You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When....

1. Paulson appears on Face The Nation and says "Our banking system is a safe and a sound one." If the banking system was safe and sound, everyone would know it (or at least think it). There would be no need to say it.

2. Paulson says the list of troubled banks "is a very manageable situation". The reality is there are 90 banks on the list of problem banks. Indymac was not one of them until a month before it collapsed. How many other banks will magically appear on the list a month before they collapse?

3. In a Northern Rock moment, depositors at Indymac pull out their cash. Police had to be called in to ensure order.

4. Washington Mutual (WM), another troubled bank, refused to honor Indymac cashier's checks. The irony is it makes no sense for customers to pull insured deposits out of Indymac after it went into receivership. The second irony is the last place one would want to put those funds would be Washington Mutual. Eventually Washington Mutual decided it would take those checks but with an 8 week hold. Will Washington Mutual even be around 8 weeks from now?

5. Paulson asked for "Congressional authority to buy unlimited stakes in and lend to Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE)" just days after he said "Financial Institutions Must Be Allowed To Fail". Obviously Paulson is reporting from the 5th dimension. In some alternate universe, his statements just might make sense.

6. Former Fed Governor William Poole says "Fannie Mae, Freddie Losses Makes Them Insolvent".

7. Paulson says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "essential" because they represent the only "functioning" part of the home loan market. The firms own or guarantee about half of the $12 trillion in U.S. mortgages. Is it possible to have a sound banking system when the only "functioning" part of the mortgage market is insolvent?

8. Bernanke testified before Congress on monetary policy but did not comment on either money supply or interest rates. The word "money" did not appear at all in his testimony. The only time "interest rate" appeared in his testimony was in relation to consumer credit card rates. How can you have any reasonable economic policy when the Fed chairman is scared half to death to discuss interest rates and money supply?

9. The SEC issued a protective order to protect those most responsible for naked short selling. As long as the investment banks and brokers were making money engaging in naked shorting of stocks, there was no problem. However, when the bears began using the tactic against the big financials, it became time to selectively enforce the existing regulation.

10. The Fed takes emergency actions twice during options expirations week in regards to the discount window and rate cuts.

11. The SEC takes emergency action during options expirations week regarding short sales.

12. The Fed has implemented an alphabet soup of pawn shop lending facilities whereby the Fed accepts garbage as collateral in exchange for treasuries. Those new Fed lending facilities are called the Term Auction Facility (TAF), the Term Security Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF).

13. Citigroup (C), Lehman (LEH), Morgan Stanley(MS), Goldman Sachs (GS) and Merrill Lynch (MER) all have a huge percentage of level 3 assets. Level 3 assets are commonly known as "marked to fantasy" assets. In other words, the value of those assets is significantly if not ridiculously overvalued in comparison to what those assets would fetch on the open market. It is debatable if any of the above firms survive in their present form. Some may not survive in any form.

14. Bernanke openly solicits private equity firms to invest in banks. Is this even close to a remotely normal action for Fed chairman to take?

15. Bear Stearns was taken over by JPMorgan (JPM) days after insuring investors it had plenty of capital. Fears are high that Lehman will suffer the same fate. Worse yet, the Fed had to guarantee the shotgun marriage between Bear Stearns and JP Morgan by providing as much as $30 billion in capital. JPMorgan is responsible for only the first 1/2 billion. Taxpayers are on the hook for all the rest. Was this a legal action for the Fed to take? Does the Fed care?

16. Citigroup needed a cash injection from Abu Dhabi and a second one elsewhere. Then after announcing it would not need more capital is raising still more. The latest news is Citigroup will sell $500 billion in assets. To who? At what price?

17. Merrill Lynch raised $6.6 billion in capital from Kuwait Mizuho, announced it did not need to raise more capital, then raised more capital a few week later.

18. Morgan Stanley sold a 9.9% equity stake to China International Corp. CEO John Mack compensated by not taking his bonus. How generous. Morgan Stanley fell from $72 to $37. Did CEO John Mack deserve a paycheck at all?

