Anwar al-Awlaki

When I first heard that Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by the drone, along with his propagandist Samir Khan I actually cheered the event and gave President Obama praise for it. The only thing I had a problem with was the news media and the progressives reaction to it. The same people, President Obama included, that crucified George W. Bush for Gitmo, harsh interrogation techniques, and the Jose Padilla case are now praising the assassinations of two American citizens. These are the same people that want to give terrorist caught in the act rights of an American citizen, yet do not afford them to these two gentleman.
As I said, at first I personally had no problem at all with the action, but as I thought longer about it I came to change my mind. I began to see if they are allowed to cross the line of the assassination of an American citizen that happens to be a terrorist without any push back, then what line will they cross next? Will it be the guy that they think may become a terrorist? Could it lead to you or me?

Occupy Movement

I personally have no problem with the movement. If it is a viable movement it will continue, but if it is Astroturf it will eventually fizzle out. I don't agree with anything they say and have a major problem with their slogan of "we are the 99%," because they are not. They have every right to do whatever it is they choose. I actually encourage it, because I will put my beliefs against theirs any day of the week and let a thinking person make the choice and we will win out more often than not. Their voice, nor their beliefs do not frighten me. Let them make fools of themselves.
What bothers me though is the treatment of them by the news media and politicians that still accuse the TEA Party of being racist and fake. They belittled the TEA Party at every turn, even going as far as inventing their own stories. I actually heard one media host point out that one bad apple at the rally didn't make them all bad, but yet one bad apple at a TEA Party rally, which incidentally the TEA Party pushed out, painted them all with the racist brush. Just like Morgan Freeman saying just because the want Obama to be a one term president they are racist. Tell me Mr. Freeman, didn't you and the rest of the democrats make it your mission to make George W. Bush a one term president? You failed, but you still tried like hell to do it. No these people that are now proclaiming that the "occupy movement" is the greatest thing since sliced bread should remember how they treated the TEA Party. Can you say yet another double standard?

Patrick Henry

Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrations has produced additional violence and insult; our supplication have been disregarded; we have been spurned, with contempt from the foot of the throne...

Reconciliation? What reconciliation? We are infected with armies and fleets sent from England. A military presence with only one purpose-to force our submission.

And what is our reply? More argument and petitions? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. We have nothing but the same old argument to present. We have already done enough petitions, remonstrations, and prostrations.

There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...we must fight! I repeat sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts, is all we have left!

They say we are weak, but when shall we be stronger? Next week or next year? Shall we wait until there's an army stationed at guard at every door? No.

We are not weak. We are invincible in the holy cause of liberty. Three million people invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.

There is no retreat, but submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable-and let it come! I repeat, sir, let it come!

Gentleman may cry, peace, peace-but there is no peace. The war has already begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentleman wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Samuel Adams

A Grecian philosopher who was lying asleep on the grass, was aroused by the bite of a small animal. He closed his hand suddenly as he awoke and found that he had caught a small field mouse. As he was examining the little animal who dared to attack him, it unexpectantly bit him a second time, and made its escape.

Now fellow citizens, what think you was the reflection he made upon this trifling circumstance? It was this: that there is no animal, however weak and contemptible, which cannot defend its own liberty, if it will only fight for it.

For myself, I have been wont to converse with poverty. And however disagreeable a companion she may be thought to be by the affluent and luxurious, who were never acquainted with her. I can live happily with her the remainder of my days; if I can thereby contribute to the redemption of my country.

Our oppressors cannot force us into submission by reducing us to a state of starvation. We can subsist independently of all the world. The real wants and necessities of man are few.

F.A.R.M.

 Free American Revolutionary Movement

"I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing. As necessary in the political world as storms in the physical....God forbid that we should ever see twenty years without such rebellion."
                                                                                                                  Thomas Jefferson

Americans all over this land are being misrepresented and forgotten. Their government and leaders, at all levels, are not representing their values, principles, and ideals. No matter your skin color, gender, social status, or locale if you feel your government has taken the wrong turn, that they have gotten too big and intrusive, that their paternal policy is not the direction we should be going then we should all come together. We have a rallying point.

We need to become another "greatest generation." Where men and women did what was needed, not what felt good. To get that love of country and willingness of self-self sacrifice back, we know who we are and where we came from. We must have a shared ideal of freedom and liberty and be willing to do what it takes to return our nation on its course to greatness, and not this progressive slide into socialism.

John Adams said during a debate on whether they should rebel against Britain, "I expect no redress. We must fight." So must we. We must be willing to speak out, protest, dissent, rebel, and sacrifice to stop this progressive assault on our country. To stop the revolution the started long ago and to begin our very own conservative revolution to bring our country back from ruin.

