If this doesn't bring tears to your eyes you're not human. I can add nothing more to this awesome tribute to the men and women who make our Christmases merry, peaceful, free, and safe.
Merry Christmas to all of you who willingly serve and sacrifice so I and all my fellow Americans can be free, safe and secure on this Christmas and all those to come. God Bless you ALL!!!
Monday, December 17, 2007
A Soldier's Silent Night
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Torture Question
The controversy over using torture in the War on Terror is of much interest to us, the RA Folk. We who are RA are distinguished by our patriotism. We love America and believe totally in her fundamental goodness and nobility. We also believe in her absolute right to self-defense. On September 11, 2001 our nation was brutally attacked and 3000 of our people slaughtered in cold blood. Since then we have been fighting a life-and-death war against the Islamists who carried out the viscious attack.
The first order of this war is, naturally, to prevent another attack on the Homeland. This has been stunningly successful, with not a single terrorist strike against America since 9/11, although some radicals have tried. We've also been successful in much of our anti-terrorist operations abroad and that's where the controversy comes in. Some of the information that has led to our wins against terrorists was obtained through waterboarding, an interrogation technique some consider torture. The CIA's destruction of tapes showing agents harshly interrogating prisoners has added fuel to an already heated debate.
Where should RA people come down in this debate? The partisan nature of much of the torture accusations point us to the answer to that question.
Democrats and liberals are leading the charge of torture against the Bush administration. These are not unbiased people. In fact, many of them are rabid Bush haters who're willing to do anything to bring down the president. They are also very anti-war and have a vested interest in hyping any misstep by America in the War on Terror and the Iraq War. This doesn't mean that the RA Folk should dismiss their concerns out of hand, but it does mean that their motives should be questioned.
The "anti-torture" crowd (ATC) invariably invokes morality in their arguments against harsh methods. RA people, of course, expect America to act in accord with her basic goodness and decency. However, we must ask what the ATC's real agenda is. Remember, most of them are leftists who've shown pronounced fifth column tendencies. Is their we've-got-to-take-the-high-ground rhetoric an attempt to hobble America's war effort? Are they trying to make the rules of engagement so strict there's no way we can win?
Similar questions should be asked about the ATC's claim that America is creating jihadis by "torturing" her enemes. This "blame America first" notion is quite offensive to the RA Folk. Liberals' comfort with it makes them highly suspect to us. It also severly downgrades their credibility. When critics start with an anti-American foundation it behooves us to doubt their intentions. The RA Folk do just that.
RA people are patriots who love and defend our country. We believe our nation is good and noble, but also recognize that she's not perfect. We deal honestly with America's mistakes, faults, and sins but don't define her by them. If waterboarding really is torture we believe it should be stopped. However, in this life-and-death struggle we are in we prefer to err on the side of America's defense. Our government's primary responsibility is our protection, not guaranteeing the rights of those trying to kill us. If it takes harsh interrogation methods to make a terrorist give up the goods, then so be it. RA people would rather have "tortured" enemies than dead Americans. That's our answer to the torture question.
God Bless America!
God Bless our Troops!
God Bless the RA Folk!
The first order of this war is, naturally, to prevent another attack on the Homeland. This has been stunningly successful, with not a single terrorist strike against America since 9/11, although some radicals have tried. We've also been successful in much of our anti-terrorist operations abroad and that's where the controversy comes in. Some of the information that has led to our wins against terrorists was obtained through waterboarding, an interrogation technique some consider torture. The CIA's destruction of tapes showing agents harshly interrogating prisoners has added fuel to an already heated debate.
Where should RA people come down in this debate? The partisan nature of much of the torture accusations point us to the answer to that question.
Democrats and liberals are leading the charge of torture against the Bush administration. These are not unbiased people. In fact, many of them are rabid Bush haters who're willing to do anything to bring down the president. They are also very anti-war and have a vested interest in hyping any misstep by America in the War on Terror and the Iraq War. This doesn't mean that the RA Folk should dismiss their concerns out of hand, but it does mean that their motives should be questioned.