19. Bank of America (BAC) agreed to take over Countywide Financial (CFC) and twice announced Countrywide will add profits to B of A. Inquiring minds were asking "How the hell can Countrywide add to Bank of America earnings?" Here's how. Bank of America just announced it will not guarantee $38.1 billion in Countrywide debt. Questions over "Fraudulent Conveyance" are now surfacing.

20. Washington Mutual agreed to a death spiral cash infusion of $7 billion accepting an offer at $8.75 when the stock was over $13 at the time. Washington Mutual has since fallen in waterfall fashion from $40 and is now trading near $5.00 after a huge rally.

21. Shares of Ambac (ABK) fell from $90 to $2.50. Shares of MBIA (MBI) fell from $70 to $5. Sadly, the top three rating agencies kept their rating on the pair at AAA nearly all the way down. No one can believe anything the government sponsored rating agencies say.

22. In a panic set of moves, the Fed slashed interest rates from 5.25% to 2%. This was the fastest, steepest drop on record. Ironically, the Fed chairman spoke of inflation concerns the entire drop down. Bernanke clearly cannot tell the truth. He does not have to. Actions speak louder than words.

23. FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said the FDIC is looking for ways to shore up its depleted deposit fund, including charging higher premiums on riskier brokered deposits.

24. There is roughly $6.84 Trillion in bank deposits. $2.60 Trillion of that is uninsured. There is only $53 billion in FDIC insurance to cover $6.84 Trillion in bank deposits. Indymac will eat up roughly $8 billion of that.

25. Of the $6.84 Trillion in bank deposits, the total cash on hand at banks is a mere $273.7 Billion. Where is the rest of the loot? The answer is in off balance sheet SIVs, imploding commercial real estate deals, Alt-A liar loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds, toggle bonds where debt is amazingly paid back with more debt, and all sorts of other silly (and arguably fraudulent) financial wizardry schemes that have bank and brokerage firms leveraged at 30-1 or more. Those loans cannot be paid back.

What cannot be paid back will be defaulted on. If you did not know it before, you do now. The entire US banking system is insolvent.

Mike "Mish" Shedlock
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

The Religious Right Is AWOL From The Real War

By Chuck Baldwin
July 23, 2008


I want to begin this column with one of my all-time favorite quotes. It
comes from the great German reformer Martin Luther. He said, "If I profess
with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of
God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at
that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be
professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier
is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight
and disgrace if he flinches at that point."

Luther's trenchant statement reminds us that today's Christians, especially
our Christian leaders, are conspicuously absent from the field of battle.
Oh, they may host large crowds in their gatherings; they may deposit
multiplied millions of dollars in their financial accounts; they may receive
thunderous applause from politicians, but they have fled the battlefield at
the point of attack.

For the record, the real battlefield today is not abortion. It is not
homosexual marriage. It is not Social Security. It is not al Qaeda. It is
not taxes. It is not inflation. It is not electing conservatives. It is not
posting the Ten Commandments. It is not even the high cost of gasoline. That
is not to say that those issues are not important and not deserving of our
best efforts and attention, because they are. But those issues do not
represent the major battlefield today.

The battlefield where the devil has amassed his greatest forces and is
thrusting his deadliest armies is the surrender of our national sovereignty
and independence, and the creation of global government. And it is our own
political and corporate leaders that are facilitating this chicanery.
Furthermore, by refusing to oppose this surrender, our Christian leaders are
complicit as well.

Obviously, the surrender of our independence has been ongoing for some time.
However, under Bill Clinton and especially under G.W. Bush, the pace has
quickened exponentially.

Doubtless, the biggest reason President Bush has more aggressively hastened
the pace of America's merger into supranational government is because he
enjoys widespread support among evangelical Christians. Absent opposition
from Christian leaders, G.W. Bush has virtually had a free hand. And please
know this: before Bush was a Republican, before he was a "conservative,"
before he was a Christian, he was and is a globalist, as was his father and
grandfather before him.

