Support America, Back To Basics

With the Christmas season coming up, isn't it time we as American parents and grandparents return to the basic idea of Christmas. With all of the recent recalls of Chinese products it should be apparent that buying products from China may put our loved ones health at risk. Regardless of how cheap these products are and how much we would love to make our kids happy with their favorite Xmas toy, the risk of buying from a country we cannot rust is just too great. No toy is worth risking our children's health.

It is my firm belief its time we got back to the basics of Christmas and American values. In the beginning the reason for Christmas was the celebration of the birth of Jesus. It was also meant to be a time for recommitting our love for family and friends. Somehow with the commercialization of Xmas we have put more significance on giving presents to make our children happy for the day, than we have on the reasons for celebrating Christmas. This time of celebration has always been considered as much of an American value as the American Constitution itself. In past wars, major battles have been halted to observe this very important day. Combatants didn't worry about buying gifts, instead they prayed for peace and celebrated the birth of Jesus by committing their trust in god.

By making a resolution to decommercialize Christmas this year, we can begin to return America to some its core values and avoid the risk to our children. Would not buying toys from China hurt our economy, maybe. But ask yourself what is more important, teaching our children moral values and reducing their risk to dangerous imported products or spending money that you may or may not be able to afford simply to make someone happy for one day.

I would suggest parents sit down with their children and explain the true meaning of Christmas and that buying expensive gifts and toys was never part of the Christmas celebration. Children must be taught that our love for one another cannot be bought with money or gifts. How many packages you have under the tree is not a test for how much someone loves you. A thousand dollar gift for a rich kid will bring the same smile as a handcrafted sweater from a poor mother to her child. As parents and grandparents it is only natural to want a better life for your kids and grandkids, but maybe we should re-evaluate how we were raised. We may find out that it really wasn't as bad as we remember it. Maybe the values our parents and grandparents tried to instill on us were simply forgotten with time.

Remember when there were just a few inexpensive gifts under the tree?
Remember when the gifts we were given were sometimes made at home by a loved one?
Remember when families chipped in to celebrate Xmas dinner at a loved one's home?
Remember when adults, children and friends set around singing carols?
Remember when schools sponsored the Christmas Carol Play and all parents and friends were invited to watch?
Remember when family traditions were passed from generation to generation?
Remember when neighbors got together and walked the neighborhood singing Xmas carols?
Remember when Merry Christmas and God Bless meant something in America?

With all the threats facing our family, economy and country a threat to our children from China is a threat we can do without. Maybe it's time we look back at the values of our greatest generation with a little more respect and admiration. Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of America.

56 Men

by Ronnie Spangler

We that sign this writ for relief
Do affirm and attest to our common belief.
To all mankind Our Creator bestowed
Seeds of freedom to plant, water and hoe.

And from these seeds a Nation will rise,
Not one that lives through hate and lies,
But one that sees through God’s own eyes.

As one young boy stood all alone,
With nothing more than sling and stone,
We free men stand today
And state our will to never stray.
We will fight if we must,
For its with God we place our trust.

Now as we let our names be known,
We do not believe we stand alone.
For all mankind desires to be free,
and spared from one man’s tyranny.

As we venture forth our plight
Be it known we will unite.
To destroy evil when we can,
Or except God’s will and understand.

Soviet Union Resurrection?

Among other things in my book written in 2006, I predicted Vladimir Putin would not only retain control of Russia but consolidate the office of President and Prime Minister. With recent reports coming out of Russia I wonder if a book of fiction is becoming reality.

Excerpt from my book ".....the offices of President and Prime Minister were combined into the current Supreme Command Chairman position with Vladimir Putin continuing as head of state. Reminiscent of the old Soviet Union, Chairman Putin sealed the borders, resurrected the KGB, nationalized all forms of media and passed new legislation......."

With recent reports in the news on statements made by Mr Putin, plus his visit to Iran, I have to wonder if we are witnessing the reemergence of the Soviet Union. If we are how will it effect events in the Middle East and around the world?Amazon.com

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In My Father's Time

In my father's time
words used to mean much more
than just some talk behind a door.
Words of pride they all agreed,
were words like God, Country and Family.
Now as we live in a world of crime,
How I wish for my father's time.

They fought their war til victory's end
Returned back home to begin again.
They never asked to be repaid
for all the lives they may have saved.
They sacrificed and went to history,
the fathers that kept our nation free.

They never questioned is this right
they simply joined in freedom's fight.
They held their heads up on high,
whenever Old Glory should happened by.
They taught their kids to understand,
how much these words mean to man.
Sons followed in their father's way,
others were lost and began to stray.

Today America must unite,
and join together in this fight.
For all our fathers that came before,
Our faith in God, America and Family we must restore.

