I have two predictions for this post title.
GOP Presidential candidate: Mitt Romney
GOP Vice-President candidate: Paul Ryan
The first is an easy prediction at this time. It was a much more difficult prediction a few months back when I predicted it. But the "Winner Take All" theory I had has definitely come to play out as the strategy of the Romney campaign. And I might add, a very wise strategy it was. Maybe it takes a practice run before the real run for President. It seems the 2nd time around is magic for the GOP candidates for quite some time now. The first attempt is to figure out how it's done, the support they offer the party nationwide after they fail in their first attempt and then the run that is successful with the support earned from the GOP back room power holders.
Why Paul Ryan?
Marco Rubio is an excellent possibility, but he won't bring that much to the table that is needed right now. He is a first generation from Cuba immigrant descendant, born in Miami. With only 3.5% of the Hispanic population in the country being from Cuba, Rubio carries a large southern Florida following but not much beyond that when it is time to bring votes to the booth. Historically, the Hispanic vote in the national elections follows in groups of ancestral origin. They don't necessarily follow Hispanic candidates by just being Hispanic. Rubio does not bring a large female following with him either. He will definitely be a possibility for future campaigns, but for now, the economy is the tune of the day. Look for Rubio to be a close advisor and supporter this time and he will have his talents drawn on for Congressional support and influence after the election.
Chris Christie is not a likely person for the job. He declined a run for the presidential ticket which makes him not one showing a desire to be there. New Jersey will do well having him stay there and continue to help bring that state's problems back under control.
The same issue, no desire to make the run falls on the heads of Mike Pence, John Thune, Mitch Daniels, Nikki Haley, Susana Martinez, etc. They were looked to and asked, but declined.
Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty, Herman Cain, Michelle Bachman. All no's. They didn't carry anything into the race in the first place. They could not bring anything to the voting booth that would be of benefit to the campaign ticket.
Sarah Palin. Hmmmmm. I don't think so. She was too vocal against Romney. Too supportive of Newt? I still don't understand that one at all! She has obviously had a talking to by someone of great influence and told to get behind the candidate or risk banishment back to Wasilla forever! But she has run out of fuel in the large spectrum. Look for her to stay at FOX News as a commentator and expert. It is more money than she could make anywhere else for quite some time and she does bring a certain amount of knowledge to their network.
Rick Santorum. Same problem as Sarah, he attacked too hard and has been whining too much. When you take your practice run, you don't attack the others with a vengeance and with hard feelings. His whining about a successful guy running for President and out spending him has not gone over well. There is still a large group of voters in this country that still believe that being conservative, religious and successful is something to be looked up to. Especially when that person has honor, integrity, truthfulness, morals and hope has major characteristics. Rick maybe the candidate who goes away never to be heard from again.
Newt Gingrich. Sorry Newt, you were way too attackish and spent a bundle on ads that tore down the reputation and record of someone by twisting around small clips of speeches and stretching the truth of issues to make Romney look like the guy who is already in the White House. Your Super Pac got way too aggressive and questionable in their tactics. It backfired on you and people wondered who you really were? The guy at the debates that seemed like the expert in everything or the guy willing to do anything to get to the White House no matter what the method was. Desperate guys scare people. They wonder what the agenda is behind the push. Those who have studied Newt's history and background have no doubt, he is a progressive.
Ron Paul. Ron is the Eveready Battery Bunny. He just keeps on going. He carries his "Paulists" with him wherever he goes. They are like zealots, they don't look to anything other than the words from his mouth. Ron could be a great help, but he is like Joe Biden. You wouldn't dare let him near a microphone, because even when he knows it is live, he says what comes to mind. With foreign affairs, you couldn't have Ron Paul as a possibility without wondering when he would start an international incident with one of his remarks. Look for Ron to be a huge strength in getting the fiscal matters back in order in Congress. Also look for his strong support of the ticket after the convention also. He is too old to try this again, and he certainly wants to get things done before he leaves Washington. He will jump on the wagon and use the momentum and his "Paulist" support to get things done in a way that he can smile about.
Paul Ryan. The guy who has worked with Romney on a few legislative amendments and changes to try and get key issues handled in Congress. The guy who endorsed Romney last week going into the Wisconsin Primary. The guy who has come out as the shining star in budget issues and fiscal items in Congress. He has potential, he has experience in the fiscal issues and he is one that could be looked to for further carrying the GOP torch beyond Romney in 2020. Romney also likes and endorses his budget proposals. Ryan is after all called the "budget master" by some in Congress.
You have my take on the race and the choosing of the 2nd seat on the ticket. Now we get to wait and see if it comes true or if Romney pulls a name out of the hat that shocks us all and gets us scrambling to find out who they really are like McCain did with Palin in 2008. But I don't see that happening. Romney is focused. He goes with the ones that have real known potential and can bring a profit to the table in a reasonable timetable. After all, it is the bottom line that counts.
BELIEVE IN AMERICA! ROMNEY in 2012!
May God Bless America and us! We need it!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
It's Time To Stop The Waaaaaaaaaaaah!
Gingrich, Santorum; it's time to stop the waaaaaaaah! Seriously, Newt? He has to earn the nomination? Why don't we recap the delegate count right now. Romney - 655 Santorum - 278 Gingrich - 135 Paul - 51 Let's see, if my calculator in my head still works, Romney has more delegates than all of the rest of the candidates added together! Okay, I will get specific: Romney - 655 All the rest of them - 464 Satisfied? I would say that 58.53% of the delegates as of today means he has earned the nomination. In another way, that is a 17 point lead in percentages!
To officially have the nomination, he needs to win an additional 489 delegates. That is only 41.94% of the remaining delegates out there. Have you other candidates looked at the remaining state primaries to be held? My prediction is that Romney will win over 75% of them and will take somewhere in the neighborhood of an additional 685 delegates yet. The ones that you other guys had a chance in have mostly been held already.
