The Daily Snoop

The Daily Snoop

IT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DID

DWIGHT EISENHOWER:

Every step we take toward making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the state our master

IT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DID

It is unbelievable, isn't it?

The plot of some far our Hollywood movie...

This could not happen here

We have nothing to fear

Nothing is going to break our liberty

But dig a little deeper and you will find

There is something sinister  happening in DC

Liars tell you it's untrue

They are working just for you

It is all up front for all to see

Obamacare was passed with suspicious tactics

Spending has reached astronomical proportions

Secularism on the rise

Christianity under attack

And what's with these government funded abortions?

Good Americans died in Benghazi

Obama kept his fundraising appointment in Vegas

Hillary told the help to stand down

Then they sent lies all over town

Did that blatant cover-up not amaze us?

Tax all the workers to help the poor

Provide the rent for their front door

Although many are fit and able

We put the food on all their tables

Now even we aren't middle class anymore

Apology tours ruin our,reputation

White House parties are a big sensation

I could go on and on and on

About how far out-a-whack this country has gone

And we no longer receive our promised representation

DON'T TAKE ME WRONG

SAMUEL ADAMS:

If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its ruin.

DON'T TAKE ME WRONG

There has come a time I thought I'd never see

And chilling fear has swept over me

Those elected in the past had strayed

But common people were aware of the games they played

But now our fearsome time has come

Our once resilient country is overcome

Too many people live in ignorant bliss

Treated to entitlements they merely exist

Too few legislators with common goals

To keep us righteous and search our souls

Too many elected have gone too far

They were selected dispite the liars they are

Then stands a leader without a notion

Who claims to own the magic potion

He claims not to tax, but oh how he spends

Our continuing debt will see no end

Then come the patriots, bleeding red, white, and blue

Weeding out the lies from what is true

Beaten down, called bigots and loons

Forecasting truth of impending doom

Chasing industry to foreign lands

Embracing socialism as Barrack demands

Promising everyone their status will soar

Claiming the rich will feed the poor

Hope and Change is merely a myth

And crooked politicians just plead the fifth

With open borders please be aware

We'll be haven for drugs and terror

Responsibility is ours to shoulder

It is our duty to speak loud and bolder

As for my countrymen, I'm not here to berate them

I'm here as a patriot to educate them

I speak with sadness as I can see

We will no longer know  liberty

Our forefathers had made a firm decision

And most have lost their sense of vision

PROTECTED

Oscar Wilde:

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

PROTECTED

There are the memories I cherish

True love that shall never perish

Photographs of the best of times
Imprinted in my mind

Precious thoughts unique to us

Things of the heart held in hidden trust

The deepest thoughts unique to me

Inaccessible to any thief

All the possessions I acquire

Aren't the life's blood I require

It's the memories inside I hold

That built my character and marked my soul

From Within

Melody Beattie :

Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people’s souls.

FROM WITHIN

Within each and every one of us

Deep in the core of our being

Lives the source of our life

Beating beating beating...

It doles out what is good about us

The most sincere in us it's speaking

It's what touches all we dare to love

Beating beating beating...

The stories from the heart we share

Are sincerely worth believing

It's the truth of how we really feel

Beating beating beating...

DISARMED

James Madison:

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed....unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

DISARMED

Do we want to be a society

Who has to bow faithfully to His Majesty?

Give up our guns and you will see

We've given up our liberty

OBAMACARE

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they can not be understood.

James Madison

OBAMACARE

Too many lawmakers legislating

Make laws that ramble with mingled ideals

The results I find quite nauseating

The opposers scream for immediate repeals

Add this add that and be sure to mandate

Until the law is senseless and contrite

The end result is impossible to translate

To the president's delight

Two thousand pages of hidden agendas

Which are meant to dehumanize

A most oppressive result of referenda

Government takeover in disguise

The Affordable Care Act will compromise our rights

An assault on humanity

The future isn't looking bright

Obamacare is a catastrophe

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless or corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave and pure, it’s because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in national legislature. If the next centennial does not find us a great nation it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling political forces.

