As a Mom

You may have noticed that I have a new item on the side here which states I am a member of "As a Mom". I joined right after I saw the woman who set up the site was interviewed on the Glenn Beck Show. She and two other women were on the show talking about the things they are doing to save America. Dunwreath (creator of site) made a very good point. Changing things start at home; they start with the family and what better than the female (mom) of the household? We are the ones who see first-hand what they government schools are teaching our children (or grandchildren) and what they are NOT teaching! We are the ones who go to buy groceries and figure out that it is now costing us at least 20% more for the same amount of groceries. We read the papers, the editorials, etc.

I am not saying that fathers or men in the family don't do these things at all. Just that, we as women, have a unique perspective and opportunity to hopefully make a difference and make changes in our community and then the county, the state and the federal government. We KNOW what we are talking about since we live it every day! The group that Dunwreath started is comprised of both women and men. Further, she has started sub-groups by state and within the state groups, there are regional groups. Yes, it is a busy site but within one week, over 40,000 people joined "As a Mom" (I don't know what the total is now - it simply went viral!). This shows you how concerned people are about our country!

I highly recommend you take a look at "As a Mom" - join and start making a difference with us.

September 11

I couldn't let this day go by without posting something here about 9/11/01. How can any one of us forget? It was one of those events where you remember where you were and what you were doing when you learned of it, wasn't it? The entire day ....actually, the entire week!....was reports, video, photos of the events of that day. We were bombarded with so much. First the World Trade Center Buildings 1 and 2 (sorry I get confused about which was hit first), then the Pentagon, then the aircraft that went down. Later that day, we all witnessed Building 7 fall into a heap. My hubby and I and even the rest of my family were just devastated, in shock, afraid even.

The first thing I remember thinking the morning of the event was how did the media know right away that the attacks were the handiwork of Osama Bin Laden? That puzzled me. I went to work around ten and at the time, I worked as a Legal Assistant for my son, who is a Family Law attorney. One of his clients worked for United Airlines on the night shift and had an appointment with my son around 4 that afternoon. She called to cancel since United had asked all the employees present to stay to help family members. I asked her about the flight over Pennsylvania and she responded, "oh, the one we shot down?" I really didn't think that was a horrible thing. Sure, it was horrible for those that died and the families they left behind but I understood that the civil defense of our nation sometimes made for heartbreaking decisions. I simply believed that it WAS shot down because it was headed for the Capitol Building or White House. I knew that there were standing orders to defend Washington, right?

As the weeks passed, things started to not make sense. The explanations by NIST about the North and South Towers falling didn't explain the collapses which looked like controlled demolitions; the eye witness reports of hearing explosions were completely ignored. When hubby and I happened upon a video on the internet that asked hard questions like why was there a large round hole that supposedly a jumbo jet went through and no wings? No burnt grass? Videos taken immediately by the FBI of any cameras in the area that recorded the event. Why? We also watched In Plane Sight that asked more questions. We both began to seriously doubt the conspiracy theory the government was trying to get us to believe. Things just didn't add up!

The report by the 9/11 Commission was a travesty and those who had demanded answers (relatives and survivors of the events that took place) didn't get them. I don't KNOW what happened that day entirely and it is frightening to think that our government replaced aircraft with drones and then murdered the actual passengers? It is horrifying to think that the Bush administration was responsible for over 3,000 lives being extinguished that day. I certainly didn't want to believe that the industrial/military corporations would go this far to stir things up to the point where we marched into Afghanistan and then used the event as an excuse to invade Iraq. There were so many lies that it was hard to keep them straight and those in power didn't. They didn't understand the power of the internet and You Tube to "catch" them lying and publishing/airing them to everyone.

Those who questioned the "official story" were called conspiracy theorists, tin hat nuts, wing nuts, etc. Again, they refused to answer questions and just called us names. We still have no answers. I have not trusted government much since the Kennedy assassination but this event was the last straw for me. I know that many of our freedoms and rights were ripped right out from beneath our feet using the Patriot Act and other "Executive Orders". We have warrantless wiretapping now and people hauled off on the pretense of terrorism. I nearly gag when I read quotes from the "neo-con" journalists about jihad, al-qaida (spelled wrong, I know), how we have to give up liberty to protect ourselves from the Muslim terrorists. Yet in the same breath, they have done NOTHING to secure our borders and, in fact, would like Congress to grant amnesty to those 12 million (or more) illegals in this country already. I am sure a great percentage are those who are looking for a better life but I would bet that there are some who came here to do us harm.

