Independence Day 2013: News, Reflection, and Prayers for America

Our Founders' Wisdom

[Independence Day] will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.

~ John Adams on the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Happy Birthday, America!

Happy Independence Day America!  As it turns out, yesterday, Egypt had taken brave steps in order to achieve their own independence from the radical Islamic Sharia-law jihadist Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Morsi.   He and many in his government were taken into custody by the Egyptian army.


The reactions here in the U.S. to this historic event that just happened in Egypt are certainly varied! 

They range from a so-called "anti-Obama" tweet where one can "read into it what you will":

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Was that an anti-Obama Tweet? (Reader Poll) - Calling Dr. Rorschach

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To a poll held in Egypt telling us why this happened:

 

Fascinating new polls reveal why Egyptians are turning on Morsi & Muslim Brotherhood.

joelcrosenberg at Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - 22 hours ago

 

Jerusalem, Israel) — It’s been an extraordinary week here in the epicenter. As the bloody civil war intensifies in Syria, Egypt is now on the verge of civil war. Let’s pray that doesn’t happen. But two fascinating new polls reveal shed light on why the Egyptian people are turning on President Mohammad Morsi and calling for Morsi […]

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As well as blog posts describing who the interim president is and what is next:

 

Joel Rosenberg's Weblog

Inside The Revolution: Drama builds amidst military coup in Egypt. Muslim Brotherhood leadership arrested. Who is Adly Mansour, new “interim president”? - >> Watch the 2013 Epicenter Conference on Friday, July 5, 2013 from Jerusalem. (Jerusalem, Israel) — As if there is not enough drama in the epicenter already...

 

BREAKING: Morsi removed. Under house arrest. Tanks on the move in Cairo. Is Egypt on the brink of civil war?

joelcrosenberg at Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - 22 hours ago

 

(Jerusalem, Israel) — In two days, we will host the 2013 Epicenter Conference here in Jerusalem amidst a horrific civil war in Syria and the very present possibility of a civil war in Egypt. As I write this at 9pm local time, here are the latest developments: Millions of Egyptians have been demanding that President […]

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Of course, we have ANOTHER threat (probably an empty one) that:

 

Obama Deeply Concerned About Removal of Morsi and Suspension of Hated Islamic Constitution – Warns He’ll Cut Off Aid If Morsi Arrested

nicedeb at Nice Deb - 9 hours ago

Obama released a terse statement today, expressing his displeasure with how things are going in Egypt, reiterating his threat to withhold aid if the military doesn’t meet his demands, which includes not arresting Morsi or any of his supporters. Is his Highness afraid of what Morsi might say about his dealings with the White House […]

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So I ask readers...why is Obama on the wrong side of history...yet again?

 

And...why is an Obama appointee claiming that Sharia law is superior to American law?

 

sharia unveiled

Obama Appointee Claims Sharia Law Is Superior to American Law

 

It is great to know that:

 

"We the People"

The Obama Administration Is Afraid Of An Informed, Angry Electorate

 

 

The above link to a "We the People" post doesn't say it, but that title is a direct quote from a letter written by hero/traitor (depending on how you look at it) Edward Snowden. ** [more on this below]

 

I thank God for blogging friends like Steve over at Cry and Howl who continue to inform Americans about what other people in other nations see in Obama and what they really think about him:

 

Cry and Howl

Egyptians Love Obama … NOT!!!

 

At Steve's link (above), you will see photos that have apparently been banned by most of the mainstream media of mass corruption.  Steve writes:

 

It appears that Egyptians are even more upset with Obama than America has been. The below pictures represent the stunning link between Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. These pictures will never be aired in the US mainstream media. What do you think of them?

 

The fact that the media of mass deception continues to hide facts and information that would be detrimental to the ObaMARXIST BADministration should alarm EVERY AMERICAN!  Unfortunately, there will always be those who remain uninformed and apparently like it that way.

 

 

**The following is an article that EVERY AMERICAN should read.

 

GulagBound.com

Snowden vs. National Security? It’s the Domestic Totalitarian Technocracy, Stupid!

