They don't deserve this Commander in Chief

Pictured above are Rick, who is my friend and once a member of a special team in the Intelligence World, the other is his son's (Eric 's) Platoon leader Joe, who lost both his leggs from an IED. The photo was taken at "WaIter Reed Hospital" and I dedicate the following to them, as they are very special. Rick's son is no longer with us here on earth but he is in our hearts always.


My Stomach felt really ill when I saw, then heard the President of the United States of America address the “Long Gray Line”, the graduates at West Point. Men of heroic stature, men who will be facing an enemy that our President finds great difficulty in speaking the words “Radical Muslims” who are not made up of a nation but an ideology. For this President to stand in the presence of these great patriots is an insult to all who passed through the halls of this great and historic symbol of America’s military defiance towards those who hate this country, would destroy this great nation, would kill every man woman and child born into a Christian world, or any religion that differs from those of the “Radical Muslim” belief. His words rang hollow as I heard the President utter the word “Global” several times during his address. “Global” is where this President wants to take America, “Global Governance”, Global world power, Global transfer of wealth, from yours and my pockets to those pockets around the world who depend on handouts from an America who already willingly gives to the needy, feed the hungry, responds to the suffering, and helps any in harm’s way. How can this President, who’s only claim is to have “Organized” various communities to challenge their government, until he became their government?

I not only felt ill, I was offended and angered that this man who continues to be in question as to his even being a citizen of this country, somehow got elected to the highest office of the land, and became the Commander in Chief of those great, wonderful young men and women, who will do more for this country in the next year than this President will do the rest of his life. Those young men and women stand for good, hope, charity and the heart of this nation. They are ready to serve this President, because they took an oath to do so, but in spite of the party in power, they willingly will give their lives, not for any political party, but for the idea of “America”, the nation that became the hope of the world during times of war, and even in times of peace when America feeds most of the hungry around the world. These are great Americans, great men and women, great children of God, no matter what their personal faith; they will always be children of “God” creator of all mankind. This President does not deserve to stand in the shadow of one single man or woman who graduated from West Point today, or days past.

I got a short email today from a friend of mine, who worked for and with me so many years ago, way back in the 1970’s doing things in the Intelligence community that will always remain a secret, but to those of us who were there, was something special and regardless of who was in the office of the Presidency, we did our very best to achieve our goal, and that was the mission we were given. Rick has stopped by to visit from time to time, both of us had son’s who served in the military and both of us were filled with pride throughout their lives, and both of us saddened when our son’s short lives came to a close. Rick had just been to Walter Reed to visit his son’s Platoon Leader, who had just lost both of his legs as a result from an IED, placed by those “Radical Muslims” that this President has such difficulty forming the words in his mouth. Even those he appointed to serve all are unable to speak the words “Radical Islam” or “Radical Muslims” as they are afraid of offending a religion. Yet they have no difficulty not allowing a Christian to say a prayer at school functions or games will not allow the Pledge to be uttered by our children before class, as we did when I was in school. Now, the world sees a President who is afraid to offend anyone, accept the people who elected him president, will not react to North Korea, who just committed an act of war by sinking a South Korean battle ship, killing, murdering 47 (I think that number is correct) men of a nation once a part of their own. Iran is emboldened to continue their nuclear weapons program as this President will not respond with actions, only empty words, not even threats, just more empty words.

We listen to Glenn Beck, “we” being most of the people I know and hangout with, and we learn about a history and heroes of America we otherwise might never get to know. I invite my neighbors over to watch the recorded classes (at 5 PM, Atlanta time) that tell so much about a country, and the men and women who built this country and a nation, growing out of the dust, blown into a work of art that only God could and did allow to happen, and to then bless, bless as a Christian nation, blessed as a “Promised land” to those who one day will remember just what this country is all about. The vision of this President, this President Barack Hussein Obama, who stood before future heroes of America, some who will serve then move on, other who will serve then continue to serve because the country needs them to stay and be the future of this great land, is a very disturbing vision, at least to me it is. How dare this President who condemns our Nation, apologizes to the world for America’s flaws, while ignoring his own deep flaws and Ignoring the flaw of leaving in question his own citizenship allowing him to be President, to be Commander in Chief, to be a citizen of this Country. How can he stand there in his smugness and judge this great nation and then speak to those who will soon face the enemy that this President sees as someone to “reason” with rather than defeat. Keep Glenn Beck in mind on Monday through Friday, at 5 PM Atlantic time, and where ever you might be, check FOX News to see what time the brave American tells us the story of our forefathers, the men and women who made a difference in influencing America in a most positive way, rather than, like this President, in a most negative way, speaking only ill of this great land blessed by our creator as it struggled through periods of time that caused a stress on the core of America only imagined by those who were there during those periods. As Glenn Beck is heckled by those who want to “Transform” America, “Redistribute the wealth” of those who work hard to enjoy the land God blessed and gave them, the President, President Barack Hussein Obama standing before great Americans, as many Presidents before him, and speaks of the threats and dangers these young men and women, graduates of West Point, as if he was the first to recognize the threats they will face. It would be laughable if it were not so sad to see this pathetic President, standing with his chin in the air, as in almost every image of him, looking down and speaking down to men and women who he should be looking up too, as he knows, as we all know, he will never match up to the greatness of the weakest of those standing before him. God bless those cadets, now officers of the United States Army, and who will command and lead men into battle, will face danger and horrors only soldiers know, something that this President who speaks to them as if he understood. Well, he does not understand, nor will he ever understand what it is to be a soldier, but especially and specifically a graduate of West Point, just to be a member of the “Long Gray Line”.

