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The Brownshirts Are Coming!

Posted by Curtal Friar on Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:19:48 AM
   Okay, I just learned about something that everyone needs to know.  Last year, Obama made a statement that he wanted to establish a civilian force that would be able to carry out military type operations.  He caught a lot of flack for that, and as far as I know, he quit talking about it.
 
   In case you were watching and wondering when that force would be instituted, well, wonder no more.  The groundwork has been laid.
 
   Obama's new force is called the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce.  Among other things, its purpose is to restore order, as can be seen in the following excerpt:
 
Members of the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce shall be organized, trained, cleared, equipped, and ready to deploy in support of combat operations by the military; contingencies; emergency operations; humanitarian missions; disaster relief; restoration of order; drug interdiction; and stability operations of the Department of Defense in accordance with DoDD 3000.05 (Reference (b)).
 
Wanna bet that "restoration of order" and "stability operations" will include the rounding up of firearms and the quelling of any dissent against the Obama administration?  I think Obama is fully aware his actions are going to precipitate a revolt sooner or later, and he is taking proactive measures to prepare for such an occurrence.
 
The military is not meant to take action within the United States, except to stop an invasion.  Five will get you ten the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce won't have any restrictions against operating in the United States.
 
But don't take my word for it.  You can read the DOD directive that established the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce at this link:
 
 
People, the Brownshirts are coming!
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We Will Mock You

Posted by Curtal Friar on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:34:42 PM
In collaboration with Mrs. Paddy, here's a new parody for y'all to enjoy.

We Will Mock You

Barney you're a maggot, faggot,
Wasting all our dough on your half-brained schemes all day,
You got mud on your face,
You big disgrace,
Spewing your filth all over the place
We will, we will mock you
We will, we will mock you
 
Nancy you're a rich b*tch, with an itch,
Doing what you can to kill the USA someday,
You got botox in place,
You big disgrace,
Calling for change all over the place
We will, we will mock you
We will, we will mock you
 
Barry you're a con man, Marx fan
Shoutin' Yes I Can gonna take on the world someday
You'll have blood on your face
You big disgrace
You're only there because of your race
We will, we will mock you
We will, we will mock you
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Under The Bus

Posted by Curtal Friar on Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:51:42 PM
Okay, gang, here's a new parody.  It's called "Under The Bus" and it goes to the tune of "Loves Me Like A Rock" by Paul Simon.  Enjoy!
 
 
When I was a little boy (when I was just a boy)
And my grandma would call my name (when I was just a boy)
I say now who do,
Who do you think you're fooling?  (when I was just a boy)
I thought she was a racist broad  (when I was just a boy)
A typical white hateful fraud
But my grandma loved me, she loved me
She got down on her knees and hugged me
But I threw her under the bus
She loved me but I didn't care
I threw her
I threw her, threw her, threw her, threw her
 
When I started going to church  (gotta go to church)
And Reverend Wright would call my name  (gotta go to church)
I say now who do,
Who do you think you're fooling?  (gotta go to church)
I listened to him for years (gotta go to church)
I was faithful for twenty years
Oh the reverend loved me, he loved me
He got down on his knees and hugged me
But I threw him under the bus
He loved me but I didn't care
I threw him
I threw him, threw him, threw him, threw him
 
When I become the president  (become the president)
And the Congress calls my name  (become the president)
I'd say now who do,
Who do you think you're fooling?  (become the president)
I'll have all the might and power  (become the president)
And I'll do whatever I want
The Congress will love me, they'll love me
They'll get down on their knees and hug me
But I'll throw them under the bus
They'll love me but I will not care
I'll throw them
I'll throw 'em, throw 'em, throw 'em, throw them
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In God I Trust

Posted by Curtal Friar on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:32:58 AM
   The world is constantly beset by dangers and troubles and trials.  In that regard, America is no different from any other nation.
 
   The forces of Islam declare war on us, and threaten us with violence if we don't cave to their demands.
 
   Obama could win the presidency and thereby a victory for the forces of evil, and make no mistake, he is nothing more than a smooth-talking champion of evil.
 
   Democrats and other liberals champion many evils in our land, including pornography, prostitution, abortion, same-sex marriage, and many others.  They are advocates of moral relativism, believing that good and evil are subjective and thereby meaningless, and they hold too many positions of power in our fair land.
 
   Too many people cross the border with less than noble goals in mind upon reaching America, and are contributing to the eventual demise of the America we know and love.
 