 

Excerpt:

 

The heart of the matter is the burgeoning power of the state over our lives. The data being collected on us all is making former East German totalitarians of their Stasi envious. Last week I wrote: never before has the government of a nation spied and maintained intelligence upon its own population to any degree approaching this, without it being a totalitarian, terrorist regime. But I could have ended that with “to any degree approaching this.” period.

And the tragic distraction is that many notables seem absorbed with fulfilling the old adage, “Generals always prepare for the last war.” That is especially calamitous,
when in the last war, one was fighting for an entity which was not the enemy but which now is. According to their tragic misconception, in order to maintain the strength of U.S. intelligence and armed services in the world, they verbally fight for preserving the surveillance state and so they attack those who warn the sovereign people of its insurrection against our sovereignty and freedom, via our own government. That is a travesty so great that if it were ever found to be knowingly intentional, it would be treasonous by default.

It is as if such apparently strong conservatives in the mix, though they may have focused upon Barack Obama for a long time now, still do not understand he was “selected, not elected” to be president of the United States of America in order to be its revolutionary saboteur and the Structural Marxofascist designer in chief of the new Anti-America. That is meant literally. Barack Obama and the powers behind and collaborating beside him, are America’s foremost enemy

But do those who attack the exposers of Anti-America’s revolutionary intelligence service have a point? Yes, most travesties do. We (authentic America) must continue to fight against a constant barrage of cyber-warfare (from North Korea, China, etc.)  that threatens our banks, our businesses, our military, and our personal data. We must also continue to fight the war on terr… pardon, let me be precise… the Islamist jihad for global caliphate.  And yes, added to that cocktail may be poured the need to fight aggression of numerous kinds, including very harmful espionage, from quarters such as Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and even Western Europe and Israel.

But is the regime that has captured our national security complex chiefly interested in that? No, they have made it very clear that they do not even wish, for example, to call Islamists what they are. In fact, they are very busy promoting Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood Wahhabis in the Mideast and in the cases of Egypt and Libya, overthrowing cooperative regimes, in order to do so. Further, while “the great game” with Russia is being carried out, for real or for show in that region and southern Asia (and more so versus China, Islam, and general corruption in the African nations), the U.S. has become closely tied in numerous ways, by America’s own globalist despots, to both China and Russia. That has been going on for decades, fomented through Democrats and the top-down controllers of the Republican Party, alike
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Muslim Brotherhood? They have had a working relationship with the CIA since Operation Paperclip (we inherited them from Hitler) according to noted investigative reporter/author, John Loftus. He reported on this extensively, years ago, significant slices into which are readily available online. And there we have “Arab Spring.”

Further, Obama’s NASA has given China critical strategic defense technology, his military flew a drone to Iran and left it for them to reverse engineer (though it could have easily been recovered), and they are collaborating with Russia in joint military “disaster response,” within the USA, to be engaged when they deem the time is right. This joint U.S./Russian effort, to quote the Russians, includes, “monitoring and forecasting emergency situations.” Having been educated to a degree in the arts and practices of the USIC, that is the United States Intelligence Community (suggestion: when we read “community” there, we should all say “awww”) what does one suppose that to mean?  It is the Obama regime doing that, hardly Ed Snowden. It is the Anti-American insurrectionists doing these things, not a resistance whistle blower, who prior NSA whistle blowers assured us had to leave the country, admitting “It was the only thing he could do.”

So, neither Marxists, nor fascists, nor Islamists are to be regarded as the enemy, nor as suspected terrorists. (We have them all in this “administration,” whether in “kinetic action” fact or in sympathy, from Obama himself, on down.) Who then are our personnel in intelligence, our armed forces, and “homeland security” being taught are the most suspected of any and all suspected terrorists?

The answer to that has been clearly reported from numerous sources by now: Evangelicals, returning veterans, constitutionalists, pro-lifers, and of course, those who take seriously our founders’ admonition of the Second Amendment, to form free militias, in order to practice vigilance for our Sovereign People’s state of freedom. In short, the chief enemies of the Obama/NWO regime are any who would take seriously the “duty” prescribed us by our national charter, the Declaration of Independence. to oppose their despotism by whatever means are appropriate and necessary.

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So let us see what may be seen and hear the sounds in the air. This is not a matter of liberty adjusted for security, but of America vs. Anti-America, of popular sovereignty vs. despotism reaching totalitarian levels never before available. A government of free people does not “need to know” what its people are doing. A free people always needs to know what its government is doing.

