24 November 2008

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is this Thursday and as usual we are going to think about the things we are thankful for. Let us begin at the beginning. It was originally a religious holiday thanking God for the Pilgrims surviving their first year in Plymouth Colony. They shared the meal with those who in large part helped them survive that year: the Indians. They feasted probably for days more like a festival than a banquet that we know it as.

We may not be going home this year, but we may as well, and either way, be thankful for every little thing. It is a Holy Day because God gave us those things that we are thankful for. That's all I think needs to be said since we all know what Thanksgiving is about.

18 November 2008

The Christmas Sweater

I finished reading this book last night. It is by Glenn Beck, but is not political in the least. It is a beautiful book that I ask everyone to read. If you want to borrow mine, please ask so I can bring it to the meeting tonight. Let me tell you, it will change your outlook on life.

For those of you who don't like Glenn Beck, this book explains in the back how writing it helped him a lot and he reflects on what inspired certain characters and events in the book. I say give it chance. You never know how it is until you read it.

17 November 2008

Conservatism is not dead

Usually, Older folks think that young people are all bright-eyed, naive, and liberal. We are not that and so Conservatism is not dying with the old. We are the America-loving, freedom-loving, realistic, and conservative Youth. We are all of-age, but that doesn't change a thing. We still have to listen to our tenured professors spout their well-intentioned though misguided beliefs and are judged based on our concurredness with them.

What we saw in the election that Conservatism was not dying; instead it was a sign that we need to believe and exemplify our conservatism. We can hide it for a better grade- that's fine, I would do the same- but we cannot cower because we feel outnumbered. We cannot scoff our own beliefs because they are not popular. We need to stand up for them. If this country is worth fighting for, then so are our beliefs and I am not going to hide under everyone's stupid assumption that I am young and liberal. If you ask, I will tell you that I am as conservative as Ronald Reagan, as caring as Theodore Roosevelt, as concerned as Abraham Lincoln, as respectful as Dwight Eisenhower, and as religious as George W. Bush.

There is no hiding that I believe the government is only there to protect us from foreign and domestic danger. In fact, I know we all believe the government is too big for its breeches. In the words of Ronald Reagan, "The isn't government the solution, it's the problem." Now, if you believe that all I said is true, tell me. I figure no one really reads this now that the election is over, but you all receive this in your e-mail so tell me that you are conservative. Tell me that we are not letting our beliefs die. The Republican Party needs to change to match us, not the other way around.

11 November 2008

Veteran's Day

First off, I would like to thank all of those who have served our country. Thank you for all you do. This country is free and safe because of you and there is no other way to say it. You are the best Americans in this nation because you are willing to give your families, your jobs, your lives for us, for this country and many of us don't appreiciate it. I say to them that they are disgraces of Americans and don't belong here if they are not willing to accept all that you have given for this country. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, Thank you. Te Gratias Agimus.

Today is the 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day, the end of World War One and I just have to say this. The Paris Peace Conference and Paris Peace Treaty was the biggest mistake in world history. If the French and English didn't have their fingers already in the Turkish and such possessions, there would not be this mess in the Middle East. Honestly, there wouldn't be. And if the French were better fighters (in this case, they were okay) and less of a sore winner, Germany would not have resented it, there would be no Hitler and subsequently no E/W Germany and not a Cold War in the sense that we had it. Nuclear Power was only researched to Bomb Germany and us by them so we wouldn't have that. What I'm trying to say is that this was the War to End All Wars and yet they put their past ideals on how to end a war and it led to probably the deadliest century Man has ever seen.

We mourn this day for the Veterans whom have died and the fact that WWII, Korea, Vietnam, The Entire Middle East Crisis, and the African Crises would never have happened if The Paris Peace Treaty was done right and that did not include a League of Nations. Obviously, the United Nations is not the fine example of diplomacy Wilson had in mind.

Here is a prayer of all our Veterans and please pass it on to others:

God our Father, maker and lover of peace, to know you is to live, and to serve you is to reign.
All our faith is in your saving help; protect those who serve and seek to protect our country from violence and keep them safe from weapons of hate.
We also pray for those who have died in service in protecting our country and upholding our freedom.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Amen

06 November 2008

Ducem Novum Habemus

We have a new leader. It is not the one we wanted, but who had a first choice of our candidate? That is why we lost; most of us were voting against a socialist, not for a conservative. Our candidate was more moderate than he was conservative and now we have a real liberal next January.

We must ask ourselves: Who are we? What do we believe?
If you know what you believe, you are better off than most conservatives in our nation. I know what I believe, but I think it is harder than expected to pin down your exact beliefs. A lot of the time, a belief is relative, depending on a situation that the belief might be employed. if you can pin down your beliefs, please write a post about it. We all need to know what it is we believe so we can be ready in 2010 and for the magnum tempus: 2012.


I believe in Christianity; I am a devout Catholic. I believe in frugality and old-fashioned morals, like our grandparents or great-grandparents had. I am conservative to a fault particularly when it comes to foreign policy and domestic punishment. I say we should do a preemptive strike if a rogue nation has declared it wants to harm us. I believe in the death penalty and (I am my father's daughter on this one)believe it should be enacted right after sentencing since obviously the crime was heinous enough to recieve the death penalty. I believe in the nuclear family and if need be the grandparents living there to. Shuffleboard and such are the traditional grandparent activites. Basically, if was a Guilded Age practice in America (Victorian), I believe it.

Now what about your beliefs? I'd love to hear them.

04 November 2008

Pray for America to survive

Today we are at the precipice. Depending on who becomes our president will determine our future. So I ask you to pray with me from Matthew 26: 38-39

Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

We need to keep watch over our country and pray that the Lord does take this cup from us else we prepare for exile in our own land. Please pray this be so that the Lord shall decide but perhaps he will decide in our favor. Pray as hard as you can, with all your might that we may be safe to live another day freely in this land we love so dearly.