Mr. President, you may have been elected into the highest office in the world by Americans who misjudged you, had faith in you, believed in you, thought you would hold sacred your oath, just as those you spoke to today, but little did most understand that you did not, will not, will never, have on ounce of what is inside the small finger of any of the men or women to whom you spoke today! You may speak down to them, look down on them, but Mr. President, you are ordinary, nothing special. You were a “Community Organizer”, oh how wonderful it must have felt to have been elected knowing that you fooled an entire nation into believing that you were something you will never be, a great American. Well Mr. President, look into the eyes of any of those to whom you spoke today and you will see greatness, you will see Americans, who knows who they are, where they were born, and what it is about America that drives them to serve, not from behind the safety of a desk or as a Community Organizer, but facing the enemy that you embrace Mr. President, that you fear offending or are unwilling to concede that it is they who should be apologizing, not this great country called “America” for the evils you say reflects the substance of the American people, well you are so wrong. Look deep into the eyes of real Americans, those who stood before you as you spoke to them on this special day America honors our heroes and see what being true to yourself and country is, something you know nothing about.

Your only concern Mr. President is the destruction of the America that these young men and women graduating today take their oath to protect and defend. You place a difficult task before them, they take an oath to follow your orders, while at the same time they swear to defend and protect the very country you are trying to re-invent, change into something different than what they are sworn to protect and defend, quite a dilemma for them Mr. President. The good thing is, they will figure it out, and they will know what to do as they are America’s best and finest, far above the dark shadows from where you came from, somewhere no one is really sure of. Thank God for those of our Armed Forces Academies, that produce military leaders who will find away to help us out of the deep hole you are digging in hopes that those who know you will be buried in. God blessed America hundreds of years ago, and I have a real, deep faith that he will bless America again. Thank you graduates of West Point, who today gave America new hope. We owe you!

Happy Mother's Day, May 9th, 2010

Early this morning when I woke up, I looked at the sleeping beautiful woman that lay next to me, the mother of our two sons, one we lost much too early, the other somewhere in Bahrain engaged in things known only to him. I noticed that my wife of 45 years still was as beautiful as she was when I asked her to marry me with words she swears were not “Will you marry me?”, but rather, “Will you be the mother of my children?” Being a young English girl at the time, she was not sure if I just wanted to make love to her or for her to become my wife. I only remember that she said yes and a few months later, on December 4th, in a chapel on top of a hill, near Harrogate England, on an Intelligence site known as the “13th USASA Field Station, Menwith Hill, Harrogate England”. I was dressed in my class A’s and she in a borrowed beautiful white wedding dress. As I go on, you will be wondering what in the heck does any of this matter or what relevance does any of this have to what follows. It has all the relevance and oh, how it matters, but I’ll leave that to you to figure out, I already know, and actually, to me, that is really all the relevance that matters.

Growing up, other than my mother or father, God was all I depended on and continues to be the driving factor in my life for all that I believe in. With all my heart I know that God brought Val into my life, gave birth to the gifts of my sons, Milt III and Wayne, who growing up provided me the inner strength to do what I did while I served my country in a field of intelligence that interlaced with primarily the NSA (National Security Agency) but also gave me contact with the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), a rewarding field that I took very serious, and know only God could have given me the ability to do what I did. My contributions were significant, but so were so many others, who like me, believed in an America that believed in the people who made up America, People of all races, religions, and cultures. I cannot speak for anyone but myself, but the entire time I was in what struck me more than anything else was how the different races, religions, and cultures never entered as a negative, only a positive, as it relates to how I felt about the America I loved, we all loved so much.

All the “Mothers” of all those who made up the various races, religions, and cultures, were “Mothers of America” and raised their children to be good citizens, great Americans, and dedicated soldiers involved in gathering, analyzing and disseminating intelligence reports that included reports that were sent at times directly to the President of the United States. So, the fact that the mothers of these men and women gave their children moral ethics above the average person, if they had not, they could not have been enlisted into such a sensitive branch of the military, had a relevance of great importance. Each mother, along with the fathers of these dedicated men and women, were made of the same substance of those who were the mothers of our “Forefathers”, and just think what they meant to the birth of America, the America that I speak of and is now in such danger of being lost.

Mother’s Day, if only the mothers of our forefathers knew what great things were in front of them, how great their offspring would be as a result of what they gave them. Substance, the substance of greatness and humility, yet these men would instill something in future children of the America that would become the leader of the world. An America that was flawed yet willing to grow in ways no other country in the world would, or I doubt even could. To be America, there had to be children of special mothers, children who would grow up first to be known as our “Forefathers” and then men of such great substance that few men would have, most would wear the uniforms of our military forces. Men, yes and women, who would fight in the war for independence, civil war that would bring together a divided America, Wars that only history books would reveal the reasoning, and now are being rewritten so that history is changed to fit those who now govern. But, the men and women are still wearing those uniforms, volunteering to place themselves in harm’s way, not just for the benefit of those who are fortunate enough to be Americans, but for those poor souls who regardless of race, religion, or cultural background, were born in countries where freedom had to be won and sometimes delivered to them by stronger men and women, called “Americans”. And deliver we did, count the countries, I can’t, I just don’t know my history well enough to name them all. But think of a few, like Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and yes even Iraq, just to name a few. There were more, more where American men and women spilled their blood for reasons known only to each individual who took their oaths to defend and protect not only their own country, but their friends and allies. So many mothers, who sacrificed their own children because that is who they are, because of their “Mothers”, who gave each that substance that is hard to define, but easy to identify, and most are “Americans”.

