A Time of Change

Little over a year ago, my family visited Gettysburg. We walked to grounds, stood among the ghosts, and told the story of that awful war to my son. Prior to that day, he knew that there had been an American Civil War, but he really didn't know why. He understood that President Lincoln had freed the slaves, that good had triumphed, and the world became a better place.

We stood on top of Little Round Top and peered downing into the Valley of Death, and talked about history. We talked about how it must have felt to be a soldier ordered to advance through that tiny valley. My son climbed on the bolders where sharpshooters once hid, and his far away look told me he was thinking about what had taken place on this ground. We walked across some of the ground where the 131st Mississippi suffered 100% casualties during Pickett's Charge, and I told him that was the entire student body of The University of Mississippi.

If you ask most people about the causes of the Civil War, they will tell you it was fought to end slavery in this country. It is true that the war did result in the end of that terrible institution. Sadly, that is generally recognized as 'The' cause of the war. It is simply not true, but a case of the victor writing the history that they 'prefere' over the history that 'was'.

No one in their right mind can defend the practice or institution of slavery. If that was what the war was about, who can say the Union was wrong?

But if the war was about Slavery, why did South Carolina fire on the Union Navy approaching Fort Sumter? Did they fear that the Union Navy was about to free all the Slaves held in the Union fort?

No, the shooting didn't start because of a threat to slavery. It started because South Carolina refuesed to pay unjust taxes and rejected northern political domination. The Confederate Battle flags that flew as hundreds of thousands of young men struggled to their deaths stood not for the enslavement of man, but for his freedom. The cannons that pummeled Fort Sumter drove out those who would blockaid the harbor for the collection of the Merril Tarrifs. The first shots of the war were fired in the same spirit as the battle at Bunker Hill...in defiance of collection of taxes.

There was a time when you could tell this story, and help people understand why so many men fought and died so valiantly for so long. There was a time when it was important that we as a people remembered what it took to create our great country, when we as a people understood the sacrifices that were made by our forbearers and appreciated the legacy of wealth, prosperity and freedom that they left to us.

But, times have changed.

Today, we don't value history. We don't understand freedom. The federal government is about to redistribute our wealth, to tax us over greenhouse gasses, and force a federal health insurance program on us. Every where you look, the government is taking money you and I have sacraficed and worked to earn, and is giving it to someone else to support programs that we are absolutely opposed to. Where once we stood for democracy and freedom, today our government is finding common ground with dictators and petty despots. The cult of personality surrounding the presidency diminishes the office, and insults the individual sovoriegnity of the American People. It certainly has been a time of change.

Which way to Charlston Harbor? Imagine the courage it took to say "Hell no!" and to touch off that first cannon.

Our cannons are the ballot box.

Remember in November.

You Might Be a Racist if.....

You might be a racists if.....
.....you are opposed to unilateral nuclear disarmament. I believe that the United States ought to have clear and unmistakable nuclear deterance.
.....you do not believe that we should halt construction of the ballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe.
.....you do not believe that our health care issues can be solved by a massive federal program, but rather by common sense tort reform and other similar measures.
.....you believe that anything that allies us with Danial Ortega, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro is probably a mistake.
.....you do not believe that taxing me will stop global warming.
.....you do not believe that the president has any business discussing politics with school children.
....you do not believe that pulling of Afganistan is right. If the terrorists win, we lose.

Just a Thought

It's Political Campaign time.

Just a thought.....

A Vote for your Democrat Representative to Congress is a Vote for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

He have brought home the bacon for 30 years, but Nancy is going to fix health care for you and me.

He may be your children's Godfather, but Nancy is ramming Cap and Trade down our throats.

He may be your best friend, but remember, a government big enough to solve all your problems is a government big enough to take all you have.