We were promised "hope" and "change" and "transparency" in government. We have had none of these things. We are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, we still have the Patriot Act in full force and effect and we continue to be lied to. Legislation is passed under the cover of darkness and with this administration, the mainstream media just throws nonsensical stories at us (like Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, other sensationalist stories) instead of telling us what is really going on and calling our government NOW to task! We need to wake up, people! I surely don't know what it is going to take to get people to demand answers for 9/11, to open theirs eyes as to what is happening to their freedoms! All I know is that 9/11 opened my eyes once I had a chance to think about the events logically and I really want our present administration to authorize an independent re-investigation of the events of that day. No, it won't bring the dead back but we just might get some freedom back and certainly gain some trust in leadership today.

I wish I could be in Washington tomorrow for the 912 event. I hope that our politicians open their eyes and hearts to those of us in America that still believe in the Constitution, our republic and our sense of right and wrong.

Name-calling

Hey, I don't get this - somebody explain it to me, will you? You ask Obama, Pelosi, Barney Frank and those of that persuasion a question. You are seriously looking for answers and what do you get? You get called names..."un-American", right-wing extremist, domestic terrorist, etc. Why can't you answer questions? Is the truth so horrible, so far to the left, so socialistic that you don't DARE answer?

Glenn Beck has asked questions of late and Obama's supporters have tried to get him off the air! No public debate any more? You just have to agree and spout the party line or you are punished? How about the administration asking fellow citizens to "snitch" on their neighbors if they disagree with policies being pushed on us. What is that about?

You who are doing this are shooting yourselves in the foot! It is no wonder more and more people, your OWN people are now saying they are sorry they voted for Obama, angry that they are being lumped with the "right" or "conservatives". We just want information!! Is that so hard to do? You tell us to read the proposed legislation (when we can find it, that is) and it is mind-numbing and so complicated that NO ONE is going to be able to figure it out, and that includes the people who vote for it! All I see is the more and more of our private lives are going to be micro-managed by government. The government has become more and more codependent and enabling of bad behavior. Self-management is out of the question with the present administration...we can't be trusted to do that!

I understand that some of that is true to a certain extent (not being trusted to act responsibly, I mean) but we, that is we Americans, need to grow up and start taking steps to act morally and honorably, start caring about our neighbors, admitting our wrongs and making them right. We need to end this addiction to our government! It starts with me and you. It starts in the family, then our town, our state and our federal government. Instead we all sit around and blame somebody else and call each other names. We don't have an adult dialog ...we don't answer questions but instead turn it around and make the other person the bad guy. This simply has to stop, folks!

It is no wonder that other countries hate us. I know a lot of people are angry that Obama apologized for America. To some extent, we need to do that. Those who are devout in their religion (whether it is Islam, Buddhist or whatever) are deeply offended by the filth that Hollywood puts out. They think that is us...they think we are ALL like the people portrayed in movies: greedy, sex-crazed, violent, perverted, etc. They don't want our culture influencing theirs and I don't blame them!! Further, we need to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan - we have worn out our welcome there. We have no business interfering the other country's way of life whether it is to our liking or not. I know that some dictators are brutal but is that really the problem of the U.S.? More importantly, is it following the dictates of the U.S. Constitution? There is nothing in the Constitution that gives us authority to get involved in other countries' business! One thing that I surely don't understand is why we have military bases all over the world? What gives us the right to do that? There are no foreign military bases in our country, now is there? So, yes we DO have some things to apologize for. I know that some of you will be angry that I said that but please give it a thought first about the things I said above.

So, those who are calling others' names, how about answering questions instead? Let us have real dialog and come to some mutual understandings of both our sides. All this name-calling does is create division and hatred. Let's talk.

Power Corrupts!