We must get our views out there. Let the two parties know that neither represent us ant longer(if they ever did) and unless they start representing us that we will no longer support them. The morph of conservatism and nationalism is what will stand this nation proudly back on its feet. Let them know that the two-party system does not mean there can only be two parties, even if people seem to think it does. It sure as heck does not mean only democrats and republicans may apply. If they fail to see this, we can start our own party, our own viable party that represents us. Do not listen to those that say we would only split the vote, that keeps the same people ruining this nation in power. The people must stop being sheep and following without question what they are told. Make your own decisions, follow someone that shares your views. Then and only then can a third party make an impact.

Let us continue the conservative revolution that Ronald Reagan started. He said, "people want the dignity of having some control over their individual destiny....Government exists for their convenience not the other way around"( that is why we loved, heck still love him.). Adding to it some proven nationalist principles that will make our industry strong again. Its time for a true party that represents the working man, not the unions or special interests, and only uses such words for campaign slogans. We need and want a National Conservative Patriots Party.


F.A.R.M. Charter
Aim: Restoration of our nation.
               1. By restoring the sovereign, democratic American Republic within the framework (The Constitution) of the principles of freedom and liberty.
               2. By respecting the basic rights of man without distinction of race, gender, social status, religion or creed.

Internal Objectives:
               1. Political renewal through redirecting the national movement onto its true and original path and by removing all traces of corruption and revisionism- the causes of our downfall.
               2. To assemble and organize the efforts of the American people on the path of greatness our founders placed us upon.

External Objectives:
               1. To bring support and sympathy from other nations to our struggle for liberty and freedom.
               2. To gain allies and alliances with nations during  and after our struggle

Means of combat:
               According to the revolutionary principles, and taking into account the internal and external situation, we shall continue to fight by any means necessary until we realize our aims.
               To achieve these ends F.A.R.M. will have two highly important tasks to carry out simultaneously: internal action, both general and political; and external action, to bring our problem before the eyes of the world with the help of our natural allies. This will be a heavy burden and will take all our will, energies and resources. The struggle will be a long one, but the outcome is certain.
               Lastly, in order to avoid misinterpretation, to show our sincere desire for peace, and to avoid unnecessary violence, bloodshed and loss of life we suggest honorable negotiations with the government, if they are willing to act in good faith and to accept once and for all the right of the peoples they rule to self-determination. We will not start any of the violence we want to achieve our goals through peaceful negotiations and winning at the ballot box. The violence will come when the powers that be begin to lose that power.
               Americans! We invite you to ponder this charter. It is your duty to associate yourselves with it so that we may save our country and regain our freedom. The struggle of F.A.R.M. is your struggle, its victory is your victory.
               As for ourselves, we are resolved to carry on with the struggle. Confident of our anti-socialist and anti-oppression sentiments. We shall give our best to and for our country and her people.
               With this we hope to avoid association with any particular group, and to provide Americans, from all walks of life, no matter your old party affiliations, with an opportunity of joining in our cause of liberty, unhampered by any conflict of loyalty.


Note: If any of you believe that none of this can be done, remember that the same thing was said about a group of merchants and farmers wanting to break away from the British Empire and make their own way. They were told the were dreamers, they were crazy, and that there was no way that a bunch of farmers can stand against the strongest army of the world. Guess what? They were wrong, and so are you. Read these words below.

Note #2: I wrote the above words back a few years ago, way before the advent of the TEA Party. The TEA Party has incorporated many of my views, but they are not yet a party or unified movement. As of now, they may work better as such, but there has to be a unified stance or the movement will be doomed. We don't have to agree on every issue, the world would be a very boring place if we did. We just have to agree on the major ideals and principles which founded this nation.

Ninny Nation

Michael Savage was right a few weeks ago, we are a nation of ninnies. The news went completely bonkers over two non issues. Starting with the earthquake in Mineral VA that was felt up and down the East Coast and did absolutely no damage. I am living very close to the epicenter and many people didn't even feel it, yet they evacuated the federal buildings in Washington DC and the Pentagon, as well as shutting down airports for the rest of the day. Really?

Then we went just a few days later to the thunderstorm they named Hurricane Irene. I am all for being prepared, but these people, the news especially, went totally apecrap. They were shutting things down and evacuating days before this rain and wind maker came. Still if it would have been a Category 5, who the heck are they to tell me to get out of my own house. If I want to ride the storm out, it is my prerogative. We have a right to be stupid if we want. Instead though they have become that all powerful nanny state that the ninnies here want them to be.

This state of ninniness also applies o people that get offended. Americans can no longer take a joke or any criticism. Then on top of that you have those that are just looking for a reason to be offended so they can push their own social and/or political agendas. Well, these folks offend me! Are you really free if you can't call a spade a spade? Political correctness has run amuck on our nation and is what is helping to make us a nation of ninnies.