James Garfield (he said this in 1877)

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

Should we tolerate corruption, ignorance, and disruption?

Is it for We the People our congress remains so reckless?

If we tolerate their acts, cronyism, twisting facts

Does it reflect our own political correctness?

If we disregard immorality in our government with regularity

Should not we question our own when we allow this abuse?

Do we accept the commonality of our county's secularity?

Are we not worried about the developement of our youth?

All in all its up to us to rise up and make a fuss

To disallow our government's indiscretions

It's We the People not We the Sheeple standing tough

We're the ones who must right this misdirection

Trapped and Surrendered

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Voltaire

TRAPPED AND SURRENDERED

Satisfied with hand-outs they embrace the imprisonment

While hardworking people hold growing resentment

As dependence on welfare and foodstamps grow

So does the debt of the country we know

Citizens in the chains continue to select

The growing beast that feeds them, the socialists they elect

While the country that they steal from will never stay afloat

Down go the patriots who never gave up hope

We will never free the dependant from the chains that they wear

They are happy with their hand-outs so imprisonment is fair

Fools they are, as we see our government grow

Sentenced are We the People as we reach this sad plateau

Minimizing the Truth

Voltaire, a French writer. ( 1694-1778 )

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share. Be bold, proclaim it everywhere; Those who dare

MINIMIZING THE TRUTH

This country of ours was built on hope

Implemented boldly by the best of men

Thinking that honesty would follow their dream

Not believing that liars would laugh at them

Their laughter rings out from the halls of justice

Where outlandish laws are held up for the cronies

It comes down to fact they are just an accomplice

To a congress made up of too many phonies

Congress seats are shared by the good, bad, and ugly

The righteous, the liars, the thieves

When liars and thieves hold majority, quite bluntly

I'm here to tell you we are all quite deceived

At home at The White House the president prevails

Amid the corruption legislation has sold

With abundance of lies our truth has just failed

And the laughter heard from Washington makes our blood run cold

Minimizing the truth has left us more vulnerable

Don't think that the terrorist can't see that

Apology tours and bogus laws are intolerable

As are unbridled spending and ever growing tax

THE RACE

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he is wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

THE RACE

I have it in my heart to reach for victory

The finish line is there for the taking

The battles that rage in the race show a history

To reach the line first means some truth is forsaken

If success is the trophy and truth is the cost

I'll stand on the sidelines with trustworthy souls

I figure with honesty nothing is lost

And I don't need a race to achieve righteous goals

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

Lord Byron said that "Sorrow is knowledge, those who know the most must mourn the deepest."

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

Filled with thoughts I'd rather not possess

Knowledge needed but which cause unrest

Mourning time lost with sadness and woe

But knowing inside forward I must go

Also filled with love and joy

Heartfelt experience and individual glory

Celebrated time spent rejecting my woe

Embracing all the good I know

GOD'S GIFTS

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When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which brought you delight.

Kahlil Gibran

GOD'S GIFTS

And God looked down upon his flock and said

Please my children don't dwell in dread

Search your hearts and you will see

The bountiful gifts I've given thee

SOME OF US ARE TRYING

RICHARD MAYBURY

Washington has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in a way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.

SOME OF US ARE TRYING

In frustration I wonder who they are

In anger I feel betrayed

In Washington, our capitol

Every function has been delayed

Right won't budge and left is steadfast

The national budget is a mess

The executive branch has seized control

Blame is what the president knows best

Ignorance abounds among the people

Only about half give half a damn

The patriots are trying to educate

The sheeple with their heads in the sand

I wake up each and every morning

To blog and rant and Twitter

Fighting a liberal media

Is what makes us patriots bitter

What goes on inside the capitol

Is clearly a waste of time

Each day remains a standoff

Being played out on our dime

Some of us are trying our best

To right a pirated ship

We will probably die going down with her

While the rest of the people don't give a shit

At Peace

AT PEACE

Existence became an epic journey through time

Sometimes our path led through fields of flowers

But there were always mountains there to climb

Armed with courage we had been empowered

All the tragedies this journey imposed

Tested our courage in many ways

With each triumph our courage grows

With each victory our Lord we praised

In peace we met our final day

The memories of strife is there to remind us

Gone are reasons to be led astray

We have put the perils of life behind us

The End is Easy

John Kennedy:

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment, but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Love this quote. I think he is saying that the courage it takes to face everything you have ever learned and have been conditioned to with faith on your dying day is nothing compared to the courage it took to face everything fate throws at us throughout our lives.