Yet, America as great as she is, still reaches out to those who want to be a part of this great experiment called “America”, and mothers from countries around the world are instilling into their children the desire to become what most envy, an American. I have traveled all my life, first as a dependant of an Officer of the United States Air Force, then as a member of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (USAINSCOM) that grew out of the United States Army Security Agency (USASA), who became an important part of the overall intelligence community. During my travels around the world, I observed the respect most people from all cultures, religions and races, showed towards anyone identified as an “American”. So may round the world wanted to be what we are, Americans, to live where we live, America, and as proud as they were of their own identity, there was a mystique about being an American. Americans always seemed to be willing to give, “give money, food, clothing, even medical assistance” for strangers, even countries that have either fought against us, or hate us, or have contempt for us. When there is a need, Americans are there, always first to be there to ease the pain of those around the world who are in need. Yet we now have a President who would rather define this great country as one of contempt for others, look down with distain on those less fortunate, self indulgent and unwilling to come to the aid of those in need. Do you ever wonder why our own President fails to see the good in not only the country of America, but the men and women of this wonderful and giving country? Most of all, this President pays little homage to the “Mothers” who gave birth to the great Americans that make up this great nation, and sacrificed so much so that America continues to have an abundance of men and women who are willing to continue the great experiment called “America”.

I offer quotes of some of our founding fathers, and while reading the quotes, consider the mothers and fathers, but today let’s concentrate on the mothers of these great men, and what incredible women their mothers must have been to have instilled into these “Founders” (of America, the constitution, and the Bill of Rights), the substance and strength to withstand everything they faced, so that we might enjoy what we are in danger of losing as I write this column.

Patrick Henry: “Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will rise up friends to fight our battles for us.” (War is Inevitable, March 1775).

James Madison: “The Ultimate authority…resides in the people alone.”
“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much…to forget it.”

Samuel Adams: “the liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards.”

John Adams: “People and Nations are forged in the fires of adversity.”
“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been shall be unfurled, there will be America’s heart, her benedictions, and prayers, but she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator of her own.

Alexander Hamilton: “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased by mortal power.”

Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

George Washington: “I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”

Thomas Jefferson: “On every question of construction of the Constitution, let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollected the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”

The quotes above are examples of the character and substance of the men who make up our forefathers, the original “Founders” of this great nation, its Constitution, and delivered to us a free, independent, and envied nation. How proud their mothers must have been, be it while they lived, or in the afterlife, with their creator, God who blessed this nation, blessed the people who would find a way to govern while creating the basis of governance. How happy those mothers must have been. To those, and to all mothers of America, and all mothers around the world, I bid you; “Happy Mother’s Day,” today, May 9th, 2010.

If Only To Return To Celebrate Our Silent Victories

Today we celebrate our victories against “Terrorism” by applauding that we caught the bad guy, how fast and with such professional skills, and I take nothing away from our dedicated “Agents” , “Soldiers”, and “Law Enforcement” involved, but am somewhat miffed by it all when I think of it. We caught the “Bad Guy” at Ft. Hood only after he killed 17, wounding many more, of our heroes. We caught the “Bad Guy” when, while on an aircraft, he lit his crotch on fire and the hidden explosive failed and he was taken down by passengers. And we are currently celebrating the quick action of catching the “Bad Guy” after his attempt to blow up a SUV filled with explosives failed; fizzling out when a heroic street vendor (Vietnam Veteran) notified the police and it was extinguished by responding firemen. Each event was followed by our current President making a statement on how fast we reacted and that we will get all those involved.

I recall a time in the intelligence community when we silently celebrated preventing acts of terrorism from taking place, watching Americans, and citizens of other countries, go about their business never knowing that anything at all ever took place. “Ignorance is Bliss” is or was a truism that has meaning to those of us who help create an environment of “Blissful Ignorance” enjoyed by so many! Believe me when I say our then President, and those of us in the Intelligent community, went through a few prior to 9/11, and then more silent celebrations for another eight years after. But, that was before this self indulged egotist enjoys his power and unending presence of his face on our flat screen televisions reassuring us that our “Law Enforcement” actions will continue to keep us safe while putting on trial those captured fools who, thank God, either screwed it up or after killing so many managed to get wounded so he was unable to escape. All the while, this President, for political reasons only, is coming to the realization that he is going to have to call “Terror” what it is, but only with great reluctance.

My mind keep going back to the days when I was stationed in Africa, under a conservative President, and was involved in assisting providing the intelligence to get an intelligence (collection ship, details will remain unmentioned) activity that was captured by a foreign government, released without the American people ever being made aware of the near disaster and potentially devastating end result where families would have lost their loved ones. But, it was celebrated in silence, by those involved in providing that intelligence, which back then was kept secret, and there were no public announcements of our success. We did not need what this administration needs, recognition, glory, praise, and the unending love of his oblivious and ignorant followers. All we needed was to succeed and know we got the job done, and people lived, be Americans or those loved ones of other countries, who went home to their families never knowing they might have died had it not been for those dedicated silent warriors of the secret war against our enemies.