   The forces of socialism seek to remove the rights of citizens to be able to protect themselves.  This is nothing more than an attempt to establish their power and tyranny by removing one of the methods that Americans will have to defend themselves against that tyranny.
 
   The eyes of the world are forever on America, and their glare is none too kind.
 
   These and many other problems, both internal and external, pose a variety of dangers for all Americans, yet I have no fear.  I will do what I can to the best of my ability to stand against the forces of evil, yet I will will not be afraid, for in God I trust, and if He is with me, who can be against me?
 
   An all too easy mistake to make is to become so mired in the problems of this world that we forget about what's most important.  God will give us the strength to make it through all the storms that beset us and to stand strong no matter how fiercely the winds blow.  After all, no matter how loudly the winds shriek, they cannot move the mountain, and if we build our homes there, nothing can shake us, for nothing is mightier than God.
 
   In God I trust.
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The Christian Foundation Of America

Posted by Curtal Friar on Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:39:58 AM
      For those who doubt that America was founded as a Christian nation, here is a smattering of statements from the Founding Fathers, some of the first Presidents, some Supreme Court Justices, excerpts from Congressional reports and Supreme Court rulings, and others.  Y'all make sure and show these to every naysayer you come across.

"It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protections and favor."  
            George Washington, First President of the United States

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
            John Adams, Second President of the United States

"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?  That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?  Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."
            Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States

"Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Saviour? - That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation?  Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? - That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?"
            John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States"

"An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!...Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power...Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.  There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us...Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?  Forbid it, Almighty God!  I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
            Patrick Henry, a Patriot to remember for all time.

"To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness, which mankind now enjoys...Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government - and all blessings which flow from them - must fall with them."
            Jedediah Morse, "The Father of American Geography"

"I've lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth:  That God governs in the affairs of men...We've been assured in the sacred writings that unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.  I firmly believe this, and I also believe that without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel."
            Benjamin Franklin, Signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States

"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next.  Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts."
AND
"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
            John Jay, First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

"One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law...There never has been a period in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying as its foundations...I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society."
            Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

"There is no dissonance in these declarations...These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation."
            From Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S., 1892
 
"Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament, without note or comment, be read and taught as a divine revelation...Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?"
            From Vidal v. Girard's Executors, 1844
 
"The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other."
            Alexis De Tocqueville, French visitor to America in 1831 and author of Democracy In America
 
"There is no country in which the people are so religious as in the United States...The great number of religious societies existing in the United States is truly inspiring: there are some of them for everything; for instance, societies to distribute the Bible; to distribute tracts; to encourage religious journals; to convert, civilize, educate;...to take care of their widow and orphans; to preach, extend, purify, preserve, reform the faith; to build chapels, endow congregations, support seminaries;...to establish Sunday schools;...to prevent drunkeness, etc."
            Achille Murat, French visitor to America in 1832
 
The preceding quotes are just a drop in the bucket compared to all like writings throughout the course of American history.  The United States of America was founded as a Christian nation, it was developed as a Christian nation, its laws and customs and precepts and mores were directly influenced by and taken from the Bible and Christian belief, and with hard work, our beloved America can be a Christian nation once again that shines its light for all to see.
 
Let's stand up and make our voices heard!
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Boys To Be Proud Of

Posted by Curtal Friar on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:25:53 AM
  The tornado that went through the Little Sioux Scout Camp in western Iowa has been well covered in the media.  Still, the actions of the fine young boys who responded after the tornado was gone can't get enough attention, in my opinion.  Thomas White, Zach Jessen, Alex Way, and other scouts distinguished themselves by staying calm and using their training and skills to help those who were injured, in shock, or trapped by debris.  These boys deserve our respect and admiration as much as the young men and women in our armed forces.  What especially moves me is the following quote from an unidentified scout who was interviewed:
 
I said that being called heroes is probably an overstatement, we were Scouts and
we were just doing what we knew how to do and what we've been trained to do.
 
   Way to go, boys.  Would that our national leaders and aspiring leaders exhibited the same humility and devotion to duty.
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It Is Well With My Soul

Posted by Curtal Friar on Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:59:27 PM
  The following story was written to answer a request from another Townhall blogger.  I dedicate this story to my wife and son.  May the following words inspire the reader to trust in God, and turn to Him when the going gets tough and tragedy strikes.
 