Our foreign policy is another place that ninniness is wrecking havoc on our nation. Not only is it wimpy, but it is geared toward apology and appeasement as well. Even our own president goes around and apologizes for our greatness so as not to offend lesser nations. So to make them feel good He won't (or likely can't) articulate true American exceptionalism. He even went as far to say that all nations think they are exceptional. Really Mr. President? Do you really believe that there are groups of Somalis or Laotians or any other third world nation really sitting around sipping coffee saying how great they are. Please, you must be joking.

If this ninification doesn't stop, we as a nation are doomed. This is just as harmful as the dismal economic and fiscal policy and rising debt, because they truly go hand in hand. This reactionary and emotional form of government the progressives practice does not work. It causes far more harm with the unintended consequences of their fix that the original problem would have made.

While I am on my soapbox about this, what the heck is up with the press conferences having everybody and their dogs as backdrops. It is utterly ridiculous. If they don't have anything to offer the news conference then they shouldn't be there. It is not so that your staff and family can get on TV or to make them feel good. This also goes for politicians using people as their backdrops, making sure they have the right mix of races and sexes. It is frankly insulting

Our problem is that many people want the government to take care of them and many of our politicians see themselves as the ruling class and they alone can lead the stupid masses. If they have a problem they will say "the government ought to do something about this." When did that become America? We use to be the self-reliant people who fixed their own problems and would never dream of asking anyone for help, especially not the government. Ronald Reagan said, "we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to a government for, by and of the people. Well if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?"

Charity vs. Redistribution

Progressives make it out like they have a monopoly on compassion and charity; all because they take someone else's money and gives it to another(usually their voting base) out of compassion for the "needy." Though if they were truly concerned would they not give their own money to them. All this time they are pointing their holier than thou fingers at conservatives as if they are some super Daddy Warbucks stealing the bread away from the poor all because they feel they are paying too much in taxes. They get away with this because the news media is in cahoots with them, even though we all know it isn't true.

Conservatives have just as much caring and compassion as progressives, maybe more. They are not only willing, but do give more of their personal money to charity. They don't need, nor do they want the government to do it for them. The government has never ran anything efficiently, not even the military, so what makes people think they can use our money to help any cause is ludicrous. All they ever help is their own reelection and growth of more government bureaucracy that eats more money. A conservative wants the most out of their buck, and they know that does not and has never been through the government. We must remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.

Next the conservative knows where they want to spend their money. Why should an Illinois Farmer have to fund the New York City Opera which he will never see or even worse fund his own overseas competitors. How about forcing Christians, or for that matter Jews and Muslims to fund abortion, gay marriage and other immoral things they do not believe in. If an individual does not want their money to go to these things how can the government force them to do so. Governments should not be involved in the redistribution of wealth, but in the incentive for the individual to create new wealth. Alexis de Tocqueville said, "The American Republic will endure until the government finds out it can bribe the public, with the publics money." They have crossed that line an long time ago, the question is how much longer can we endure it?

Everybody Else Does

Why is it that you hear American's today say things like this country does this, or this country has that, why cant we? They look longingly at one little thing a nation has, in the midst of a nation that is crumbling and want to imitate them without even a cursory glance of what is going on in the rest of the country.

Our founders built our very unique system this way for a reason. They seen the way Europe was heading and knew that was not the road we should go down ourselves. They did not want their fledgling nation and the land that they loved to descend into that same system they just fought so hard to be rid of. With the system these men built this nation rose from the ashes of war to the most prominent nation in this world in record time and eventually the superpower like none other.

So as you look lovingly at Sweden's welfare system, Cuba's Healthcare, France's vacations, or anyone but our own military, police and intelligence; or if you are like the America loving Fareed Zakaria of CNN believing we should just throw out the Constitution and go with a European style system, ask yourself one thing. What and where has that system gotten them? And while your at it tell Mr. Zakaria if he likes that system so much, to go live under it and leave ours alone.

Their bungling in socialism led them to a malaise that they are working tirelessly to pull themselves from. So as they are giving up the system which led them to the poorhouse, these folks like our leaders and Mr. Zakaria look lovingly down at them and seeks to emulate them.

This is what happens when people forget what it cost our forefathers to become the greatest nation of the world. The only nation to sacrifice their own sons and daughter for the freedom of other nations. We should not be looking at what other nations are doing, they should be looking at us for their example.

Pass It Right Away

President Obama's brain trust must have put those words through a test, because if he said them once he said the one hundred times during his campaign speech before Congress. You think he would get tired of saying them, but he has continued to say these words at every stump speech he has given since then. I am surprised he did not manage to get them into his 9/11 address. The thing I was wondering is what is the hurry?

Paraphrasing Thomas Jefferson who said that a if you pass legislation to fast that only the people are hurt, because the proper discussion has not taken place and it should take up to a year for this process to work itself out. Yet President Obama, as well as most other politicians want to pass these things right away. They don't want the bills to get out before hand. As Nancy Pelosi said, "you have to pass the bill to find out what is in the bill."