It is almost the end of August and I realized that I hadn't posted all month yet I have had many, many thoughts about freedom during the month. My title comes from a small incident a few weeks ago that once again emphasized that power does indeed corrupt us (some of us anyway). I was meeting with 3 other adults at the Starbucks inside Barnes & Noble in Antioch, CA. There were two tiny tables about a foot apart from one another each having a chair one side across from the other chair. All the booths were full. So we pushed the two tables together so we could chat and get to know one another. This was a meeting of the local Paperback Swap group/club...whatever it's called.
Like I said, there were four adults sitting there. About 15 minutes into the meeting/get-together, an employee of Barnes & Noble (not Starbucks) walked up and told us that pushing the tables together was "not allowed" because of all the students who came in during the week who would push all the tables together and get rowdy. She told us to sit in a booth. At that point there was a booth available and I told the employee that when we arrived, there were no booths available. She never smiled and she used that expression that I hate which is "you have to..." She didn't say please either. Mind you, it was around noon on a Saturday and if I remember right, there were no students (at least obviously there wasn't) so who would know we had done such a horrible thing to set the wrong example? I didn't respond to her lest I be unkind and un-Christ-like to her. We just gathered up our belongings and moved to the booth.
I thought about this incident a lot over the last few weeks and it is an excellent example of why democracy, fascism, socialism and communism don't work well. Let's start with the U.S. The founding fathers were all Christian men who had a vision of creating a nation where each person would govern themselves so that there was little need for state or federal governments to tell them what to do or how to behave. They trusted the premise that if man (or woman!) led their lives in a moral, upright manner, there would be little need for governments to rule or interfere into our lives. The Constitution was written with very strict, limited federal duties leaving state governments to take care of the day-to-day ways of business. Yes, there had to be certain guidelines so that things were standardized just to keep things from getting confused, if nothing else! The problems started almost right away. Although our founding fathers could behave at least publicly in a way that treated their friends, family and neighbors the way they wished to be treated, slowly other men came into power (there is that word!) and businesses created whereby greed and corruption became the way of life not the exemption.
An example is the industrial revolution brought into power powerful men who could only see the ability to make untold riches. They hired women and children, paid them pennies for their work, made them work long hours with no breaks, etc. That was wrong. That is also not how these business owners would have liked to be treated (or their families!) but greed got in the way and God was forgotten. Oh, they went to church, I am sure most did anyway. But that was for Sunday...not the rest of the week. Men elected wanted to make sure their wealthy friends weren't bothered either and let their friends do what they wanted.
Then unions began forming to stand up for the rights of labor. It was desperately needed and as a result, many laws were enacted that protected children and gave all workers decent hours, breaks and lunch breaks, etc. They demanded that their workers get paid a decent wage too. There was nothing wrong in what they did initially. But, once again, power and greed rose their ugly heads and only the big "union bosses" really benefited from the union. They essentially made more and more demands to the point where the rules were so complicated and silly that no one was really sure what was right or wrong. More importantly, the unions voted the way union management wanted, not necessarily what the members wanted. Again, power and greed were the order of the day.
The list goes on and on but the same thing has happened with every other form of government. Each form sounds great on paper but when men (and women!) forget Godly principles, forget to treat others as they wish to be treated and love money more than God or their fellow neighbor, the system falls woefully short and the "little guy" (that is you and me) is none the better.
America, we must repent for selfishness! We must get on our knees and ask God's forgiveness for forgetting His Word and His commands and living under "relative morality". We can give all the excuses in the book for what we do, but black is black and white is white (no racial stuff, okay?). In other words, sin is sin no matter how we dress it up with sociological, psychological reasons. I can be late for work and have a really good excuse for running a red light but I am still guilty of breaking the law. That is the part we don't get any more! If we want this nation that God helped our founding fathers to create, then we must get back to and LIVE Godly lives. No more excuses for sin! Just so you know, for the record, I am just as guilty of sin as the next person but I am clear about one thing - to save America, we must as individuals get right with God and love our neighbors as we love ourselves. It is the ONLY way to save our nation.

Hate once again

I posted a while back about hate in America and here we are again with this supposed racist cop who was doing his job. Sgt. Crowley answered a call that a house was being burglarized and Professor Gates obviously saw an opportunity to turn the incident into a racist one. Who is the racist here? The police officer was doing his job, protecting private property! He didn't call anyone names; bully, threaten or batter the "intruder" who, incidentally, happened to be the renter, Professor Gates. On top of everything else, our president decides to comment on the incident that he readily admits he knows nothing about! If you didn't know the facts, why did you comment?

If you think that racism is helped by this incident, it is not. It has set back the integration of our society by decades. Rev. Martin Luther King must be spinning in his grave at all this travesty. Remember, I lived in the South in the Jim Crow days. I SAW how terrible the blacks were treated there. Now that was as wrong as this incident with Professor Gates except it the black man being the racist! Do you honestly think that a police officer won't hesitate now to answer a call that involves a black family? Who wants the publicity, the lies, the slander? No, this will possibly be disastrous at some point because a white cop hesitates for these very reasons.

