AFGHANISTAN PART II

 

August 28, 2021

A Little History Lesson

On September 11, 2001, Muslim Terrorists hijacked four passenger jets and delivered a terrorist attack on the Unites States of America.  This attack cost the lives of over 3,000 American citizens and first responders.

Intelligence revealed the Muslim Terrorists were based in Afghanistan under the direction of one, Osama Bin Laden.  President George W. Bush declared war on Bin Laden and the other terrorist.  The War on Terrorism began and still rages on today.  Later President Bush invaded Iraq under information they possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction.

In 2008, Barrack Hussein Obama was elected to sit in the White House.  Obama declared he would “Fundamentally Change America”.  This phrase’ meaning was totally different than what Obama wanted Americans to believe.  The goal was to destroy America’s way of life and government as we had known since the enlightened beginning of this Great Country.  He abhorred the United States Constitution and set out to reduce its affect on Democrat lawmakers.  And he was succeeding, and the Progressive agenda was advancing.

Obama was the “Great Appeaser” when it came to foreign policy and enemies.  His “American Apology Tour” showed how much he despised America and Christians.  His Secretary of State was Hillary Clinton.  What was her role?  Hillary was to do his appeasing around the world.

One goal that Obama had was to help the Muslim Brotherhood expand their power base in the Middle East and Northern Africa.  With Obama, Hillary, and the Muslim Brotherhood, they conceived the “Arab Spring”.  The “Arab Spring” was to help the Muslim Brotherhood fulfill its destiny.  With the help of ISIS and the Taliban, war broke out in the Middle East.  Libya was destroyed and Qaddafi was murdered.  Syria was thrown into to disarray with different factions and tribes fighting each other. 

The Muslim Brotherhood overthrew the Egyptian government and began a reign of terror.  Eventually to be removed by the Egyptian military.  Negotiations were begun with Iran to bring peace.  However, Iran dictated the main points so they could continue to develop nuclear weapons.  Iraq was trying to organize a new government.  But separate factions within the country were not agreeing.

The point is, the Middle East was in turmoil with Iran gaining power and supporting terrorists.  Israel was under attack by Hamas and Palestinian terrorists.  Afghanistan still at war with the United States and other nations.  ISIS and the Taliban were raging and destroying countries histories and people.

In 2016, Donald J. Trump is elected President of the United States of America with a promise to clean this mess up.  And he did.  The Left and Progressives were completely devasted that their precious Hillary Clinton, the Princess Heir to the Throne of Obama, had lost the election.  The Master plan to “Fundamentally Change America” had been derailed. But, as we will see later, not stopped.

Total panic sat in on the Left, the Progressives, and the Globalist.  They had to get rid of Donald J. Trump no matter what.  All stops were pulled out in an attempt achieve this goal.  The Russian Hoax, DOJ Special Counsel investigation, and two Impeachments, failed to stop Donald J. Trump and the work to “Make America Great Again”.

What does all this have to do with the current day Afghanistan Crisis?  That will be explained in Part III.

By Richard Medlock

AFGHANISTAN PART I

 

August 27, 2021

This is the first in a series of articles concerning the decisions to withdrawal the United States Military from Afghanistan. 

The World is witnessing for the first time in history, the complete and absolute Surrender by America.

America, or should we be referring to those that are really in charge of the American Government right now.  Those individuals or groups that seem to be extremely smart, are showing how they’re either really stupid or are very brilliant in the strategy being used in Afghanistan.

On the surface, it appears that one blunder after another has taken place with the Afghanistan strategy.  First, to withdrawal the military first, not Embassy staff, American citizens, and Afghans that supported the work in their country, is as insane as you can get.  Second, to abandon completely intact, Bagram Air Force Base with equipment, armaments, and technology for the taking by the Taliban Terrorists.  Third, to leave behind billions of dollars of military weapons, planes, helicopters, drones, and the technology is inconceivable to anyone’s way of thinking.  Fourth, to put your absolute trust in a world-wide terrorist organization who promises to escort American citizens safely to the Kabul Airport is beyond comprehension to any sane mind.  Fifth, to hand over a list of the names of Americans and American partners to the terrorist’s organization is outright criminal and Treasonous.  Sixth, to turn our backs on the many Allies that depend on America for support, and we depend on their support.