Only under Liberal and or progressive Presidents can I recall the missed opportunities and or plain mismanagement of the greatest intelligence resources known to mankind. Does Beirut Lebanon and USS Pueblo ring a bell? How about Clinton refusing to accept Osama bin Laden when offered by Yemen, and other times not mentioned, along with the attack of the USS Cole, where we lost 17 patriot heroes, and I could go on but it depresses me, and should depress you as well. Where were the celebrations then? Why did these failures, regardless of President, not cause more of a reaction than lobbing a few cruise missiles into deserted terrorist camps, as we warned many of our pending superficial attacks to demonstrate we can? We lost our edge when we President Clinton ended or seriously reduced our HUMINT “Human Intelligence” efforts as we did not want to depend on sources of “questionable” character. And it was under President Carter where he nearly destroyed our intelligence collection efforts (I am not at liberty to say, but those who were serving then know, and that is all that is important to me), and not only that, but it was under his watch that our Embassy in Iran was seized by thugs, one who now calls himself “President” (The so called President Ahmadinejad) who is close to having the ability to not only have a nuclear warhead, but deliver it! Where is the deterrence that would stop him? Will the great and powerful “America” depend on the tiny country to go in and take out the threat that would destroy them as not only a country, but as a people? Who will be celebrating then?

I can recall times when we in the intelligent communities silently celebrated victories as we prevented so many events of terror that would have taken place had so many dedicated young men and women not been at their stations doing what no one knows about, and should never know about. We did not need the glory and attention then, and I am certain that these young men and women do not need the glory or attention now. But every other day we read in the New York Times, or other news media about secrets of our methods, success, when we have them, and recently our own Secretary of State (Another Clinton) providing to the world, what had been one of our most sacred secrets, the total number of Nuclear warheads, and I believe even providing the location of our intercontinental missile launch sites. Where is the logic of this thought process? If I recall the headline on ABC News was; “Clinton, Pentagon Reveal State Secret: Size of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal”! Who is celebrating this I wonder? ABC reported that “For those who doubt that the United States will do its part on disarmament, this is our record, these are our commitments, and they send a clear, unmistakable signal,” said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before the U.N.’s conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. (Her comments were a direct rebuke to those made earlier that day by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad) Since when does the United States respond to any leader or Head of State of a country who is a “Terrorist State”, trains, supports, and provides logistical support to Terrorist groups with weapons and materials to make the IED’s (Improvised Explosive Devices) that are killing and maiming our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan? Who is celebrating now? I’ll bet those who harbor, assist, and provide the “Terrorists” who hate and kill Americans and their allies.

All of America can celebrate our victories, known and unknown, but none of us should be celebrating the compromising our threats, our secrets, our capabilities, all the things this Administration believes will cause an Ideology that is intent on destroying Israel, many places is Western Europe (most our allies) and of course the people of the United States to pick flowers and kiss our feet, because we are so nice. Who are they (This Administration) fooling? I think they are fooling only themselves as each progressive Administration has; only far more so than anything any of us have ever witnessed. The ignorance of this congress, this Administration, those who elected and still are happy they did, is beyond anything I have seen in my 65 years, certainly my 20 plus years serving in the Intelligence community. The terror to me is becoming more and more that my own Government and its incredible lack of ability to understand the threats or the pending results of those threats, and our Government’s own ignorance will actually cause a disaster beyond anything America has ever witnessed. If that happens, who will be celebrating then? I think we can all guess.

Well, if this inept Administration, led by an inexperienced President, unless you consider his service as a “Community Organizer” credentials for being the leader of the free world does not get us destroyed before November, we have a chance. Just look at the places where he was a community leader, any major success that come to mind that can be celebrated? In November we will not have to celebrate in silence as we did with our successes during my days in the serving our country while in the Intelligence Community. We can shout out the joy of winning back the Congress, both House and Senate, Oh, and of course the biggest celebration will be in November, only in 2012 when America elects a conservative to office of “President of the United States of America”. We can give great credit to our hard working , behind the scenes heroes in Law Enforcement, and the Intelligence Community, along with any ordinary citizen who assisted in providing the information needed to not only apprehend this “Terrorist” who recently became a citizen of the United States. Born in Pakistan, now U.S. Citizen Fisal Shahzad has admitted trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square will be facing “Terrorism and mass destruction charges” accordingly to Attorney General Eric Holder, another radical of this Administration, who said: “Based on what we know so far, it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering Americans in one of the busiest places in our country”. Do ya think? I am ready to celebrate whatever intelligence is gathered to help protect this country against those who would harm us. But I’ll never celebrate those who are gloating over “luck” rather than solid intelligence gathering that might have prevented it in the first place.

I’ll wait till November of this year and again in 2012, and along with most of you, will then celebrate as we foiled the transformation of America, and planed redistribution of wealth, that would destroy the strongest economy in the world. Together we can shout out our joy of not “winning” but more important, not loosing! And you can bet this old beat up Vietnam veteran will be celebrating, wishing my father, mother, brother and son could be here to witness what returning America back to “We the People”, my America, the one I love so much and miss right now. We will see her come home. (Ho, to be back in the silent, secret war!)

Glenn Beck "Educates America"

The more I watch the Glenn Beck College class on U.S. Political History, Monday through Friday, at 5:00PM, Atlantic Time, I realize just how much I missed during my formal education while attending the “University of Maryland” while stationed overseas back in the 70’s and 80’s. As much as I thought I learned way back then, it just does not compare to the hour a day, five days a week that I get watching Glenn Beck on FOX. This week has been an eye-opener that will stay with me for far longer than what I learned way back when. “Crime Inc” will have new meaning after Glenn’s explanation of the working of Washington and this current Administration.