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 
   A knock sounded on the door of Horatio Spafford's room, and he got up and crossed the floor and opened it.  
   "Sir, forgive the intrusion, but the Captain requests your presence at his cabin," spoke the sailor that stood at the entrance.  "If you'll accompany me, I'll take you there."  Horatio grabbed his coat and followed the seaman.  A couple of minutes later, he was in the captain's cabin.
   "Mr. Spofford," said the captain, acknowledging Horatio when he entered.
   "We're getting close, I take it?" asked Horatio.
   "Yes.  We should be over the site within the hour."  The captain paused and looked hard at Horatio.  "I trust all is well with you.  Do you require company?  I can certainly have one of my men stand with you."
   "All is well with my soul," Horatio answered, looking the captain in the eye without flinching.  "Thank you for your concern, sir.  I shall proceed up to the deck."
   The weather was nice.  A fair wind blew and there were some waves, but just enough to give a pleasant roll to the ship.  Horatio stood and looked out over the ocean, lost in thought.  It was not long ago at all that his wife had been almost on this very spot.  He had sent his wife, Anna, and his daughters, Annie, Maggie, Bessie, and Tanetta on the ship S.S. Ville du Havre, bound for England.  Horatio was to join them later in the month and they were going to travel about Europe on vacation.  Then tragedy struck.  By accident, the Ville du Havre was rammed by the British ship, the Lochearn.  The Ville du Havre was damaged badly and sunk within twelve minutes after being struck.
   Horatio's wife and other survivors were picked up by the crew of the Lochearn and then transferred to the Trimountain, another vessel which took the survivors on to Cardiff, Wales.  After she arrived in Wales, Anna cabled her husband with a very short message:  "Saved alone.  What shall I do?"  All four of their daughters had drowned, in the vicinity of where Horatio now stood looking out over the rail at the ocean.
   Horatio was no stranger to tragedy.  He had already lost a son, and had lost a substantial amount of money and property when Chicago was devastated by fire in October, 1871.  But this tragedy was the worst.  He and his wife were now alone.  Horatio was not consumed by grief, however.  There were moments when the black abyss of despair beckoned, and he likely would have answered the call, but for the loving grace of God.
   "All is well with me," he whispered, as he looked out over the water.  "It...is well with my soul."  He felt the presence of God, filling his mind and spirit with calm strength.  Horatio knew that life contained tragedy as well as joy, and that God would be there with him through it all.  Though many had used Horatio's situation to question the existence of God, and had raised the question of how God could allow such horrible things to happen, he knew that they were bound up in foolishness and their own pettiness.  Horatio knew that God does not remove his followers from the world so that nothing painful or bad would ever happen to them.  Rather, God provides the strength and grace needed to make it through the hard times without losing faith or hope or humanity.
   "It is well with my soul," Horatio repeated, and then inspiration filled his mind.  He paused for a few moments, and then proceeded down to his cabin, where soon he was seated with pen in hand, furiously writing.
 
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
 
Refrain
It is well (it is well)
With my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Refrain

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Refrain

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

Refrain

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

Refrain

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Refrain
 
   The hymn that Horatio wrote that day went on to become one of our most beloved hymns.  It demonstrates the quiet peace and strength that is possible when one puts his faith in God.  When tragedy abounds and our lives are ripped asunder, if we but quiet ourselves and listen to the still, calm voice of God, He will fill us with the strength and confidence we need to make it through, secure in the knowledge that all this will pass away, but His love and mercy and strength are forever, and it won't be long till we are reunited with our loved ones in heaven before the throne of God forever.  If tragedy strikes you, may you remember Horatio's story, and may you as well quiet yourself and let God fill you with his love and grace, and you too will be able to sing Horatio's hymn with joy and peace that passes all understanding.
 
May God bless each and every one of you.
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A Blast From The Past

Posted by Curtal Friar on Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:05:59 AM
Okay, people, here's another parody I had the inspiration for this morning while listening to a Beach Boys cd.  I'll think you'll recognize which tune it goes to fairly quick...Enjoy!
 