The End is Easy

As inconsistancy of life prevails

Smoothly things may come and go

Surprised by what each day unveils

Facing another moment unknown

It takes more courage to just live and be

Than to face the end with only faith

We live prepared for eternity

But endure the unknown life has in place

The end is easy when we move on

What happens next is the only question

What we had faced in days now gone

Took all we had to endure each lesson

My Gratitude

So much has been given to me. I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Helen Keller

I've been blessed with all the riches money cannot buy

Wallow in what I've lost, I won't even try

Happy tears, not sad tears taste better when I cry

I'll never regret what I never had, and now I know why

Possessions never made me who I am

Trophies gather dust so I no longer feel I have to win

Jealousy and bitterness would be sure to do me in

Accepting what comes from another's heart is surely not a sin

The friendships that remained when adversity I found

The hands that reached out when I tumbled to the ground

To look up and see all my loved ones still around

Are for who my gratitude and prayers are Heaven bound

I have no time to lament the perception of negative deeds

Loving people around me is really what I need

It doesn't get me anywhere to be frustrated by the greed

As long as I have God, only gratitude will I bleed

What Matters

If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear faith and feelings differently as well.

Amy Grant

What Matters

Pin curls and crew cuts have long been gone

Model-T's are a part of history

Pink flamingos are not adorning our lawns

No one listens to radio mysteries

Minds change, times change, looks change, people change

Even the best will never remain the same

Ideas come, tastes improve, marriages fail, styles become more strange

While some grow angry, others go tame

Faith ignored, faith found, faith questioned, faith embraced

Circumstances rule the beat of the heart

We follow a map where our dreams have been traced

And faith matters at the end and not at the start

THE REWARD

There she lies on her narrow bed

A pillow cradling her wrinkled face

Close cropped gray hair upon her head

She fought so hard against this place

Her phone calls used to last for hours

Her soaps always blared from her tv

Surrounded on occasions by many flowers

She passes her time as well as can be

She is comforted by the photographs

Of her grandchildren wearing big broad smiles

It doesn't take much to make her laugh

Each day she becomes more like a child

She misses her little dog, he passed away

He was by her side to spoil and mother

She wrote poem about Solomon's final day

With her failing health she could not get another

Special occasions we all celebrated

Well attended parties brought about funny tales

Now those occassions are overrated

They mean nothing to her as her mind fails

Gladly I remember my younger days

She played her rock and roll music for all the kids

Sadly I see her slipping away

Is this the reward for how she lived?

DC

Is corruption a disease spread by devils who infiltrate Washington, DC?

Is the epicenter of hell where our capitol sits?

Most of the devils seem to mingle among politicians

Is it there those we elected will most likely sell their souls?

HELL IS HERE ON EARTH

HELL IS HERE ON EARTH

There are echoes off the walls of hell

Where few devils are apt to stay

Most are busy corrupting the mortals

It is among us they prefer to play

Dancing with the vulnerable

Leading the confused to join their band

They steal the souls from paradise

Those teetering and reaching for a hand

But the devils always hit a wall

God welcomes even those who have strayed

Hell shall remain an empty hall

Because no one has ever stayed

SELLING OUR SOULS

SELLING OUR SOULS

The basement is where the fire of evil

Lures wicked souls and corrupted minds

But the devils prefer to spread their disease

So it is among us they scatter their kind

Have you ever heard of hell on earth?

Yes it is here the devils dwell

Knowing there are those of us

Who have rotting souls to sell

Individuals, a Minority

QUOTE

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Ayn Rand

If not for ourselves will we stand for our rights

We the Individual facing civil plight

If not for ourselves should we take our stand

How can We the People make our demands?