If Sarah Palin can go on the NBC Today Show and be congenial towards Mitt Romney, then the rest of you can too. It is time to get on with kicking the free-loader out of the White House and get back to being the America that we once were. Now we need to consolidate the conservative voters, Republican voters, TEA Party voters, disillusioned Democrat voters and the youth voters. We have a candidate who can beat Obamao if we all get behind him. There will not be any "oh crap"'s after Romney is elected. He is not going to try and pull off a personal agenda or an agenda that has been launched in backrooms dating back to the communist organization in our country. We have a legitimate conservative, pro-capitalism, smart and focused candidate willing to sacrifice the next eight years of his life to get America back on the right track.
Now is the time to get behind him.
Believe In America! Romney in 2012!
May God Bless American and us, we need it!
To officially have the nomination, he needs to win an additional 489 delegates. That is only 41.94% of the remaining delegates out there. Have you other candidates looked at the remaining state primaries to be held? My prediction is that Romney will win over 75% of them and will take somewhere in the neighborhood of an additional 685 delegates yet. The ones that you other guys had a chance in have mostly been held already.
If Sarah Palin can go on the NBC Today Show and be congenial towards Mitt Romney, then the rest of you can too. It is time to get on with kicking the free-loader out of the White House and get back to being the America that we once were. Now we need to consolidate the conservative voters, Republican voters, TEA Party voters, disillusioned Democrat voters and the youth voters. We have a candidate who can beat Obamao if we all get behind him. There will not be any "oh crap"'s after Romney is elected. He is not going to try and pull off a personal agenda or an agenda that has been launched in backrooms dating back to the communist organization in our country. We have a legitimate conservative, pro-capitalism, smart and focused candidate willing to sacrifice the next eight years of his life to get America back on the right track.
Now is the time to get behind him.
Believe In America! Romney in 2012!
May God Bless American and us, we need it!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wow, I didn't see that one coming!
Okay, I missed the two big ones on Tuesday! Congratulations Santorum, you pulled a miracle off. Gingrich somehow lost what should have been his night for the taking. Romney had a setback in Alabama, he was looking for more. But I did get the others right and it came down as an all around win for Romney Tuesday Night, even though it was not a big win. According to the news, Santorum was the big winner, Romney was in third place and Gingrich took second with Paul falling to fourth. Let's see how they really did:
Delegates Won Tuesday
Romney 40
Santorum 37
Gingrich 21
Paul 3
Total Delegate Count
Romney 498
Santorum 239
Gingrich 139
Paul 69
Like I have said, the press is not telling the real story. Romney is 27.4 points ahead of Santorum, 38.0 points ahead of Gingrich and 45.4 points ahead of Paul.
Newt, the Romney camp should be thanking you for being so stubborn! Your stubbornness is keeping Romney well in the lead. No wonder Santorum wants him to quit! But even still, Romney has more delegates than all of the others combined by 5.4 points! That size of a spread is considered a landslide in a presidential election. There is no way Santorum is going to win if Romney keeps his same support going forward.
Romney in 2012 Believe in America!
May God Bless America, our troops in Afghanistan and us, we all need it!
Delegates Won Tuesday
Romney 40
Santorum 37
Gingrich 21
Paul 3
Total Delegate Count
Romney 498
Santorum 239
Gingrich 139
Paul 69
Like I have said, the press is not telling the real story. Romney is 27.4 points ahead of Santorum, 38.0 points ahead of Gingrich and 45.4 points ahead of Paul.
Newt, the Romney camp should be thanking you for being so stubborn! Your stubbornness is keeping Romney well in the lead. No wonder Santorum wants him to quit! But even still, Romney has more delegates than all of the others combined by 5.4 points! That size of a spread is considered a landslide in a presidential election. There is no way Santorum is going to win if Romney keeps his same support going forward.
Romney in 2012 Believe in America!
May God Bless America, our troops in Afghanistan and us, we all need it!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Primary Predictions
Here are my GOP Primary/Caucus predictions. Now we will see if I am full of hot air or kind of know what I am talking about. Here goes:
Alabama - Romney by one or two points
American Samoa - Romney
Hawaii - Romney
Mississippi - Gingrich with Romney within two points
Puerto Rico - Romney
Illinois - Romney
Missouri - Santorum
Louisiana Primary - Gingrich
Maryland - Romney
Washington D.C. - Romney
Wisconsin - Romney
Connecticut - Romney
Delaware - Romney
New York - Romney
Pennsylvania - Santorum with Romney 8 points behind
Rhode Island - Romney
Louisiana Caucus - Gingrich
Indiana - Romney
North Carolina - Gingrich with Romney 6 points behind
West Virginia - Santorum
Oregon - Romney
Arkansas - Santorum
Kentucky - Santorum
Texas - Romney (I know this is a big leap, but they did elect Perry!)
California - Romney
New Jersey - Romney
New Mexico - Romney
South Dakota - Romney
Nebraska - Romney
Montana - Romney
Utah - Romney by over 35 points
This will put Romney over the top for the nomination with over 1200 delegates going into the convention.
If Gingrich drops out in April, then the delegate count will be easier to reach for Romney.
If Santorum drops out in April, The race is essentially over at his drop out day. This could possibly happen because of money problems. If Santorum does not win more than Missouri during the remainder of March and he shows low in his win in Pennsylvania on April 24, he will have to drop out of the race or seriously curtail his campaigning. He will not have the money to continue on into the other races in May where he had a chance of winning.
Paul... He's like the Eveready Battery Bunny, he just keeps on going. He will not drop out and he will not make an independent run. He will keep up his percentages that he has been accumulating. His supporters are just like him, they don't give up.
The final nomination will be Romney and someone that will add to his attractiveness for the general election. Then he will win by 4 points on November 6th. That will put an end to the Obamao regime, religions other than Islamic based sects will be able to relax again and we can start to get America back on track. That will also be the beginning of "Change" that we can stomach!