 
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb Ira-a-an
Tha-at's the pla-a-an
Bomb Ira-a-an
We'll send them rocking and a rolling
Smoking and a choking
Bomb Iran
 
Ahmadinejad
Thinks he's really bad
But he's very dumb
Because we got the bomb
Bomb Iran
Bomb Ira-a-an
We'll send them rocking and a rolling
Smoking and a choking
Bomb Iran
 
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb Ira-a-an
Tha-at's the pla-a-an
Bomb Ira-a-an
We'll send them rocking and a rolling
Smoking and a choking
Bomb Iran
 
Tried diplomacy
Didn't work, you see
Nothing works as well
As blowing them to Hell
Bomb Iran
Bomb Ira-a-an
We'll send them rocking and a rolling
Smoking and a choking
Bomb Iran
 
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran
Bomb Ira-a-an
Tha-at's the pla-a-an
Bomb Ira-a-an
We'll send them rocking and a rolling
Smoking and a choking
Bomb Iran
 
Bomb Iran, bomb Iran
Bomb Iran, bomb Iran
Bomb Iran, bomb Iran
Bomb Iran, bomb Iran
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Honor Our Heroes

Posted by Curtal Friar on Friday, June 06, 2008 8:22:58 AM
   This week marks the anniversary of when our boys stormed the beaches at Normandy and went on to bring about the end of Nazi Germany.  We should all take time to honor and celebrate these heroes.  If you know one of these brave men who is still alive, take some time to thank him and his service to our country, still the greatest on Earth.
 
   But don't stop there.  Our boys over in the Middle East are just as heroic and are doing just as great a service to our country today.  Let's honor them as well.  Hell, all of our servicemembers are heroes.  They are serving and giving of themselves in a way that few of us outside the military do.  Take some time to thank the young men and women who are proudly serving America today.  It could be just as simple as approaching someone in uniform and thanking him for his service.
 
   I was in the Army, not the Marines, but I will borrow their motto and say Semper Fi to all the military.
 
   Thank you for your service.
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A Tale Of The Raging Sea

Posted by Curtal Friar on Friday, May 30, 2008 7:43:16 AM
  Just sit right back, and I'll tell you a story, a tale of the raging sea and heroic deeds.  Grab yourself something to drink and eat, put your feet up and make yourself comfortable, and I'll tell ye the tale of the Neptune's Car, a clipper ship that set sail from New York for San Francisco, by way of Cape Horn, off the southern tip of South America.
   On July 1, 1856, the Neptune's Car departed from New York under the command of Captain Joshua Patten.  Captain Patten was only 26 years old, but he had proven his worth time and again, and was a renowned man of the sea.  In spite of his skill, however, and the faith his men placed in him and his ability, this particular voyage would prove to be a disaster for him.  Indeed, it would be his last.
   The voyage began well enough.  They sailed south with good wind and good seas, but soon were beset by two problems.  One difficulty was the first mate, whose name has been lost.  It would seem that the first mate often slept on duty.  He also issued commands that directly disobeyed the orders of the captain.  This problem was seemingly solved when Captain Patten removed the man from his position, and made one Mr. Hare the first mate instead.  But a more dangerous situation soon arose.
   As they went further south, the seas grew rougher and higher, and it became apparent that danger lay ahead.  Danger is an understatement.  The Neptune's Car encountered ferocious storms off Cape Horn.  For several weeks, Captain Patten and his crew fought huge waves and gale-force winds that drove the ship back further than any progress they were able to make.  It became so bad at one point that Captain Patten spent eight days without sleep trying to get his ship and his crew safely through the storm.  During that time, Captain Patten bravely performed double watches in weather that was cold enough to cause ice to form on the rigging.  Sadly, the task proved to be too much for him, and Captain Patten collapsed on the deck, possibly from pneumonia.  This left the Neptune's Car in dire straits.  Mr. Hare was suitably skilled at command, but lacked the experience to navigate the ship.  Further, the former first mate, when he learned of the situation, attempted a mutiny.  Disaster seemed imminent, but at the darkest hour, the day was saved by an unlikely source.  Enter Mary Patten, the pregnant young wife of the captain.
   Mary found her husband collapsed on the deck, shivering and in a delirium.  She got him below, and consulted the ship's medical books to try and discover what was wrong with him.  When all hell broke loose and the former first mate made his bid to take over the ship, Mary rose to the challenge.  She sent forth a call for the men to muster on the quarterdeck, and she addressed them from the poop deck.  Imagine the scene:  there on the quarterdeck are gathered a bunch of strong, tough sailors, facing a small woman who addressed them.  Mary was slender and dark-haired and very beautiful, based on descriptions written down by some in the crew.  She was also four months pregnant.  Nevertheless, she told the men that she was determined to get them to San Francisco and she needed their support.  She possessed the knowledge and the navigational skills to do so.  Her speech and her spirited determination earned the admiration of the crew, and they agreed to follow her orders.  A smart move for the crew, for under Mary's command, they were able to make it to San Francisco.  She spent more than fifty days fighting stormy seas and attempts by the mutinous former first mate to sabotage her attempts to get them to their destination safely and quickly.
   Sadly, the voyage ended with tragedy.  After the arrival in San Francisco, Captain Patten and his wife returned to New York and then to Boston.  On March 10, 1857, their son was born, but four months after the birth, Captain Patten died.  He spent the last days of his life at the Somerville Insane Asylum.  All the ships in Boston harbor flew their flags at half-mast in response to the news.  Mary lived only a few years longer herself.  On March 18, 1861, she died of tuberculosis.  She and her husband were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachussetts.
   Mary was honored for her heroic deeds and for the love and devotion she displayed toward her husband, Joshua.  The Union Mutual Insurance Company, which underwrote the voyage, awarded Mary the sum of $1,000 for her service.  The New York Daily Tribune and the Daily News in London both published articles praising her and her heroism.  In fact, the Daily News compared her with Florence Nightingale and Sarah Pellatt.  The citizens of Boston and London together raised another $1,500 for her and her husband.  Mary truly earned the admiration and respect of many of her fellow citizens of the time, and has earned her place as an heroic American.  When times get tough for us, let us remember the danger and difficulty she faced, and how she more than rose to the challenge, becoming an example for us all.  I encourage you to read more about her exploits and the deeds of other women in maritime history.  You can find her tale and others in the book Women Sailors & Sailor's Women by David Cordingly.  That book served as the inspiration and the source material for this essay.
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A Memorable Memorial Day

