Monday, May 27, 2019
Decoration Day By Tammy Derouin---LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW
Decoration Day--By Tammy Derouin
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. It began in the years following the end of Civil War. The Civil War began when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. It ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
Decoration Day--By Tammy Derouin
"As we approach Memorial Day, I wanted to revisit the history of the holiday. What began as a look back, quickly turned into hours of reading. I began to get sidetracked as one date and event led to another. History provides answers and reminds us of the reasons we are free. Had it not been for those who came before us, and those who sacrificed their lives, we would not have the freedom we have today.
A great divide was taking place in the years leading up to the War Between the States. Several issues such as the moral conflict over slavery, the argument of states' rights and the authority of the federal government over the states, as well as the feeling that the South's 'way of life' was being infringed upon, were all coming to a head. Families and friends became enemies as tensions mounted. The great divide would cause brother to stand against brother, neighbor against neighbor and countrymen against countrymen.
The years of war claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history. As a result, national cemeteries were established. In November 1863, President Lincoln was invited to the official dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. There were approximately 23,000 casualties for the Union and approximately 28,000 casualties for the Confederacy. Lincoln addressed the crowd with fewer than 300 words, but his words were powerful and have resonated throughout time and became known as the Gettysburg Address.
By the end of the 1860's many communities had begun honoring those who died in battle. They honored their fallen soldiers by decorating their graves. Waterloo, New York is considered the official birthplace of Memorial Day. They held their first community-wide event on May 5, 1866. A couple years later in 1868, General John A. Logan, of the Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance. May 30 would become the official Decoration Day in 1868. The date was chosen because it didn't commemorate any battle or event.
As the United States entered World War I and casualties began to increase, the holiday, which was originally set aside to honor those who gave their lives during the Civil War, evolved into a holiday which would honor all those who died serving in the military during time of war. Over the years, Decoration Day became known as Memorial Day. In 1968, Congress established the holiday as the last Monday in May.
It is important to understand that without the sacrifices of those who came before us, we would not be free. The blessings of liberty come with a cost and each generation pays a price so that the freedom we enjoy is maintained and can be passed on to the next generation. There are no guarantees that freedom will continue. It must be preserved and defended.
Taking our freedom for granted is the surest way to lose it. Without knowledge of our history or understanding the importance of our rights, it is easy to dismiss their value. When the going gets tough, it has become easier for some to offer up our freedoms and rights by placing them on the chopping block. To think you are safer or better off without your rights or that the government knows best, is a huge mistake which will result in dire consequences. It's also proof that our educational system has failed miserably.
The United States is an exceptional nation because we are free. Men and women representing the United States are standing guard all around the world so that you wake up in the land of the free. They defend our flag and the freedom it represents knowing full well that that includes the freedom of individuals who choose to disrespect the symbols of freedom, to not stand for the National Anthem or not say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Carelessness, due to lack of knowledge and understanding, would destroy everything for which those before us suffered, and made the ultimate sacrifice.
“-- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Abraham Lincoln--Gettysburg Address"
A gratuitous gallery of warbirds for Memorial Day | Ars Technica
A gratuitous gallery of warbirds for Memorial Day | Ars Technica:
"Celebrating Memorial Day with a trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force."
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"Celebrating Memorial Day with a trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force."
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Trump Replacing Top Immigration Chief With Ken Cuccinelli | The Daily Caller
Trump Replacing Top Immigration Chief With Ken Cuccinelli | The Daily Caller:
The Trump administration will name Ken Cuccinelli, the former GOP attorney general of Virginia, as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Daily Caller confirmed earlier in May that the president had decided to select the immigration hardliner for a top post within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Trump administration will name Ken Cuccinelli, the former GOP attorney general of Virginia, as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Daily Caller confirmed earlier in May that the president had decided to select the immigration hardliner for a top post within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Memorial Day in New Hampshire :: SteynOnline
Memorial Day in New Hampshire :: SteynOnline:
"Most of my book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn is written by yours truly, but for six lines on page 243 I roped in the real talent in the family:
At Memorial Day observances in my neck of the woods, the veterans are honored by the fifth graders, who read verses for the occasion - both the classics and their own poems.