We the Individual are a righteous minority

And will not advance claiming inferiority

If a stand for individuals fails to ascend

It's not for minorities we claim to defend

THE CAUSE

To succeed in your mission, you must have a single minded devotion to your goal.

Abdul Kalam (11th president of India, born 1931)

THE CAUSE

Now is the time, my friends

If ever there was

To take a firm stand

And embrace the cause

Our country is in peril

At the hands of those elected

Who initially their lies

Somehow went undetected

They have firmly taken hold

To enact self serving, oppressive laws

If ever we were to understand

There is a need to unite with cause

It is our country's future

And the liberty of our spawn

That we rise to the occasion

And with vigor take them on

Patriotism

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Mahatma Ghandi

In the heart of man

Is a fire within his soul

Ignited by the faith

Which drives him to his goal

In the mind of man

Resides the knowledge he acquired

That justifies his faith

To take the course that is required

Within his entire being

His truth drives his mission

For his passion and his patriotism

Is what fuel his life's ambition

Executive orders

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT US ALL FOR YEARS.

FOR THE SHOCK OF YOUR LIFE, PLEASE READ BELOW, and take a minute to comprehend what you are reading!

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued by U.S. Presidents in 100+/-years: Teddy Roosevelt - 3 All Others until FDR - 0 FDR - 11 in 16 years Truman - 5 in 7 years Ike - 2 in 8 years Kennedy - 4 in 3 years LBJ - 4 in 5 years Nixon - 1 in 6 years Ford - 3 in 2 years Carter - 3 in 4 years Reagan - 5 in 8 years G.H.W. Bush - 3 in 4 years Clinton - 15 in 8 years George W. Bush - 62 in 8 years Obama - 923 in 3 1/2 years!

The Executive Branch usurps the Legislative Branch. Very Scary... 923 Executive Orders in 40 Months... During our lifetime, all Presidents have issued Executive Orders. For various reasons, some have issued more than others.

YES, THERE IS A REASON THAT THE PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED TO TAKE CONTROL AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. Even some Democrats in the House have turned on him, plus a very small number of Democrat Senators have questioned him. Rightfully so -WHAT IS OBAMA REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH????

Remember what he told Russia's Putin: "I'll be more flexible after I'm re-elected".

What did Congress do in those 40 months? The House -considerable... The Senate -almost nothing, not even a budget nor allow any House Bill to be considered.

PLEASE look at these few more serious orders:

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990: allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995: allows the government to seize and control the communication media.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997: allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998: allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000: allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001: allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002: designates the registration of all persons Postmaster General is to operate a national registration.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003: allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004: allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations!!!

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005: allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049: assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051: specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310: grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921: allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months!!!

Feel free to verify the "executive orders" at will.....and these are just the major ones. I'm sure you've all heard the tale of the "Frog in the Pot"... Watch President Obama's actions, not his words! By his actions he will show you where America is headed. Just recently, Obama has issued a new executive order that seeks to "harmonize" U.S. economic regulations with the rest of the world. This new executive order is yet another incremental step that is pushing us closer to a North American Union and a one world economic system. Unfortunately, most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening.

The American people need to understand that President Barack Obama is constantly looking for ways to integrate the United States more deeply with the rest of the world. The globalization of the world economy has accelerated under Obama, and this latest executive order represents a fundamental change in U.S. economic policy. Now federal regulators will be required to "harmonize" their work with the international community. It's 'share USA wealth' with all third world countries - many Muslim.

IF THIS IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE, THEN PROVE TO YOURSELF IT'S WRONG -GOOGLE IT!

Next step - Dictatorship?

Looks like we are close to being there

Pledge of Allegiance by Sen. John McCain

I n light of the recent appeals court ruling in California , with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate:

"The Pledge of Allegiance" -by Senator John McCain

As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement, or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School . Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed a most important and meaningful event. One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement had died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to pledge our allegiance to our flag and our country. So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." PASS THIS ON....and on....and on! You can even send it back to me, I don't mind, because it’s worth reading again.

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STAND

Today I have a word from THOMAS JEFFERSON which I find to be quite interesting.

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey but, he is obligated to do so.