Posted by Curtal Friar on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:56:16 AM
   I got up around seven o'clock yesterday morning, May 26, 2008, and began getting ready for the day.  At about 8:15, my son and I left to go downtown to the National World War I Museum to attend the Memorial Day Ceremony.  The event was one I will not soon forget, as the last living World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, was in attendance.  I am glad I went, though I am left with some sadness and a sense that soon will be the end of an era and there will be no one left to connect us to that part of our history.  It is our loss that there is very little in the way of personal accounts of World War I, at least when compared to other conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Vietnam War.  Hopefully we can learn from that mistake and not allow the voices of our young men and women who have been in conflicts since to be unheard or forgotten.  The event has inspired me start working hard on a personal project that has been on the backburner for several years, and that is to document the stories and experiences of our family, my side and that of my wife, to pass on to our children and grandchildren (someday).  I would encourage everyone to do the same.  Don't put it off or the day will come when some of your loved ones will be gone and their voices stilled forever.
   After the ceremony, I took my son on a tour of the museum, and it was an enjoyable experience for both of us.  My son enjoyed looking at all the big guns and airplanes and an old tank that had a whole punched in the side from a German round.  One of our favorite parts of the museum was the Memorial Hall Tower.  Up there, there were many displays to see.  Most of those displays featured a picture of a World War I veteran, along with biographical and military data about that particular veteran.  Next to each display was a glass case containing personal effects (firearms, uniforms, letters and papers, and various miscellaneous items) of the specific veteran.  My son had many questions about the various items, and I did my best to explain them.  Some of them posed me difficulty, for example, one case contained a handheld instrument that was used for adjusting and setting range on some old artillery piece.  Of course, I was able to tell my son that it was used to properly aim the big gun so that they could hit their target, but my son wanted to know specifically how that was accomplished, and I had to tell him that I simply did not know.
   The highlight of the day's activities, for me, though, was when we left the museum and proceeded to my car.  Once we got in and were on our way home, my son (who is six and a half years old) remarked that it was important to go to places like the museum so that we never forget.  That declaration made me proud of my son.  I hope he will pass that idea on to his children someday.
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Tribute To The American Warrior

Posted by Curtal Friar on Monday, May 26, 2008 9:09:57 AM
He followed General Washington across the Potomac, shivering in the bitter cold weather.  Men around him succumbed to the cold and to disease and died, but still he pressed on.  He fought the British soldiers in many battles and finally cheered when the war was over and a new republic was born, a republic based on the principles of liberty and justice for all.

When war broke out again with Great Britain, he again grabbed his weapon and fought to free our nation from British control and interference.

He followed William Eaton and Presley O'Bannon across the burning sands to Derna, in Tripoli, and fought and won the first American victory on foreign soil.
 
