No. 1: These are the Times that Try Men's Souls

2009-04-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, tomorrow is the National Tax Day Tea Party. At the rally in Salt Lake City at the Federal Building I have an opportunity to address the assembled crowd of patriots. I felt that I would post my remarks here first:

Thomas Paine wrote, “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” My friends and fellow patriots, these are the times that try men’s souls. Every day we hear about more government oversight and shrinking civil liberties.

My friends let me tell you a short story; in the year 1773 King George and Parliament decided that the East India Company needed some help to survive and therefore enacted the Tea Act, for the American colonist, this was just another occurrence of “taxation without representation.” I wonder if parliament used the excuse that the East India Company was too big to fail. In response to this as well as other acts of parliament, incensed patriots in the colonies formed together and became known as the “Sons of liberty.” It was these Sons of Liberty that dressed as Native Americans, boarded three ships in Boston Harbor, and hurled crates full of tea to the bottom of the harbor.

My friends, are we the Sons and Daughters of Liberty? My fellow Patriots, will we not unfurl that banner which reads “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?” Then you, my Patriotic Americans, this is our Tax Day Tea Party! To the socialist in Washington, this is our Tea Party! To the fascist in Washington, this is our Tea Party! To the Republicans and Democrats who have sold out the American People, have let the American Dream become a hiss and byword, and who have trampled upon the Constitution in the vain hopes of change and trickle up poverty, this is our Tea Party!

with, Common Sense.

What is Our American Crisis?

2009-04-08T18:56:00.000-07:00

Throughout the American War for Independence, more commonly referred to as the American Revolution, philosopher and propagandist Thomas Paine wrote a series of Pamphlets known as The American Crisis. These pamphlets were used to spread Patriotic fervor throughout the colonies that were at war with England, as well as more definately define the purpose and reason for the war. Paine began this series with these stirring words:

These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Paine saw the glory and majesty that could become an independent nation in the colonies that dotted the Eastern seaboard of the America. He saw that vision in the hearts, minds, and spirits of the colonist. They were independent men and women who worked hard for their lives, thought with their own minds, and realized their potential. Paine took advantage of the personality and characteristics of the people of America and pushed and prodded them into action. He was a close friend and associate of many of the Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. His American Crisis were words of encouragement at a time when life and the future were uncertain and cloudy.

Today, we have another crisis. This is Our American Crisis, our future and lives are uncertain and cloudy. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," are no longer principles that govern the decisions of our government, no, they have become nothing more than nostalgic illusion. Our Constitution, the article that was suppose to frame a "more perfect union" has been trampled under the feet of men and women who seek nothing more than the world's vain ambitions, glories, and powers.

It is the hope of this blog, and writer, that the people will be roused to action, that there will no longer be a silent majority. There will be articles of comfort to salve the aching soul as they watch the nation that they loved be demeaned and used by those that have sworn to protect her interest. There will be articles of faith and hope, it must be remembered that "when it is darkest, men see stars." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) There will be articles of action, we cannot sit idly by and do nothing while the morals, virtues, and principles of our great country and trampled under foot in the names of progress. And more than anything else, these articles will be written for the common man. Paine wrote Common Sense as well as The American Crisis, and in The American Crisis he ended every paper with the term, almost a signature, Common Sense. He wrote for the common man, his words were poignant, yet understandable. Our posts will be poignant, understandable, Common Sense.

Welcome my fellow Patriots,

Thank You