STAND

We are the chauffeurs of our life

The architects of our destiny

The keepers if our freedom

And should protect it all aggressively

When attempts are made to nullify

The words our founders penned

We are within our moral rights to justify

To fight the changes to an end

STORMS

STORMS

Such restrained power a storm will bring

Chastising everything in its path with torrential rain

Calling us out with its booming voice

Retreating inside, our only choice

The streaks that illuminate a darkened sky

Leave an impression as the storms pass by

There is no denying the awe and wonder

As it rolls away amid its fading thunder

GAIN THROUGH PAIN

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Robert Kennedy

GAIN THROUGH PAIN

Another tragedy has fallen into our lives

More sadness in the voices to speak

News anchors bring every detail into our homes

Where do people turn for the comfort they seek?

The human induced pain we bear shows our weakness

We grow stronger driven by the sadness

The knives twisting into our guts prove this is no way to live

We must survive and shun the madness

Questions

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.

Carl Sandburg

Where will the next war spring into action?

With whom will the next new controversy begin?

Why will people keep  killing innocent others?

When will the days of bigotry end?

Will my steadfast optimism get me through another day?

Is there still an ounce of faith in my heart?

Why is my will so tested and tried?

How will I set ugliness and wonder apart?

New Challenges

The darkness fades

Silently, silently

The sun peeks in

Quietly, quietly

Until morning song breaks into the air

Choirs of birds with greetings to share

Dreams fade away

Seamlessly, seamlessly

People are stirring

Reluctantly stirring

I rise from my pillow , wipe the sleep from my eyes

Anxious to meet a new daily surprise

Thanking God sincerely for new challenges that arise

Lost

Lost

A ship had sailed across the sea

Steady as she goes, our family

All hands on deck, together our crew

Knew exactly what to say and do

We lost our anchor so could never stay

Forever on the move, day by day

As seas were sailed the storms had spoken

From time and elements the mast was broken

Without direction for a destination

The crew would suffer from mere frustration

Random storms had broken our spirit

Our beloved sea had made us fear it

Until the day we crashed ashore

The crew remained the same no more

ACCEPT YOUR PEACE

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time

Soft clouds floating against a deep blue sky

Serenity steps in and you will never ask why

Silence is golden as this peace swims by

It could be a miracle,

Accept it, don't pry

BE A HERO

Sometimes you have to be your own hero. (anonymous)

BE A HERO

You can wait for your true love

As you nurse an empty heart

You can hope to make new friends0

But don't know where to start

One would need to have found his savior

It takes faith, you must be strong

If you are waiting for a hero

You will be waiting much too long

At first you need to love yourself

And reach out to make new friends

Unless you're filled with confidence

Your life is just pretend

It takes faith to find your savior

And all the trust you have in you

You'll find inside a hero

Who will come to your rescue

MOVING ON

QUOTE

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.

Gilbert Chesterson English Writer 1874-1936

MOVING ON

Progress brings us forward

Changes come with time

Is life as you had ordered?

Do you cling to memories inside?

So glad so many seem

To leave the past behind them

How sad so many have been

Clinging to things that will remind them

If only in the past

We are willing to survive, then

How long can memories last

For those not willing to revive them

A heart has endless storage

For all that ever mattered

But we all must have the courage

To live another chapter

DREAMS MEET REALITY

The quote is from John Dewey, an American Philosopher. 1859-1952.

Time and memory are true artists, they remold reality nearer to the heart’s desire.

DREAMS MEET REALITY

Amid the creative gremlins  of the mind

Rearranging the realities to suit one's expectations

Are hopes and dreams anyone might find

That one will see looking back at his reflection

Time brings experiences that actually occurred

Memories, of course, are sugar-coated

Reality is easy to become obscured

And the facts become easily demoted

You are the artist of the portrait of yourself

The book of truth based on the fiction of desires

You have the creation displayed on your shelf

Made from the clay you molded and fired

Somewhere along the way reality meets your dreams

And you are the result standing there

A concoction of of facts and your heartfelt schemes

Become the person you prefer to share

Commentary:

It took me much longer to write this poem than usual.  I found the quote very interesting and knew what I wanted to say but wanted to say it in a certain way.