He fought and died at the Alamo, holding off the Mexican army long enough for General Sam Houston to gather the troops and supplies needed to defeat the Mexican forces.
 
He followed Teddy Roosevelt and charged the enemy and won a victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
 
He fought Germany and her allies in World War One and endured all the horrors of the trench warfare before moving on to victory alongside the British and other allies.
 
He returned to battle German forces again, when the evil of Adolf Hitler was unleashed.  He landed in Normandy and charged the enemy fortifications, watching his fellows torn apart by the hail of machine gun fire that butchered the American forces attempting to take the beach, yet still he pressed on to victory.
 
He fought against the Japanese in bloody battle after bloody battle, in island after island across the Pacific.  He was forced to march 60 miles from the Bataan peninsula to prison camps, after being captured by the Japanese, in what today is known as the Bataan Death March.  He watched in horror as those who fell from exhaustion and hunger were mercilessly beheaded by Japanese soldiers.  Still, the American warrior pressed on and pushed the Japanese back to their homeland in victory after victory.
 
He fought against the Chinese and North Korean forces, and though there were substantial defeats, he managed to keep those forces out of South Korea, a job he continues today.
 
He fought in Vietnam, and was betrayed by weak politicians and America-haters who displayed their hatred of our country time and again.  He returned home and endured ill treatment from radicals who yelled obscenities at him and spit on him. 

In the early 90's, he fought against the forces of Saddam Hussein and drove them out of Kuwait.
 
He fought again with Saddam's forces, after the horrific attack by terrorists on American soil on September 11, 2001, and this time he destroyed the Iraqi military and removed Saddam from power.  He is still in Iraq, protecting the Iraqi republic that arose from the ashes of that war.

Let us all take some time today to honor those who have fallen in the many wars and battles in which the American warrior has fought.  If you know someone who currently serves or is a veteran of the Marine Corps or the Army or the Navy or the Air Force or the Coast Guard, take some time today to thank him for his service.  Let us not forget the brave men and women who have volunteered to serve our country and proudly do so in many locations here in America and around the world.
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Liberal Nazis