Because our national Christian leaders are content to revel in the lap of
political cronyism with President Bush (and the Republican Party), they have
abandoned their positions as watchmen on the wall. Instead of being watchmen
and heralds of truth, they have become political lackeys and toadies for the
GOP.

Now, just yesterday, James Dobson declares that he "might" support John
McCain. This in spite of the fact that only a few months ago Mr. Dobson
promised, "I cannot and I will not vote for Sen. John McCain as a matter of
conscience."

Ah, but that is just the problem: when it comes to groveling before the GOP,
our Christian leaders have no conscience. Hence, James Dobson is now
publicly saying he "might" support McCain.

The ones who are doing the yeoman's work in trying to warn the American
people to what is happening in regard to the surrender of our country's
liberties and independence are people such as Congressman Ron Paul and Dr.
Jerome Corsi.

Many of you know Corsi as the man who co-authored the Number 1 New York
Times best-seller, "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against
John Kerry."

Jerome Corsi holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in political science. He
is not some fringe-radical (not that Harvard hasn't produced its own
radicals). Religiously, my understanding is that Corsi is either a Roman
Catholic or Episcopalian. However, Corsi is doing what James Dobson, Tony
Perkins, et al. should be doing, but aren't: he is sounding the trumpet of
truth for the real battlefield.

In a nutshell, Corsi warns us that G.W. Bush is secretly working to merge
the United States into a trilateral government with Canada and Mexico. Corsi
maintains that back in March of 2005, President Bush, Mexican President
Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin entered into an
agreement that binds the three countries into a regional or hemispheric
government.

Corsi insists that this is one of the central reasons why Bush is so adamant
about granting amnesty to Mexico's illegal aliens. Bush is simply following
through with his commitment to Fox and Martin.

Corsi also notes that this new hemispheric entity already has a name. It is
called the North American Union (NAU), and it is being created without any
input (or even knowledge) from our legislative or judicial branches of
government. The official name of the agreement made between the three
leaders is the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" (SPP).
Obviously, the new NAU is modeled after the already established European
Union (EU).

Folks, please be aware that President Bush has already committed the United
States to a regional or hemispheric government. When completed, this
regional government will control everything relative to the "security" and
"prosperity" of this new North American Union. That includes everything
relating to travel, law enforcement, trade, education, military matters,
etc. So, what is left out? Nothing.

Please remember, too, that all of this is being done without any input from
the American people or their elected representatives at the state or federal
level. I would even dare say that the vast majority of congressmen and
senators are completely oblivious to the fact that this is even happening.
With the attention of the American people (and Congress) focused on the
Middle East, Bush and his cabal of elitists are moving forward with plans to
surrender our national independence and merge our country into a regional
government. Friends, this is the real war; this is the real battlefield.

When America loses its sovereignty and independence, we will lose all of our
fundamental liberties. The Constitution will be meaningless and irrelevant.
The Bill of Rights will be moot. The principles of religious liberty, the
right to life, and the Christian foundation of our country will be passé.
And, as I said at the outset of this column, our national leaders,
especially our Christian leaders, are totally absent from this battlefield.

The surrender of our national sovereignty and independence is where the
battle currently rages; it is where the devil is at this moment attacking
(to quote Luther). But where is the Religious Right? They have flinched and
fled in the face of battle. They would rather hold onto their precious perks
of power within the ivory towers of partisan politics. Luther is right:
their actions are disgraceful.

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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen

Over the years ,I can't tell you all the times I have been
delivered from the jaws of death. I believe it was so I
could do exactly what I am Doing today.  The Militia was
good enough for England, even before America was discovered.
 I have often asked how our founding Fathers were able
to predict the mess America is in today, The knew that if we
ever did what we have done, America would be taken over
and destroyed, and it is happening now.   It has been
stated over and over that our founding fathers were inspired
by God, I happen to believe that.The Militia has been
mentioned in The US Constitution and also the States, all
50 States recognize God in their founding papers. 
The Militia is simply ,the people them selves.Well,
the people went to sleep and forgot their own Constitution
and Bill of Rights. God was taken out of our Schools and
a lot of our lives. 
 But God has not deserted us, some of us say we are in
the militia, are we lying ,no we are not, God has given
us the knowledge ,through our Founding Fathers, how to
save our Country. Over the years, I have met many God
fearing and loving God Men in the Militia, Most of us
believe that just like our founding fathers, God
inspires us also. We feel very strongly that it is our
duty to God and Country to  belong in the Militia, it
is in and a part of our Constitutions. Federal and
State.   No amount of lying by elected officials will
scare us into believing some thing else. The Government
has murdered many Americans over this.Some people
running this government has tried to paint the militia
as being anti Government and Terrorists. to throw fear
into the general public, and has been successful. That
reason is because a large majority has never read any
of the Constitutions.     Sad but true, this includes
Military, Police, and elected officials.  Even school
teachers. Some of these elected officials has become
so corrupt that they use money, to buy off the States
and Police.   No where in the Constitution does it
give Government police powers of any kind. that was
not what Government was designed to do.The Federal
governments home is in the District of Columbia, not
in every State in the Union. Because the people
failed to honor their nations founding Documents,
Government has ran them into the ground. you have lost
your Rights and Country. Jim Strode Here in Washington's
own manuscript, we see these three reasons for
the militia: to repel (1) rebellion, (2) invasion,
and (3) tyranny. This adds to the proof that the purpose
of the militia of the Second Amendment is for the
people to guard against tyranny in government.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the Second Amendment
came into existence so that the people could protect
themselves against despotic acts and tyranny brought on
by public officials!
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are
not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard
the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of
their daily life and who are willing to consciously
work and sacrifice for that freedom." John F. Kennedy
 http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
Constitutional Homeland Security: A Call for Americans
 to Revitalize the Militia of the Several States.
Missouri 1 st. Brigade. Militia
Real home Security

I Am An American!

Free republics are not known to have long life expectancies. At the ripe old
age of two hundred and thirty-two, America is definitely showing her age.
She is long past her prime, and some are predicting her demise. No, some are
PLANNING her demise.

Thomas Jefferson and the other founders of this once-great country believed
there was a controlling cabal that was crafting America's servitude. With
the assistance of Heaven, they decided to fight those forces. Pastors fought
with fiery sermons from the pulpit; newsmen fought with the power of the
pen; statesmen fought in the halls of Congress; and merchants fought with
the sacrifice of their material gain. Together, they lifted Lady Liberty to
her feet and defeated the powers of darkness.

It took the global elite a long time to recover, but they have reemerged
with a vengeance. They are now on the precipice of accomplishing what their
great granddaddies failed to do: bring the "Liberty or Death" colonists
under their power and control.

Sadly, we no longer have the will to resist servitude. Our pulpits are too
busy preaching a prosperity gospel; newsmen are in bed with the forces they
once disdained; statesmen have been replaced with opportunistic,
self-serving politicians; and merchants know no god but money. Hence, it is
left to a small--and I mean very small--remnant to sound the clarion call
for freedom and independence. Unfortunately, few seem to be listening to
their cries.

2010 seems to be a banner year for these designers of despotism. That is the
target year for the implementation of the North American Community, which
will commercially unite the United States with Canada and Mexico. The global
elite suffered a minor setback when the U.S. Senate failed to pass the
Bush/McCain/Kennedy/Graham amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill. But if you think
that John Mccain is going to let that bill lie on the floor of defeat, you
don't understand these people. Should McCain become President, He will do
everything he can to implement some kind of amnesty law. Barack Obama will
do the same. The reason? It is essential to the designers of despotism that
our borders be eliminated.

Yes, I am saying it: George W. Bush, John McCain, and Barack Obama are part
of the global elite that seeks America's entrance into an international New
World Order. In fact, neither Presidential candidate from the two major
parties will offer any resistance to this obstinate and oppressive
oligarchy.

Perhaps one day the American people will wake up and realize that they are
being led as sheep to the slaughter. I'm just not sure that it will be soon
enough, however. 2010 is just around the corner.