May God Bless America and us, we need it! Believe in America!
Alabama - Romney by one or two points
American Samoa - Romney
Hawaii - Romney
Mississippi - Gingrich with Romney within two points
Puerto Rico - Romney
Illinois - Romney
Missouri - Santorum
Louisiana Primary - Gingrich
Maryland - Romney
Washington D.C. - Romney
Wisconsin - Romney
Connecticut - Romney
Delaware - Romney
New York - Romney
Pennsylvania - Santorum with Romney 8 points behind
Rhode Island - Romney
Louisiana Caucus - Gingrich
Indiana - Romney
North Carolina - Gingrich with Romney 6 points behind
West Virginia - Santorum
Oregon - Romney
Arkansas - Santorum
Kentucky - Santorum
Texas - Romney (I know this is a big leap, but they did elect Perry!)
California - Romney
New Jersey - Romney
New Mexico - Romney
South Dakota - Romney
Nebraska - Romney
Montana - Romney
Utah - Romney by over 35 points
This will put Romney over the top for the nomination with over 1200 delegates going into the convention.
If Gingrich drops out in April, then the delegate count will be easier to reach for Romney.
If Santorum drops out in April, The race is essentially over at his drop out day. This could possibly happen because of money problems. If Santorum does not win more than Missouri during the remainder of March and he shows low in his win in Pennsylvania on April 24, he will have to drop out of the race or seriously curtail his campaigning. He will not have the money to continue on into the other races in May where he had a chance of winning.
Paul... He's like the Eveready Battery Bunny, he just keeps on going. He will not drop out and he will not make an independent run. He will keep up his percentages that he has been accumulating. His supporters are just like him, they don't give up.
The final nomination will be Romney and someone that will add to his attractiveness for the general election. Then he will win by 4 points on November 6th. That will put an end to the Obamao regime, religions other than Islamic based sects will be able to relax again and we can start to get America back on track. That will also be the beginning of "Change" that we can stomach!
May God Bless America and us, we need it! Believe in America!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!
Politics and the media. Which is worse? PAC's. These things are really starting to drive me crazy. We all know that they are just a front for the candidates so megabucks can flow to the campaign coffers and attack ads can be blamed on some unknown group "that just happen to like me"! I really have not many people who like these other than rich control freaks and politicians. It is time they go away. They are interfering in local politics way too often and they get much too "attackish" (new word) in the campaign process. Clips are used out of context, the full sentence is always edited to make a point and the real facts are so far away from the end product that it becomes a very effective way to pull down an opponent. This is not the way to run political campaigns and elections in a country as great as ours. If you ever get the chance to vote against them, please do so.
Now on to the main topic. Mitt Romney. I am for him. I don't think he is perfect. But he is by far the most electable of the group. He is by far the best opponent to get rid of the Marxist sitting in the White House. He is by far the most capable of turning the economy switch back on and making sure that regulations are not used to massage the business sector into submission for agendas that seem to be so prevalent these days. If you have not read the book "No Apology", you need to so you can understand his whole program. It works, we have seen it all work at various times and in different places, just maybe, it might get put together all at once and in the same place!
As for Super Tuesday: It was a home run for Romney! I am getting very tired of listening to the media turn victories into just squeaking by the awesome Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich and the very persistent Ron Paul. Okay, I will admit, Ron Paul is very persistent! He is like the Eveready Battery Bunny, he just keeps on going. But rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have had their butts handed to them on a silver platter! Face it you two, Romney has out thought you, out gamed you and outperformed you!
23 Primary/Caucuses so far. Romney has won 14 of them, 60.9% of them. Santorum has won 7, 30.4%. Gingrich has won 2, 8.7%. The Eveready Battery Bunny has not won any.
Of the votes: Romney: 3,174,900 / 40.6%. Santorum: 1,944,880 / 24.8%. Gingrich: 1,821,920 / 23.3% Really? People, read about this guy, he is not what he says he is! He was a college professor, he is a progressive, he has a temper, he is not that honest of a guy, he was controlled by Clinton, and he has had as many wives as the other three combined!) Paul: 887,070 11.3%. He wins this by 15.8% points!
Of the Delegates: Romney 429 / 54.8%. Santorum 169 / 21.6%. Gingrich 118 / 15.1%. Paul 67 / 8.6%. He wins this by 33.2% points! He is 37.5% of the needed delegates to win.
And now, this is where he is kicking the competition into yesterday. He has won 100% of the Winner Take All Primary/Caucuses so far! 14 out of 14! He is 100% points ahead of everyone else in this category.
Does this sound like a nice statistic or do you think we have the smartest guy in the race out campaigning as the ex-governor of Massachusetts? He has put all of his heavy resources into the states with winner take all races and in the states that are key states in the general election. This guy is in it to win and knows how to do it! There are no states being missed by his campaign because of missed deadlines, shortage of signatures or just stupid slip ups. There is not much wasted time by the heavy hitters in the campaign and there is certainly an appetite for results in this organization. Wow, that kind of sounds like what we want for a Chief Executive of our country isn't it?
But then there are the shortcoming that he has. Let's review them. He donates way too much of his time without pay. Two years as a missionary when he was 19. Numerous years in local church leadership positions. Governor of Massachusetts. CEO of the Salt Lake Olympic Games.
He only pays what he owes in taxes! Can you believe this? Why doesn't he pay more than he owes. A simple calculator will show that he paid full taxes, mostly capital gains tax. Only rich guys do that! I hate it when people are successful and then pay the taxes they owe on what they earned.
He spends way too much money! He gave out about 15% of his income in contributions to charitable organizations! Why I bet he and his wife even donate a lot of their time doing charitable work and volunteer work also. They probably taught all of their sons this same trait also. Watch out for those conservatives, they like to pass their way of life down through the generations.
He is happy! The guy smiles way too much! No one can be that happy can they? Why does he try and act happy all of the time?