There is no security in granting the state powers of hegemony over the People. That is utter insecurity. To be free and independent of just such control is the very reason our ancestors watching us now from Heaven fought the American Revolution, though today’s rapid trend is worse than what they faced.

 

Read it all here:

 

GulagBound.com

Snowden vs. National Security? It’s the Domestic Totalitarian Technocracy, Stupid!

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Last, but certainly not least (in fact, most importantly!!!) I want to share an Independence Day message and call to prayer that I received via email from the "Concerned Citizen" publication of Concerned Women for America:

  

  On this Independence Day, let's take time to reflect on the blessings we have in this nation. Our forefathers designed a government based on Biblical principles and one that would guide a people grounded in God's Word. John Adams' said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." 

 

We have strayed. Lost our moorings. And our society is showing the results of our decisions not to follow God's design for life, sexuality, family, and generally doing what is right in our own eyes.

 

      But we can take back lost ground - with His help and by His grace. 

 

      We ask you to pray for our nation. There are many critical concerns facing this great land. Ask God to give our leaders wisdom to protect our nation, its families and our freedoms.

 

Pray that all God's people will see the importance of being salt and light in our culture and take the time to pray and act, taking a stand for righteousness.

 

 

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5: 13-16)

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I Needed a Pep Talk Today

In a way, this has been one of the saddest 4th of July "celebrations" that I can remember. I have to admit, I have been a bit depressed. I grieve for our nation. This gangster government has us on the road to tyranny, folks. But as Jesus has said, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! For I have overcome the world."

This world will never be at peace until Jesus returns for His own. However, in the meantime we are to watch, wait AND WORK until that day. What kind of work should we be doing? Well, I have a perfect example to show you today.

I needed a pep talk, and Lt. Colonel Allen West has truly provided it!!





Hat Tip:

Atlas Shrugs: America, We Are On Our Way Back - Lt. Colonel Allen West

God Bless the U.S.A.

This Fourth of July, we are ever more aware that Freedom Isn't Free. Those who fought and died to establish this great nation, as well as all who have fought and died ever since, are the reason why we enjoy the freedoms that we do here in America.

History informs us that outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin,"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

The "if you can keep it" part was a warning. Without due diligence and care, a republic could be lost.

Former President Ronald Reagan also warned us:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

Ronald Reagan

I pray that millions of Americans have awoken from the Kool-Aid stupor they were under on Election Day, 2008. I pray that they realize how important their votes will be this November, 2010. This may well be one of the most important elections ever! It will begin to correct the One Big A** Mistake America made in 2008!

God Bless the U.S.A. - and may He keep us safe from all enemies - foreign and domestic!

Afterthoughts About July 4th

Sometimes it can be hard to describe the mood of a group of people who took to the streets to protest this current out-of-control government. You can get a sense of what they are thinking due to the signs they were holding during the protest. I can only share the feeling that I personally got while standing there, waving my American flag and watching the actions, and reactions of the crowd.

I started up a conversation with the lady who was holding a sign that read: "90% Tax Increase for Congress!!" She told me that earlier, the "Don't Tread on Me" guy was sitting on the stone granite horse statue that was located on one corner across the street from the pond. He sat there for an hour, waving his huge "Don't Tread on Me" flag. The lady surmised that perhaps it got too hot (temp reached 100 degrees) and that is why he got off of the horse. A half hour later, I got the chance to ask the "Don't Tread" guy about the incident. He told me that someone reported him to the city and an official came by and told him to get off of it.

The newspaper account estimated that there were about 1,000 people at the rally. Apparently, there were only four Obama supporters there.

Several attendees who went to the rally on April 14th said that the first rally had twice as many participants. We can only guess as to why many people chose not to participate in this one. July 4th holiday plans? The heat? Or, apathy? Who knows.

I did sense that the people there were fiercely loyal to our country. The signs they held were proof of that. On the other hand, their total disgust for our current government - including Democrats and Republicans in Congress - was quite evident.