Seems to me people are a creation of time, influence, genetics, and personal aspirations brought about by the combination there of.

There is overall honesty in the presentation of one's self, but there are white lies mixed in to hide a person's own disappointment with himself. Or perhaps to disguise what has brought about the disappointment of his peers.

Then there are those who are one big lie with very little reality showing. Obama perhaps? 

Really, you can look at a plastic person who may have been brought up in a poor family trying so hard to recreate themselves that there is little truth left in that person. It can go so many ways, the rich kid ashamed of his entitlements, the gay kid who wants so much to please his loved ones he never lives as his true self. The politician denying his true path to please his party, or the spouse who stays with someone they don't love because there is more to gain financially or in status than they can get following their true passion.

How many people do we know are living with some degree of fiction? I'd say 100%.

HARDSHIP GROWS CHARACTER

C.S. Lewis.

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

Hardship Grows Character

His life inside a shell is safe indeed

He is given all he ever needs

Irresponsible and too soft to compete

Does he really believe his life is complete?

Walking around and around inside the fence

Never a need for self defense

Penned inside and cannot run

Never free to get something done

Being gentle is not the same

As being able to play the game

Competitors challenge and go untouched

He has never had to fight too much

A man who faces tumultuous times

Fighting back against modern crimes

He has grown through hardship a stronger man

He has learned to fall and stand again

Gentle inside but tough enough

Wary enough to show mistrust

Hardened by his life experience

Yet understanding those who lack significance

Another Anniversary 911

Each year I write a heartfelt poem

From the safety of my home sweet home

About the tragedy of nine one one

That changed the old and scarred our young

Therr is nothing more inside me to say

Of the pain that gripped me on that day

About the sanctity of life forever foiled

When the terrorist bloodied our sacred soil

I will spend this day like everyone

Seeing the images again rerun

And add my prayers through heartfelt tears

For innocence lost forever through hate and fear

Inherited

Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born the glory of mankind again. Winston Churchill

Sadness, despair

Who are these men who take us there?

As the world revolves

Evil evolves

Innocents suffer and IT IS NOT FAIR!

Amusement parks and candy canes

Such happiness there is to gain

Yet bad seeds thrive

With plans contrived

To bring into this world more tragedy and pain

Innocent baby, proud parents

But what will this fresh new child inherit

Will oppression smother our children's free will?

Will liberty be an option still?

In a global society that has gone barbaric

NOW IS THE TIME

from Thomas Sowell:

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

NOW IS THE TIME

Now is the time they pounce

Set the traps and gather the prey

Drain us of our pride, each ounce

Control what we dare to do and say

We the People are you aware

It's a plan to divide and conquer?

Can it be we really just don't care?

Or just afraid we've lost our honor?

As charismatic as he seems

The lies he reads on his teleprompter

Spread the socialistic disease

They will weaken the people, step in, and conquer

Please heed the warnings of countrymen

With The Constitution in their hands

Take the time to comprehend

Rise with the patriots and take a stand

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA

THEODORE WHITE/AUTHOR

Socialism is the belief and the hope that by proper use of government power, men can be rescued from their helplessness in the wild cycling cruelty of depression and boom.

Commentary by Marian Beatty
American Patriot:

Taking care of a people is the best way to take charge of them. The best time for government to get their foot in the door is when there is a downturn in an economy. Socialist jump at this chance and I believe this is why people like George Soros work so hard to collapse economies.

The most powerful and successful country has been the United States. After having collapsed and socialized the rest of the world, their sights are now set on the biggest trophy of all...The United States of America.

Face it, we would not be looking down this barrel of government control had our economy been thriving. The government has stepped in and taken advantage of the people who have lost treasure and hope. It is those people they use as votes to get the progressives into office and continue to tax, regulate, and literally overtake our Democratic society.

Once the government controls industry, health care, and get the guns they will have the ball in their court. They have already managed to divide us and control half the people with the cheese waved beneath their noses. Soon the cheese will be sitting on a trap and our society will be captured. That is when we will be The Divided States if America.