He is successful. Ooooooooooh, that really makes me angry! How can anyone be successful without cheating? He has to be cheating. No one is successful by outthinking the competition, working harder than the other guy and refusing to accept anything but best effort.
See. He has all kinds of flaws. He has no history that anyone has been able to dig up dirt in. He has a spine. No one pushes him around. He has shown that he won't tolerate being accused of something that is not him. He has character that best selling self improvement books are written about. He has compassion, look at all of the money he gives a way! He has determination. Look at his success record. Coaches would give anything for his win/loss record. And he is a nice guy. He has conviction about what is right and wrong. He is very religious and expects everyone to be able to have the same religious freedoms as his own and will protect others when theirs are being infringed on.
Seriously, please read his book "No Apology". It covers education, energy, business, foreign affairs, military, government, the economy, welfare, healthcare reform, regulatory reform, taxes, spending, judicial appointments, illegal immigration, border securement, religion, transportation... Kind of like the Ragu bottle, it's in there.
Romney 2012. A return to the America that we loved and used to know. Believe In America!
May God Bless us and America, we need it!
Now on to the main topic. Mitt Romney. I am for him. I don't think he is perfect. But he is by far the most electable of the group. He is by far the best opponent to get rid of the Marxist sitting in the White House. He is by far the most capable of turning the economy switch back on and making sure that regulations are not used to massage the business sector into submission for agendas that seem to be so prevalent these days. If you have not read the book "No Apology", you need to so you can understand his whole program. It works, we have seen it all work at various times and in different places, just maybe, it might get put together all at once and in the same place!
As for Super Tuesday: It was a home run for Romney! I am getting very tired of listening to the media turn victories into just squeaking by the awesome Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich and the very persistent Ron Paul. Okay, I will admit, Ron Paul is very persistent! He is like the Eveready Battery Bunny, he just keeps on going. But rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have had their butts handed to them on a silver platter! Face it you two, Romney has out thought you, out gamed you and outperformed you!
23 Primary/Caucuses so far. Romney has won 14 of them, 60.9% of them. Santorum has won 7, 30.4%. Gingrich has won 2, 8.7%. The Eveready Battery Bunny has not won any.
Of the votes: Romney: 3,174,900 / 40.6%. Santorum: 1,944,880 / 24.8%. Gingrich: 1,821,920 / 23.3% Really? People, read about this guy, he is not what he says he is! He was a college professor, he is a progressive, he has a temper, he is not that honest of a guy, he was controlled by Clinton, and he has had as many wives as the other three combined!) Paul: 887,070 11.3%. He wins this by 15.8% points!
Of the Delegates: Romney 429 / 54.8%. Santorum 169 / 21.6%. Gingrich 118 / 15.1%. Paul 67 / 8.6%. He wins this by 33.2% points! He is 37.5% of the needed delegates to win.
And now, this is where he is kicking the competition into yesterday. He has won 100% of the Winner Take All Primary/Caucuses so far! 14 out of 14! He is 100% points ahead of everyone else in this category.
Does this sound like a nice statistic or do you think we have the smartest guy in the race out campaigning as the ex-governor of Massachusetts? He has put all of his heavy resources into the states with winner take all races and in the states that are key states in the general election. This guy is in it to win and knows how to do it! There are no states being missed by his campaign because of missed deadlines, shortage of signatures or just stupid slip ups. There is not much wasted time by the heavy hitters in the campaign and there is certainly an appetite for results in this organization. Wow, that kind of sounds like what we want for a Chief Executive of our country isn't it?
But then there are the shortcoming that he has. Let's review them. He donates way too much of his time without pay. Two years as a missionary when he was 19. Numerous years in local church leadership positions. Governor of Massachusetts. CEO of the Salt Lake Olympic Games.
He only pays what he owes in taxes! Can you believe this? Why doesn't he pay more than he owes. A simple calculator will show that he paid full taxes, mostly capital gains tax. Only rich guys do that! I hate it when people are successful and then pay the taxes they owe on what they earned.
He spends way too much money! He gave out about 15% of his income in contributions to charitable organizations! Why I bet he and his wife even donate a lot of their time doing charitable work and volunteer work also. They probably taught all of their sons this same trait also. Watch out for those conservatives, they like to pass their way of life down through the generations.
He is happy! The guy smiles way too much! No one can be that happy can they? Why does he try and act happy all of the time?
He is successful. Ooooooooooh, that really makes me angry! How can anyone be successful without cheating? He has to be cheating. No one is successful by outthinking the competition, working harder than the other guy and refusing to accept anything but best effort.
See. He has all kinds of flaws. He has no history that anyone has been able to dig up dirt in. He has a spine. No one pushes him around. He has shown that he won't tolerate being accused of something that is not him. He has character that best selling self improvement books are written about. He has compassion, look at all of the money he gives a way! He has determination. Look at his success record. Coaches would give anything for his win/loss record. And he is a nice guy. He has conviction about what is right and wrong. He is very religious and expects everyone to be able to have the same religious freedoms as his own and will protect others when theirs are being infringed on.
Seriously, please read his book "No Apology". It covers education, energy, business, foreign affairs, military, government, the economy, welfare, healthcare reform, regulatory reform, taxes, spending, judicial appointments, illegal immigration, border securement, religion, transportation... Kind of like the Ragu bottle, it's in there.
Romney 2012. A return to the America that we loved and used to know. Believe In America!