But is this really a blunder or a well-crafted and executed strategy to further the decline of America?  Please don’t fall for this “totally incompetent” act you are watching on television.  This is a very well-planned created crisis to bring America down and weaken America to a point that only a “One World Government” can save her.

This is the first in a series of articles on the Afghanistan debacle.  Stay tuned for more to think about.

by Richard Medlock

On Living In An COVID Age

 

The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 to bring an end to World War II (WWII).  Thus began the “Atomic Age”.  Shortly thereafter, the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR) developed atomic bombs.  And so began the “Cold War” that would go until 1989 when the USSR’s Communist Regime collapsed.

As the threat of an “Atomic War” loomed throughout the world, actions were taken to prepare for such an outcome.  The United States and the USSR (Russia) began a game of “political tit-for-tat”.  As the Cold War grew, an event occurred that escalated the tensions between the two countries.  It was the “Cuban Missile Crisis” in 1960.  With strong leadership provided by President John F. Kennedy, the United States stared down Russia and prevented a “Nuclear War”.

In 1948, a great literary author, C.S. Lewis wrote some great advice on how to live with the threat of “Nuclear War”.

On Living In An Atomic Age

“How are we to live in an atomic age?”  I am tempted to reply: Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat any night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, and age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accidents.’

In other words, do not let us begin by exaggerating the novelty of our situation.  Believe me, dear sir or madam, you and all whom you love were already sentenced to death before the atomic bomb was invented; and quite a high percentage of us were going to die in unpleasant ways.

This is the first point to be made: and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together.  If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes finds us doing sensible and human things---praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint or a game of darts---not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs,  They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”

In other words, don’t live your life in fear of what might be; live your life for what is, while preparing for a bright future.

During the Cold War, the Unites States did not cower to fear of destruction by an enemy.  The American citizens built homes, built schools, educated themselves, developed businesses, built factories, built a new road system to cover the whole country, etc.  What Americans did was to unleash the wings of the human spirit again like our Founding Fathers did after the Revolutionary War.  Americans prepared for the future with a bright hope of great things to come.

Today, we are faced with a COVID pandemic that has brought fear to many people in many countries.  Let’s not downplay the COVID.  It is real. But the biggest fear that has gripped people of the United States is the fear of federal and state governments.  This is wrong!

WE THE PEOPLE should not and cannot fear the government.  Winston Churchill said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."  When we let Fear replace Common Sense and Patriotism, we can start to lose hope.  And we can’t let that happen. The Citizens of the United States of America are the governments boss.  This is a Republic of the People and by the People.  And by the People, Patriotic Americans who sustain, support, and defend the U.S. Constitution, this tyranny that we call Washington, D.C. needs to stop.

by Richard Medlock

Joe Biden is a COWARD!

 

Let's be very truthful about this.  Joe Biden is a big COWARD!

Joe Biden has done everything in Afghanistan to please the Chinese, the Russians, the Taliban, and Iran.  And let's not forget the Globalists like George Soros.  And probably a few Democrats.

Joe Biden has created every scenario that the Globalists love.  Chaos. Fear. Division. Hatred. And War.

Joe Biden hates America so much that he is willing to leave thousands of Americans in Afghanistan to be tortured, ransomed or murdered.

Joe Biden takes political "Appeasement" to a new, higher level never seen before.

Joe Biden is afraid of those that are actually controlling and running the government.

Joe Biden was chosen to be the Democrat's Presidential candidate because he is a COWARD.  They knew he had no agenda of his own and would not push back on theirs.  Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders have strong personal agendas and would not have fully cooperated with the Secret Combination in charge of destroying America. 

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris both fit into the same category: COWARD!  The Globalist love them for that one outstanding characteristic.

Joe Biden is fulfilling the role he was asked to do.  Be the "Greatest American Coward!"

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

by Richard Medlock

WE HAVE A PROBLEM by Alyssa Ahlgren

 

WE HAVE A PROBLEM: This is a well written and thought out article written by a 26 year old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspective...

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!

I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation, and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.

We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty-One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague." #pleaseshare

ODE TO AMERICA

 

As the 20^th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Muslim terrorists attacks near, it is only appropriate to share this article written by a non-American in appreciation of the Greatest Nation in the World.

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA

Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ') in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'.

~An Ode to America ~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.

On 9/ll, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about.