The following is an excerpt from my book Final Conflict The Last American Journal of Eddie Johnson. I wrote it in 2006 but I believe it will be true for some time to come.

Traveling Down This Rocky Trail

As we travel down this rocky trail,
Will our leaders succeed or fail?
Will our country finally unite?
And follow our leader in this fight.
Will we travel all alone?
Will we fall on every stone?
Will God look down with sorrow and say?

"If only they could remember how to pray.
I heard you in your hour of need,
But they were simply prayers of greed.
You asked that I should lead the way,
But failed to hear the words I say.
To hear these words you must repent,
Then open your hearts to the son I sent.
Your faith in me and my son
will lead your way to act as one.
Open up your heart and mind
Guidance, comfort and peace on earth
You will find.
I heard your children weep and pray
Still your nation looked away.
Now you wander if I'm gone,
and if you're on this path alone.
If you place your faith in me
The answer's here for you to see."

May God Continue To Bless The USA

America- Could Our Military be Safer in Iraq

Below is the FBI's table of reported crimes in America covering the same period of time we have been in Iraq up to 2006;

Looking at the numbers and considering Americans are not fighting one another within our own borders, ask yourself just how bad is it going in Iraq.

Year Violent Crime/ Murder / Rape/ / Robbery/// Assault
2003 /1,383,676/ / 16,528// 93,883//414,235 ///859,030
2004 /1,360,088// 16,148// 95,089// 401,470 ///847,381
2005 /1,390,745// 16,740// 94,347// 417,438 /// 862,220
2006 /1,417,745// 17,034// 92,455// 447,403 /// 860,853
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Total /5,552,254 //66,450//375,774//1,680,546//3,429,484

Remember these are only reported number of cases in the US. For a variety of reasons there are a large number of rapes, robberies, murders and other violent crimes that never get reported. So is it really safer in America and are we really doing so bad in Iraq? In a supposedly war free safe America why do we have over 66 thousand Americans murdered, over 375 thousand reported rapes, over 1 1/2 million robberies and over 3 million assaults? No, looking at the 2 situations I don't think we are doing all that bad in Iraq.

MOVEON.ORG and Gen Petraeus

Watching the the performance of our Congress during this week's report from General Petraeus has left me with a fair amount of shame for the way some in Congress treat our men and women in the military. It is clear the Democratic party is owned and operated by moveon.org. The front runner for the Presidential campaign in the Democrat Party has not only refused denounce the despicable add moveon.org ran in the far left Times newspaper, she had the nerve to call the General a liar on a nationally televised hearing. This is a woman, like most in Congress and the Senate, that believe they can visit Iraq for a couple of days, never venture out into the provinces and cities, but somehow learn more from their short isolated visits than the four star commander that is risking his life each and every day he is in Iraq. Who are we as average Americans going to believe more, the men and women that are in the fight every day or the politicians sitting safe in America that care more for their political careers than winning the battle for Iraq? Personally I will put my trust in the men and women in uniform before the politician.

The far left organizations like moveon.org, code pink and the rest of the far left Democrats spout everyday how much they are in support of our troops, yet they spill more American blood on their hands everytime they encourage our enemies with protests and adds like the one ran in the New York Times. Try to imagine how the soldier in Iraq felt hearing their Commander called a liar by a candidate for President of the United States. After hearing General Patraeus is a liar and traitor should any soldier trust or fight for such a man? If you were wearing the uniform would you risk your life for such a man?

If you were the enemy fighting against America, how would you interpret the words of Senator Clinton? Would this be a sign of encouragement that victory was close at hand? Would you see it as a sign that America was getting ready to cut and run from Iraq? Would you see it as a signal to increase the killing of Americans in order to force the American Congress to cut funding for the war? Would it lead you to believe that if you just increase the killing it will increase the division in America and they will retreat?

These are questions the far left and the Democratic candidates don't consider when they open their mouths. Why don't they consider them? The answer is clear, they simply don't care about the men and women in uniform. They don't care about winning in Iraq. They don't care about the thousands maybe millions of Iraqi babies, children and adults that will be slaughtered if we fail in Iraq. The only thing these people care about is winning in '08. How can the American voter trust anyone that puts their own self interest above the interest of the men and women in uniform during a time of war? In the end they are putting their self interest above the interest of America.

For too long the war in Iraq has been looked at as if it was a game, the politicians have even referred to it using football terminology. Some of the news organizations refer to the change in the President and military strategy of fighting this war as "moving the goal post". This is not a game, it is dead serious with ramifications that far exceed the Cold War. That was a war between two nuclear powers that knew the consequences of using nuclear weapons. This is a religious idealogical war declared on us by fanatics that believe in using all means possible, including nuclear, to achieve their vision of victory.