May God Bless us and America, we need it!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Born 1776 - Died 2008
When I first saw the photo that I have as my Blog header, I laughed. Today I looked at it and ached. It is true. Did this death come on suddenly in 2008? No. We have let it happen over decades of sitting on the sidelines and letting them do to us what they would. We didn't always sit quietly, but we didn't follow up our protests with action. We watched as we let abortion become the largest killer in our country. We sat by and watched our "heroes" become pompous brats, covered with tattoos and piercings and being paid to act badly in public. We watched as we sent our young men and women to die in wars that we didn't really want to fight but yet we wanted to right some wrongs, but do it without offending anyone. We watched as our schools turned against prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, patriotism, history told truthfully, teaching the importance of trying your best, courtesy, and punishment for bad behavior. We watched as our politicians were sent to represent us and then most lost their souls and turned their service into a personal power grab and longevity contest while helping the progressives to fundamentally change our country to something much different than what we grew up with and what our parents and grandparents would have recognized. We watched as we have had freedoms, rights and liberties stripped from us because "it was for our best interest"? We watched as we let the world condemn Christianity for "their hatred" of anyone who wanted to stretch the norms of social morals. We watched as our judges told us we were wrong in our beliefs and that we had to become more accommodating in our allowing others to do whatever they wanted to do. We watched as we let the family fall apart and become something odd in our society instead of the bastion of our communities. And we watched as we became a weak, embarrassed people not willing to speak out for truth, virtue and honor for fear of being labeled a "hatist" by those telling us that we were old fashioned and out of touch with the new world and its inhabitants.
So welcome to what we created.
I am saddened by the fight taking place in the Republican Party Primary process. We are watching the same thing happen there. When did cheating on your wife at least two separate times become a qualification for President of the United States of America by two separate candidates? When did turning away from Israel become a plank in the platform for the party? I could go on with a lot more, but you understand what I am talking about. We have watched three very strong candidates attacked because of who they are. Two are left. One is being told to step out of the race because he is not qualified to be President yet he has been ahead in the polls and primary results of the one telling him to step down. One is being made out as the bad guy of the race because he was successful? A guy who has served as a governor without pay, the Olympic Games boss without pay, has donated over 15% of all of his earnings in charitable contributions, has served in numerous leadership positions and service positions for decades without pay and has not attacked the others but focused his efforts on replacing the current President. We are sitting watching again.
S.A.L.T. This can mean many things. A food additive, a food preservative, an international military treaty, or my favorite meaning as told by Gordon B. Hinckley, a small statured man who I viewed as a giant among men. He explained it as STAND A LITTLE TALLER.
Why would standing a little taller mean so much coming from such a physically small man? Because we have all shrunk back from our responsibilities and duties. We have let the pressure of the world push us down, the fear of being perceived as a "hatist" or a "bigot", the feeling that it is easier to stay low and shrink into the background of the world than to speak out for truth, virtue, liberty and justice.
We all need to stand tall, stand in the right place and speak out and act in defense of truth, virtue, liberty and justice. It is time to choose whom it is that you want to represent you, whom you want to represent our country to the world and whom you want to lead us back to a society that remembers and honors the things we were taught by our parents, grandparents and Founding Fathers.
Personally I believe this person to be Mitt Romney. I have read volumes about him studying him and looking for something to make me worry. I have not found it. I have read volumes about the other candidates also. One that is left is someone I could stand behind if Mitt did not win the nomination. The others I have walked away from. If you have a different choice, make sure that they are truly honorable in all aspects of their life. If they aren't, then walk away from them and join support for someone who is.
As a country, we cannot survive any further movement down the road we are on. We need to return to the basics of our country. The basics that our Founding Fathers believed in. We need to return to "one nation under God", for without His help we will not survive. Without recognizing Him as the One that we owe our success to and all that we have gained to, we will not survive.
And finally, wise words from one of those Founding Fathers:
"Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence.
I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people...
Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.
(George Washington, First Inaugural Address, New York City, NY, Thursday, April 30, 1789)
May God Bless us and America! We need it!
So welcome to what we created.
I am saddened by the fight taking place in the Republican Party Primary process. We are watching the same thing happen there. When did cheating on your wife at least two separate times become a qualification for President of the United States of America by two separate candidates? When did turning away from Israel become a plank in the platform for the party? I could go on with a lot more, but you understand what I am talking about. We have watched three very strong candidates attacked because of who they are. Two are left. One is being told to step out of the race because he is not qualified to be President yet he has been ahead in the polls and primary results of the one telling him to step down. One is being made out as the bad guy of the race because he was successful? A guy who has served as a governor without pay, the Olympic Games boss without pay, has donated over 15% of all of his earnings in charitable contributions, has served in numerous leadership positions and service positions for decades without pay and has not attacked the others but focused his efforts on replacing the current President. We are sitting watching again.
S.A.L.T. This can mean many things. A food additive, a food preservative, an international military treaty, or my favorite meaning as told by Gordon B. Hinckley, a small statured man who I viewed as a giant among men. He explained it as STAND A LITTLE TALLER.
Why would standing a little taller mean so much coming from such a physically small man? Because we have all shrunk back from our responsibilities and duties. We have let the pressure of the world push us down, the fear of being perceived as a "hatist" or a "bigot", the feeling that it is easier to stay low and shrink into the background of the world than to speak out for truth, virtue, liberty and justice.
We all need to stand tall, stand in the right place and speak out and act in defense of truth, virtue, liberty and justice. It is time to choose whom it is that you want to represent you, whom you want to represent our country to the world and whom you want to lead us back to a society that remembers and honors the things we were taught by our parents, grandparents and Founding Fathers.
Personally I believe this person to be Mitt Romney. I have read volumes about him studying him and looking for something to make me worry. I have not found it. I have read volumes about the other candidates also. One that is left is someone I could stand behind if Mitt did not win the nomination. The others I have walked away from. If you have a different choice, make sure that they are truly honorable in all aspects of their life. If they aren't, then walk away from them and join support for someone who is.
As a country, we cannot survive any further movement down the road we are on. We need to return to the basics of our country. The basics that our Founding Fathers believed in. We need to return to "one nation under God", for without His help we will not survive. Without recognizing Him as the One that we owe our success to and all that we have gained to, we will not survive.
And finally, wise words from one of those Founding Fathers:
"Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence.
I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people...
Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.
(George Washington, First Inaugural Address, New York City, NY, Thursday, April 30, 1789)
May God Bless us and America! We need it!