Those of us who reject the cheese have an uphill battle. Carry on Patriots.

CHAMPIONS

CHAMPIONS

While chaos has gripped our country

And dictators have taken the helm

We were too immersed in our selfishness

To notice our country fell

Now it's too late to remember

How champions got things done

We were so busy being ordinary

That now it is prisoners we have become

COMPLACENCY

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

Carl Sandburg

American Writer & Editor, best known for his poetry

COMPLACENCY

When life has become so typical

And days just pass us by

We fail to even notice the sun has set

It is too redundant to watch it rise

While autumn leaves are falling

After the colors decorated the landscape

It was lost to all our senses

While on mindless habits we'd concentrate

When was the last time we remembered

The roots from which we evolved?

Has it been too long since our hearts beat faster

Seeing the world where we are involved?

How many pasts are forgotten

In the rat race we choose to run?

Will we die never having noticed

All the wonders that have come and gone?

Memories

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Thomas Fuller

Memories

Here is one for dad

The blue spruce in the middle of my yard

He grows slowly but will someday be mighty

The one who will be standing guard

These two willows are for my brother

As I will always weep for his sadness

When I see them sway and rustle in the breeze

I'll pray he was happy to escape all his madness

These fruit trees represent a bountiful life

In honor of the people I adore

The fruit that they bear I appreciate

Almost as much as the people I planted them for

This silver maple is for us

Standing proudly marking time as we do

She rattles her leaves when we're happy

She droops in the rain when we're blue

Trees spur my loving memories

Monuments to those who are a part if me

Their beauty and life they represent

Will always warm the heart in me

INVOLVED

Years of involvement in the Middle East conflicts have emphasised the ability of any U.S. President to control conflicts once they’re started.

INVOLVED

As the Middle East continues to boil

And murderous.leaders show contemptuous eyes

Over hateful vermin in the land of oil

Their own people they despise

Our narcicistic leader draws a line

That foreign terrorist cross again snd again

Until they push his buttons just one more time

To provoke him to action

He lies about an attack he plans

That will bring us into war

He says it will be swift and not expand

"Let me punish them!"  he implores

He intends to move forward

Although We the People tell him no

The votes in congress mean nothing

When our president decides to go

Syria you are next in line

We're going to slap you on the butt

Just like we do to anyone

Who in defiance try to strut

And believe me it won't be swift and sure

Soon the boots will be on the ground

To send our children into harm

As Obama doubles down

Another war in another land

To which we owe no allegiance

A waste of treasure and a maiming of man

To aid terrorists and demons

EVENTS

RALPH WALDO EMERSON:

Events are in the saddle and ride mankind.

EVENTS

It does not matter what

It does not matter when

There is no reason why

Or attempt to even pretend

Whatever it happens to be

In whatever form presented

The event is going to own you

When left casually unattended

UNBELIEVABLE

That we would be on the verge of collapse

That hate would be raising its ugly head

That pointed fingers say that YOU are a bigot

That people are becoming vegetables living off another's toil

Have we degraded ourselves to such a degree

That taking is becoming an art?

How did such chaos happen to be

Where, why, when, how did this all start?

OBAMA

Wayne Allyn Root:

Yes, my fellow Americans, the White House is down, Olympus has fallen and America is being destroyed from within. Who needs terrorist? Obama’s plan is much more efficient.

Obama

History in the making

Liberty for the taking

It was not what we expected

Not anything his outer demeanor reflected

Our country faces ruin

In all that he's been doing

It's been all about his own dreams

The implementation of his schemes

He thinks he's the Lone Ranger

But he puts us all in danger

Making decisions without legislation

About his social reorganization

As Charismatic as he can be

Outstanding father from what we see

He sells our souls on China loans

Racial tension he wants and  condones

This us what the people were dealt

When liberals voted how they felt

Now our Titanic is going down

As our evil leader dances round and round

UNQUESTIONED

UNQUESTIONED

For my country I would grab my sword

I'd ride into battle, no question

Would I follow this leader, confused as he is

Into wars created through deception?