Instead, the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.

After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing: 'God Bless America!'

I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.

How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy. What on earth unites the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.

Cornel Nistorescu

Vaccinated with Abbott and Costello

 

Shamelessly stolen:

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO’S ‘WHO’S BEEN VACCINATED?’ …

Bud: ‘You can’t come in here!’

Lou: ‘Why not?’

Bud: ‘Well because you’re unvaccinated.’

Lou: ‘But I’m not sick.’

Bud: ‘It doesn’t matter.’

Lou: ‘Well, why does that guy get to go in?’

Bud: ‘Because he’s vaccinated.’

Lou: ‘But he’s sick!’

Bud: ‘It’s alright. Everyone in here is vaccinated.’

Lou: ‘Wait a minute. Are you saying everyone in there is vaccinated?’

Bud: ‘Yes.’

Lou: ‘So then why can’t I go in there if everyone is vaccinated?’

Bud: ‘Because you’ll make them sick.’

Lou: ‘How will I make them sick if I’m NOT sick and they’re vaccinated.’

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’

Lou: ‘But they’re vaccinated.’

Bud: ‘But they can still get sick.’

Lou: ‘So what the heck does the vaccine do?’

Bud: ‘It vaccinates.’

Lou: ‘So vaccinated people can’t spread covid?’

Bud: ‘Oh no. They can spread covid just as easily as an unvaccinated person.’

Lou: ‘I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore. Look. I’m not sick.

Bud: ‘Ok.’

Lou: ‘And the guy you let in IS sick.’

Bud: ‘That’s right.’

Lou: ‘And everybody in there can still get sick even though they’re vaccinated.’

Bud: ‘Certainly.’

Lou: ‘So why can’t I go in again?’

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’

Lou: ‘I’m not asking who’s vaccinated or not!’

Bud: ‘I’m just telling you how it is.’

Lou: ‘Nevermind. I’ll just put on my mask.’

Bud: ‘That’s fine.’

Lou: ‘Now I can go in?’

Bud: ‘Absolutely not?’

Lou: ‘But I have a mask!’

Bud: ‘Doesn’t matter.’

Lou: ‘I was able to come in here yesterday with a mask.’

Bud: ‘I know.’

Lou: So why can’t I come in here today with a mask? ….If you say ‘because I’m unvaccinated’ again, I’ll break your arm.’

Bud: ‘Take it easy buddy.’

Lou: ‘So the mask is no good anymore.’

Bud: ‘No, it’s still good.’

Lou: ‘But I can’t come in?’

Bud: ‘Correct.’

Lou: ‘Why not?’

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’

Lou: ‘But the mask prevents the germs from getting out.’

Bud: ‘Yes, but people can still catch your germs.’

Lou: ‘But they’re all vaccinated.’

Bud: ‘Yes, but they can still get sick.’

Lou: ‘But I’m not sick!!’

Bud: ‘You can still get them sick.’

Lou: ‘So then masks don’t work!’

Bud: ‘Masks work quite well.’

Lou: ‘So how in the heck can I get vaccinated people sick if I’m not sick and masks work?’

Bud: ‘Third base.’

And...scene...

Totalitarian Credibility or Lack Thereof

 

by Richard Medlock

Thomas Jefferson: “In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”

Totalitarianism is a concept for a form of government or political system that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life.  This system of government is both thoroughly dictatorial and utopian.  Under a Totalitarian Regime, all citizens are subject to the absolute authority of the state.  This control extends to all political and financial matters as well as the attitudes, morals, and beliefs of the people.  This form of centralized government grant neither recognition nor tolerance to parties of different opinions.

Totalitarianism is a form of Communism, period.  Anytime freedoms and liberties are taken away, it is due to Communism.  The use of Fear, Chaos, Division, and Hatred are the core operations by which control is gained.  By using the above strategies to gain total control, Totalitarians lose all Credibility.

To start with, Freedom of Speech is now being control by the State through Big Tech and the Media.  Opposing views by Conservatives and concerned American Patriots are being shut down and censored.  When citizens oppose Critical Race Theory and Racial Equity, based on Marxism, they are called Racists.  When citizens oppose Transgenderism, they are called Sexists or Homophobic.  When citizens oppose unconstitutional acts by the government, they are called Domestic Terrorists. Totalitarianism cannot face the truth and facts that take away any credibility.