As Glenn, in his masterful way, paints a picture of corruption and lack of moral ethic in the places we should expect nothing less than the same virtues of our forefathers, and the virtues displayed by them as they formed what became the greatest country in the world, and without the ties to organized crime expected in many countries where corruption is the rule rather than the exception, I was reminded of the many who gave so much, never expecting to witness the events of this past year and a half. What was America thinking at the voting booths in November of 2008? Did they not pay attention to the promises our current President made on the campaign trail? Did they not believe him when he promised to redistribute the wealth, and transform America into a Socialist state (demonstrated by those he appointed to his administration?) or (the White House visitor’s sign in sheet reflecting numerous visits by those of questionable character, according to reliable sources)?

Friday Glenn Beck educated America, at least the ones that took the time to watch his show, on Samuel Adams:
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 Date of birth: September 27, 1722
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 Date of death: October 2, 1803
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 Profession: Politician
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 Nationality: American
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 Cause of death: Parkinson's disease
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 Place of birth: Boston

You know, when I looked up “Samuel Adams” on the internet, the first thing that came up was:

• Samuel Adams – America’s World Class Beer
Informational site with detailed information on beers, brewer and beer history, tasting techniques, tips for home brewing, a virtual brewery tour, beer encyclopedia, company details ...

What I find amazing is that the “Beer” in priority came before one of our founding fathers, and signers of the Declaration of Independence. He helped guide Congress towards issuing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution. Adams returned to Massachusetts after the American Revolution, where he served in the state senate and was eventually elected governor. Yet, beer is where the information network would take us, instead of one of America’s most patriotic heroes. It demonstrates just how screwed up we have become with our priorities. But listening to Glenn Beck, I feel as if I am learning what I should have been taught in High School, then in what little college I did attend while in the military. As I look back on just how progressives are working at making money and power the important things in life rather than God and Country, along with family. Boy, did Glenn come along at the right time. God really does work in strange ways. WOW! I almost bought into it all, believing that our Congress and Presidents were all patriots who, like our forefathers believed in America, the people of this great nation, and that man, not God, decided our rights. It really is time for all of us to step back, take a breath and learn about who we are.

Are we like those in Congress and the White House who worship money and power, or are we like our forefathers who worshiped God and had faith in the Country that God blessed and provided to us? I pray that it will never be, at least for me and those I love, what the progressives, who America elected, because they had faith, are and are proving to be every time they step in front of a TV monitor spewing what their plans are for this country. God help us all if we ever fall for their lies and deceit ever again. It is so important that we search for the right men and women, with the right belief systems, to lead us again, as we were once led, by honorable men and women who led by example and never lost sight of how we became a nation, a nation of “Christians” who trusted in God, believed in their fellow men, but never took the people of this wonderful nation for granted. They left it up to us to keep America what it is and should remain. We owe it to those who sacrificed all, for all of us.

I am sure that there are much smarter men and women than I and that what I am now learning for the first time they have always known. Well, if you know this, then you should be leading the charge, along with Glenn Beck, ready to carry the fight to the very halls of Congress and the White House, willing to be heard and never to be silenced by the intimidation of those who are in power, a power they have only because we allowed them to have it. Should they not remember why they were elected and by whom they were elected, it is time for us to remind them, especially in November of this year when we go to cast our votes for men and women who’s “God” is not money, greed, nor power, but patriots who love this country and place the people of this nation above their personal agendas and needs. Somewhere in all of this vast great land called America, there must be a few who are made of the same substance as “Samuel Adams” and others who emulate our “Founding Fathers”. As I watch the numbers swell, ordinary Americans coming to terms that it is in our hands, not theirs (our elected leaders) as to the future of these United States of America, my confidence grows and my faith reignited, hope building deep in my heart, that all is not lost, not as long as God continues to bless us, which I believe with my whole being that God is and will continue to do just that, bless us!

I remember listening to Glenn Beck when he was on the radio here in Atlanta, with his wild and “different” approach to bringing the news, as he saw it, and even then thought there was something special about him. Little did I know then, what I know now, he is very special indeed, very special and those who are critical of him, who mock him, fail to understand just how much this man truly loves this country and is afraid, like many of us, of the possibility of losing what we have in her. A land, a country, blessed by God, that is, yes I said is, and I believe will remain, the envy of the world. No matter where she is at this moment in time, she is the America I remember and love and call the greatest land of all, just because God blessed her, and entrusted her to “We the People”. And God does not make mistakes!

Hear I am Lord

Each of us takes a journey once we take our first breath at birth. It is at that moment that whether we know it or not, God has continued what he started at our conception, life. Where life takes us is in our hands, once we get through the period of what we are taught and what we choose to accept as truth and what we choose to accept as untruths. Our God gave us life, our parents gave us a start, and it is up to each of us once we leave the nest and enter the world filled with every possible choices, some good, some bad, and some just who we will become. I thought this song by (Steve A. Politte, posted at NetHugs.com and sung by: John Michael Talbot – “Here I am Lord”), expresses so much of how I feel about my connection with God, and probably how many of us Christians feel about our connection with our creator. In any case, it is a beautiful song, with beautiful pictures of "My America", and none of us should ever forget that without the help and guidance of God, or Christ, our road would be one that only ends in darkness. Just knowing that God is with us at all times should comfort us no matter what the circumstance.
We must all trust and know God; after all, he is not only our creator, but the creator of all things good. This is short, but the song tells it so much better than I ever could. So, as we take our Journey, never forget that we take it with "God". In these troubled times. If you look at the last picture you will see the white dove over Christ hugging one of his children. If you ever read my column on the three doves that brought comfort as we lost our youngest son, at only 36 years of age, you will understand why this means something special to me. If you care to read the column, it is on the NWW Network, "Gregory's Two Americas (-33)". You can get to my columns by going to:

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Where do they get off lecturing America

Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, said during an interview recently that people must take responsibility for the consequences of their words and actions. Now I paraphrased his words, but make no mistake that is what he said regardless of the exact wording. This, coming from a president who pointed his finger, waiving it at the American people and said he did not have sex with Monica Lewinsky, knowing very well that every word coming out of his mouth was a lie. This man, once the President of the United States of America had no problem at all evading responsibility for his actions or words. The very man who desecrated the office of the United States by his own immoral actions, and whose words were filled with lies and deception, now lectures America on values and behavior. The interview was from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper.

During that interview Clinton’s exact words are, "The only point I tried to make was that we ought to have a lot of political dissent -- a lot of political argument. Nobody is right all the time. But we also have to take responsibility for the possible consequences of what we say." This President who once violated every oath he took, the same oath each President takes, not just by his behavior in and out of the Oval Office at the White House, but in the lies he told the American people, the courts, and just as important, himself.

Then we have, as reported by USA Today, on the now famous “Memorandum” from the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates giving an ominous warning that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, according to a published report. According to USA Today, Gates wrote the three page memo in January and it set off efforts in the Pentagon, White House and intelligence agencies to come up with new options, including the use of military, The New York Times said in its Sunday editions, quoting unnamed government officials. Now, Gates is saying according to USA Today, “It is absolutely false that any memo touched off a reassessment of our options,” National Security Council spokesman Benjamin Rhodes told the Associated Press. “This administration has been planning for all contingencies regarding Iran for many months.” It’s strange to me how the “Truth” keeps changing or is always something different than what it actually is, once influenced by the White House (The last part are my opinions, not USA Today’s).

Why is it that when Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, or Glenn Beck speak, providing the country with what they believe to be the truth about the government and their concerns that our own government is endangering our country, they are labeled as agitators, un-American or instigators filled with lies. But those who actually were involved with anti-American activities or associated with people who were are the patriots. The same people who once tried to bomb the Pentagon, who declared that they are communists, who are self-proclaimed Marxists, and who praise people like Chavez, are painted as patriots by those now in government, many of them with unlimited access to our President, some even access to our countries most sensitive secrets. What is wrong with this picture? Being someone from the intelligence community during my first years as an employed citizen, a member of the military with a family history of service, wearing our country’s uniforms that include, my father (36 years of active duty as an Air Force Officer), one brother who joined the navy as an officer in the medical field, (serving over 22 years of active duty), and then there was my two brothers, and of course my son and I (all providing a combined active military service of over 60 plus years) in the US Army ASA, and then INSCOM (Intelligence community), all with a sworn commitment to defend and protect this great country. Each member of the Gregory family was more than ready and willing to give our lives, if required, to ensure the American Dream continues to stay alive and be a viable choice for each citizen of this wonderful country.

So my dear fellow Americans, those wonderful co members of the “Tea Party movement” along with those wonderful patriots who have enlisted their services in the “9/12 Project Network”, and (No We Won’t) “NWW” group, where I have my column “Gregory’s Two Americas” all have a common commitment and direction, which serves as our motivation to carry on where our Four Fathers intended us to go. Our only agenda is to ensure that the difficult task set forth by those heroes of yesteryear did not sacrifice so much in vein. They counted, we count, and America counts and that should matter to each and every one who loves this country as they did as they moved it from an idea to a reality. Those who fail to see that God blessed and nurtured this country through divine providence and intervention are not only blind, but matter little in the scheme of things. It is those who sacrifice and give something back, are not those who take but give in order to be a part of the “Great Experiment” called “America”. God should be, no is in every person who considers his or her part of this Great Experiment called “America” and the more we accept this, the easier it will be to ensure that what I am speaking of will be digested and understood. Otherwise, I am just one man who is a real nut case and all of you should distance yourselves from my circle of influence.

I will never understand why those on the left refuse to accept the goodness of America, and only involves their souls with all that is wrong with this country, the “Great Experiment”. Why they continue condemning Americans for marching in protest or speaking out when that was their signature during periods that conservatives were in power and they never had an issue with their activism and marching or protesting against policies they disagreed with. Why is it that if a conservative speaks out it is inciting dangerous responses, and when a Liberal speaks out, it is patriotic and heroic? None of this rational helps me to further believe in or understand what they want from us conservatives, it only helps confuse myself and those likeminded associates who love the America we grew up in, teachers not fearing to tell us the truth about our varied history, the good and the bad. Now, if a teacher tells our children the truths about an imperfect country, they are attacked as un-American or attempting to corrupt the minds of our children. Something very wrong is happening and it is up to us to find those truths and ensure at the very least our children are exposed to those truths that are the foundation of all we believe in. Liberals can never take those truths away from us, nor can they distort them, dismiss them, avoid them, change them, recreate them, diminish their importance to the growth of America and certainly never make those truths evil or bad, as they are America, and only enhance who we are as Americans.