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Christmas Gift from 1776
Told By: Howard C. Norton
1776 had not been a good year for the ragtag army of the colonies. After the short lived success of driving the British back from Concord and their ability to hold at Bunker Hill, the British had been forced to abandon Boston. This was about all that had gone well for the American forces. They were after all an undisciplined and untrained army that had been pulled from the workshops and farms of New England. The strain of these factors had given rise to a great deal of desertion and scattering. George Washington had been put in charge of the army and had collected as many of the colonies militias to New York to begin his war against the British. Reports from northern New York were not good and the British seemed to be advancing from the lakes area of New York also. Fighting stubbornly through the summer and autumn of 1776, Washington and his army had to abandon Long Island and flee to Manhattan. On Manhattan they gathered at Fort Washington and tried to regather themselves to defend against the hard advancing British and Hessian armies.
Unfortunately, Washington soon realized that the fort called by his name could not stop the enemy’s vessels from passing up the Hudson River and decided it would be best to abandon it. He urged General Greene the New York commander to give up the fort but left the ultimate decision to him while he went to check on General Heath at West Point. The Continental Congress convinced General Greene to not give up Fort Washington and that turned into a serious mistake. The British closed around the fort and launched a full attack on it on November 17th. The fort, three thousand men, a great quantity of cannon, muskets and military stores were lost to the British. On November 21st, General Greene and the entire remaining army at New York also had to abandon Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson. This was done so quickly that the British found the American’s cannon and pots of stew still at the fort left behind.
Washington now had less than six thousand men left from the retreat. Before December 1st, 2,026 demoralized men had their enlistments run out and refused to reenlist and returned to their homes. Messages were sent to General Lee and his seven thousand troops at North Castle, NY to come join Washington but he refused. Washington began a quick retreat across New Jersey fleeing from General Cornwallis and the British armies. Repeatedly, Washington sent messengers to General Lee urging him to come join him with all possible hast but they were answered with arguments, excuses, pretenses of misunderstandings and refusals. Little did Washington know at the time, that General Lee was actually trying to position himself to become dictator and takeover as commander of the American armies. He had been writing governors of the colonies and to members of the Continental Congress and many of those whom Washington had counted as trusted colleagues. He was trying to convince them that the setbacks the armies were having was because of Washington’s incompetence and they began to conspire against him and talk poorly of the job he was doing.
Half of the army was fleeing for their lives across New Jersey while hundreds of its members were leaving for their homes giving up on the cause as a loss. The traitor, General Lee, about a hundred miles away was holding the other half of the army hostage. When Lee finally began to move his army, the British did the American’s a great favor by capturing General Lee at a village tavern on the night of December 13th, while he was enjoying a leisurely evening away from the troops. His army was then quickly sent to rejoin Washington and the rest of the army. General Washington wrote, “Unless we are absolutely forced into, we shall avoid a large battle. With the fate of America at stake, our job is to prolong this war as much as possible.” General Howe and the British armies fully intended to catch Washington in West New Jersey against the Delaware River. But he was extremely surprised to find that Washington and his fleeing army had already crossed the river in retreat. A wise General Washington had sent ahead a group of soldiers and had commandeered or destroyed every boat on the Delaware River for seventy miles so that his retreat would be controlled by him and leave the British on the New Jersey side of the river. The Continental Congress was becoming very excited about the British being so close to Philadelphia and on December 12th they packed up and left for Baltimore, MD. British General Howe believed that the war was over and that the armies of the Americans had collapsed. He retired to New York while his commander General Cornwallis was preparing to return to England for the winter. The British army of twenty five thousand controlled all of New York and New Jersey with the small three thousand man battered American army using the Delaware River as protection for the winter. Washington admitted in a letter “that the game was about up.”
Colonel Sullivan and the army that General Lee had held up arrived, another new five hundred soldiers from Philadelphia arrived and two thousand men from upper New York retreated to his position. On December 24th, the American armies finally numbered between five and six thousand scattered between Philadelphia and Bristol, PA. The light of dawn was approaching the darkness that the American army had been engulfed in. But there was still the problem of deserters and those whose enlistment was running out. For you see, the soldiers of the army had been enlisted for only six months as ordered by the Continental Congress. There enlistment ran out on December 31st. With little money for payment, food that was hard to come by, shelter and warmth a problem and after defeat after defeat, the army looked like it would fall apart on January 1st. There would only be fifteen hundred left in the whole army! The dream of freedom would come to an end and the new country would fall under oppression again.
It was time to put into place the plan that Washington had conceived. The town of Trenton was occupied by fifteen hundred Hessian troops. These were the German mercenaries who had been hired by the British to help fight the war. The American army on Christmas Day would recross the Delaware River using the fleet of iron ore and freight boats that he had commandeered for their retreat, and capture the army of Hessians in Trenton while they slept after their Christmas celebrations.
All of the plans were made and each of the five divisions of the army was to do a specific assignment. Everything was thought out and planned for. Nothing was overlooked or omitted. But then, for some reason or another, nothing went as planned. Every one of the division commanders failed to do his part. Gates the commander in Bristol, disapproved of the plan and was on his way to tell congress of the mistake, his second in command, Cadwalader and his two thousand men from Bristol never crossed the river. He thought that it was too dangerous with the ice flows and speed of the water and gave it up as too desperate. Griffin the head of the New Jersey militia fled before the British at Burlington. Putnam the commander in charge of the troops at Philadelphia never left Philadelphia. Ewing the commander directly across from Trenton made no effort to cross the river. Washington, thinking all were doing what they should set out with his twenty four hundred worn out soldiers.
