DON'T
CALL IT 'PATRIOTS DAY'
I LIKE GEORGE
W. BUSH
By
Geoff Metcalf
September
8, 2002
NewsWithViews.com
Despite his faults, Skull and Bones connections,
and globalist tragic flaws he is by far superior to any democrat alternative.
However, I am no sycophant. His errors, like his strengths must be acknowledged.
When I saw the Washington Times headline,
"Bush honors 9/11 victims with 'Patriot Day'" I about gagged on my oatmeal.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020906-541084.htm
"President Bush issued a formal proclamation
designating September 11 as "Patriot Day," saying the more than 3,000
people who perished in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil "will forever
hold a cherished place in our hearts and in the history of our nation."
Wait a flipping minute! What presidential
aid/wonk suggested this brain flatulence?
We already HAVE a "Patriots Day"! It is
April 19th, and although Lexington Massachusetts may be the only city
in the country to still celebrate it, it recognizes the beginning of our
'War for Independence', which established the republic.
The president has asked governors and government
officials to honor those killed last year by flying the flag at half-staff
September 11th. Cool! THAT is fine.
But in honoring last years victims let's
not insult the memory of those original patriots who told a king, "with
firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually
pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."
"Mr. Bush encouraged all Americans to display
the flag at half-staff from their homes and observe a moment of silence
at 8:46 a.m., when the first hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade
Center in New York." Cool! But don't call it "Patriots Day"!
The proclamation says, "I call upon the
people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies
and activities, including remembrance services and candlelight vigils."
Cool! But don't call it "Patriots Day"!
The Patriot Day proclamation follows another
designating Sept. 6-8 as "National Days of Prayer and Remembrance." FINE!
But please lose the "Patriots Day" label.
Gary Hildreth wrote "The Price They Paid"
in which he delineated what happened to those 56 men who signed the Declaration
of Independence. PLEASE….read it. http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/421.html
You might also want to read what happened
on April 19th 1775. http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/lexington_20000420.html
April 19th 1775 was the day that the British
(in a classic government gun control gambit) attacked their own citizens
at Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. Americans fought back and the
rest is badly taught history.
The President asks us to, "to join me during
these Days of Prayer and Remembrance in praying for God's continued protection
and for the strength to overcome great evil with even greater good." Amen!
But DON'T call it "Patriots Day".
Presidents don't like to admit mistakes.
However, to not do so in this case would be a tragedy.
Why are we engaged in a 'War on Terrorism'?
Supposedly:
· To fight for the essence of America.
· Defense of our PRINCIPLES.
· To preserve our way of life.
· To defend freedom and liberty.
Three documents delineate the essence of
America, our principles, our way of life, freedom and liberty. They are
'The Declaration of Independence', 'The Constitution', and 'The Bill of
Rights'.
We honor the establishment of that American
troika on 'Patriots Day'/April 19th.
Teddy Roosevelt once said, Patriotism means
to stand by the country. It does NOT mean to stand by the President or
any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself
stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently
serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent
that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the
country."
President Bush HAS efficiently served the
country and he continues to do so. However it would be an "inefficiency"
to dishonor those patriots who "with firm reliance on the protection of
the divine providence," pledged "to each other, our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor." By misappropriating the name of THEIR day of remembrance
with a contemporary politically correct alternative.
Thomas Jefferson observed, "...the spirit
of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our
people careless. A single zealot may commence persecutor, and better men
be his victims. It can never be too often repeated, that the time for
fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are
honest, and ourselves united. For the conclusion of this war [for Independence]
we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every
moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and
their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole
faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due
respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be
knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will
be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in
a convulsion."
'Patriots Day' is, and should remain, April
19th. September 11th should never be forgotten and it deserves a national
day of recognition. However, PLEASE….don't call it 'Patriots Day."
© 2002 Geoff Metcalf
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