The story continues:

Monday – June 28, 2010

The story continues:

On today’s date, in 1778 , the battle Monmouth, New Jersey, took place. This was one of the first battles that Washington was able to repel the British army. Though this battle was a draw, it started Washington’s army on the course to victory over the British. After a long hard winter at Valley Forge, it became apparent that the army was intact and wanted to win the war.

It also created a folk hero or heroin by the name of Molly Pitcher. After her husband, a gunnery officer, became a casualty she picked up the line and began her quest for independence by loading the cannon that her husband was responsible for.
http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-monmouth.htm

When we look at our heroes, we must remember that it was not only men, who helped in the cause for independence, it was a group of patriot American women who we did not label, but accepted as one.

This week, we will lead up to the beginning of our story as a nation. On July 4th, we celebrate our freedom and our independence that men and woman of history created. Last week, I related a story. This week, we celebrate our story. In that celebration we must remember what the march for freedom and independence was all about. It was not over greed and it was not over politics. Our forefathers warned us about both and warned that greed and politics would ruin the Union of States, if we did not protect the fundamentals of the Union and protect the freedoms that were inherently ours. The forefathers wrote the documents and people like Washington and Molly Pitcher fought for the principles that were American.

This week, leading up to the July fourth holiday, the White House will bring a suit challenging the State of Arizona’s immigration law. The immigration law passed in Arizona mirrors Federal law, which the Federal government does not enforce. This will become an attempt to move the discussion of amenity to the forefront of the discussion. This is what the forefathers warned about when they spoke about greed and politics. The action taken by the White House does not improve the situation, but will destroy securing the border even more. It will play to the fears of constituents and play to the desires of those who want the benefits and that want free membership in our society.

The majority of Americans, who want immigration reform and who want the borders secured, favor the Arizona law. This is another way of diverting attention away from the economy and the Gulf Oil spill. This is what the politics of the July fourth celebration of 2010 will be. It is the greed of those who want the power and it becomes the politics of the day to retain the power so those who will get the benefits of citizenship will vote for the party that makes it easiest to attain the benefits without going through the process.


This week the sanctions go into effect in Iran. It will have little or no impact on the questions of Iran going nuclear. It will only support the notion that this administration is showing weakness. This display of new sanctions does not promote a strategy for tearing down the regime in Iran. It displays a strategy of containment for the immediate future. There are no ultimatums and the actions coming from the administration certainly are actions that demonstrate a resolve that was demonstrated in the founding days of the nation.

This week will be all about the Kagen nomination to the Supreme Court. Her written words have been hard to find because there are few documents that the Senate can find. However, her spoken words are her record and this will be the story of her nomination hearings. Don’t ask don’t tell and banning military recruiters from the Harvard campus is a story in itself.

As we continue the story for independence, this week, pay close attention to the details of the stories we have discussed today. These stories work to define us as a nation. The question we have to answer is what type of nation do we now want to be?

In had a conversation with a friend yesterday and we spoke about the importance of words and what are meant by the words we speak. I related this quote to her and asked her to read it when she had a chance. I want to do the same today.

I cannot forget about the quote that I ended Friday’s FORUM with. It was by Barry Goldwater, a conservative Republican who new the importance of words and who lived by the words he spoke, he said, “I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.”

These words really do bring into focus the words of our forefathers and what should be spoken of today. My hope for Independence Day is to have our candidates speak similar words. These are words that Hope is truly built upon.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There are 127 days until the midterms. In the days leading up to Independence Day lets focus on the words of liberty and freedom and remind our politicians come November 2, 2010.