Before picking up Donna and driving to the rally, I looked in a few stores for some patriotic items. Target had NOTHING. I was saddened and disappointed to see that. In their typical "$1.00" section at the front of the store, I did see a shelf label that said, "flags - 2 for $1.00." That made me feel a bit better. Perhaps they just sold out of everything. There were also some children's rubber sandals with the stars and stripes on them. That didn't thrill me so much. I thought of how ObamaFRAUD and clueless Congress are trampling on our rights, freedom and spending OUR MONEY like DRUNKEN SAILORS (just a saying). Putting a flag design all over the sandals doesn't honor our nation very well. Just my humble opinion, of course.

Next, I went into our local Old Navy store. They had a small display of T-shirts that had a flag design (similar to the one I was wearing) with "Old Navy 2009" under it. I was hoping to find a visor to wear. They had some hats, but I don't like to wear hats.

Then I went into Michaels. That is where I found some flags. There were some craft items and Mylar balloons, but not much else.

I was very saddened by this. Perhaps I just went to the wrong stores, but I can remember seeing hundreds of items for sale on previous July 4th holidays! What happened this year? Is it just because of the economy? Or, was it due to apathy on the part of American retailers? I don't know.

Lastly, I gave it one more shot and walked into Albertsons grocery store. Every holiday, they usually have a big display of items to buy for each particular occasion. Not so this time. No big display, only a few mylar balloons. The next day I went to Stater Bros. for some groceries. The only thing that store had were patriotic flag paper plates and napkins!

Why?

Why so little merchandise available to the public to celebrate our Nation's 233 years of existence since its birth?

It saddened me. Truly saddened me!

Is Independence Day going in the same direction as other holidays? The secular powers-that- be have turned Christmas into "Winter break." Easter is more about bunnies, Easter eggs and baskets rather than the celebration of Christ's Resurrection. Is Independence Day now just another holiday where people pay less attention to its true meaning and more attention to their own whims of gratification?

The Obama File drew my attention to an article where the author described this July 4th as "divided and grim. "

I don’t think I’ve ever seen my country so divided and depressed on the Fourth of July in my lifetime and -- no matter what Bob Dylan dreamed up -- I’m not young, forever or otherwise. That includes the Vietnam War period when both sides at least had some conviction and excitement for the future, even if wrong. Not so now. The current situation is grim.

Obama is already over. In six short months, the now-spattered bumper stickers with "Hope and Change" seem like pathetic remnants from the days of "23 Skidoo," the echoes of "Yes, we can" more nauseating than ever in their cliché-ridden evasiveness. Although they may pretend otherwise, even Obama’s choir in the mainstream media seems to know he’s finished, their defenses of his wildly over-priced medical and cap-and-trade schemes perfunctory at best. Everyone knows we can’t afford them. His stimulus plan -- if you could call it his, maybe it’s Geithner’s, maybe it’s someone else’s, maybe it’s not a plan at all -- has produced absolutely nothing. In fact, I have met not one person of any ideology who evinces genuine confidence in it.

On the foreign policy front, it’s more embarrassing. He switches positions every day, such as they are, while acting like a petit-bourgeois snob with our allies and then, when people with genuine passion for democracy emerge on the scene (the courageous Iranian protesters), behaves like a cringe-worthy, equivocating creep. Enough of Obama.

Continue reading here . . .

I don't necessarily agree with the rest of the post at that link. However, this sentence is certainly apropos:

But don’t get me wrong - I love my country. And maybe it’s because I love it so much that I am so depressed. Yes, I know it’s always darkest before the dawn and all that. And I want to “look at the bright side,” as my grandmother always advised. Still, these are dark times and it’s hard to pretend otherwise. Obama’s eager aide-de-camp Rahm Emanuel wants to seize on this as an opportunity - and perhaps he’s right. Only not in the way Emanuel would suggest, ramming through Obama’s ill-conceived notions.

I think that the phrase, "I love my country...and maybe it's because I love it so much that I am so depressed" applies to millions of people as they somberly celebrated our Nations' founding this year. How much longer will we be able to enjoy our God given, hard fought for freedoms? Benjamin Franklin once said, "We have given you a Republic, if you can keep it."

Where are the gatekeepers??? That's what I want to know!!