The "anti-torture" crowd (ATC) invariably invokes morality in their arguments against harsh methods. RA people, of course, expect America to act in accord with her basic goodness and decency. However, we must ask what the ATC's real agenda is. Remember, most of them are leftists who've shown pronounced fifth column tendencies. Is their we've-got-to-take-the-high-ground rhetoric an attempt to hobble America's war effort? Are they trying to make the rules of engagement so strict there's no way we can win?
Similar questions should be asked about the ATC's claim that America is creating jihadis by "torturing" her enemes. This "blame America first" notion is quite offensive to the RA Folk. Liberals' comfort with it makes them highly suspect to us. It also severly downgrades their credibility. When critics start with an anti-American foundation it behooves us to doubt their intentions. The RA Folk do just that.
RA people are patriots who love and defend our country. We believe our nation is good and noble, but also recognize that she's not perfect. We deal honestly with America's mistakes, faults, and sins but don't define her by them. If waterboarding really is torture we believe it should be stopped. However, in this life-and-death struggle we are in we prefer to err on the side of America's defense. Our government's primary responsibility is our protection, not guaranteeing the rights of those trying to kill us. If it takes harsh interrogation methods to make a terrorist give up the goods, then so be it. RA people would rather have "tortured" enemies than dead Americans. That's our answer to the torture question.
God Bless America!
God Bless our Troops!
God Bless the RA Folk!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Sgt Freedom Campaign, Episode 1: Hold Your Head High
Here is the first episode of the rockin' series The Sgt. Freedom Campaign. Look and listen RA people. There is pride, patriotism, and wisdom here, delivered with Sgt. Freedom's unique humor. Let's support this zealous--yes, zealous--American who helps to epitomize what it means to be RA.
God Bless America!
God Bless the RA Folk!
God Bless Sgt. Freedom!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Sgt. Freedom Campaign Episode 19: IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!
Here's a hilarious but profound look at irrational Bush hatred I found on a forum I often visit.
All of us who are RA will shout "Amen!" to this video whether we support Bush or not. For in truth, this is about our troops, our nation, and our freedom, not the president, whoever he may be.
Watch, listen, and learn RA people. Just because this video is funny doesn't mean there're no deeply vital truths in it. All RA Folk shoud use these truths to help us do what's right for America, the greatest nation on God's green earth.
God bless America and God bless the RA Folk!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
I send out a heartfelt wish for everyone to have a blessed Thanksgiving! As you gather with family and friends to enjoy good food, good company, and good fun, please remember the blessings of freedom that we enjoy, by the grace of God, here in America, the greatest nation on God's green earth.
Please also remember our servicemen and women who must spend this holiday overseas, far away from the warmth of family and the safety of home. Give thanks to God for them, for they secure our abundant way of life. Think of them as you cut your turkey, cheer on your favorite football team, and load up your camera with precious memories. Our fighting men and women are the legs on which our nation stands. Honor them, ask God to give them victory in their struggle, and pray for their speedy and safe return to a proud and grateful people during this holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Please also remember our servicemen and women who must spend this holiday overseas, far away from the warmth of family and the safety of home. Give thanks to God for them, for they secure our abundant way of life. Think of them as you cut your turkey, cheer on your favorite football team, and load up your camera with precious memories. Our fighting men and women are the legs on which our nation stands. Honor them, ask God to give them victory in their struggle, and pray for their speedy and safe return to a proud and grateful people during this holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Columbus Day
"In 14 hundred and 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
I sang that little ditty as a child in school. It was to teach me about the voyage of an Italian adventurer that ultimately led to the founding of the great nation I was blessed to be born in. I doubt if children are taught the song now. Columbus Day, a day that should be a time of joyous national celebration has become, in recent years, a day of angry protests by Native Americans (NAs) and guilt-ridden, self-hating liberal Whites.
I am well aware of the gripe NAs have against Columbus. Native Americans or Indians, as Columbus named them, wound up on the losing end of a culture clash that neither they nor the Europeans saw coming. The Indians did suffer greatly from the "conquest" of the Americas by the Europeans, but the innocent-Indian-evil-European narrative that's emerged in the last few decades isn't the whole story. The Indians were not all innocent and the Europeans weren't all evil. The RA Folk must take the lead in balancing the telling of Columbus' arrival in the New World.
