The observance of Presidents’ Day in the United States is seems to mean something different to everybody. In looking through the local newspaper, one could easily conclude that the modern holiday was created by merchants, just so they could hold their annual Presidents’ Day sales. Depending on your perspective or what part of the country you’re from, Presidents’ Day is intended to honor George Washington, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, or all the American presidents. And for many of us who don’t get the day off from work, the holiday seems to pass almost unnoticed. So what is Presidents’ Day and how did it come about? You can read about it at http://presidentialprayerteam.com/presidentsday/
We received an email asking if our tea party members are open to criticism. It’s time for you to comment.
“ Two questions for members of the so-called “Tea Party” movement:
First, where do you even get off using that name? To identify yourselves with the Boston Tea Party is delusional. That demonstration protested taxation without representation. You have representation. In the 2008 election each of you had the same vote I did. And after having it your way for eight disastrous years, you lost.
Secondly, in the midst of raving hysterically against “big government,” have you ever stopped to think who else is going to defend you against corporate plutocracy? Case in point: If you actually informed yourselves, you’d support health care reform instead of spreading paranoid fantasies about “government takeover of health care.” If one day you suffer a catastrophic illness and lose your home and life savings after being ripped off by your health insurance company, you’ll be getting what’s coming to you.”
3/6/10 – We do not have representation when senators like Harkin do not respond to our calls, letters or emails and will not hold a town hall meeting in our area. When politicians take from us our money, our choices in services we buy and run our businesses by stringent regulations, while these laws do not apply to themselves – then they are not one of us and they do not represent us.
We did not have our way for eight years although there is some truth to the disastrous aspect.
Corporate plutocracy does not concern me nearly as much as socialism and the lack of recognizing Natural Law in our country.
Do you believe the government will protect your home and life savings more than these corporations will? At least the corporations realize their survival depends on citizens being able to buy and spend. The government realizes it grows when citizen’s are oppressed. When you turn over your right of pursuit of happiness to the government for the sake of a little security, then you will get what’s coming to you. You and your children’s children. dvm
President Ronald Reagan was born February 6, 1911 and would have been 99 years old today. After reading through numerous wonderful quotes from him, we chose one that encourages us to do the right thing in our time. We are grateful for President Ronald Reagan and we pray that God will bless us with many more godly leaders who strive to keep us free.
“Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.”
President Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
“This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Written on the walls of the rotunda at Iowa’s state capitol, these words come from President Abraham Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg. It is a beautiful rotunda and these are beautiful words. Remembering the men who fought and died at Gettysburg for freedom is sobering, the sacrifices made that we would have a government of the people, by the people and for the people must not be taken lightly -not by politicians and not by we the people. Let ’s live free.
Taken from “Great Preaching on Patriotism” edited by Curtis Hutson page 212
Abraham Lincoln left us guidelines to help us in maintaining the framework of democracy in this nation of free men:
l. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
3. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
4. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
5. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
6. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
7. You cannot further brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
8. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
9. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Apathy is the abscence of emotion or enthusiasm to matters of general importance. You might wonder why you should care about congress and the bills they are voting on. Well, consider the price you will pay for not caring – “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” (Plato)
A correct worldview will tell you people do not tend towards acting good but rather are bent towards evil and that our human nature is naturally greedy and corrupt, especially when given power. It will take vigilance from all us in guarding the governance of our country.
A report on the radio stated a large percentage of people surveyed had not heard of Ms. Nancy Pelosi, nor of Mr. Harry Reid, both being outstanding characters in our government. Wondering how we would fare locally here in northwest Iowa, a friend did a little survey in her office, asking co workers if they knew about these two people. Nope, they had no clue who Pelosi and Reid were. But they knew quite a lot about Dancing with the Stars contestants.
What is a fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative?
A liberal wants to take away your freedoms and a conservative wants to keep freedoms.
The Tea Party Documentary is premiering tonight in Washington D.C. and this video is of the song featured in the film. Even if you don’t like rap music you will appreciate the message clearly made to those in Washington D.C. Mark your calendar for April 15, 2010 - Tea Party for President Obama.