Yes, I do believe in the dynamic of believing in “Two Americas” that make up this country. The one I grew up in, raised by a Christian mother and father who believed in serving their country while wearing the uniform of one of our military services. I was taught in school about things that are feared by the Liberals today and every effort is to change what is taught in our schools our history according to facts, not the fiction created to influence the minds of our next generation to feel America is evil and needs to be “Transformed” with the “Distribution of Wealth” a priority by this administration. Taking what so many have worked so hard to help them find the American Dream, while giving their hard earned money to those who either were unable to do the same, or just too lazy to even attempt to earn a living.

Most Americans, of all colors and religious backgrounds have pride and want to earn their livings, and not have it handed to them on a silver platter. But those in office, and by office I mean the White House and the Progressives in both Congress and Senate, know if they fail to influence enough “free loaders” to accept their idea of what their view of America is, they lose. They lose in many ways, their seats in Congress and Senate, their seat behind the desk in the Oval Office at the White House, and most of all, the “Power”. Oh, it is the “Power” and money that drives the ambitions of those who are in effect Progressives that will, if we allow them, to “Transform” our America into one none of us will ever recognize, nor will any of us ever want to be a part of. So, we must stand together, believe together, and never give in to the Progressives, never, or the price we will pay will be far too high and none of us would ever accept as the path to restoring an America we all believe in.

Every soldier who is currently now in harm’s way, deserves our flawless concerns and efforts to keep them safe and just as important, our unconditional support to continue their incredible dedication to sacrifice not only their own lives, but the lives of their immediate family, you know, children, wives, husbands, mom and dad’s, even grandparents, never forgetting the brothers and sisters who all share in the sadness and grief when losing one of their own. Never in my short 65 years on this earth have I witnessed more heroes who fill the ranks of our soldiers, making up the patriots of our military services who are between us and those who would annihilate not only our America, but our friends, like Israel, just one example, who this President and government has rejected and humiliated in ways I’ll never understand. And they are not the only ones who received the back of the hand from who they thought was their friend and ally. This is something I don’t think has happened in our recent past, not by even by some of our more Progressive Presidents.

So, what has changed? I think all of you know, changes in our congress and White House have changed to the point some countries no longer know who we are, or if we are actually their friends or Allies anymore. It must be difficult to see the greatest power on earth, which used to be the world’s “Policeman” and took care of those who are less fortunate as we have been. They must be wondering, who are we, who is this country that one was depended on to prevent the expansion of countries or powers that once feared America, and now join hands in solidarity as they join in their confusion as to just how dependable are we to support the “Free World” now that more and more countries are being persuaded that our “Democracy” (or Republic) is no longer a viable choice for our friends to turn to as the leader of the most powerful country in the world is doing everything they can to become a second rate country, one that no longer can be depended on by what is left of our democratic friends around the globe.

Thank God we still have people like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin out there bringing those Americans who have not turned their backs on the Americans who still believe in her together, attending “Tea Parties” showing up at events still supporting the “American Way” (the way we all believe in). Thank God, and yes, there are still plenty of Americans who have not given up on God, or the American Way, you know, the one where “Superman” is faster than a speeding bullet, leaps the tallest buildings, and defends the American way. (Someone who defended what we all believe in, an America that continues to have an “American Way”. We have far too much to lose should we ever turn our backs on those programs that explained to the world just who we are. Superman still is alive and well in the minds of those of us who continue to believe in “The American Way”, that is the America I call my America, and remember, there really is two Americas, and our America is starting to understand the other one, and from what I see, they don’t like the other one!

I speak of the one filled with Progressives who want to “Transform” the one we love and enjoy. They don’t like others to create personal wealth, but have no problem creating their own personal wealth. If they really, truly believed in their own words, why don’t they just give their personal wealth to those that need it and are willing to live off of them? It is easy for them take our money and hand it out to those they chose to give it to, while we have no say in it at all. (Heal Care Bill) will testify as to how much this government allowed the American people to have their say in how their money is stolen from them and spent on agendas they have no interest in. The new way to govern in America is to take what is ours, and keep what they want, and allow us to keep what they decide we deserve. Check it out, the “New Transformed America” the one that only those who will always depend on others to give them a handout. That’s President Obama’s America, not ours. We believe in helping those who help themselves, as it says in the good book, but would her help them find motivation to improve their lives by improving their personal belief system that would propel them into our America, one they would equally learn to love as we do.

So, Clinton can go ahead and lecture America on morals and ethics, while America does not need to judge him, his judgment day is coming and I hope that he has found God in the true sense and not just another fantasy in his perverted mind. And, President Obama can continue to live his fantasy of “Transforming” our America into a “Socialistic” world only he and his administration filled with ghosts of his past, that will haunt him as November of this year closes in on him, this year (2010), and then even worse, when November closes in on him in 2012, when he will learn that he will be a one term President, and the accident that put him in office is one that will not repeat its self, for one thing America does, it does learn from its mistake. And Mr. President, you are a mistake, one that could cost every American more than your efforts to “Transform” them into a Socialist country filled with zombies who follow with empty heads. That’s not America Mr. President, it may be in your world, but in the real world, it s not now and will never be, your America. It belongs to “We the People” who believe in her, have faith in her, and will protect her from all enemies from within or abroad. She is worth saving, after all, God blessed her, and he blessed her people. If you don’t believe that, you really have no chance to understand what will happen in November of this year and in 2012. Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to say “Good by Mr. President” and don’t let the door hit you in the “A..” on the way out! God Bless America, again!