When Columbus landed in the Caribbean islands he was planting the seeds that eventually grew into the United States of America. If Columbus hadn't sailed there would be no USA today. In fact, none of the nations of North, Central, and South America would exist. The Hispanic illegal aliens who march in our streets proclaiming themselves "native people" need to be reminded that their very existence is due to the arrival of White men from Europe, beginning with Columbus.
Little that makes Hispanics who they are is native to the Americas. The culture of Hispanics is rooted in Spain, a European nation. Spanish, the language of most Hispanics, is from Europe. The countries that Hispanics live in were all created by Europeans. Catholicism, the religion of most Hispanics, is also a European import. And none of this would exist in the New World were it not for that much-maligned Italian. Hispanics should be thankful for him.
Of course, the RA Folk are thankful for Columbus because his desire for adventure and knowledge resulted in the establishment of our nation. The birth of America was not easy. It involved much travail in which Whites, as well as Indians, suffered. As America expanded more travail that again engulfed Whites and Indians alike, ensued. But the end result of these "birth pangs" was a nation that blessed all mankind with an ethos of liberty, equality, and opportunity the world had never before seen.
America is not perfect but she has proven to be the best nation that a sinful human race has produced. As stated above, she has blessed the earth with her presence, a presence secured by the brave travels of Christopher Columbus. The RA Folk salute Columbus. We honor his memory and his name. We know that without him our Republic would not exist and we would not be who we are. So we thank God for Columbus; we love him, and you malcontents can go to hell.
I sang that little ditty as a child in school. It was to teach me about the voyage of an Italian adventurer that ultimately led to the founding of the great nation I was blessed to be born in. I doubt if children are taught the song now. Columbus Day, a day that should be a time of joyous national celebration has become, in recent years, a day of angry protests by Native Americans (NAs) and guilt-ridden, self-hating liberal Whites.
I am well aware of the gripe NAs have against Columbus. Native Americans or Indians, as Columbus named them, wound up on the losing end of a culture clash that neither they nor the Europeans saw coming. The Indians did suffer greatly from the "conquest" of the Americas by the Europeans, but the innocent-Indian-evil-European narrative that's emerged in the last few decades isn't the whole story. The Indians were not all innocent and the Europeans weren't all evil. The RA Folk must take the lead in balancing the telling of Columbus' arrival in the New World.
When Columbus landed in the Caribbean islands he was planting the seeds that eventually grew into the United States of America. If Columbus hadn't sailed there would be no USA today. In fact, none of the nations of North, Central, and South America would exist. The Hispanic illegal aliens who march in our streets proclaiming themselves "native people" need to be reminded that their very existence is due to the arrival of White men from Europe, beginning with Columbus.
Little that makes Hispanics who they are is native to the Americas. The culture of Hispanics is rooted in Spain, a European nation. Spanish, the language of most Hispanics, is from Europe. The countries that Hispanics live in were all created by Europeans. Catholicism, the religion of most Hispanics, is also a European import. And none of this would exist in the New World were it not for that much-maligned Italian. Hispanics should be thankful for him.
Of course, the RA Folk are thankful for Columbus because his desire for adventure and knowledge resulted in the establishment of our nation. The birth of America was not easy. It involved much travail in which Whites, as well as Indians, suffered. As America expanded more travail that again engulfed Whites and Indians alike, ensued. But the end result of these "birth pangs" was a nation that blessed all mankind with an ethos of liberty, equality, and opportunity the world had never before seen.
America is not perfect but she has proven to be the best nation that a sinful human race has produced. As stated above, she has blessed the earth with her presence, a presence secured by the brave travels of Christopher Columbus. The RA Folk salute Columbus. We honor his memory and his name. We know that without him our Republic would not exist and we would not be who we are. So we thank God for Columbus; we love him, and you malcontents can go to hell.
Friday, October 5, 2007
RA Folk Hero!
Here is Jim Brossard in action! God Bless Jim Brossard! God Bless the RA Folk! God Bless America!
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