Good Morning, America

Good morning, America. This is my very first ever blog. On the information highway, I'm what's known as "roadkill". Bear with me as I learn to navigate my way thru blog-dom, and with time and experience my little blog will become more interesting and informative. I plan to comment on current events, domestic and foreign, that impact our country. Except for the articles I post or quote, what I write will be my opinions. You may agree with them, or you may not; everybody has the right to an opinion and everybody has the right to be wrong. If you chose to send me a comment on anything I write, please make it civil and profanity-free.

After the muslim extremist terrorist attack on the United States on 9-11-01,  2 men created a poster that, to me was iconic of how the entire country felt. Most of you have seen it; it has the World Trade Center in the background, superimposed over the Stars and Stripes, and the symbol of America, the American Eagle in the foreground, with a tear falling from it's eye. That's the inspiration for the title of my blog, Eagles Tears; I had wanted to use that picture in the masthead; but it's internet copyright protected and I wasn't able to contact the artists to obtain permission to use it. Maybe I can add it in the future, but for now, think of that vision whenever you visit me here.

So there will be no confusion on where I stand on the issues facing our Republic (yes, Republic; it's not a Democracy, it's a Representative Republic), I will describe myself with 2 words: Christian conservative. I have never been party-affiliated; I have voted Democrat, Republican, and Independent, depending on the background and policies of the candidate. I am pro-limited government, anti-big government. Pro-American sovreignity, anti-global governance. Pro-free enterprise, anti-progressive socialism. Pro-American exceptionism, anti-American mediocrity. Pro-strong military, anti-disarmament. Pro-individual responsibility, anti-entitlements. Pro-American patriotism, anti-American pandering. That should do it for now; if I think of more later, I can always add them.

The first word I use to describe myself is Christian. So the first issue I am going to take issue with is the pronouncement that America is no longer a Christian nation. At the time the American colonies came together, the only religion legally allowed in Great Britain was the Church of England; and the only version of the Bible permitted was printed by the Church of England. There's a wonderful website dedicated to our Christain heritage, http://www.wallbuilders.com/.  The first Bible printed in the newly formed United States of American was printed in 1871; it was called the Aitken Bible, and it was specifically printed for use in the SCHOOLS. Our founding fathers fully intended that America be a Christian nation. Here's a quote from the records of Congress, United States House Judiciary Committee in 1854, almost a century after the Revolutionary War:  "Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution (against Christianity) would have been strangled in it's cradle - - - In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity - - - That was the religion of the founders of the Republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendents."  I would like to borrow from that quote: in this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity.

During the 2nd century after the Revolutionary War, things in America had begun to change "radically". There was a self-proclaimed Marxist organizer named Saul Alinsky, who wrote a book titled "Rules for Radicals".  We know today 2 of his followers; Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton wrote her honors thesis on Saul Alinsky. There was once a well-known community organizer in Chicago, IL who followed the guide-lines, and taught classes in community organizing, using the book "Rules for Radicals". At http://www.wikipedia.com/,  you can look up "Rules for Radicals" and see who Saul Alinsky dedicated the book to; a book which many are using to this very day to divide and conquer our country. Here's the tribute Saul Alinsky paid to his inspiration: "From all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins - or which is which) the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer".

So it boils down that 2 of the choices we are faced with in these trying, uncertain times are:
Adhere to the conservative principals of our founding fathers, who based the Constitution of the United States of America on the Mosaic Laws of God's Word, the Bible; and follow the teaching of His son, Jesus.
Or bend to the will of those who pervert the Constitution to their own purposes and power; and the minions who follow, en mass, the teachings of a liberal (self-proclaimed) Marxist who was inspired by Satan.
Seems kind of black and white doesn't it. By the way, that's an issue I'll opine on in a later post.