Tax Day In My America

I woke up today, around 0500 hours (Military Time) Atlantic Time, as I have for most of my life, at least since I enlisted into the United States Army Security Agency (Intelligence) September 3rd, 1963, to continue my observance of the second day of the “Tea Party” protest of “Tax Day”, which is today, April 15th, 2010. My heart started beating faster in my chest as the day unfolded and I found myself wanting very much to be with any one of the groups, only having to be satisfied with watching the day’s activity from my recliner, where I spend much of my waking hours, due to a number of disabilities that prevent me from being more active than I am in these especially difficult days that fill our lives. Before I managed my venture from my bed to my recliner, I made sure I started the day with a prayer, as I always do, to God, first thanking him for allowing me to wake up, and then to watch over the land and people that he blessed so many years ago.

As the day started to pass and I began to realize that time was running out for everyone, and the importance of the efforts of those who have enough strong convictions to stop the madness in Washington D.C., continues to become more and more clear, I became even more disturbed that I was unable to be there physically. I have such admiration for those who don’t just sit back and hope someone else gets out there and do what those wonderful people, who are my heroes, are doing. I did not see a “Tea Party Movement” I saw my America, the America that is one of the two Americas I write about in my NWW News column “Gregory’s Two Americas”. It is the America I grew up knowing and enlisted to defend and if required give my life for. It is the America that overshadows another America, an America that is part of a “Transformation” of my America, our America, by a President elected by those from both Americas, but as our America is waking up, I see that the transformation is not going to be an easy task for this President or Liberal Congress.

As America awakens and finds that a fundamental change is being attempted by those who “hate” the America God blessed, wanting to change it from a Republic to a country none of us will recognize, one of redistribution of wealth as our President promised, even prior to all the votes were counted and he took the oath that it appears means very little to him. I find it curious how easy it is for our President to keep his oath to those who support him (financially), like the unions, ACORN, or any ideology such as socialists, Marxists, communists, any form of ideology that does not mirror our Republic, while having no difficulty in disregarding his oath taken as he was sworn into office, the highest office in the world, the office of the President of the United States of America.

I am currently watching “Cavuto”, from FOX, who is here in Atlanta (Atlanta is just north of where I live) and see a fairly large, and certainly loud “Tea Party group of Americans), demonstrating down town at the Capitol, I believe, and really makes me even more disappointed that I am unable to be out there with them, so close and yet so far away. As I listen to Cavuto interview participating Americans, I feel my heart swell with pride, while also feeling a strong distain for those who would even think of “Transforming our America”! Why anyone would want to take away the wonder of this great land from those beautiful fellow Americans baffles the mind. Our President (I find it difficult to speak his name), as I have little respect for him or his followers, who claims to have been born in this country, has been honored by being elected by the masses, which include all races and religions, and yet even after being exposed to the wonders of this country, continues to be filled with venom and an unexplainable hate for the America we all know and love. If you listen to his lies and deceit, believe in the distortions of an America we know to be good and giving, filled with peoples of all races and religions, who are always first to hold out their hand with a dollar in it to those who are in need or anguish due to some catastrophe, then you don’t know our America! Those of us who do know this great and wonderful land, will never understand why this man, who is called “our President”, will lie and deceive not only those who elected him, but the entire country.

As the President spoke earlier today to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) about his vision, I literally felt ill. His disinformation, false hope, and baloney that oozed from his lips, filled the air and the stench that resulted, made me remember that nothing this President says can be or should be trusted or believed. He lies, he deceives, he misleads, and he fails America and the oath he took to protect and defend her. This President is a cancer eating away at the fabric of core America, killing the goodness that she is. We must never allow that to happen. This November we must fill the places selected to be Voting stations and get out the vote, make sure that every man and woman able to cast a vote, do just that, and cast it to replace those progressives now tarnishing the sacred halls of congress, and even more important, replace the current person now seated in the oval office, at the White House, in 2012. We must elect a conservative, who truly believes in the “Constitution” and will uphold his or her oath to follow it, as well as defend and protect her.

There still is nothing, anywhere that speaks louder than our “Vote”! “We the People” still have the loudest voice on the block! Those in Congress and the White house may have money in their pockets, but in most cases, it is “our money”, that’s right; the American people’s money that they falsely believe holds power over our heads. They just do not understand who we are. How could they, after all, they believe in Socialistic mindsets and Marxism. With thoughts of “Transforming” and “Redistribution of Wealth” how could any of them ever know or understand it’s not the money but the soul that makes us who we are. Our America is filled with “souls” created by God, not the money stolen from our pockets by those in Washington. It will be up to us to restore America to where she was before this power and money hungry, political entity of progressives lied and deceived their way into office. Well, we know who and what they are, so if we fail to correct it, then we will certainly get what we asked for, and I don’t believe for a moment that any of us will like what we get.

So, as I look out across America as FOX News has no fear of showing America that there are Americans under the banner of the “Tea Party”, standing up and telling those in Congress and the White House, “We have no fear of you, and we will vote you out of office” and then promise ourselves that we will never allow this to happen again, ever! We want our America back, and in November of this year we will take her back and start the process of restoring her to what she was before “they” took her and tried (in vein) to destroy her. Sorry Charley, you failed! It’s OK America, we are on our way, we will be there for you, and after all, you have always been there for us! Today, more than ever before, I am so very proud to be an American. Thank you America, I have always believed in you, but the past two days you reinforced my faith and belief in who you are, I have always known who I am.