Did you know that you can have a voice in cutting the federal budget? Even if you think you do not have time for anything political...you can make time to do this.
Watch the video then go to the website and make your vote. Whether we become a bankrupt nation depends on fiscal responsibility of our elected leaders. It is your money they are spending, make sure they do it wisely!
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If you like reading a compilation of short stories and want to know more about the people that lived in the time of the American Revolution I would recommend this book.
The Best Little Stories
from the
American Revolution
by
C. Brian Kelly
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From the story: "They Signed"
"But the signers well aware of the risks they ran, undoubtedly engaged on some sort of wry gallows humor to relieve tensions. They knew there was reason for fear. Rhode Island's sixty -nine- year- old Stephen Hopkins supposedly signed the great document with the comment, "My hand trembles, but my heart does not."
As events turned out, none of the fifty-six actually would be hanged, but virtually all would be hunted by the British, fortunes indeed would be lost, family members would be hounded, incredible sacrifices would be made, various sudden deaths would thin the ranks before war's end...but not one of the fifty six ever went back on his signature, on his pledge of sacred honor."
Page 154
This is just a small section of one of the stories which goes on to tell about the signers of the Declaration of Independence and things that happened to them and their families. The following story talks about those that didn't sign but still sacrificed for the future of America.
There are over 400 pages and over 100 stories like
"Take this Job and..."
"Early Internet"
"Letter to Martha"
"Hysterical Wife"
My husband is reading this book first but he has enjoyed it so much we have purchased a copy for us to own. This copy is from the library. He has read excerpts from it to me before we fall asleep. I will be adding it to the many historical non-fiction books I am currently reading. It is my suggestion for your reading list too.
A short sacrifice for us to pay is to spend time learning as much as we can about the men and women that sacrificed so much for our freedom, love America.♥
Guest Comment on National Review Online
What Is An American?
By Peter Ferrara, an associate professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law.
September 25, 2001 9:20 a.m.
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper there an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So I just thought I would write to let them know what an American is, so they would know when they found one.
An American is English…or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them choose.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God-given right of each man and woman to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country. As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
An American does not have to obey the mad ravings of ignorant, ungodly cruel, old men. American men will not be fooled into giving up their lives to kill innocent people, so that these foolish old men may hold on to power. American women are free to show their beautiful faces to the world, as each of them choose.
An American is free to criticize his government's officials when they are wrong, in his or her own opinion. Then he is free to replace them, by majority vote.
Americans welcome people from all lands, all cultures, all religions, because they are not afraid. They are not afraid that their history, their religion, their beliefs, will be overrun, or forgotten. That is because they know they are free to hold to their religion, their beliefs, their history, as each of them choose.
And just as Americans welcome all, they enjoy the best that everyone has to bring, from all over the world. The best science, the best technology, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes.
Americans welcome the best, but they also welcome the least. The nation symbol of America welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed.
These in fact are the people who built America. Many of them were working in the twin towers on the morning of September 11, earning a better life for their families.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo and Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the history of the world.
But in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
So look around you. You may find more Americans in your land than you thought were there. One day they will rise up and overthrow the old, ignorant, tired tyrants that trouble too many lands. Then those lands too will join the community of free and prosperous nations.
And America will welcome them.
This was written 9 years ago but it is still something we need to keep in mind today. When we live in America we take many things for granted. We go about our day wrapped up in our own pursuits and rarely, if ever for some, stop to think about why we can ...
I am thankful to the writers in this country who make us stop for a moment, breathe, and reflect on what it means to be an American. To live in this great country which embodies the Constitution, that our Founding Heroes sacrificed to give us. We owe it to them and ourselves to bury complacency, and stop the Progressive movement in our America.
We are Americans!
Red stands for COURAGE
White stands for PURITY
Blue stands for TRUTH