Freedom of Religion is being attacked by use of lockdowns and discrimination.  Prayer was taken out of the schools in the 1960's.  The Ten Commandments are being taken down on public properties because of the faux "Separation of Church and State" premise.  Totalitarian judges are ruling against high school coaches who have prayer with the team before a game.

Faux science is replacing God.  Natural Laws are being turned upside down.  A boy can become a girl.  A girl can become a boy.  Just by saying so.  Now the American Medical Association is recommending that "sex" be taken off of birth certificates.  Thereby ignoring true science and being part of the Totalitarian Regime.

Link: Meet the CDC-Backed Groups that want to teach Trans Ideology to Kindergartners

The Centers for Disease Control is another agency that has surrendered to faux science.  The need to go into the COVID-19 story, pandemic, masks and lockdowns is not necessary since the story is well know.  Now the CDC losing more credibility?  They are talking about this new so called "Delta Variant".  The CDC admits there is no test for it.  Most of those who are getting COVID now are fully vaccinated.  See the CDC website for numbers.  They are recommending masking again.  But where they lose credibility is NOT calling for closing the Southern U.S. Border where hundreds of thousands of illegals with COVID are coming into America.  And why aren't they calling for Obama to shut down his birthday party of 700 guest?  Where is the credibility in those actions?

The Second Amendment is under complete attack.  Totalitarians take away the guns of the "little people".  When citizens are without guns, Totalitarians then have complete control of the State and the people.

These are just a few examples of how America is being turned into a Totalitarian State.   Fear, Chaos, Division, and Hatred are on full display in order to accomplish the goal of total dominance of the America People and Economy.

“Patriotism,” said Theodore Roosevelt, “means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. …

“Every man,” said President Roosevelt, “who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.” (Theodore Roosevelt, Works, vol. 21, pp. 316, 321.)

WE THE PEOPLE need to heed the warnings of Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt in these trying and challenging times.  Stand Up for the Constitution.  Let's hold all our public servants to the Constitution, federal and local.  Stand Up against Totalitarianism and its evils.  Speak Up against the Unconstitutional actions that is trying to limit our voices and freedoms.  

LET FREEDOM RING LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR ROOFTOPS!

Adding link to this article: Tyranny Has Returned to the U.S., This Time By Proxy

Another article just came up: Cabinet Secretaries can waive cost-sharing for select infrastructure projects.

What Is The New Definition Of A Conspiracy Theorists?

 

by Richard Medlock

President Roosevelt once said "In politics, nothing happens by accident.  If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."

Have you had a child come home from school with a "hidden picture" picture?  Or been reading a magazine with a 'hidden picture" picture?  It could be a beautiful landscape with a "hidden picture" of a boy sitting on a wagon being pulled by a horse.  The "hidden picture" is very hard to find and sometimes you might cheat by going to the back of the magazine to find the answer. or not find it at all.  But once it is found, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

We can believe in today's political climate, that politicians and the media are picture painters who artfully create landscapes for us which deliberately deceive and hide the "hidden picture" or the Truth.  What are their true underlying goals that they will not tell us?  What is that "hidden political picture" they do not want us to see?  Why do we listen to Presidents and politicians make bold promises to fix problems and stop Communism in America and even around the Globe?  They make the promises, but nothing has really changed for generations of Americans.

Is this just an accident?  Are there forces we cannot see that are making the "promises" not happen?  Or, is there a Group of Conspirators controlling the outcome of most political and economic events?

Some refer to them as "Globalists".  Sometimes referred to as "Insiders".  Some call them "Secret Combinations".  And that brings us to what is called the "Conspiracy Theory of History".  No matter what they are called, are they real?  Are people willing to admit they exist?

Let's go back to the "hidden picture".  Politicians and the media do a wonderful job of giving us. the layman. the wonderful landscape.  But never go near the "hidden picture" or "hidden agenda".  Can you think of an example of such a "hidden agenda"?

Let's try this example.  Have you ever heard of the "Government Administrative State"?  Sure you have.  This is where federal government agencies take it upon themselves to make rule and regulations without a law passed by duly elected officials.  Then force these new rules and regulations on the tax paying public.  How did this come about?