Posted by Curtal Friar on Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:00:35 AM
   Did the title grab your attention?  Good.  This essay is in response to some posters who asked for clarification to a recent piece I wrote entitled "Top Ten Liberals Of The Twentieth Century."  That list provoked some reaction by listing the top three liberals as being Mao, Stalin, and Hitler.  Requests were made to me to explain what I meant by calling those them liberals.  What follows is an explanation as well as an admonition to avoid giving power to liberal politicians.
   Before I explain the Nazi/Communist/Liberal connection, allow me to establish definitions of liberal and conservative.  The word liberal has undergone changes in meaning over the last 150 years, and the way I will define it here is based on the contemporary goals, beliefs and propaganda of liberals in and seeking political power.  For the rest of this essay, liberal will refer to those in power who are liberals, and not the average person in society who holds liberal beliefs.
   The word liberal today is easily interchanged with socialist.  Many, if not most, of liberal goals and beliefs today spring from the socialist ideas and theories and goals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Liberals today, like most socialists over the last hundred and fifty years, seek and promise government solutions to all of the problems faced by citizens.  Hungry?  The government will put a chicken on your plate.  Homeless?  The government will give you a house.  Penniless?  The government will either give you money or a job.  Sick?  The government will take care of you and give you medicine and medical treatment.  The list goes on, ad nauseam.
   Liberals today, like classic socialists, hate big business and private enterprise, and seek to destroy both for the good of the people.  Both desire to redistribute wealth among all the classes.  Actually, they seek to abolish the classes, so that there is only the people.  This idea can be heard from the mouth of Hillary Clinton, as well as any socialist or communist since those ideas began.  The liberal of today tries to dress up that idea, and use emotional appeal to arouse interest, but it is the same tired claim that if we just all pooled our resources into a common fund, shared equally by all, that there would be no more problems.  Competition would disappear and all people would live happily side by side.
   Liberals believe in strong government that extends its control into every faced of life.  Cigarette smoke bothering you?  The government will take care of it for you.  Trans fats unhealthy for humans?  The government will ban it.  Offended by the words of another?  The government will label such speech "hate speech" and ban it.  Worried that religious ideas are extending too far into society?  The government will place strong controls on religion and religious practice.
   Now let's take a look at the contemporary conservative.  In brief, the modern American conservative believes in small government, with as little intrusion into the lives of citizens as possible.  Plain and simple.  Conservatives think, for the most part, that the purpose of government is mostly to protect citizens from outside threats that they cannot handle or would have a difficult time handling themselves.  Thus, the government should have a military to protect us from foreign threats, and from any force that tries to overthrow our government and take over and change our country and our way of life.  The government should provide justice by apprehending and punishing lawbreakers.  Beyond that, conservatives really don't want the government to have any power.  The government should not tell citizens how to live their lives.  It should have no say or control over the flow of ideas, over any part of the marketplace, or over any aspect of religion.  The government also should not be in the business of protecting us from ourselves.  That, in a nutshell, is what the contemporary American conservative believes.
   Now, as to my claim that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party were liberals, by the way I defined liberal above, let's take a quick look at the history of both.  What many people may not realize is that the word, Nazi, is but a shortened form of the German name of the Nazi party.  Really, the full name of the Nazi party is the National Socialist Party.  Ladies and gentlemen, Hitler was a socialist.  He espoused the same ideas that liberals espoused today in America.  The only difference between Hitler and the modern liberal, in ideology, was the strong racist component espoused by Adolf.  Hitler pointed to all the problems in post WWI Germany and declared that he had a solution.  If he was given the power, he would wipe out poverty.  He would eliminate hunger.  He would solve all of the problems for German citizens and take care of them.
   In truth, Hitler was no different than Stalin or Mao.  All three were following, in their own way, a socialist ideology based on the ideas begun in the nineteenth century.  Call it communism, nazism, socialism, whatever, it's still the same beast with a new name.  They all sprung from the same source, and from the same writings:  Marx and Engels, Nietzsche, and all their imitators.  Hitler hated big business and did what he could to wipe it out.  He hated religion and wanted it eradicated from the public sphere.  He spoke to the "people", and proclaimed all he did was for the good of the "people."
   Let's pause for just a moment here so I can address a question that is doubtless forming in the minds of some of the readers.  I am not suggesting that modern liberals are Nazis.  I am not saying that the liberals want to establish an American version of the Nazi party.  What I am trying to show is that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party of WWII Germany is the extreme end of liberalism.  Stalin and Mao come from the dark side of liberalism as well.
   Is Obama a contemporary Hitler or Stalin or Mao?  No, at least not at this stage.  However, give him the power he craves, and we may very well see such a ruler emerge.  Make no mistake, the contemporary liberal is all about power.  Oh, liberals may cry about the people and the children and try to paint themselves as the saviours and liberators of the people, here to save us from the insidious forces of capitalism and big business, especially the oil companies and the tobacco industry.  They will give us money and food and homes and whatever else we need.  We need to understand though, that accepting such "gifts" gives them increasing power, and the liberals are well aware of it.
   Liberals, like all good communists and nazis, seek to control speech by establish such concepts as political correctness and hate speech.  Hate speech, superficially at least, may appear to be benign, but scratch the surface and you see an agenda whose goal is to wipe out dissent by making it seem hateful.
   Liberals are clever.  They have managed to convince the general populace that Nazism is a right wing phenomenon, and then paint their opponents as Nazis by the use of terms, such as the "conservative reich" and others.  In truth, Nazism is neither right wing or conservative.  Conservatives are neither Nazis or right-wing.
   Did you catch what I just wrote?  Let me repeat it.  Conservatives are not right wing.  Probably right now, upon reading that, conservatives and liberals alike are shaking their heads at me in disbelief, but bear with me.  The terms right wing and left wing are used to show the range between two opposing views, one which promotes the power and strength of the "people" and one which promotes the power and strength of a single monarch or dictator or emperor.  In reality, there is no difference between a strong right wing government and a strong left wing government.  Both are all about the power of the government and both demand obedience and loyalty from its citizens.  In this, left-wing governments are deceptive, because they mask their drive for power by pretending to be all about the people, but in the end, just as with right wing dictatorships, power ends up being placed in the hands of a single despotic ruler.
   The modern American conservative is cast in the mold of Thomas Jefferson, in spite of liberal propaganda to the contrary.  Jefferson wanted a small government with strict limits on its power.  Some liberals say that Jefferson promoted change and the breakdown of the old order and was therefore a liberal, but in this they are mistaken.  Jefferson did want change, yes, but the change he sought was a change in the nature of government power.  He stood against a strong right wing authority, the King of England, that would exercise its dominance over the American Colonies.  If Jefferson were here today, he would advocate a strong stance against the left wing forces that are trying to rise to dominance in contemporary America, for he would see that the end result of allowing liberals to control America would be no different than living under the will of the King.  The modern American conservative does not wish to have an all-powerful government, regardless of whether it's right wing or left wing.  Conservatives represent a unique viewpoint, that of the people dictating terms to the government and keeping it under control.  Such a viewpoint is neither left or right wing, but indeed a third opinion.
   The modern American conservative is the descendant of Thomas Jefferson and the other Americans who shared his views.  The modern American liberal is the descendant of Marx and Nietzsche, just like Hitler and Stalin and Mao.  This does not mean that someone like Hillary or Obama would become a Hitler if put in power.  Not necessarily.  It does mean that we need to beware when people like Hillary and Obama promise the people government solutions to all their problems.  Those solutions always come with a heavy price, first and foremost of which is the loss of our liberties and freedoms, and the ceding of power to those who give us the gifts.
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A Site Y'all Should Visit

