The Real Meaning of The Fourth of July

I saw this on Friday morning on Fox News with Peter Johnson Jr. and thought that it was an excellent statement of what July 4th should mean to us as Americans.

Listen to it and tell me what you think.

Happy 4th!

Church Tries To Become More Inclusive--Removes Cross

Watch this and tell me what you think?

The Constitution and Freedom (Part 5- Conclusion)

This is the conclusion of the videos from Judge Napolitano. In fact, this is where we came in while watching TV one night and I gave us great discussion of "what America is and what it should be". I quickly told my oldest teens that they'd better pay attention to this--because when they vote in the future, they need to know where we came from and where we are suppose to be.

Have we surrendered to much to government or has it slowly slipped away because we don't know what America was founded on and what was meant to be our form of government. Don't get me wrong! America has done some outstanding things in the last 200 years as a group of collective individuals, but somehow, someway, we have given and inch and been taken for a mile in areas that were never expressed or intended to be the domain of the government.

I hope this has caused you to stop and think about America and what she should be in the future.

The Constitution and Freedom (Part 4)

Everything that you ever wanted to know about the Judiciary system in our country is here. The Courts were set up to interpret the laws of the land (in light of the constitution)--they were never meant to create the laws.

Things that make you wonder---"how did we ever get this far away from the ideals of American"

The Constitution and Freedom (Part 3)

"The job of the President is to make sure that the people of the United States remain free!" Wow-now that will start a discussion in a current Civics class.

These videos really open up the questions--how did we come so far?

The Constitution and Freedom (Part 2)

Watch this video and listen to this phrase from the judge--"We are not surrounded by men who love liberty, but men who love power". Does that not describe the times in which we live?

Can you really look at the things that government is doing and say "this is liberty!" Or can you agree with the judge that we are surrounded by "those who seek and crave power?"

Things that make you wonder how far America has drifted. To be continued...

The Constitution and Freedom

I grew up with a Dad who taught American and World History in the public school, so I might be a little bias, but I think this video is the kind of thing that needs to be shown to our kids.

Diane and I plan to show this to our kids in successive evenings and talk to them about what America really means! They're not getting this information in classes and what they know about government is "biased" towards activism and social issues. If they knew what Government was "suppose" to do, then they would know what they're responsibilities are as they grow up (to take personal responsibility and care for their fellow man).

These are important lessons that I think my kids need to learn. If you haven't watched these videos, do so this week. It will put in perspective how far we've drifted from the founding fathers and what they wanted America to really be.