At 2:00PM on Christmas day 1776, Washington began marching his army towards his crossing point on the Delaware River at Mackonkey’s Ferry. Arriving after dark, they began to cross the river that was swollen with ice and rushing water. At 11:00 PM it started snowing. By 3:00 AM they had finally finished crossing the river. At 4:00 AM they begin their nine-mile march towards Trenton. It was bitter cold, snowing, hailing and sleeting for their march. The wind was driving the snow and sleet sharply into the faces of the troops. An officer on Washington’s staff wrote in his diary, “It will be a terrible night for the soldiers who have no shoes. Some of them have tied old rags around their feet; others are barefoot, but I have not heard a man complain. They are ready to suffer any hardship and die rather than give up their liberty.” Indeed the reports of those who were there said that anyone could have followed the trail of the army that night. Their marching left a solid trail of red from the blood left in the snow. Men were so cold that they became numb and collapsed in the snow and had to be helped along by their fellow soldiers. The determination of the men in Washington’s plan was even more emphasized by the password they used to identify themselves for this mission: “Victory or Death!”
They split into two columns four miles north of Trenton. General Sullivan, who led the second column, sent word to Washington that the arms of the soldiers were wet. Washington replied, “Tell your general to use the bayonet, for the town must be taken!” At 8:00 AM with the snowstorm still raging, Washington encountered the first sentries north of Trenton. Five minutes later, at 8:05 AM, the second column encountered sentries on the west side of Trenton. After driving the Hessians from their barracks and through the streets of Trenton, the Hessians tried to regroup in the apple orchards. At 9:30 AM the battle ended when the remaining Hessians surrendered. By 12:00 PM on December 27th, Washington and his troops were back in their camp in Pennsylvania. By the end of the day on December 27th, over 1,000, almost half of the army had reported as ill.
Of the Hessians, 22 were killed, 98 wounded, 200 escaped south past where one of the American divisions was supposed to be and 948 were captured as prisoners. The American army of 2,400 had 4 wounded and no dead from combat. Two froze to death and none were captured. They seized six cannon, twelve hundred muskets and the winter stores including a large supply of blankets from the Hessian troops in Trenton. The victory at Trenton astonished everyone; Washington had guarded his secret plans so well. As the news spread through the country, the rejoicing was loud and joyous. A larger and more hopeful army was built and re enlistments were common. Washington’s reputation as a military leader was restored. Cornwallis on hearing of the defeat of his troops put off his return to England and marched on Trenton with 8,000 of his best troops. Washington recrossed the Delaware River on December 30th and after outmaneuvering General Cornwallis, defeated his rear guard at Princeton on January 3rd. The war had finally turned around. Washington never denied the Provident help that he and his troops received in defeating the much larger, better equipped and better trained British armies during the war.
A Christmas gift was given to us that day for all of us to enjoy for centuries to come. Sacrifice, the willingness to lay down their lives for us and the love of their country made it a Christmas gift that would be remembered forever and make us grateful for their bravery.
For over two centuries the members of our armed forces have continued to sacrifice for this great nation to continue on. As we sit with our families and friends this Christmas, remember all of those who protect us, our freedoms and our country! Many of them will be standing guard away from their families this year, say a prayer for them and their families and may they all return safely to their families soon!
May the Joy of Christmas and the love of our Savior Jesus Christ fill all of your homes!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
1776 had not been a good year for the ragtag army of the colonies. After the short lived success of driving the British back from Concord and their ability to hold at Bunker Hill, the British had been forced to abandon Boston. This was about all that had gone well for the American forces. They were after all an undisciplined and untrained army that had been pulled from the workshops and farms of New England. The strain of these factors had given rise to a great deal of desertion and scattering. George Washington had been put in charge of the army and had collected as many of the colonies militias to New York to begin his war against the British. Reports from northern New York were not good and the British seemed to be advancing from the lakes area of New York also. Fighting stubbornly through the summer and autumn of 1776, Washington and his army had to abandon Long Island and flee to Manhattan. On Manhattan they gathered at Fort Washington and tried to regather themselves to defend against the hard advancing British and Hessian armies.
Unfortunately, Washington soon realized that the fort called by his name could not stop the enemy’s vessels from passing up the Hudson River and decided it would be best to abandon it. He urged General Greene the New York commander to give up the fort but left the ultimate decision to him while he went to check on General Heath at West Point. The Continental Congress convinced General Greene to not give up Fort Washington and that turned into a serious mistake. The British closed around the fort and launched a full attack on it on November 17th. The fort, three thousand men, a great quantity of cannon, muskets and military stores were lost to the British. On November 21st, General Greene and the entire remaining army at New York also had to abandon Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson. This was done so quickly that the British found the American’s cannon and pots of stew still at the fort left behind.
Washington now had less than six thousand men left from the retreat. Before December 1st, 2,026 demoralized men had their enlistments run out and refused to reenlist and returned to their homes. Messages were sent to General Lee and his seven thousand troops at North Castle, NY to come join Washington but he refused. Washington began a quick retreat across New Jersey fleeing from General Cornwallis and the British armies. Repeatedly, Washington sent messengers to General Lee urging him to come join him with all possible hast but they were answered with arguments, excuses, pretenses of misunderstandings and refusals. Little did Washington know at the time, that General Lee was actually trying to position himself to become dictator and takeover as commander of the American armies. He had been writing governors of the colonies and to members of the Continental Congress and many of those whom Washington had counted as trusted colleagues. He was trying to convince them that the setbacks the armies were having was because of Washington’s incompetence and they began to conspire against him and talk poorly of the job he was doing.
