Dr. Ben Carson's speech...

     Here is the link for Dr. Ben Carson's speech at the recent National Prayer Breakfast. A must watch!  God bless this man.

Milton Friedman...

Wise man. Love him. Worth the watch.

"We are not French"...

     This is a link to a piece by Ann Coulter called, "On July 4th, Remember: We are not French." Well worth the read.

Occupy Wall Street and the Founders...

     A great article by the American Thinker. No matter how the press or the statists spin this, the Founders would be nowhere near Zuccotti Park.

Welcome Back Carter...

     Obama and Carter's dueling malaise speeches. Listen here, from the Laura Ingraham Show.
     History repeats itself.

Do Progressives Still Matter?

     Time magazine just keeps growing more and more irrelevent. This is the cover of their July 4th edition. Everybody should experience a little progressive indoctrination with their fireworks and apple pie, don't you think?
     This Fourth of July, I recommend some alternative reading to the Time piece... the actual Constitution, and The Federalist, both found in my sidebar under American History. For more on the Time story, read this article from the New American.
     Don't be fooled.
     Be watchful.

These are the times that try men's souls...

     Read Thomas Paine's, December 23, 1776, entry in his collection, The Crisis, here, in its entirety. Worth the read. Relevant as ever.

Independence Day...

     Today we celebrate the birth of America... The day when some very brave men approved the Declaration of Independence.
     They were willing to sacrifice their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, for freedom from tyranny. 
     They understood that they could have been drawn and quartered for this.
     Imagine them standing there, with the Declaration finished... Somebody had to be the first one to sign... So John Hancock steps up and says, Here, give me that pen... And with several bold strokes, signs his name. We've all seen his signature... It says, I'm in.
     Today, we remember the founders' vision... no matter the cost. 
     With a big, bold stroke... I'm in.

"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it." ~ William Faulkner

     If you haven't read the Declaration of Independence in a while, here it is.
     Trivia note... John Hancock, President of Congress, was the only one who signed The Declaration that day... The others then signed it on August 2. One other, Matthew Thornton, signed in November, after taking his newly appointed seat, as part of the Continental Congress.

Parental warning on U.S. Constitution??

     Wilder Publications has put a parental warning on the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Federalist Papers. This is the warning, from the Cato Institute site...

© Wilder Publications 2008

This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.

     This is progressivism. Stay awake, America.

Benjamin Franklin

This past episode of Glenn Beck's Founder's Friday featured Ben Franklin...

"Benjamin Franklin practically defined Americanism: duty, innovation, personal responsibility, self-improvement. He was so rooted in common sense, that if he were alive today he'd probably be the grumpiest of grumpy old men and with good reason. Today we restore the history of one of the greatest Americans ever to live."

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The truth about Catholic social teaching...

     Many Catholics appear to lack a basic understanding of Catholic social teaching, which I believe has led to widespread support for the most progressive, radical political agenda America has ever seen.  Catholics seem to accept socialism in the name of "social justice."

     Maybe they should read up on true Catholic social teaching, which endorses subsidiarity, and absolutely condemns socialism. Subsidiarity says that a need should be fulfilled on the most local level, rather than some ineffective, far-away, centrally planned bureaucracy that cannot possibly understand the needs of the individuals it claims to serve.  Subsidiarity advocates personal freedom and limited government.  The right order is individual responsibility, then family, then neighborhood and church community, then city, then county, then state, then federal and then global...  Not the other way around.

     It is summed up quite well in an article I found from Mark Henry, over at Catholic Online...

"Pope John Paul II harshly criticized the welfare state in his 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus wherein he stated that the welfare state undermined this core principle of subsidiarity. This Catholic teaching states that when something can be done locally by a smaller simpler organization, this is better than central planning type action by a larger and more complex organization. This tenet safeguards the ideals of limited government and personal freedom and stands squarely opposed to the welfare state’s goals of centralization and bureaucracy.        

John Paul II warned us that the welfare state discourages human initiative and results in an excessive increase of public bureaucracies. This results in an enormous increase in spending by a government whose goal is to achieve its own statist agenda rather than to serve the public."

     This modern day social justice (aka redistribution of the wealth... aka Marxism) has become just a more palatable way to say... You have too much.  The State is now going to take what belongs to you... and give it to that guy... whether you like it or not.  There is nothing just about the Statist's plans for redistributive justice.  In fact, there seem to be a couple of broken commandments in there somewhere...  having to do with coveting your neighbor's goods, and stealing.  Charity, when given freely from the heart, is noble and moral...  forced charity is not.
     Jesus never said... If you see your brother in need... give your money to Rome... and they will best decide how to spend it.  The government is increasingly a Godless institution... insisting that we "spread the wealth around" in the name of social justice... focusing solely on material needs without regard for the spirit.  It is necessary to address both.  Christians should be very careful when they turn over their responsibilities to the State.  In the secular world of the Statist, one of them... either the Church or the State... becomes unnecessary.

"Founder's Friday" continues on Glenn Beck...

Tonight, Glenn Beck continues his series about America's Founding Fathers.  Each Friday he features a different Founder. Tonight, learn all about George Washington.  Tune in to Glenn Beck, at 5pm on the Fox News Channel.

Declaration of Independence trumps all other laws...

Another great piece by Ronald R. Cherry from American Thinker...
"While our Constitution and Bill of Rights are the greatest secular laws ever written, it must be acknowledged that our secular Constitution has a sacred mandate -- the Declaration of Independence.  The American Revolution is first and foremost a revolution in sacred, unalienable human rights and their associated moral laws (Declaration), and secondarily a revolution in secular law (Constitution).  We must be aware that secular law, and particularly the "Living Constitution" (Orwellian Newspeak for Dead Constitution), can be perverted into tyranny when such law becomes destructive of the individual's human rights."
Read the article from American Thinker

"Founder's Friday" starts today at 5pm on Fox News

Glenn Beck is beginning a series about the Founding Fathers, called "Founder's Friday"...  Record it and watch it with your kids...  Fridays, at 5pm, on Fox News.