Armed Citizen

Our Founding Fathers said that these 28 Principles of Freedom must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desire peace, prosperity, and freedom. Adherence to these beliefs during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5,000 years. 1.  The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law 2.  A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong 3.  The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders 4.  Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained 5.  All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible 6.  All men are created equal 7.  The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, NOT PROVIDE EQUAL THINGS! 8.  Men are endowed by their Creator wi...

Many have heard or read the famous quote by Patrick Henry, ".......give me liberty of give me death!".  But do we know anything about the rest of that speech?  Patrick Henry, Sam Adams and the other founders of the Sons of Liberty were the ones who I believe made possible, the Revolution.  At St. Johns Church, Patrick Henry called for Virginia and every other community to raise and have ready a militia, ready to respond to an invader, made up, not of soldiers but of citizens, united in the cause of freedom and liberty.   Please read his whole speech and see if your heart does not swell with the want to protect this liberty that came and has been defended at a steep price. St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia March 23, 1775. MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I ho...

Today is July 4th, a time when most people get a paid day off, trips to the lake are planned, and grills are fired up for delicious bbq's.  Everyone waves a flag and we usually go watch fireworks.  This day is more than that.  Most of us know that, and most of the people I call friends recognize that what we celebrate on the 4th of July was an impossibility and was unfathomable at the time.  That the upstart state representatives, that had formed the loose Continental Congress, would have the gall to declare that the people here on this continent had the right   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 ...". Wave the Flag of our Nation, but know why it is important and teach your children why we respect the Flag and all it represents.  Let them know what it represents.  Let us honor ...

Just like in our Nations Capital, the fact that the Supreme Court deems the second amendment a right of ALL United States Citizens, Chicago says "up yours" to its citizenry!  Look over these proposals carefully, they are exactly what Obama and the liberal thugs who are running our government want across all of these United States. This is why confirmation of judges is important and should not EVER by allowed to "walk right in", regardless of ability to block a nomination.  Please read: By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer     CHICAGO – With the city's gun ban certain to be overturned,  Mayor Richard  Daley  on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States. The measure, which draws from ordinances around the country, would ban gun shops in Chicago and prohibit  gun  owners  from stepping outside their homes, even onto their porches or garages, with a handgun. Daley announced his ordi...

"The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters." --   Frederick Douglass Who is or was Frederick Douglas?   He was an escaped slave, who later became an Abolitionist, an author, and the editor of the   North Star   and later the New National Era These penetrating words were spoken by him in an address on West India Emancipation (4 August 1857) But these were not words taken out of context.  Not did he only preach about freedom on one occasion.  Frederick Douglas was outspoken and a fine orator.  He had been a slave, who understood a thing or two about being just out of arms reach o...

I have not posted since I first found out about my brother being killed in action.  I would be lying if I did not say that his death has not had a deep and devastating affect on me.  Jake was my little brother, but he was also a friend.  Aside from my wife, he knew me probably better than anyone.  We grew up together, sharing a lot of the same experiences and being shaped by a lot of the same influences.  It never mattered how long it had been between visits, a lot never had to be said.  I treasure the personal and private conversations where he would share a lot of the buried and not so pretty moments that a soldier has to endure.  And then we could laugh and poke fun at some of the lighter moments.  I have never been a soldier, but through my brother came to understand what it takes to be both a good soldier and a good friend to a soldier. One thing that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that Jake loved being a soldier, loved serving his c...

Yesterday I got a call that I never wanted to get.  My mother called to let me know that an Army chaplain and two Officers arrived with news of my brothers death.  Words do no justice to the anguish and pain that I felt and still feel.  Glen Jacob Whetten loved what he did and was good at it.  He had a desire to serve his country before he was even old enough to enlist.  He joined right after turning 18 and left for boot camp at Fort Benning soon after High School graduation from South High School in Phoenix, AZ. He was first assigned to the 24th Infantry Division(I think) out of Hawaii.  There he became jump qualified and of course expert marksman.  His goal was to become an Ranger, an Airborne Ranger!  Those dreams were realized and he later was re-assigned to the 82nd, an Airborne Ranger Division. He was part of the initial assult on Iraq and the March on Baghdad.  His only regret was they came in so fast the...