Half of the army was fleeing for their lives across New Jersey while hundreds of its members were leaving for their homes giving up on the cause as a loss. The traitor, General Lee, about a hundred miles away was holding the other half of the army hostage. When Lee finally began to move his army, the British did the American’s a great favor by capturing General Lee at a village tavern on the night of December 13th, while he was enjoying a leisurely evening away from the troops. His army was then quickly sent to rejoin Washington and the rest of the army. General Washington wrote, “Unless we are absolutely forced into, we shall avoid a large battle. With the fate of America at stake, our job is to prolong this war as much as possible.” General Howe and the British armies fully intended to catch Washington in West New Jersey against the Delaware River. But he was extremely surprised to find that Washington and his fleeing army had already crossed the river in retreat. A wise General Washington had sent ahead a group of soldiers and had commandeered or destroyed every boat on the Delaware River for seventy miles so that his retreat would be controlled by him and leave the British on the New Jersey side of the river. The Continental Congress was becoming very excited about the British being so close to Philadelphia and on December 12th they packed up and left for Baltimore, MD. British General Howe believed that the war was over and that the armies of the Americans had collapsed. He retired to New York while his commander General Cornwallis was preparing to return to England for the winter. The British army of twenty five thousand controlled all of New York and New Jersey with the small three thousand man battered American army using the Delaware River as protection for the winter. Washington admitted in a letter “that the game was about up.”
Colonel Sullivan and the army that General Lee had held up arrived, another new five hundred soldiers from Philadelphia arrived and two thousand men from upper New York retreated to his position. On December 24th, the American armies finally numbered between five and six thousand scattered between Philadelphia and Bristol, PA. The light of dawn was approaching the darkness that the American army had been engulfed in. But there was still the problem of deserters and those whose enlistment was running out. For you see, the soldiers of the army had been enlisted for only six months as ordered by the Continental Congress. There enlistment ran out on December 31st. With little money for payment, food that was hard to come by, shelter and warmth a problem and after defeat after defeat, the army looked like it would fall apart on January 1st. There would only be fifteen hundred left in the whole army! The dream of freedom would come to an end and the new country would fall under oppression again.
It was time to put into place the plan that Washington had conceived. The town of Trenton was occupied by fifteen hundred Hessian troops. These were the German mercenaries who had been hired by the British to help fight the war. The American army on Christmas Day would recross the Delaware River using the fleet of iron ore and freight boats that he had commandeered for their retreat, and capture the army of Hessians in Trenton while they slept after their Christmas celebrations.
All of the plans were made and each of the five divisions of the army was to do a specific assignment. Everything was thought out and planned for. Nothing was overlooked or omitted. But then, for some reason or another, nothing went as planned. Every one of the division commanders failed to do his part. Gates the commander in Bristol, disapproved of the plan and was on his way to tell congress of the mistake, his second in command, Cadwalader and his two thousand men from Bristol never crossed the river. He thought that it was too dangerous with the ice flows and speed of the water and gave it up as too desperate. Griffin the head of the New Jersey militia fled before the British at Burlington. Putnam the commander in charge of the troops at Philadelphia never left Philadelphia. Ewing the commander directly across from Trenton made no effort to cross the river. Washington, thinking all were doing what they should set out with his twenty four hundred worn out soldiers.
At 2:00PM on Christmas day 1776, Washington began marching his army towards his crossing point on the Delaware River at Mackonkey’s Ferry. Arriving after dark, they began to cross the river that was swollen with ice and rushing water. At 11:00 PM it started snowing. By 3:00 AM they had finally finished crossing the river. At 4:00 AM they begin their nine-mile march towards Trenton. It was bitter cold, snowing, hailing and sleeting for their march. The wind was driving the snow and sleet sharply into the faces of the troops. An officer on Washington’s staff wrote in his diary, “It will be a terrible night for the soldiers who have no shoes. Some of them have tied old rags around their feet; others are barefoot, but I have not heard a man complain. They are ready to suffer any hardship and die rather than give up their liberty.” Indeed the reports of those who were there said that anyone could have followed the trail of the army that night. Their marching left a solid trail of red from the blood left in the snow. Men were so cold that they became numb and collapsed in the snow and had to be helped along by their fellow soldiers. The determination of the men in Washington’s plan was even more emphasized by the password they used to identify themselves for this mission: “Victory or Death!”
They split into two columns four miles north of Trenton. General Sullivan, who led the second column, sent word to Washington that the arms of the soldiers were wet. Washington replied, “Tell your general to use the bayonet, for the town must be taken!” At 8:00 AM with the snowstorm still raging, Washington encountered the first sentries north of Trenton. Five minutes later, at 8:05 AM, the second column encountered sentries on the west side of Trenton. After driving the Hessians from their barracks and through the streets of Trenton, the Hessians tried to regroup in the apple orchards. At 9:30 AM the battle ended when the remaining Hessians surrendered. By 12:00 PM on December 27th, Washington and his troops were back in their camp in Pennsylvania. By the end of the day on December 27th, over 1,000, almost half of the army had reported as ill.
Of the Hessians, 22 were killed, 98 wounded, 200 escaped south past where one of the American divisions was supposed to be and 948 were captured as prisoners. The American army of 2,400 had 4 wounded and no dead from combat. Two froze to death and none were captured. They seized six cannon, twelve hundred muskets and the winter stores including a large supply of blankets from the Hessian troops in Trenton. The victory at Trenton astonished everyone; Washington had guarded his secret plans so well. As the news spread through the country, the rejoicing was loud and joyous. A larger and more hopeful army was built and re enlistments were common. Washington’s reputation as a military leader was restored. Cornwallis on hearing of the defeat of his troops put off his return to England and marched on Trenton with 8,000 of his best troops. Washington recrossed the Delaware River on December 30th and after outmaneuvering General Cornwallis, defeated his rear guard at Princeton on January 3rd. The war had finally turned around. Washington never denied the Provident help that he and his troops received in defeating the much larger, better equipped and better trained British armies during the war.
A Christmas gift was given to us that day for all of us to enjoy for centuries to come. Sacrifice, the willingness to lay down their lives for us and the love of their country made it a Christmas gift that would be remembered forever and make us grateful for their bravery.
For over two centuries the members of our armed forces have continued to sacrifice for this great nation to continue on. As we sit with our families and friends this Christmas, remember all of those who protect us, our freedoms and our country! Many of them will be standing guard away from their families this year, say a prayer for them and their families and may they all return safely to their families soon!
May the Joy of Christmas and the love of our Savior Jesus Christ fill all of your homes!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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