9/12 Book club

So excited about the interest in a 9/12 book club. Starting with "The 5000 year leap". To get the lesson plan go to Theforgottenman.org you can download the plan.

Books to have starting with "The 5000 year leap", The Constitution, Common Sense, The Patriot's guild to History, The Federalists Papers. Guess that will keep us busy for a while.

An interesting side line is the possibility of starting a scholorship to get students studing our history and constitution. Something to think about.

The sun never set on the British Empire

I was watching the old film with Peter O'Toole "The Ruling Class" and thought about a time when the Sun Never Sat On the British Empire. What happened? Where did that Empire go? Are we seeing our own future, because we refuse to learn the lessons of the past?

The Brits took over the Bicycle Industry and today where are the pride of England the british racing bikes? Then the government took over the Auto industry, once thriving. I remember in the 50's all the wonderful MG's, Jag's, Morris Minor's, Austin and Jensen Healy's. One by one they were sold off to other countries and Now they are gone from Britian.

In 1947 England started the National Health Services. Today there are 800,000 people waiting for surgeries. Death Panels? NO. Waiting until it's too late? Yes.

Today how many of our Auto's are still left in the US? Remember the Pontiac? It's gone, so are many others. Now National Health Service, by another name, but as the poet said "A rose by any other name"

Now just announced a few months ago, one section of England will be allowed to practice their Sharia Law. How soon will we follow? Our great country once ruled by Laws. The same laws for rich or poor. This is our heritage, will we also see it changed? Will we still be Americans? Where is the melting pot where people came, and are still coming, from all over the world where they could have a chance, because we had one set of laws. They came like my grandfather for freedom and to become an American. He spoke German, my Aunt's parents spoke Italian, but they were not "German Americans" or "Italian Americans" they became Americans. Now everyone wants to split.

Where are the Americans? If we don't learn the lessons of history, we will be doomed to follow the same path. Will the America, the UNITED States of America become a footnote in history as so many others before us?

Only you can answer that. Learn who we are, what we stand for, insist on HONOR among our elected officials.

Health Care

I just wanted to share a story with you. While traveling through Germany, before the wall came down, we were driving along enjoying the countryside when I noticed the corn fields. It was really strange because the corn was getting shorter and shorter. The fields of corn had gone from well over my head down to even with my chest.

At this time we were on the highway that lead from West Germany into East Germany. Soon the highway narrowed and big fences appeared then double fences and gun towers. We were entering the East German sector.

I later asked why the corn was so much shorter in the East than in the West. It was because the central government governed over the farming industry. The government, not the farmer, provided the seed and the fertilizer. Not always when needed but when approved. This Health Care Bill will take away your personal initive to choose, they will choose for you, and inforce it. Maybe not today, but it will come.

Look at this bill and see that the IRS now will be in charge of Health Care inforcement. The government IRS will deem if your care is right.

I fear, like the corn, we will see our country shrink and we will no longer be the strongest country, no longer lead the world, but be lead. Also with the "Deem and Pass" we will no longer need a Congress or a Supreme Court. This government has already made them irrelevent by bypassing them. The Congress said no to Cap and Trade, this government simply by Executive Order passed it to the EPA.

Remember the Soviet Union said they would not have to defeat us, we would defeat ourselves. Will we become as so many other civilizations have in the past, rot from within. We have been that shinning city on the hill, let us not fall into the trap of so many others, let's be a beacon for the world.
Think, please think.

We've come a long way

Hopefully this will wet your appetite to read the 5000 year leap.



Think about it, for 5000 years civilizations have come and gone. Then along came 1607 in America. They were not much different than their forefathers down through the centuries. The used an axe by hand to fell trees and build their homes, a sythe to harvest their crops, spun wool on a wheel to weave their cloth and carried things on carts, drawn by horses or oxen, they died young. This is what the same as in the dark ages.



But what happened to change everything? Freedom from Kings and tyrants, suddenly the only thing that counted was the Law. The Law that applied equally be you rich or poor.

Book Club, 1607 Jamestown

The 5000 year leap, an amazing look at how over thousands of years cities and civilizations have come and gone. One striking similarity is that each and everyone was very similar. They all had a Chief, Dictator, King, Emperor someone who made the rules for everyone else. And remember "he who makes the rules, can change the rules" and "he who give rights, can take away those rights".

The leap came in 1607, in a settlement in America called Jamestown. This was to totally change the way governments worked.

God, give us men!

God, give us men!

God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Me who ca stand before a demagogue and damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog in public duty, and in private thinking; For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, their large professions and their little deeds, mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps. Poem by: Josiah Gilbert Holland.

Book Club

One person can make a difference. It's time to educate yourself about these United States. So often people think this is useless and uninteresting, but if we don't know where we came from, how can we know the mistakes to avoid.

This is to invite discussion about the founding of our country and the great founding fathers. The best place to start is with the book "The 5000 year leap". Good place to start is with the Author. Willard Cleon Skousen. He was and FBI agent, had 8 children and 50 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren. You would think that was enough to keep anyone busy, but later joined Brigham Young University where he headed up the Student Alumni organization. In 1956 He served as Chief of Police and also wrote the best seller "The Naked Communist". 1972 he founded a non-profit educational foundation, "The Freeman Institute" which sought to provide students a place to read BOTH SIDES of any political issue, from it's original sources. Don't you wish more people would look at both side THEN make a decision.

Look him up and see what else you can find out. We can discuss more about him.

Discussion on George Washington

So who was this man. He was offered a crown 3 times and turned it down. He kept the army going and refused to allow his men to go and murder congress even though they refused to arm and feed the army.

He was a frontiersman who at 16 went into the wilderness to survey in hostile country. He loved his farm, all he really wanted was to be left alone to tend his farm. He reluctantly became the General of the Army.

Find some more about this amazing American, next week let's discuss George Washington. See what you can find out about him.

See you later.

To Try Men's Souls

I just finished the book "To try Men's Souls" by Newt Gingrich. This is a book you simply can not put down once you start.

It goes day by day from Valley Forge to the crossing of the Delaware. You look into the hearts and souls and horrific daily lives of 3 men in particular George Washington, Thomas Payne and a young soldier.

This book, an historical novel really brings to life what was done for us to be the free country we are, or were or should be again.

Who crossed the Delaware?

After asking several of my co-workers a few very, very, very simple American History questions such as: Who was Daniel Boone?
What is the Alamo?
Who crossed the Delaware?
Who said "the British are coming?

To my amazement only one could answer one of these simple questions. So it's time we went back to learning our history. It is so interesting and fun. Not like when I went to school where the only things you learned was times and dates, but something about the people.

Years ago the Bi-centennial series by John Jakes came out and there were wonderful true stories I had never heard before like.......
Ben Franklin had a favorite seat at his pub but one day went in and someone was sitting in his seat. He went to the innkeeper and said "take a bucket of oysters out to my horse". The innkeeper said "horses don't eat oysters" to which Franklin replied "my horse does, take him a bucket of oysters" the innkeeper obliged and everyone in the pub went out to see a horse eat oysters. Of course horses don't eat oysters, but when everyone got up Franklin once again had his favorite seat.

American history is full of wonderful things to learn and be proud of this great country. Lets start by watching the film "The Crossing" with Jeff Daniels. You can rent this film and next week let's have a conversation about it.
Bye for now, Gail