Posted by Curtal Friar on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:19:17 AM
  Okay, yesterday, I was out perusing some different blogs and exploring a little bit, and came across some essays that y'all simply have to read.  Liberals may want to exercise caution, for these essays deal with the stuff of heroes; real red-blooded, stand for what's right, fight the bad guy to the bitter end, American heroes, personified by that most enduring of American icons, the Cowboy.
The blog site I'm referring to is Liberty World USA, http://libertyworldusa.blogtownhall.com

The specific essays I'm talking about are these:
 
The Cowboy Codes
 
In Defense Of Cowboy Culture
 
In Defense Of The Cowboy
 
In Defense Of The Cowboy (2)
 
The Cowboy In Us All
 
They Call My President A Cowboy
 
   That may seem like a lot of entries to list on a single topic, but I can't help it.  I read those essays last night and enjoyed them enough I just had to share them.

   I remember watching and loving all those old cowboy movies when I was younger, and I was far from alone.  Every boy I knew did the same, and we didn't just watch them, we played cowboys and indians every chance we got.  Everyone wanted to be their favorite hero:  the Lone Ranger, Rooster Cogburn, Roy Rogers, Shane, Marshall Matt Dillon, the Cartwrights, and many, many others.  No one really wanted to be the bad guy, because it was understood that he had to die or lose every time, and that wasn't much fun.
 
   Why did we love those heroes so much?  I'd wager it was because they stood up and did what's right.  They were tough, uncompromising, good-hearted, and noble, and they always fought the bad guys and protected the weak.  They were heroes in every sense of the word.  When I watch these old movies now, I still love scenes, such as the one where John Wayne's Rooster Cogburn took the reins in his teeth, put a gun in each hand, and charged the bad guys, with a yell of "Fill your hands, you son of a b****!"
 
   Ah, well.  I hope y'all enjoy the essays I provided links for above as much as I did.  Till next time, Yippie-ki-yay!
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Top 10 Liberals Of The Twentieth Century

Posted by Curtal Friar on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:20:54 PM
10   John Kennedy:  Probably would have scored higher if he had not been cut down in his prime.

9     Bill Clinton:  Sorry, Slick Willy, though you yearn for fame, and though you did cause some havok, you are by no means the worst liberal around, though you gave it your best.

8     Teddy Kennedy:  It's really too bad old Teddy never ran for President...He would have been out after two terms.  Owing to the length of time he has been around, he comes in a number 8.

7     George Soros:  This man is a liberal through and through, and has bankrolled so many liberal causes and thrown so many millions of dollars into liberal organizations, that he comes in at number 7.

6     Francisco Franco:  A liberal in ideology and practice, he comes in a 6.  Franco is not however in the top 5, for he was nowhere near as bad as what follows.

5    Benito Mussolini:  Definitely a liberal, as he is credited as being one of the notable fascist dictators of the twentieth century.  However, he pales compared to the top four.

4    Jimmy Carter:  Jimmy the Dhimmi, hands down is probably the worst president in American history, and has done more harm, but as a true liberal, he is proud of all he has done.  And he is still going, which puts him at #4.  He would have made the top 3, except he never had the opportunity for the grand scale of terror the next three have accomplished.

The next three require no explanation.  They are hands down the worst and most devastating liberals of the twentieth century.

3    Adolf Hitler

2    Josef Stalin

1    Mao Tse Tung
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