Is it any surprise?

Tuesday – August 17, 2010

Is it any surprise?

Yesterday, I wrote about three things that would occupy the news this week. So far, I was right and it’s only Tuesday.

Secretary of Defense, Bill Gates, announced he would retire early in 2011. Could it be that he does not want to be part of the failure that we know now exists? Could it be that his ideology is keeping him from staying? Could it be that when Iran gets the bomb he does not want to take the fall, because of the ideology of the Commander in Chief?

The president said, on August 14, that he would not comment on the “wisdom of building a Mosque on the site of ground zero.” Why not just say that it is wrong and there are other places that this Muslim cultural center and Mosque can be built. His ideology prohibits him from doing this.

John Adams, our 2nd president, said: "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” -- October 11, 1798

On July 17th, in 1768, the BOSTON GAZETTE published the “Liberty Song” written and composed by patriot John Dickenson. This song was America’s first patriotic song. It went like this:
Come, join hand in hand, brave Americans all,And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call;No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,Or stain with dishonor America's name.
In Freedom we're born and in Freedom we'll live.Our purses are ready. Steady, friends, steady;Not as slaves, but as Freemen our money we'll give.
Our worthy forefathers, let's give them a cheer,To climates unknown did courageously steer;Thro' oceans to deserts for Freedom they came,And dying, bequeath'd us their freedom and fame.
The tree their own hands had to Liberty rear'd,They lived to behold growing strong and revered;With transport they cried, Now our wishes we gain,For our children shall gather the fruits of our pain.
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all,By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,For heaven approves of each generous deed.
Is it any surprise that the words of Adams were recorded in written records? Is it any surprise that the words spoken and the songs that were written back then were defended? I am sure that many in Congress or even the President do not know of this song or what John Adams said. Not surprising, because it is not in their ideology any longer.
Adams went on to write: “The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.”• “[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”–John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress
The purpose of today’s FORUM is not to question religious preference. It is for the purpose to show the intent of what the forefathers created this country for. It is for the purpose to show the intent of principled liberty and freedom. It is about the wisdom that the forefathers had and knew they had. It is about their wisdom that they were not afraid to talk about or to defend, when their ideology was questioned.
United States Senator Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) introduced a bill in the Senate this week. It is called the “American’s Want to Work Bill.” This bill would increase unemployment benefits by another 22 weeks. This is the ideology of the Progressive. The title alone is misguided. Americans don’t work for unemployment benefits, so why call it Americans Want to Work? Do the things necessary to create an environment so that the business community gets the confidence to invest in workers. Right now there is no confidence, because of the ideology of people like the Senator. Is it any surprise?
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: In 77 days we will get a chance to replace the ideology of the majority in Washington. Is it any surprise that the forefathers designed a system so that we could!