This started under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, who was the first full Progressive to be President.  After World War I, President Wilson tried to develop a "One World Government".  He settled for the League of Nations which eventually became the United Nations.  And it slowly escalated through the years.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt took it to a higher level with the "Greet New Deal" or the Welfare Program.

Then comes President Obama with the "Affordable Care Act".  Notice how the name of the new programs sound wonderful, but in essence turn out to be just the opposite.  In the very vague wording of a 1,000 plus page document, there is one line that stands out for the conspiracy believers.  The Secretary of Health and Human Resources has the authority to make new rules and regulations and change any existing rules and regulations without legislative approval.  Boom.  The Administrative State was just given power to do whatever it deems necessary to control your life.

This practice of putting this line into bills has become a widespread practice on Capitol hill.  The legislators have basically given away their rights.  Then when things go bad, they blame the agency in charge.

On May 20, 2021, President Biden signed and Executive Order requiring several federal agencies to provide plans for them to basically take more power and freedom away for you as an individual and power from the individual States.

And there are many more examples of these well planned events to show they are not just happening , but well planned.  Are you willing to look for the "hidden picture"?  You should be.

Father Pedro Arrupe made these remarks. "This...Godless society operates in an extremely efficient manner at least in its higher levels of leadership.  It makes use of every possible means at its disposal, be they scientific, technical, social or economic.  It follows a perfectly mapped-out strategy.  It holds almost complete sway in international organizations, in financial circles, in the field of mass communications; press, cinema, radio and television."  This was in 1965.  And that society is more powerful today because it controls governments.

Many people are afraid to admit of such a conspiracy that is right before our eyes.  They are afraid of the ridicule.  Or in today's world it is called "Unmasking".  In this manner they are threatened with loss of "social respectability" if they dare broach the idea that there is an organization behind any of the problems currently wracking America. Unfortunately, for many people social status and wealth comes before intellectual honesty. Although they would never admit it, social position and wealth is more important to many people than is the survival of freedom in America.  Even the threat of their children and grandchildren growing up without Freedom.

The New Conspiracy Theorist questions everything the government tells us.  The New Conspiracy Theorist questions what the Main Stream Media propaganda is spewing out on a daily basis.  The New Conspiracy Theorist questions what is being taught in the public school systems.  The New Conspiracy Theorist questions the "Social Justice" and "Racial Equity" movements which are based from Marxism.

The New Conspiracy Theorists are full Patriotic Americans who will not hesitate to "Stand Up and Speak Up" for the Judeo/Christian Morals, Values, and Principles found in the United States Constitution.  The New Conspiracy Theorists are mad at the government's current policies that are destroying the American way of life.  The New Conspiracy Theorists are growing in numbers.  The Sleeping Giants have been awakened.

America, Is It Ascending or Descending? Five Statements to Consider.

 "Life begins at the Edge of your Comfort Zone”

As the Great American Experiment was being developed and the Constitution was being finalized, Benjamin Franklin observed that it will be a rising sun, a success.

From “The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787”. Page 339

“The Constitution which Franklin and his Friends gave to us resulted in the greatest nation in history.  With the adoption of our Constitution our nation became a nation based on law, the Constitution being the Supreme law of the land.”  This Rising Sun became a beacon of freedom and liberty to the rest of the world.

What would Benjamin Franklin say today concerning the Republic, is it ascending or descending?  Why?  Here are five statements to consider in finding reasons for the answers.         

    1. We have not followed the admonition of our Founding Fathers.

An old adage tells us, “A people must from time to time, refresh themselves at the wellspring of their origin, lest they perish.”

Ayn Rand told us “I want you to look at the birth of a miracle, the United States of America.  If it is ever proper for men to kneel, we should kneel when we read the Declaration of Independence.”

    2. We have not assigned the maintaining of our Freedoms a high priority.

From the Massachusetts Bill of Rights, 1780.  “A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantage of liberty and maintain a free government.”

Peter Marshall said “May we think of freedom, not to do as we please, but as an opportunity to do what is right.”

Ezra Taft Benson, “I thank the Lord for the eternal principle of FREEDOM…

I cherish patriotism and love of country in all lands.”

     3. We have allowed the mortal enemies of freedom to dominate the debate.

George Washington letter to Lafayette, 1788.  “Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.”

Thomas Jefferson letter to Charles Yancey, 1826.  “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”

Patrick Henry “Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?  Forbid it, Almighty God.  I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me Liberty or Give me Death!