Actually, I do know who the gatekeepers are. They are first and foremost, our brave, bold and honorable military!! God bless each and every one of you!!

Next, the additional gatekeepers are you, me, and every other citizen of the United States of America who value our Constitutional Republic and the freedom that title represents!

There are a lot of comments to read under the article at the Pajamas Media site! At first glance, the following one certainly caught my eye:

. john m e:

I think the funk we feel is perhaps a function of despair…despair brought on by the inexplicable degradation of our fellows. There is a profound sadness when the minorities behave in a bigoted fashion and those we thought loved freedom appear surprisingly willing to toss it overboard for little rewards or facile atonement. When our educators, we so deeply respected seem to have defiled our youth for a bit of silver…despair when we wonder why the defenders of our freedom seem no where to be found. So certain was I that transgressors would rise above their petty, driven, self absorption to rally to the duty of the general good…the welfare of our most needy, and reestablish the moral compass once the hallmark of civility and liberty …USA style.
Our nation, a noble experiment, threatened from within, cries out….


Jul 3, 2009 - 9:22 pm

Sally comments brings back the hope that we have when we trust the Lord Jesus Christ and realize that we have recovered from bad moments in history before:

10. Sally:


I don’t know how old you are but I think old enough to have lived through the 70s, yes? Talk about a demoralized and depressed nation! It was a horrible time. We had just lost a war and 58,000 lives in Vietnam, the President was forced to resign, there were gas lines, inflation was through the roof, American hostages were being held in Iran and nobody seemed to have a clue what to do about any of it. I’m sure that there have been other times as well in our history when all was bleak and the future drab and unappealing. And yet we endured. And survived. And better times arrived.

It helps me to remember that right now there are thousands upon thousands of American men and women, most of them much younger than I am, who are serving in war zones and putting themselves in harm’s way and every day when they get up they put on a uniform with an American flag on the shoulder and they go out to face the day, knowing it might be their last. They don’t get to spend a lot of time being depressed and sad. They have to believe there is something worth fighting for. They have to stay the course. And surely a country that was unworthy of the sacrifice would not be this privileged, to have such fine men and women willing to lay down their lives for her.

Maybe we’re just in a dry season right now. The first decade of the new century has been an eventful one for us, from the disputed 2000 Presidential election to 9/11 to the Iraq war and now the financial meltdown with the bad economy and lots of fraud and scandal and failed leadership everywhere. But we’ll fix it. We always do.


Jul 3, 2009 - 10:03 pm

God Bless America!!

Hat Tips:

The Obama File

Pajama Media

Happy July 4th!

Let Freedom Ring!

True Freedom in Christ

Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Jhn 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Powerful Video, Humble Patriot

Musician John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting.

See Michele Malkin's article.

I hope that bloggers will spread this video around the Internet this weekend.

Excerpt:

Where did his sense of patriotism come from?

“I have no family members who are in the military and not a lot of friends who’ve joined the military. Frankly, to me, it’s just common sense. In our business, we make a living off liberty and freedom of speech. The world my children are going to grow up in, their opportunity, their lives, their safety, are dependent on folks like our soldiers and their families. It’s common sense to me. They provide us with everything that we take for granted a lot in this country. You know, that “Freedom Never Cries” video, I think the message of that video, at least for me, is that look, freedom is not free. There is a price that is paid for freedom and we have to constantly acknowledge that. If we accept that freedom is free and that it’s no big deal, I think we’re in trouble. And I do think there is some of that mentality pervasive not only in the United States, but in Europe as well.”

The author of the song also has much to say about Hollywood; including this paragraph:

“People across the world are seeing films being made about troops that disparage them, and they’re going to think, ‘Hey, if they’re saying that about themselves, it has to be true.’ And I wouldn’t be so bothered about it if there were the counterarguments–you know, films basically showing the good side. You don’t see that, and it’s frustrating. I think it’s to our detriment. And I think we pay a price for that…I think people do take our troops for granted. They take our freedom for granted. I don’t think we have the clarity we need as a country going forward.”

Thank you, Mr. Ondrasik. You are a great American. Thank you for being willing to use your musical talent to counter those in our country, and elsewhere, who (unfortunately) make a career out of disparaging our country and our brave troops.

HT: Michelle Malkin