I just read an editorial by Thomas Sowell, a black man by the way, who clearly states the problems about our president. He encourages racism, hires those who incite division. He is absolutely the biggest mistake this nation has ever made. He is a hypocrite and has not done one single thing he promised to do. Transparency? None. Allowing us to see the text of proposed legislation? No. Allowing Congress time to READ proposed legislation. No. Making an effort to reduce abortions? Absolutely not - he has done everything possible to increase it. Bringing our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan? Nope. If anything he has increased the troops in Afghanistan. He is scary, folks. We MUST take America back! Stop listening to the feel-good rhetoric. Stop allowing him to hypnotize you when he speaks. Take time to really HEAR what he is saying. If you do, you'll really understand how he doesn't make sense, comes to illogical conclusions and just wants to "soothe" you.

Wake up, folks. Racism is getting worse and none of this will help our country in any way. We are all Americans who want basically the same things: peace, prosperity, freedom, acceptance. If this keeps up, we will all be at each other's throats. Maybe that is what "they" (meaning the 535 members at the top) want?

Brentwood TEA Party

I got the photos uploaded and resized from our TEA Party in Brentwood yesterday. I was very pleased at the turnout and would you believe the paper actually had an announcement about the TEA Party? Now we'll see if there is any report on it next week. (We have a weekly here in town) Mike Holoka was a great speaker and I really enjoyed what Sean Ackley had to say. Sean wrote the commentary for the Brentwood Press and you can read it here. I didn't know that two single moms started our Brentwood organization and I am sure proud of them!
Here is the view we had from our chairs:




See the Cub Scouts to the left there? They presented the flag for our Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem.



There were some great signs there! This is the gazebo at the city park. It was a perfect place for the event since there are lots of trees for shade.











People on our left. More in next few photos.




Even had tea! Just to the right of the tea table was the registration booth. We were given little flags and information if we wanted it.




These are the two gals who organized the Brentwood TEA Party. I apologize for not know catching their names.




I don't know this guy's name either but he gave a short speech that was great!




There were all ages at the event...families with young children up to senior citizens like us!




This is Sean Ackley giving his address. He has been very active in the Ron Paul Meet-Up as well as the TEA Party.



Last, but not least, is Mike Holoka who came out here from Chicago to give us a rousing speech. Mike is a regular contributor at the RE Tea Party.com groups. I like the way he thinks and gives us good information.
Thanks for looking and please leave a comment!

Indepence Now and Forever! by Chuck Baldwin

I am copying and pasting in this blog page the entire message from Pastor Chuck Baldwin. He says it so well and reminds us of what a sacrifice the early fathers of our country made. Folks, wake up! We must stand together and fight for our independence and freedom!

As we approach Independence Day, it behooves us to recall the principles of America's founding, especially in light of the ongoing attempt by today's political and commercial leaders to merge the United States into a
hemispheric government. In fact, the clarion call for independence is just as fundamental, just as revolutionary as it was 233 years ago.

Regarding the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams said, "[Independence Day] will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding
generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore."

Adams went on to say, "You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet
through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even though we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not."

Indeed, the signers of America's Declaration of Independence endured the sacrifice of both toil and blood. Pertaining to the lives of the signers, David Limbaugh writes, "Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of
Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his thirteen children. Two wives
were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned."

Yes, America's Declaration of Independence, which is our nation's birth certificate, was purchased at a very high price. Rightly did its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, invoke God's name no less than four times in the
Declaration. Without God, our struggle for independence and freedom would surely have failed.

Jefferson, along with the vast majority of America's founders, knew that freedom was, first, the gift of God, not the accomplishment of men. He further understood that man's law must be subordinate to the natural laws of
God.

Therefore, with an appeal to Heaven for the "rectitude of [their] intentions," America's Founding Fathers courageously forged a document that would put their own lives at risk, but would also change the course of
history.

The question now is, "How long can we maintain our nation's independence?" The forces of global government seem to dominate both major parties in Washington, D.C., most corporate boardrooms, and most newsrooms.

In fact, hemispheric or regional government never had more powerful and committed allies than former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and now President Barack Obama. Mark my words: if and when America loses its independence, it will have been these Presidents that led the way in making it happen.

If the United States is going to maintain its independence and freedom much beyond the year 2010, it will only be because millions of freedom-loving Americans (and the governments of the States in which they reside) are
willing to fight for it.

Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. Daniel Webster gave the eulogy for both men on August 2 of that year. Included in his remarks on that notable day were these words: "It [the Declaration of
Independence] is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and independence forever."

To Webster's words, I say a hearty AMEN! I promise no loyalty to the North American Union, the United Nations, or any other brand of global government. When the day comes that I am required to submit to any form of global authority, I will be an outlaw. There is no freedom without independence, and there is no independence without eternal vigilance. To my dying breath I will say with Daniel Webster, "Independence now, and independence forever!"

To get your own copy, see this link on his website.