A few highlights from the first 500 pages of the Healthcare bill in congress

Contact your Representatives and let them know how you feel about this. We, as a country, cannot afford another 1000+ page bill to go through congress without being read.

Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services. (Americans pay, illegals mooch!)
Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
Page 167: Any individual who doesnt' have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected."
Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited from owning and investing in healthcare companies!
Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.

That only in the FIRST THIRD of this monstrosity, I'm shuddering to think what will arise in the rest of this collossal takeover of our freedom.

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Quote of the Day

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
"It took President Obama six months to pick a dog for the White House, but he wants Congress to pass a massive health care reform bill in two weeks! This is insane."--Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director of Traditional Family Coalition

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July 25, 2009

Quote of the Day Redux

"All the problems with the American health care system come from government intervention, so naturally the Democrats' idea for fixing it is more government intervention. This is like trying to sober up by having another drink." --Ann Coulter

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Quote of the Day

"Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread." --Thomas Jefferson

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Satan Goes to Church

One Sunday morning, Satan appeared before a small town congregation. Everyone started screaming and running for the front church door, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away.

Soon, everyone was gone, except for an elderly gentleman who sat calmly. Satan walked up to the man and said, "Don't you know who I am?"

The man replied, "Yep, sure do."

Satan asked, "Aren't you going to run?"

"Nope, sure ain't," said the man.

Perturbed, Satan asked, "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

The man calmly replied, "Been married to your sister for over 48 years."

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Husband Wanted

A lonely widow, age 80, decided that it was time to get married again.

She put an ad in the local paper that read:

HUSBAND WANTED:

MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (80's),

MUST NOT BEAT ME,

MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME &

MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED!!!!!

ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.

On the second day, she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she
opened the door to see a grey-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair.
He had no arms or legs.

The old woman said, 'You're not really asking me to consider you, are
you?
Just look at you...you have no legs!
The old man smiled, 'Therefore, I cannot run around on you!'

She snorted. 'You don't have any arms either!'

Again, the old man smiled, 'Therefore, I can never beat you!'

She raised an eyebrow and asked intently, 'Are you still good in bed???'

The old man leaned back, beamed a big smile and said,

'Rang the doorbell didn't I ?'

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July 24, 2009

Dog and plane

A man had just settled into his seat next to the window on the plane when another man sits down in the aisle seat and puts his black Labrador in the middle seat next to the man...

The first man looks very quizzically at the dog and asks why the dog is allowed on the plane.

The second man explains that he is a Drug Enforcement Agency officer and the dog is a 'Sniffer dog'. 'His name is Smithy and he's the best there is. I'll show you once we get airborne, when I put him to work.'

The plane takes off, and once it has leveled, the agent says: Watch this.' He tells Smithy to 'search'.

Smithy jumps down, walks along the aisle, and finally sits very purposefully next to a woman for several seconds Smithy then returns to his seat and puts one paw on the agent's arm.

The agent says, 'Good boy', and he turns to the man and says: 'That woman is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of her seat number and the authorities will apprehend her when we land.'

'Say, that's pretty neat,' replies the first man.

Once again, the agent sends Smithy to search the aisles. The Lab sniffs about, sits down beside a man for a few seconds, returns to his seat and this time, he places TWO paws on the agent's arm.

The agent says, that man is carrying cocaine, so again, I'm making note of his seat number for the police.' I like it!' says his seat mate.

The agent then tells Smithy to 'search' again.

Smithy walks up and down the aisles for a little while, sits down for a moment and then comes racing back to the agent, jumps into the middle seat and proceeds to shit all over the place.

The first man is really amazed by this behavior and can't figure out how or why a well-trained dog would behave like this, so he asks the agent 'What's going on?'

The agent nervously replies, 'He just found a bomb.'

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July 22, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Nicki Fellinger of "The Liberty Zone" can now add the title 'Magister' to her list of accomplishments.

Wonder if we can talk her into being so foolish as to try for political office? She would be a breath of fresh air in the halls of Congress.... Soldier, Academic, Pro 2nd Amendment and Individual Rights, brimming over with just plain common sense and a no nonsense attitude...Nah, she'd be a threat to the status quo of either party.

Go over there and give her the Kudos she deserves.

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Random Quote

I still miss my ex-girlfriend but my aim is improving.

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Ohio blastoff

Neil Armstrong is being hailed today on the anniversary of the moon landing.

He is from Ohio.

The first man to orbit, John Glenn, was from Ohio.

The first man to fly, Orville Wright, was also from Ohio.

It shows that no challenge is too great when a man is trying to get out of Ohio.


H/T to GuyK

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Quote(s) of the Day

"Today, we're spending like we're Paris Hilton, regulating like we're Ralph Nader, nationalizing like we're Hugo Chavez, printing money like we're the Weimar Republic and taxing like we're, well, the Democratic Congress." --former Georgia Democrat Sen. Zell Miller

"Judged against the standard of the U.S. Senate, maybe Sonia Sotomayor has a point. 'A wise Latina' certainly came across smarter than most of those white men on the Judiciary Committee." --Washington Times editor emeritus Wesley Pruden

"[Joe] Biden reminds me of what Churchill once said about our Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles: He is a bull who carries his own china shop with him." --columnist Ken Blackwell

"The president's good friend, Al Gore, who stands to clean up, thanks to the Cap and Trade bill, has long campaigned for the greening of America. How long will it take people to wake up to the fact that his major concern is the greening of Al Gore? For good measure, the greedy oaf recently compared the battle over global warming to the war against the Nazis. And, to think, some folks thought PETA was over the top when they compared a chicken farm to Auschwitz." --columnist Burt Prelutsky

"Hillary Clinton flew to India and Thailand and Indonesia Saturday. It's labeled a state visit but it's more like a scavenger hunt. She's quietly offering a $25 million reward for a certified copy of the president's birth certificate." --comedian Argus Hamilton

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July 21, 2009

LITTLE JOHNNY COMES THROUGH AGAIN

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History.

Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?"

She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Johnny a bright Navajo Indian boy, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.

'Very good!'

Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth? '

Again, no response except from Little Johnny, 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863'.

The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed, Little Johnny knows more about history than you do.'

She heard a loud whisper: 'Screw the Indians,'


'Who said that?' she demanded.

Little Johnny put his hand up, 'General Custer, 1862.'

At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'

The teacher glares around and asks, 'All right!!! Now who said that!?'

Again, Little Johnny says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'

Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'

Little Johnny jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher , 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!'

Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.'< br>
Little Johnny frantically yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child witnesses testifying against him- 2004..'

The teacher fainted.

And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, We're screwed!'

Little Johnny said quietly, "The American people, November 4, 2008

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Obama Ibn Jefferson

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A New Direction

I got this in an E-mail, and I agreed with pretty much all of it; I made a few changes so that it would apply more personally to me...

New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60 50!

I am over 60 55 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.

For starters: Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy. (here I part ways with the author...but I do admit I can go longer than an 18 year old w/o thinking about sex..)

Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a
dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.

An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a..m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. (Hell, I'm up every hour on the half hour, so I'd make a perfect night guard!)Besides, like I said, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical s-of-a-b ....(believe me, it would help to take some frustrations out when you've got an enlarged prostate!)

If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser. (What was my point in this post?)

Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.

Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head. (And he's still learning that pants are a lot more comfortable/provide more freedom of movement when you aren't wearing them around your ankles!)

These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way..

Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.

***How about recruiting Women over 50 ...with PMS !!! You think Men have attitudes !!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!
If nothing else, put them on border patrol.... they will have it secured the first night! (Send in one Brigade of the 101st PMS'rs on the same cycle and they would clear Iraq in a week, not to mention scare the living SH*T out of every single Muslim male they ever came in contact with!!)

Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so they can read it. my blog host won't support large type, sorry to those who need new glasses and /or cataract surgery!


OLD FARTS UNITE !!!!

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My Mistake

One of my friends on my 2nd Amendment group had a confession to make today...and I find that I made the same mistake he did, I just wish I could have stated it as well as he has:

This is difficult for me to admit but I need to do this: My liberal friends were right!!!

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20-point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough, tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse, and sure enough unemployment is approaching 10% and the stimulus packages recently sent the stock market lower than at any time since 9-11.

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more "crooks" in high ranking positions in Federal government and sure enough, several recent cabinet nominees and Senate appointments revealed resumes of scandal, bribery and tax fraud.

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more "Pork at the Trough" in Federal government and sure enough, 17,500 "Pork Bills" showed up in Congress in just three weeks.

They (My liberal friends) told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more deficit spending in D.C. and sure enough, President Obama spent more in just 30 days than all other Presidents together in the history of the good 'ole USA. A 3.8 trillion dollar budget, with a 900 million dollar per day interest on this current debt.

Well I ignored my Democrat friends in November and voted for McCain.

--And they (My liberal friends) were right. All of their (My liberal friends) predictions have come true..(emp. mine D)

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July 20, 2009

Keep Your Change, Obama

What the Gipper had to say about Socialized Medicine:

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Quote of the Day

"The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained." --George Washington

That's one thing the "Progressives" have forgotten; our entire system was founded upon the Morality of a religious people and ONLY a religious people can have such a system operate successfully.

There IS such a thing as "right" and "wrong" and just plain EVIL...the system of situational ethics and blurring of morals inherent in the Progressive way of thinking has done nothing but degrade our way of life.

pResident Obama may claim "we are not a Christian Nation", but that claim only serves to demonstrate his lack of knowledge about the American way of life and American history itself.

The one thing that made America unique in all the world is that we based our system of government on the religious belief that there are certain inherent rights given to ALL of us BY OUR CREATOR, yet without specifying just what form that Creator might take. Over half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the formulators of our Constitution were ministers of their chosen faiths...They had varied beliefs, from Agnostic to ultra-orthodox Protestant, but they all believed in some form of a Higher Power and that that Higher Power was the source from which all basic Human Rights flowed.

Ours is the only Constitution based upon this belief in a Higher Being without being specific in the nature of that Being, allowing every one of us our personal belief without fear of retribution by the State. Progressives have done their best to remove that faith from the Body Politic, but haven't yet realized that the core belief of a Supreme Being is the glue that binds our society together. We destroy that bond at our peril, and ultimately, to our own destruction.

I am not a religious man. I don't follow any conventional religious sect..I consider myself a Deist - I believe in a Higher Being, but I do not presume to understand that Being or His methods...As G. Gordon Liddy puts it: "the finite Human mind CANNOT apprehend the Infinite mind of God" Having said that, I do believe that there is such a thing as objective right and wrong and I do believe that there is such a thing as pure evil. I do know from studying American history that that general belief structure was the common ethos of our population at the Founding and that straying from that common ethos has been nothing short of disastrous for our Nation. We need to return to our roots if we have any chance of surviving another twenty years, much less another 233 years.

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