Memorial Day – More Than Just Pool Parties and Backyard BBQ’s

I often ask my children questions to see whether they know the answer or not. Knowing that Memorial Day weekend was coming up, I decided to ask my three children why we celebrate it. I was so proud to hear them answer, “We celebrate it to honor those who have fought for our freedoms. Our veterans.” They then asked me why I was asking and I told them that I was just making sure that they didn’t think it was just about eating and swimming.

Memorial Day previously called Decoration Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died while serving in the military of the United States. Unfortunately, too many in our country take for granted our freedoms and the last thing on their hearts and minds over the Memorial Day weekend is honoring and remembering those who gave their lives so that they can celebrate.

We need to teach our children and frankly the adults, the history of Memorial Day. We need to instill in them the principle of honoring those who have gone before us to fight for our freedoms. Too many believe that they are entitled to everything. They never take the time to consider, truly consider, why they have so many privileges. Maybe the following cartoons and images will make the message clearer.

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Let Go Of My Twinkie

Well the government is at it again. Our First Lady, Michelle Obama, is on her crusade to “help” our obese children trim that excess weight. Great, I am all for our children being healthier. None of us want to see our children have health issues or to endure teasing. There are just a couple of problems here, though. First, I am the parent, not the government. And secondly, this is about power not our kids.

The first problem is that as a parent it is my responsibility to take care of my children, not the governments. My husband and I are the ones who decide what our children eat and what exercise they get. We don’t want the government involved any more than they already are.

Government involvement usually spells disaster. The diets of American citizens are not the place for government involvement.

This leads me to why I think they are doing this in the first place. They want more power. They want to take away more freedoms and make us more dependent on the government. A little socialism here, a little communism there. Little by little they will have the power they want. This is just part of the master plan to “transform America”.

We as Americans need to stay awake. We need to protect our freedoms. If I want to eat a Twinkie then I’ll eat a Twinkie. I will pay the consequences if I shouldn’t have eaten it. That’s between God and me. Not the government and me.

Using Our Children To Push Agenda

Today, I heard that a high school in Illinois is not letting its girl’s basketball team participate in a basketball tournament in Arizona. What would cause them to make a decision like this?

Simply and logically put, POLITICS!

These girls our being used to spread a few people’s opinions about the illegal immigration law that Arizona just signed. Basketball has absolutely nothing to do with the illegal immigrant issue. And the administration at the school wants to defend their decision by stating that they are afraid of what might happen.

This is ludicrous!

This has nothing to do with the safety of the girls or for the school. It has to do with the agenda of some of the administration and how they feel about the immigration law. They want to boycott Arizona, plain and simple. I say, fine. You stay out of Arizona, administration. I am sure Arizona would be happy to know that you were nowhere near its borders.

As for these girls, they need to find a way to get to the tournament that they have worked so hard for.

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Illinois Girls High School Basketball Team Cancels Their Trip to Arizona

Illinois School Nixes Basketball Team’s Trip to Arizona Over Immigration Law

Let’s Listen To Our Own Citizens

I don’t know about you, but common sense tells me that our government, who by the way works for us, should be listening to its citizens and not to the President of Mexico about our borders.

Why would we give this man the time of day and yet we shun anyone who wants to secure our borders, calling them racists? None of this makes sense and it infuriates me.

Mexico is riddled with crime. It’s out of control. It isn’t exactly a beacon of hope in the world. And yet the President of Mexico is allowed to speak before our congress and spout off his advice to us. And he gets applause from the democrats for berating our state of Arizona. We should be standing up for Arizona, not allowing an outsider to come in and belittle its stand on upholding the law of the land.

Something stinks here. And I am tired of it. I am fed up with the arrogance on Capitol Hill and the White House. They weren’t elected to bully us around or to play the games that they are playing. They are making a mockery out of our great country and they need to be stopped. The citizens of the United States deserve better. Our leaders are elected to serve us and to protect us.

Are you protecting us when you allow President Calderon to come into our country and berate us? No.

This is our land, our laws, our people. You come here, you come legally. If you want to live here you have to abide by the laws or you pay the consequences. I don’t care if you are Irish, Middle Eastern, Asian, Mexican, German, Russian, etc. The laws of the United States are the laws. They don’t apply to some and not the others. So if you can’t live here legally, then get out. Just keeping it simple.

Listen to your citizens Washington D.C. because we aren’t the “dummies” you thought we were.

Government Enjoys Limiting Freedoms

From senior citizens being told they can’t pray over a meal to our children being told they can’t display the American Flag on their clothing, our government have placed their large hands on our personal lives slowly but steadily. Every day we are made more and more aware of this intrusion on our freedoms.

We have all had enough. The government has absolutely no constitutional right to bar me from praying when and where I want to. I am tired of “moments of silence”. It is nothing more than a political correct word. [Read more...]