“Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.”~Pro. 13:15-16 Today, while scrolling through social media, I cam across this post: When I saw this, I was…to say the least, disappointed. My first response was to lash out in anger but instead, I chose to take a more thoughtful approach. Here is my letter to Chief McCabe: As firefighters and EMT’s, our job should be…
“I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;I Do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know.I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;I speak of your saving help.I do not conceal your love and faithfulnessfrom the great assembly.”~Psalm 40:9-10 “Be pleased to save me, Lord;Come quickly, Lord, to help me.May all who want to take my life,Be put to shame and confusion;May all who desire my ruin,Be turned back in disgrace.May those who say to me, “Aha!…
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a…
“From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.” ~Pro. 13:2 “The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame upon themselves.” ~Pro. 13:5 “The Judicial power does not include a right to change the Constitution” ~John Marshall There has been a great wailing and gnashing of teeth over the last couple of weeks, regarding two decisions handed down by the United States Supreme…
21JAN2021 Once again, I am forced to address erroneous (and absurd) conclusions made by uneducated pinatas of stupid regarding the second amendment. Again, the tired myth that the founding fathers we referring only to flintlock muskets when they wrote the second amendment. Having said that, let us meet today’s pinata boy: I’ve said before that this is a specious argument that is not only dishonest, but so stupid that it deserves to be torn down, dissected and the person making…
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty. Without Freedom of Speech” ~Benjamin Franklin “For if Men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep,…
“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” ~Thomas Jefferson “God Forbid we should ever be 20 years without such rebellion.” ~Thomas Jefferson “The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.” ~Thomas Jefferson 08JAN21 As I watched the events unfold in our nation’s capital on 06JAN, I…
16DEC20 “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ~Benjamin Franklin “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” ~William Pitt (the Younger) “The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” ~Samuel Adams Among the many things I see daily…
(or “Birth of a Republican”) Pro. 30:7-8 “Two things I request from you (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehoods and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches-“ Pro. 30:11-14 “There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother. There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filthiness. There is a generation – oh, how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids…
Make no mistake, these people despise us, no matter what we do. They want to kill us, they want to imprison us. They openly, and without the slightest hint of irony, scream loudly for our extermination or imprisonment. Where then is the civility?