For my country I would lay down my life

But before battle goes any deeper

Perhaps we should question the direction we travel

Via the maps of a confused, derelict leader

CHOICES BY THE NUMBERS

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. Plato

CHOICES BY THE NUMBERS

Numbers, numbers

Where are they from?

Do they count the intelligent

Or poll all the dumb?

Do they look at the questionnaires

All stacked on a table

Decide not to read them

No time, they're not able

They read one or two

Estimate a perspective

Is there any wonder

The numbers are deceptive.?

The people base decisions

On numbers presented

The numbers are skewed

To what side their intended

Choices by the numbers

Are proven to reveal

Those who manipulate them most

Get the best of the deal

THE GREATEST CON OF ALL

THE GREATEST CON OF ALL

From the time he first stepped on the podium

Asking for your precious votes

With his charisma and smile he owned you

As he shared his false promises from his notes

The history in the making felt awesome

The vigor in his step spurred excitement

Most of us threw aside all our caution

His ideas were a fresh breath of enticement

Promises of hope and change somehow gripped us

While troubled times had us angry and confused

Of our freedom we found he has stripped us

With all of the tricks that he used

THE CONNING POLITICIAN

Good cons are based on the victim’s need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confident tricksters is the level that they flatter their victims.

Alfred Molina/1953/British Actor

Tell the sweet lies

Flowery untruths

Flatter their knowledge

Smile and seduce

Convince them with candy

Provide them their meals

Keep them rocked back

On their uncertain heels

Point out the hate

Tell them they are victims

While you keep shaking the fence

Of where they've been sitting

Fudge all the numbers

Demure at their praise

Promise that taxes

Will never be raised

Direct pointed fingers

At those who reveal

Your entire agenda

Is the liberty you steal

Promise them dreams

Will surely come true

Hide from them all

The con artist in you

UNCERTAINTY

Uncertainty is the worst of al evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty

The quote is from ALPHONSE KARR. He was a French Critic from long ago. (1808-1890)

UNCERTAINTY

I wring my hands in a feeling of uncertainty

My intuition is leaning to some kind of reality

My stomach in knots makes me squirm and sweat

How much more apprehensive can I get?

Thoughts swirl around inside my head

Too often my perception leads toward dread

Who knows? Everything may be fine.

Am I afraid or excited? Where do I cross the line?

When it finally comes to some kind of fruition

Will the outcome belie my own intuition?

Will it mean little, the subject of my uncertainty?

It very well could be the end of all humanity.

INTUITION

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.

John Naisbitt

American Author & Public Speaker

Intuition

So much data to process

Far too much to know

Sometimes it just takes common sense

To challenge the status quo

A reasonable intuition

Developed through life experience

Can move forward our intentions

Backed by our ever growing confidence

Not all situations can rely on data

When sheer numbers have it veiled

When facts begin to overtake you

Your heart should show what truth prevails

YOUR STEPS

First steps tentative, a challenge, a victory

All steps from now on could be devine

One can spend life leaning on a cane made of hickory

Or sitting it out with a glass full of whine

Giant steps taking you beyond your ideals

May be worse than baby steps, afraid to proceed

Once you realize your steps are your wheels

Reverse gear is seldom in need

Bold steps, informed steps, on to your certainty

Sure steps your quest will entail

Stepping with others away from your vanity

In life marching forward, you'll prevail

POTENTIAL

Each day we question our own existence before we realize we are here to achieve our potential. How many of us do?

POTENTIAL

What can such a simple man

Achieve with such an ordinary hand?

How much time can he engage?

How often will he turn the page?

God is not one to expect

The greatest achievements to every degree

He accepts a man who shows respect

And attempts the potential he can likely be

WHY AM I HERE?

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that, deep inside us, something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy or our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the Human Experience.

WHY AM I HERE

I often wondered who I am

It is often times I speculate

How did this world of ours begin

Is there a reason for this space I take?

What is so good about me

That I am part of all of this?

Who am I supposed to be?

Who chose what reason I exist?

Is it right that I should question why?

Instead of just trying to do the best I can

I am not here to just merely comply

But to reach the heights of a better man