~ Quotes ~

"I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not." - Lucille Ball

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

"Our greatest battles are with our own minds." - Jameson Frank

"One who makes no mistakes makes nothing." - Anonymous

"He who laughs, lasts." - Mary Poole

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." (At Pearl Harbour, 7 December 1941) - Howell Forgy

"Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" -Patrick Henry

"In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." -The Declaration of Independence

"“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way” -C.S. Lewis

"I am not afraid of the storms. For I am learning how to sail my ship." -Louisa Mae Alcott

“Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.” -Unknown

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,'Hi'

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last..

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

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Death Knell of Liberty

"In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

~The Declaration of Independence~

When a patriotic citizen or an adoring foreigner thinks of the United States of America he generally associates her with "liberty and justice for all." Sadly, however, this nation is fast becoming a nation of "suppression and complete government control for her unsuspecting citizens." In the past one and a half years since the Obama administration took over this country has gone downhill faster than anyone ever thought possible. This administration hasn’t tried to hide the evidence of a government takeover; rather, it has blatantly thrown their control in the face of its constituents.

This utter disregard for liberty and all that the founding fathers stood for was brought out in a huge way in March with the passing of the Health Care Reform Bill in Congress. This new law will require that everyone have government health care or else pay a hefty fine. That doesn't sound like much of a choice. It sounds more or less like tyranny - the very thing the founders of this great country wanted to throw off. George Washington once said, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." The men who started this country understood that if the government got too big it would eventually crush America.

Last week the people of Missouri went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted against health care reform. Good for them! They realize how important freedom is, no matter the cost. However, those on the left keep trying to downplay this vote. The associated press boldly stated in an article dated August 5, "There's little chance that Missouri can wall itself off from the insurance requirement, since federal law usually supersedes state law. But sponsors of the measure were looking to send another kind of message."* Since when does the federal government become more powerful than the state? I thought America was "of the people, by the people, and for the people." What became of that? And how is it that there is such a glaring disregard for the public good by Washington?

America is in dire straits right now, and I think the American people are finally seeing that as is evident by such movements as the Tea Party, and Silent No More, and leaders like Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, and so many more. It is time for the American people to wake up and see what their government is trying to do to them, and demand that the freedoms we have been guaranteed by the founding documents. The November elections are not far off, and it is our right and duty to go to the polls and vote for men and women who want to uphold the values of the Constitution and protect the freedom held so dearly by our forefathers.

*http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMLrmlnxO4QRUYVZwQOUyMeXetSwD9HCVA8G0