    4. We have elected some of the most undesirable persons to high office.

The Federalist, No. 28, Alexander Hamilton.  “Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.”

Today we have become a nation of “rule by man”.  It has been said that many political leaders think they know more than God.

Harold B. Lee, “Men may fail in this country…there may be great drought, disasters, and hardship, but this nation, founded on principles laid down by men whom God raised up, will never fail…This is a favored land in all the world…this nation won’t fail. I have faith in America; you and I must have faith in America… We are living in a day when we must pay heed to these challenges.

    5. We have evicted "Providence" from our counsels, schools, courts, and assemblies.

John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, Oration celebrating July 4^th, 1821.

“From the day of the Declaration … the American people were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the gospel, which they nearly all acknowledged as the rules of their conduct.”

Sir William Blackstone (Eminent English Jurist)

"Man ... must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator… This will of his Maker is called the law of nature.... This law of nature...is of course superior to any other.... No human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this: and such of them as are valid derive all their force...from this original." - Sir William Blackstone (Eminent English Jurist)

In closing, let's read from the 2^nd and 3^rd verses of “America the Beautiful”

2. Oh, beautiful for pilgrims feet, 

   Whose stern, impassioned stress

   A thoroughfare of freedom beat Across the wilderness

   America! America! God mend thy every flaw,

   Confirm they soul in self-control, They liberty in law.

3. “Oh, beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,

     Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life!

     America! America! May God thy gold refine,

     Till all success be nobleness, And every gain devine.”

Until next time, “May God Bless America”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail

 From The Epoch Times

“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.” 

 

That was from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” The letter was written while King was detained in solitary confinement for taking part in the Birmingham Campaign against racial segregation. 

 

After reading an article published in a local newspaper about religious leaders condemning his nonviolent demonstrations, King began to put together his response to them, which led to this famous letter. 

 

At first he wrote in the margins of the newspaper he was given; he later moved on to using scraps of paper, and then finally a legal pad provided by his lawyers. After his letter was compiled and typed out by his associates, it was 21 pages of double-spaced type long. 

 

“I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts and pray long prayers?” writes King. 

 

The words that came out of that narrow jail cell were not ones of sorrow. They were filled with a rational hope that drew upon the wisdom of many before him. They were filled with a quiet optimism built upon his steadfast faith in God and the founding principles of our nation.

 

“I have no despair about the future,” he writes near the end of his letter. “I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are at present misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.” 

 

King was arrested 29 times during his fight for civil rights. 

 

But despite this, his rational hope and quiet optimism would produce widespread change. One year after he wrote that letter, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act that outlawed racial segregation, and a year after that, it passed the Voting Rights Act that bolstered African Americans’ right to vote. 

 

When accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, King’s speech left us with one of his most iconic lines: 

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

 

These words—of goodness, hope, faith, and resilience in the face of injustice—serve as a reminder that, when we call upon our higher nature, it can guide us through the darkest of times.

The 15 best quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech

 

In honor of that historic moment and in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we present the 15 best quotes from that speech.

1. “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.”
2. “I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
3. “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.”
4. “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
5. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
6. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed — we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
7. “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
8. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
9. “The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.”
10. “Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”
11. “We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back.”
12. “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.”
13. “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.”
14. “In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.”
15. “When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his life for a dream that I have been raised in for the past 52 years of my life.

His dream is but an echo today.

We only keep that echo alive by living that dream to it's fullest intent.

We only keep that echo alive by repeating his dream.

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidence by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.

They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead, We cannot turn back.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963"

We are not born with hatred.

Our children are not born with hatred.

Hatred is learned behavior.

Let us be the generation that breaks the cycle once and for all. Let us teach tolerance and Love. Let us be a society that Dr. King would be proud of. Let us not turn back to the days of old. Shed the weight of discontent and truly turn to each other as literal brothers and sisters under God our Eternal Father.

Dr. King's dream resonates with me not just today, but every day of my life.

I would not have my life of freedom if it were not for Dr. King's dream.

"We MUST come to realize that our freedom is forever bound to each other. We MUST not walk alone and as we walk we MUST make the pledge that we will always march ahead and NEVER turn back.

Christopher J. Allen,

16 January 2021. "