There seems to be only one obstacle standing in the way of the globalists:
America's citizens are the most heavily armed people in the world. That fact
must surely stick in the throats of the globalists like a chicken bone.

Thank God that America's founders put the Second Amendment in the
Constitution. Without America's deep-rooted commitment to the right of the
people to keep and bear arms, we would have been sold into slavery decades
ago.

Without the intellectual understanding of the principles of freedom and the
moral resolve to maintain those principles, however, guns, by themselves,
will only protect us for so long. In the end, our strength and protection
come from God, and not too many people these days seem to be interested in
His opinion.

Lady Liberty is walking very gingerly these days, and the path she treads is
laden with traps and quicksand. The globalists have their handpicked puppets
positioned to take up where The Three Amigos (George Bush I, Bill Clinton,
and George Bush II) have left off. The pieces of the puzzle are almost all
in place. 2010 just might be the year that Lady Liberty lowers her torch,
folds her arms, and falls fast asleep.

For what it is worth, however, I pledge no loyalty to this emerging New
World Order. Neither will I let Lady Liberty die without a fight. I will say
it again: the battle today is not between conservatives and liberals or
Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between Americans and globalists.
And, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an American!

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Have we rested on our laurels for too long?

Have we rested on our laurels for too long?

by Andrew Griffin

As we commence our Independence Day and the fireworks have burnt out and the last hamburger eaten, I wonder, have we gotten soft? Have we rested on our laurels for too long? Are we to be content with how things are or are you ready for a revolution? I look back to our forefathers and I can't help but wonder, if reincarnation were real, would they come back and kick our butts? Slap us back into reality? Tell us that this country is worth fighting for? I think so! Our forefathers escaped tyranny and stood up for what was right.
How many can say that they have done that? Very few by my count. Ron Paul in the national news and small groups like us throughout the country. We have the courage to stand up, but is it too late?

We are a sparse bunch, but we have the determination to turn this country back into a republic; rescuing it from the socialist state that we live in. What are we to do? I believe in the old adage that those whodo not learn from history, are destined to repeat it. The Declaration of Independence, the document which is the cornerstone for our independence and Independence Day states: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. 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."

To quote Abigal Chase, in National Treasure, "no one talks like that anymore." She is right, no one does talk like that anymore, but we need to! Not only talk like that, we need to think like that! Since the great depression, we have been reliant on a "socialist" government.. From FDR's "chicken in every pot..." to the establishment of the federal reserve, we(our kin, remember, we are redneck), have given up our liberties for security, And now, both are gone. Shouldn't we as a people, if not for us, but for our future generations, take up the fight? Isn't it time to
exercise our right, our duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security? I believe that if our forefathers believed in it and fought for it, shouldn't we? I don't want to get on a rant, but....

Overturning the Constitution! By David J. Smith

I received this by email from a friend and thought you might find the reading interesting and beneficial!

"Benjamin Franklin was at the conference that gave us our Republican form of government.
He, and the other Founding Fathers present, knew that a Republic needed moral and
Christian men and women to run it. He went so far as to say: "They who would give up an
essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."

Do we think America is still the land of the free and the home of the brave? Revelation
13 reveals the rise of a world government combined with a world religion! If the United
States of America is to be merged into this world government, our liberties must be taken
away from us!

Senators, like Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, discovered a GREAT CONSPIRACY to destroy our
freedoms and liberties. The major news media and the eastern liberal establishment
destroyed his reputation, so that anyone of consequence would think twice before standing
against them. As a result, they now have free reign to undermine our liberties.

They worked behind the scenes drafting legislation to socialize America! They have
learned history well and were prepared to "Capture" the moment when it presented
itself. We have TV film-footage of the morning when 911 hit. The reporters said they
heard bombs going off on the support columns. These first TV transmissions were pulled
from the air, never to be heard or seen again.

What was the result of the 911-event upon the lives of the American people? Were the
majority of Americans now more than willing to trade liberties for security?

One tactic used by those who want their dirty deeds to remain hidden is to distract our
minds away from their secret activities! The House of Representatives discreetly passed
House Resolution 6166: The Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as "the torture
bill." 219 Republicans and 34 Democrats voted to strip basic human and legal rights
from U.S. citizens.

