07 feb 2010 by BD Pisani
"We're in trouble in America," he told a packed room this week at the inaugural National Tea Party convention in Nashville. "We're losing our moral bearings. We are losing our respect for the rule of law."
He went on to add, "You look around America today, and things are bad -- and they're getting worse. We're broke. We're dispirited. We're scared." Strong words stemming from strong convictions, words which epitomized the sentiments of the home-grown assembly for a ground-up call to action.
Thus WorldNetDaily founder Joseph Farah began as he shared his long-term strategy for reclaiming the nation. With respect, who in all seriousness can contend otherwise? Americans have now lived through nearly 20 years of reckless government spending, gross government expansion, diminution of freedom, and declining morality.
During this time, and from the top down, we as a nation have striven to supplant the Creator with the idol of Big Government. State sovereignty is now routinely ignored by the federal monolith. Our American concepts of virtue, morality, and the rule of constitutional law have been distorted and twisted to a point where they are nearly unrecognizable. We are wallowing in a collectivist economic, moral, and spiritual meltdown.
And yet beneath it all, undercurrents of dissent awakened.
A glimmering
Last spring, in cities, towns, and villages, disorganized and disillusioned groups of Americans -- most never before involved in politics -- began protesting the uncontrolled and frivolous trillion-dollar spending schemes, growing government arrogance, nationalization of industries, Wall Street bailouts, the national debt, and Obamacare.
These small but vocal groups . . .
Paul Desmond Masterpiece
I first heard Take Five, written by Paul Desmond and performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, in 1960 -- alto saxophonist Desmond, pianist Dave Brubeck, percussionist Joe Morello, and bassist Eugene Wright. The piece instilled a lifelong love affair with jazz and propelled me into musical studies. Listen to the quartet's live rendition recorded in 1964 on one of the group's wildly successful European tours. Immerse yourself in a tight, timeless classic done in 5/4 time:
Kudos to: American Digest and Steven Worth's Adventures in Music
The Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die
Take time to view, in its entirety, Glenn Beck's ground-breaking, hour-long special first aired by Fox News Channel on 01/22/10. Glenn takes us back in time to examine the roots of socialism, communism, and the evil that followed. You may learn some things you never knew before; This is a must-see (note: the video is segmented into six parts but will continuously play.):
Kudos to: Glenn Beck and Velvet Hammer