The stars and stripes, red, white, and blue
"Most of my book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn is written by yours truly, but for six lines on page 243 I roped in the real talent in the family:
'Time passes, and moss and lichen creep across ancient grave stones.
But the men beneath them are forever young.
At Memorial Day observances in my neck of the woods, the veterans are honored by the fifth graders, who read verses for the occasion - both the classics and their own poems.
The latter can be a bit hit and miss, and one has to be alert, given the dispositions of some of my neighbors, for give-peace-a-chance war-is-never-the-answer not-so-subtle subtexts.
But a couple of years ago my then fifth-grade daughter was asked to write something, and so she did.
Nothing to do with me - I was away in Chicago all that week - but I was pleased to see that all the rhymes are true.
She is older now and has gotten a little teenagey, as they do, and today she would try to write it more sophisticatedly.
But I have always liked its heartfelt directness.
So this is my daughter's fifth-grade poem, as a ten-year-old girl delivered it on a small town common for Memorial Day:
The stars and stripes, red, white, and blue
Wave above our heroes true
It makes us cry, it makes us weep
But in our hearts we will keep
The sacrifice our soldiers gave, they shall not die in vain
For they have given us the freedom they have fought to gain'
~excerpted from The [Un]documented Mark Steyn
History for May 27
History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Julia Ward Howe 1819 - Abolitionist, social activist, poet ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic"), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman
Hubert H. Humphrey (Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.) 1911 - Served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson, Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State
1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
‘TRUMP BROKE CNN’: Layoffs Continue To Rock Far-Left Network, Former Employees Trash Company | Daily Wire
‘TRUMP BROKE CNN’: Layoffs Continue To Rock Far-Left Network, Former Employees Trash Company | Daily Wire:
"Specific details were not yet known, but a source told Fox News that 'basically the whole division' will lose their jobs," Fox New's Brian Flood reported. "CNN did not respond to multiple requests for comment."
Flood noted that TVNewser, a media reporting website founded by CNN propagandist Brian Stelter, magically got confirmation on Friday — right before the weekend when the news cycle usually dies — that CNN was, in fact, laying off a lot of its employees.
Flood noted that TVNewser, a media reporting website founded by CNN propagandist Brian Stelter, magically got confirmation on Friday — right before the weekend when the news cycle usually dies — that CNN was, in fact, laying off a lot of its employees.
Did (DEMOCRAT) prosecutor allegedly use county money for elaborate home security? | Politically Speaking
Did prosecutor allegedly use county money for elaborate home security? | Politically Speaking
"When Michigan State Police investigators removed and confiscated security camera equipment from Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith’s home during a raid on Tuesday, political observers and news reporters wondered how that fit in with the widening criminal investigation of the county’s top lawman.
The answer lies right there in the pages and pages of documents outlining how the prosecutor spent some of the $1.8 million in “off the books” forfeiture funds that he has controlled over the past several years.
Smith paid approximately $161,000 in county money, handed out under quite peculiar circumstances, to a Mount Clemens security company.
...The obvious question: Who spends huge amounts of money like this, in such a random pattern, over such a long time, for office security cameras and electronic door locks?
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And this: "...His brother is the county commission chair..."
"When Michigan State Police investigators removed and confiscated security camera equipment from Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith’s home during a raid on Tuesday, political observers and news reporters wondered how that fit in with the widening criminal investigation of the county’s top lawman.The answer lies right there in the pages and pages of documents outlining how the prosecutor spent some of the $1.8 million in “off the books” forfeiture funds that he has controlled over the past several years.
Smith paid approximately $161,000 in county money, handed out under quite peculiar circumstances, to a Mount Clemens security company.
