In recent years I have observed that the rate of decline of America is in direct proportion to the rate of decline in our acknowledgment and worship of Almighty God. As a Baby Boomer, I believe I have lived in the most peaceful, bountiful, free, and exciting time of American history. Freedom and prosperity just seemed natural and normal to a boy growing up in post-war America. Read more…
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? An age old question but really, who cares? There are, however, some things that should be pondered. Are we governing to effect an action or are we reacting to the outcome of a previous action? Read more…
As of the date of this writing, the Obama Healthcare Bill has just passed the House and Senate. The vote was one of the most heated and divisive pieces of legislation in our time, possibly of all time. The bill passed the House of Representatives with no Republican votes in support of it. It was without a doubt, an all Democrat Party piece of legislation. The House of Representatives is a house divided. The U.S. Senate is a house divided. Read more…
The title “Baby Boomers” was just a normal classification with which kids of my era have always identified. We knew our Dads fought in the big war and we were proud of them. We grew up in the post World War II years. Looking back now, I am convinced those were the best of times to have been a kid. No, we didn’t have the video games, computers, iPods, cell phones and all the gadgetry that these kids today have but we had things they don’t have.
The kids of my era didn’t have a lot of “things” but we had imagination. Read more…
The Dig
To be an American today and not be stirred by what is going on in Washington you would have to be living on the moon or just not living. Whether you are liberal or conservative, republican or democrat, black or white, rich or poor, you are most likely stirred by the recent political happenings. Everything we have known in the past is being repealed, replaced or ignored. Take for instance the US Constitution. It is being conveniently placed aside or ignored while personal freedoms and institutions are being eroded and pillaged. What makes it such a torment of mind and soul is that the attacks are not coming from enemies without, but supposed friends within. Read more…
From the time of Cain all the way through till today, man has served God in the wrong way. The reason for this is because man wants to serve or worship God in man’s own chosen way and not God’s way. This is the reason there is so much worldly activity going on in the present day houses of worship; activities designed to attract, entertain, excite, and stir all kinds of human emotions in the name of religion. Read more…
When I tell my grand children about my upbringing, they look at me like a calf looking at a new gate, as if they don’t believe me. I tell them about a twelve-year-old boy in overalls, barefooted, plowing a mule and helping Daddy bring in a corn crop or grain crop. Read more…
To say that we are a Marine family is a bit of an understatement. Our family is and has been Marine for over a century and a half. Our Great-great grandfather served proudly in the Confederate States Marine Corps (CSMC) during the late unpleasantness with the Yankee government. A proper explanation of this will be a good start to this story of our family’s pride in the Corps. Read more…
President Abraham Lincoln, while giving the Gettysburg Address, proclaimed this nation to be a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. Yet today that same government has lost its compass and is on a road toward destruction unless “We The People” take the necessary steps to regain control of our government. Read more…
When I was in the first grade, in about 1954, I came home one day to learn that Daddy had bought a television set. It was a second handed one, but it worked just fine, considering the day. It had a round screen and I believe it was a Philco brand. I think there were about two stations that we could pick up with that rabbit ear antenna, and they were probably Columbus and Atlanta. Read more…