No one is coming to save us; no politician, no “public servant”, no knight in shining armor. There are leaders who seek to keep us empowered as long as possible. But in the end – when the Jack boot enforcers for the Proletariat Abyss bang the doors of Liberty – only we can save ourselves.
If you want to know what is destroying your society, merely ask what is beyond criticism.
This might be familiar: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
And That’s the Sermonette.
James Wood Explains Things
Get Festive!
Santa Claws takes a selfie in honor of 2020…
Not Just a Beech King Air…
A buddy of mine was enlisted in the Navy and took an Army commission to fly the RC-12. I had the opportunity to fly with him on some actual ops outside CONUS. I wasn’t supercargo really, still, along for the ride with an interest in the collection target – on Christmas Eve.
Things are supposed to be quiet on Christmas Eve but in that place and time, it was not. Evil lurked, thus the flight.
One more great memory among so many others.
Alms to the Woke?
After all this IS a sermonette.
The (Now Famous) Fang Bang
Stay Festive, My Friends
Amen!
That last line is at the heart of it all, “…it is their duty, to throw off…for their future security.”
We’re there.
“The time for half measures and talk is over, Senator.” (Maximus)
That whole “action on Christmas” thing is an old American tradition, going back to Trenton, at least. Cool that you got to be a part of it, LL.
-Kle.
I’ve worked actively at least fifteen years of my life, as opposed to hanging out with family, opening presents, gorging myself, watching football, etc. I never thought of the American tradition angle.
I’m having Bill Federer tell that as a Christmas story on my show.
We’re Americans, we will cross a frozen river, in the middle of the night, on Christmas Eve, and slit your throats, to protect our liberty.
Yes, that’s who we were and who we are. There are people who’d best keep that in mind.
I grew up 15 minutes from Washington’s Crossing, the historic episode is an even more powerful act of courage and bravery when standing on the spot, seeing the boat, and realizing this was dead of winter.
Uncommon courage.
The enemy in Washington’s day celebrated Christmas.
The enemy shot-callers of today, by and large, do not.
… speaking of that which cannot be criticized.
The enemy today are more cleverly camouflaged than the British and Hessians who wore bright uniforms and marched at you in a straight line.
Jefferson spelled things out so well.
He was a genius and that genius was acknowledged in his day. I don’t know that he was a great president, but we all can’t be great at everything. He was great when and where it counted for him. The progressives in our midst hate him, further affirming his genius.
My Grandson’s World is looking bleak. Time to don the cape.
It concerns me, Odie. Not for myself in the least, but for them.
Yes!
The founders words ring across the centuries. As true now as when they were first spoken
To me, they are scripture. And I muse at how they would have reacted to our delight as a society in murdering babies. Maybe their horror would have caused them to give up. Best they didn’t see our day.
Agree with Woods, and I LIKE that Christmas tree! 🙂
It lets Santa know what you want.
Powerful sermon. Might have to repost it for Evensong.
Is that an LDS temple in the header?
Thank you.
The header is the Latter Day Saint Temple in Rome
I’ve heard that sermonette somewhere before. I like it.
Maybe we should do it. Again.
It is something that we need to hold in our hearts, Ed.