It is time for the average American to send Congress a message. Stop helping our enemies and really get behind our troops. They have said they can win, let them do it!

And Then There Were Two

Today the Attorney General (but more important, long time friend and cabinet member) Roberto Gonzales resigned as the Attorney General and like Karl Rove the Democrats and liberal press, including CNN and MSNBC, gloated. There is not many original Bush friends and supporters left in key positions in the White House or as Cabinet Members, Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are the next prominent targets for the Democratic Congress.

In my book, I set up a scenario of the Democrats taking control of the Congress in 2007 and trying to impeach the President. When their effort fails they try to isolate the President and weaken him by going after his close friends, cabinet members and advisers. By holding hearing after hearing the friends, advisers, and Cabinet members begin to resign. Even though Congress could find nothing illegal in the decisions or official acts these people performed, the pressure and constant attack on their reputation was more than they could bare.

Since before the 2006 election was held, there has been a constant attack from the Democrat Party and Liberal media to destroy this Administration. They are slowly accomplishing their goal. That goal is to win not only the White House in 2008 but also an absolute majority in both the House and Senate. The sad thing about this strategy is it's working. The American people are getting tired of hearing the negative news from Washington and are starting to turn off everything concerning Washington D.C. So who is next, Rice, Cheney, Chertoff, or Gates.

I have to give the Democrats and liberal media credit for this strategy. Even though I believe they are on the borderline of treasonous acts during a time of war, the constant attacks and misinformation has kept the publics' eyes off the miserable job the Democrats have done since gaining control of the House and Senate. They have also been able to hide illegal acts of fellow Congressmen and slow down criminal investigations of Democrats, remember the $95,000 hid in the Congressman's freezer. (It was an FBI sting.) How about the documents stolen from the National Archives, Sandy Berger ring a bell. In a move to halt the investigation Berger gave up his license to practice law in D.C. Now we will never know what documents he stole and destroyed. Did they relate to how the Clinton Administration handled or mis-handled Al Qaeda?

On my Internet radio show yesterday a young man called in asking for help starting his own radio show. He said he and his friend wanted to do a show for teenagers that was more positive and less negative. I agreed there is too much negative news and talk on the air but I believe he missed the point. The sole purpose for all the negative news and talk by the politicians and liberal media is to win in '08. The American people must open their eyes keep informed and in touch with their representatives to let them know we will not tolerate their self serving acts as Congressmen and Senators. If the polls are right (I don't trust or like polls) this Congress has the lowest approval rating in history and that is appropriate for the way they have totally disregarded the American people and the interest of our country during this time of war.

So what is next under the Democrat Get Bush At All Cost Strategy. Stay tuned and a word of caution for Secretary Rice, watch your back.

So How Much Did She Really Care

So how much did the illegal that hid in the church for over a year fighting deportation really care about her son?

She came here once illegally and was deported.

She came back illegally a second time, used a phony social security number and was deported.

Came back illegally a third time, had a kid and used the kid as a ploy for citizenship.

No one knows who or where the father is. After a year she finally got deported but only after leaving the "church" to publicly protest American laws. She was given the opportunity to take her son with her, she said "No" and left him with the so-called pastor and his wife.

My question to all the parents out there, especially mothers, "How many of you would leave your children behind, not knowing when or if you will ever get to see them again?"

Remember she has relatives in Mexico but none in America.

Who's More Dangerous, Far Left or Al Qaeda

Just Curious; After listening to the Democrat Presidential Debates and hearing some of the weird double talk coming from the Dems, example:

pull out of Iraq/send troops to Darfur,

we've lost in Iraq and the Taliban is getting stronger in Afghanistan/attack Pakistan (our ally) to kill bin Laden,

the Iraqi government is wrong for taking the month of Aug off to return to their homes (some of whom fear assination everytime they leave home for work)/US Congress ON Recess From Aug To Sept (sounds like elementary school),

stop the fighting in Iraq sit down and talk with Tehran and negotiate peace/use nuclear weapons if need be to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear bomb.

this is Bush's war he messed it up/we have all the answers to fight and win war

Iraq is a civil war/we will need to redeploy our troops out of Iraq leaving just enough to fight Al Qaeda and the insurgents

"IF GEORGE BUSH DOES NOT END THIS WAR I WILL"/we cannot pull out of Iraq all at once, we must leave troops there to protect against Al Qaeda and to protect our new Embassy.

So the question is: who is more dangerous, people that say different things to different folks simply to win an election (and at the same time encouraging our enemies) or people who say the same thing over and over, Death To America and Israel. Are they, More dangerous? Less dangerous? Or, Equally dangerous?