...The obvious question: Who spends huge amounts of money like this, in such a random pattern, over such a long time, for office security cameras and electronic door locks?
Read all!
And this: "...His brother is the county commission chair..."
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway---3 Times Media Claimed Russiagate Transparency Would End America
3 Times Media Claimed Russiagate Transparency Would End America:
"As the media carry water for sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results.
...For several years, government officials from the Obama administration had alleged in anonymous leaks to friendly reporters that Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
...Media who are implicated in perpetuating the false allegation that Trump was a traitor reacted poorly to the news that Barr was given authority to bring some transparency to the Russia collusion narrative that had been effective precisely because it was shrouded in secrecy.
As bizarre as it is for journalists to fight transparency — MSNBC’s Trump-bruised Joe Scarborough said declassifying documents is what an “autocrat” does — it matches the talking points of those inside the agencies who worry about their activities being exposed.
...As the media carry water for their leaking sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory of Russia collusion, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results..."
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...For several years, government officials from the Obama administration had alleged in anonymous leaks to friendly reporters that Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
...Media who are implicated in perpetuating the false allegation that Trump was a traitor reacted poorly to the news that Barr was given authority to bring some transparency to the Russia collusion narrative that had been effective precisely because it was shrouded in secrecy.
As bizarre as it is for journalists to fight transparency — MSNBC’s Trump-bruised Joe Scarborough said declassifying documents is what an “autocrat” does — it matches the talking points of those inside the agencies who worry about their activities being exposed.
...As the media carry water for their leaking sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory of Russia collusion, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results..."
Read all.
Donald Trump Cheers Declassification of Russia 'Hoax' Investigation
President Donald Trump cheered on Attorney General Bill Barr’s investigation of intelligence officials’ spying on his campaign and detailed his decision to declassify the information in the case.
Crenshaw: Why we can’t fix the border crisis – The Daily Sheeple
Crenshaw: Why we can’t fix the border crisis – The Daily Sheeple"In a series of tweets this morning Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) Texas, laid out why he thinks the border crisis cannot be fixed.
As he is from the state of Texas he is well aware of the impact that illegal immigration has on this country as well as the state he represents.
Want to understand why we can’t fix the border crisis?
Let’s break down the Congressional Dems’ strategy:
Step 1: Ridicule regular Americans’ concerns with border security, & conflate illegal immigration with legal immigration.
Step 2: Propose DACA amnesty without addressing illegal immigration (knowing GOP can’t support a proposal that doesn’t address the root cause of the problem).
Step 3: Refuse compromise with GOP on border security, asylum law reform, and DACA fix.
Step 4: Ignore POTUS’s request for $4 billion in humanitarian aid at the border while simultaneously demanding “action” to fix the humanitarian crisis.
Step 5: Keep the issue alive and paint GOP as anti-immigrant.
The truth is that this cycle hurts legal immigrants, legal asylum seekers, and regular Americans who believe we should have a say in our sovereignty.
It has to stop..."
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Science's Untold Scandal: The Lockstep March of Professional Societies to Promote the Climate Change Scare | News and Politics
"When we started our careers, it was considered an honor to be a member of professional societies that helped practitioners keep up with the latest developments in their fields through relevant meetings and publications.
...But things are different now.
Whether it be chemistry, physics, geology or engineering, many of the world’s primary professional societies have changed from being paragons of technical virtue to opportunistic groups focused on maximizing their members' financial gains in support of the climate scare, the world’s greatest science fraud..."
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Supremes Block Rulings Ordering GOP To Redraw District Lines In Two Key Swing States | The Daily Caller
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked two decisions Friday requiring Republican-controlled legislatures in Michigan and Ohio to produce new legislative district lines ahead of the 2020 election.
There were no noted dissents from the Friday orders. The decision was not surprising, as the justices are currently deciding whether federal courts should even hear partisan gerrymandering disputes.
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