This bill was passed September 27, 2006. More specifically, HR 6166 will effectively:
Give the President amnesty for committing war crimes.
Provide amnesty to war criminals in the military.
Revoke habeas corpus rights, which allows U.S. military detainees a right to appeal
charges.
Render the Geneva Conventions null and void.
Allow the police to search your home without a warrant.
Revoke legal protection from self-incrimination.
Eliminate the idea of rape and sexual assault as torture.
Allow the government to use testimony extracted through torture.
Allow the government to imprison people based on secret evidence without telling them the
charges against them.
Remove the right to cross-examine witnesses.
Allow the records of trials to be kept secret from the public.
Take away the right to a speedy trial.
Enable trials to begin before a thorough investigation.
Allow people to be put in front of a military tribunal, even if they aren't in the
military.
Create a secret committee appointed by Bush or Rumsfeld [at that time] that has the power
to declare any person an “enemy combatant,” depriving them of basic human rights,
legal rights, or an appeal.

Americans do not know the full ramifications of the liberties they have lost. The
solution to these problems is that each nation-state that makes up the United States
declares that it is resuming [taking back] its State's Rights or the Tenth Amendment to
the Constitution. This will inform the Federal Government that they have become a tyranny
and oppressive to the people; therefore, they no longer have jurisdiction in the states.

If the Federal Government continues its oppressive tactics on its road to dictatorship,
the states can meet in assembly and declare they have left the Union by enumerating the
violations of the Constitution by the Federal Government. One of the goals of those
working for world government was to accumulate all power in Washington, D.C.; therefore,
they would have only one battle to win instead of 48 or 50.

Jesus Christ is our REAL answer!!!
Thank you,
The Editor
David J. Smith"

Thank You
from
Ember Speak

A Visitor From The Past

by Thelen Paulk

I had a dream the other night I didn't understand.

A figure walking through the mist with a flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three cornered hat and speaking low, he said:

"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty. We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave, in this, the land of the free and the home of the brave. You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun. Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one. On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent. Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money's spent."

"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate. Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state. You read about the current news in a regulated press. You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the foreign I.R.S. Your money is no longer made of silver, or of gold. You trade your wealth for paper, so your lives can be controlled."

"You pay for crimes that make our Nation turn from God in shame. You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name. You've given government control, to those who do you harm."

"So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm. And keep our country deep in debt, put men of God in jail. Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail. Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn. They defy and rape the nation, and leave it's fabric tattered and torn."

"Your leaders ship artillery and guns to foreign shores. And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars. Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?"

"Or don't you have the courage, or the faith to stand with pride? Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save? Or do you wish your children to live in fear as a slave?"

"People of the Republic arise and take a stand! Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land! Preserve our Great Republic, and God Given Right! And pray to God, to keep the torch of Freedom burning bright!"

As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came. His words were true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame. For even now as tyrants trample each God Given Right, we only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.

If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're asleep, and wonders what remains of our Rights he fought so hard to keep, What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave;

IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE?

July 4, 2008

Well, it is now the 4th of July! There have been fireworks, picnics and lots of friends and laughter, BUT I found it hard to laugh! Let alone smile, as I remember what the fourth of July is celebrating. It is summer yes, but the fourth is about the Independence of the United States of America! As we celebrate this year, we are looking at voting into the office of President a Facist, Warmonger or a Communist, Socialist loyal to another Continent!

How do I smile when I know these things? Well, before the evening was out. I was smiling, while playing an air soft battle with four teen and preteen boys. We were sneaking through the darkness trying not to be seen and take out the other team! The boys were doing good and learning how to work as a team. Providing cover fire as others advanced, maneuvering through the shadows and the high grass to get a better shot. Indian style fighting! This is what our Founding Fathers did for real, fighting for Freedom and Liberty, not a game of Air Soft! This battle for Freedom and Liberty is on the verge of happening again! So teach the children, that they may be FREE Again!