Where is Our Daniel Hannan????

Is there anyone within our Congress that will stand up to the Obama administration (without apologizing) as Daniel Hannan did with in Parliament??? Take a look . . . . . I say, "Hurrah!"

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." (James Madison)

"The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is... legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay ... If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system." (Frederic Bastiat)

"Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses, subsidies, incentives, the progressive income tax, free education, the right to employment, the right to profit, the right to wages, the right to relief, the right to the tools of production, interest free credit, etc., etc. And it the aggregate of all these plans, in respect to what they have in common, legal plunder, that goes under the name of socialism. " (Frederic Bastiat)

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before - and immediately following -- the Revolution of February 1848. This was the period when France was rapidly turning to complete socialism. As a Deputy to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bastiat was studying and explaining each socialist fallacy as it appeared. And he explained how socialism must inevitably degenerate into communism. But most of his countrymen chose to ignore his logic. (Constitution.org)

Now where do you think we are as a country?

A Breeze before D-Day

How do you begin to write about D-Day. As I look through pages of information and photographs it brings tears to my eyes to think of these great men and how they must have felt that day with the impending doom or victory that lay ahead. It was reported that one commander told his men that only two types of people would stay on the beach--those dead and those going to die--so they'd better push forward. God given courage is how I believe these men were able to step off those boats and storm the coast line. God desires for his people to be free and we had a just fight. Again by the grace of our God in heaven America with her allies Britain, Canada and France gained a victory on the beaches of Normandy gaining a toehold in northern Europe.

I did come across a story I hadn't heard about this fateful day.

A brisk breeze left over from the English winter blew carelessly through an open window of the British War Office in London in May of 1944. With the impudence of winds everywhere, it whisked twelve copies of closely-typed orders from a desk, blowing them pell-mell into the crowd of pedestrians on the pavements below. Workers in the office, from top staff officers to

secretaries, raced down to the street after them, for these free-flying sheets were Top Secret--the instructions for the coming invasion of German 0ccupied France by thousands upon thousands of Allied assault troops. They contained most vital and secret information of World War II. Eleven copies of the missing document were recovered easily, but the twelfth

could not be found. To lose one was as bad as to lose all, for this information in German hands could wreck the whole Allied offensive. Two agonizing hours passed. Finally, a British sentry, standing duty on the opposite side of the street, turned in the missing copy, which had been handed to him by a stranger; to this day no one knows the identity of the passer-by

who held in his hand the fate of the Allied armies. The officers breathed a great sigh of relief and went back to work.

(American Heritage, D-Day Invasion)

I say again by the grace of God and His mighty hand upon us and our allies we won a victory.

"There comes a time when you've used your brains, your training, your technical skill, and the die is cast and the events are in the hands of God, and there you have to leave them."

"The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth."

"The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization in built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope."

(Dwight D. Eisenhower)

What Does A 12-year old Know?

The rising generation are our hope. This twelve year old girl certainly brings hope to me when I hear her speak with conviction about her school report. It reminds me of a scripture found in Joel 2:28, it reads: . . . . I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

The Lord does indeed send those wonderful children that are needed for this time. A 12-year old grasping and understanding a subject that even our own president does not.

"Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abondoned to abortion or infanticide. . . . . . .there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning." (President Ronald Reagan)

"I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself and if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?" (Mother Teresa)

Betsy Ross

I thought it fitting to post the story of Betsy Ross, especially with the last story about Debbie McLucas and it being June when legend has it that Betsy Ross was commissioned to sew the first official American flag.
I say legend because history is not quite sure nor does it have proof (sadly) that the story of Betsy Ross is accurate.
Betsy's story was first made public in June 1776 by her grandson William Canby when giving a speech to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. William Canby and other members of Betsy's family signed sworn affidavits stating that they had heard the story of Betsy making the first American flag from her own mouth. (For full text, see Affidavits. That's good enough for me!)

So the story is told of a 24-year old widow named Betsy Ross who was working in her upholstery shop on Arch Street when three well known gentlemen entered in. The first being George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental Army. The second George Ross, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and uncle of Betsy's deceased husband. The third Robert Morris, also a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
George Washington pulled a folded piece of paper out of his inside coat pocket showing a sketch of a flag with with thirteen red and white stripes and thirteen six pointed stars. Washington asked Betsy is she could make the flag from their design. She replied, "I do not know, but I will try." (This line was used in the sworn statements of many of Betsy's family members, suggesting that it is a direct quote from Betsy.)

Betsy then took out her scissors and quickly cut a five pointed star suggesting to the gentlemen that it be used instead of the six pointed star. They all agreed to use the five pointed star and Betsy was officially commissioned to sew the first American flag.The home of Betsy Ross.

It is definitely a well beloved story of an American patriot stepping up when asked to contribute her talents and abilities for her country. It is one that I personally will continue to share with my own family as I do apple pie.

You Took Down My Flag?

The stories that have been coming out lately seem so unbelievable yet here is another one.The audacity of the enemy and their presumptuous nature seem to underestimate the courage and patriotism of the so called average person. Those that are stepping forward boldly proclaiming their rights as Americans to uphold our own laws and freedoms are the true heroes of our times. We can take strength from their experiences and hope to stand firm ourselves when the time comes and the time is now before it's too late.





President Woodrow Wilson, 1917
This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation. The choices are ours. It floats in majestic silence above the hosts that execute those choices, whether in peace or in war. And yet, though silent, it speaks to us — speaks to us of the past, or the men and women who went before us, and of the records they wrote upon it.