Another thing is that President Obama is all hammers to hell now, but first he had to go on vacation. Don't you also think that if he had that "laser focus" that he claimed for the first two years of his Administration, that he would have done something, back when his party had control of both chambers of congress(before late Jan. this year). It should have been a breeze to pass then, and this problem was around at that time, but he chose not to. Why? Because it didn't play well then for his reelection, but it sure does now!

Shining City On The Hill

Ronald Reagan was right America is that shining city on the hill for those people around the world seeking freedom and liberty, and "if we lose freedom here there is no place left to go." Our founders made our nation to be that beacon of hope for the world. They then passed on that heavy burden and sacred honor to all Americans through time, but somewhere along the way we have failed to tend to that flame of freedom. That duty has been ignored and forgotten by most, who have let that once bright flame turn into a ember about to flicker out.

Alexis de Tocqueville said, "because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die. If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord.... We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others will stamp it out themselves." That is exactly what we have been doing over the past 100 years, slowly and steadily stamping out those lingering embers.

This has laid an even heavier burden and sacred honor at the feet of this generation. We must rekindle and reignite that flame of freedom our founders willed us. If we do not we will never again be that haven for liberty for the world. Reagan said, "we cannot meet our world responsibilities without a strong economic policy which is effective at home and in the world marketplace.... We must put our economic house in order so that we can once again show the world by example that ours is the best system for all who want security and freedom." If we are ever to again become that shining city on the hill, we must stop stomping out that torch which was passed on to us. We don't want to be that keeper of the flame that let it go out from our complacency and greed. We want to be the ones that made it stronger, by our commitment and honor.

We must get our spending and debt in order, as well as retarding the growth of government who is daily encroaching upon our liberties. If we don't, this "last best hope" of the world will be no more and there will truly be "no place left to go."

Death of Journalism

"If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career it is normally the case, of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies."

 Theodore Roosevelt

Reporters or as they now call themselves journalists used to have that decided character. They didn't adopt the elitist moniker of journalist until the started to effect the demise of their own profession. When they stopped seeing themselves as the thorn in the side of government so that the people would not be undone, and became the thorn in the side of the people helping the government pass their progressive agenda is when they began to commit this kamikaze rush. Instead of reporting the news like they are supposed to, they instead try to make and affect the news for their own progressive agenda.

The last couple of decades has seen this once valued profession in its death throes, when they began picking sides and pushing propaganda. When you relentlessly attack a sitting president and laud people like Louis Farrakhan and Yasser Arafat as heroes you are completely out of touch with the job you claim to do. In this same time frame they have never missed an opportunity to demoralize and demonize our military and law enforcement with their politically correct, all inclusive diatribes. At every turn the attack anything distinctly American, and place any America hating act on a pedestal.

They hide behind the idea of freedom of speech, which was granted them by our founding fathers they now claim as irrelevant to be another part of the checks and balances. They have all but forgotten that duty assigned to them by those great men. They have rendered a once honorable profession into a brood of vipers more concerned of their own vaulted name than in the search for the truth.

Journalism took its final breaths during the 2008 presidential election, where their clear goal was to make Barrack Obama a god, when they did not control the heavens. When they unashamedly showed their support for him and at times outright campaigned for him in their "reporting" of the news. Almost all are guilty, there is no need to name names(Mr. thrill running up his legs), but shame on each and everyone of you.

Their final breath came when every network and news organization went with candidate Obama on his whirlwind world tour. They made is sound like he was such the grand statesman, even comparing his Berlin speech to that of John F Kennedy. Really? They made it sound like he did such good for the nation and the world, when in all actuality he spent only a few hours  at these places doing nothing but photo ops. To top it all off, everything that happened was breaking news. Breaking news Obama lands in Kuwait, breaking news Obama give a speech, breaking news Obama lands in Afghanistan, breaking news Obama takes off from Afghanistan, breaking news Obama is in Iraq, Breaking News Obama is in Germany(where incidentally he would not go see wounded troops), breaking news Obama eats lunch, breaking news Obama picks his nose, Breaking news Obama takes a crap. It was that ridiculous and it killed off journalism. John McCain didn't get near the coverage that is until Sarah Palin came on board then they made every effort to destroy her. Some unbiased reporting, huh?

None of you deserve the name journalist, much less reporter. The only name that fits is hack. Our nation and our people deserve better. We need those reporters of old that reported the news, the real news.

Note: This piece (as well as some others that may sound a little dated) was written just after the election of President Obama. I just thought it needed to be posted. By the way, journalism is a rotting corpse now. Thanks for reading and for your patience. Keep coming back.

Semper Fidelis,

Edward Bates