After A Long Hiatus...

I have been away for some time now, but have been most apprciative for the time spent on Sarah Palin's website promoting the Conservative mesage.In coming back to my very first love, I reread a post I had done titled: "From out of the mouths of babes". The young grandson I spoke so admiringly of, is now a fifth grader, and a rather big boy at that. Yes, he has been carefully taught, and is quite cognizant of the many conflicting forces competing for his attention. He knows, and understands, our president and his proclivities the many, and he also knows and understands the precepts of that which will eventually save him and his country: Conservatism!

Winter is setting in here in the east (quite in spite of the enviros expectations), and the air is actually chilly. The Mayan winter of our existence is also anon, and I notice people around the world are taking note and preparing for exactly what? How are candles supposed to illuminate an empty world for these people? Yet, they go on their not-so-merry way preparing for the worst, but secretly hoping for the best. Talk about the conundrums one finds himself in, and you could go absolutely batty, couldn't you?

Not one to waste time dwelling over things so ephemeral, I spend most of my time simply thinking about the things we need to do in order to retain our American way of life. Admittedly, the president and John Boehner have made things more difficult, but America will survive. If you have doubts, just go back to the Founding period and read once more how difficult things really were for those responsible for our nation's birth. But especially, pay close attention to George Washington's brief period of retirement before he was called to Philadelphia in service to his country ojnce more. He had spemt the better part of eight years guiding the colonies through an exhausting war with King George III, and the British Empire. He had justly earned his retirement and the admiration of his countrymen and all he wanted to do was to restore his beloved Mount Vernon home.

Then, his country called, and he would not deny those who needed him the most. The original Articles of Confederation weren't working as well as had been hoped for, and many thought the young country to be needed something better in the way of self-governance. What an exhilarating period of time that must have been, and what a period of trial and tribulation lay before those assembled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during that hot summer of 1787.

What eventually became known as the Constitutional Convention, gave rise to a nation born of promise and a devotion to the ideals of a true Constitutional republic. Washington, ever the gentleman, was asked to be the country's president, which he accepted solemnly, and one of the first things he did was to limit himself to just two four year terms in office. What a great man he turned out to be, and we would have to wait another almost sixty years to have again another of our country's greatest men to guide us through perilous times---Abraham Lincoln.

These lessons my young grandson knows well, and why not, they are just that important now, as they were then.

This brings us to today. Really, where are we as a country after those many years? We live under the despotic rule of a man seemingly anxious to become a tyrant in residence in OUR House, presiding over the populace as would a king or an imperialist of some other designation. No thank you! We have had a king, George III, and we didn't like that so we purged him from our lives at great cost. These are the lessons that the youngest among us must learn and must be taught, if we are to survive as a free people.

Freedom. May it always ring loudly in the ears of a people yearning to experience it. May it always be there for us all, even when we do not thoroughly understand what its significance means to us. And, may it always be there for those to come after us that they too, may enjoy its sweetness, and yes, its demands for responsibility and accountability.

As we venture nearer to the time of our Savior's birth, allow us to live with the secularists and non-believers among us. Permit us to relive the thoughts of our Founders and their sacrifices for the betterment of the many who would follow them. In a word, this represents a continuity of purpose; an awareness of that which both preceeds and that which follows: The greatest country on earth, America!

Sic Semper Tyrannis!
Thus Always to Tyrants!