Long has the Star Spangled banner waived over the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Its stars shine forth in the night, giving light and guidance to the mariners on the see of adversity. It waves to them. It calls to them.

Its stripes remind us of the blood and purity of the brave and tells us with not only those stripes, but the stripes of One other, we are healed and made free.

This land, this new nation, has transformed our world in a way that no other has since the beginning of time. Our Constitution is more than just a document that preserves ours rights as Americans. It is a document that has set the standard for the preservation of human rights across the world.

No matter the stain of current politics - the principles of Freedom that shine forth as the stars of the night call and set the standard of a higher humanity for all the world to see and for all the world to be guided by. America calls to the world. It calls to loose the bonds of slavery. It calls to end the bonds of ignorance. It calls to end the false hegemony of high birth. It calls to bring all to the level of human brotherhood. It calls to the soul to worship their Divine Creator how, where and when they may. It calls to individual to reach out, to look higher, and to lift up. This is America to me. This is my County - the United States.

Thank God for this land of Liberty - for by it, all of mankind is or will be blessed by it. Freedom and human conscience create a foundation of happiness. This freedom which was established first here will go forth across all the world - not by aggression but by progression. It truly has begun a Novus Ordo Seclorum - a New Order for the Ages. Thank God for that Order.

Thank you for reading.

While on my lunch break today I was doing some investigating on what Congress had been up to yesterday and I came across this resolution called "Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation." I had to read it just because I thought it sounded silly. You can read the resolution on the link below.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c110yUqwxM::

In the resolution it references the "Millenium Development Goals." I had never heard of these goals and did a google search on them and found they are 8 goals agreed to by the countries of the UN to reduce certain social ailments that plague our world by the year 2015.

I was encouraged by the goodwill of men and women everywhere who work towards these lofty but important goals. I thought I would make you aware of them too so that you might be inspired by the good in our world that does still take place.

You can read them here:

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

God bless you in all of your good efforts as well.

Ken

Scott McClellan

I have watched several interviews – probably four or five now - with former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan regarding his new book “What Happened.”

It shouldn’t amaze any of us the level of attacks that have come against him as he has shared with the American people, who he was sworn to serve, his story and perspective on what happened in the White House during his tenure there.

I know that there are many of us who would like to not believe what he is saying. It is hard to hear someone say that our Vice President manipulated intelligence and that our President and his advisors lead a war of propaganda to convince the American people and our elected officials that there was a clear and present danger.

Tonight I watched McClellan be interviewed by Bill O'Rielly. It was unbelievable how O’Reilly spent the whole time trying to defame and discredit McClellan – calling him a person of propaganda. Here are some of the things he said:

“Your book is Propaganda.”
“I think you’re naive.”
“Surely you know how you are being used.”
“Negative spin.”
“I think you are being used by your publisher.”
“Why didn’t you stick up for the president?”

And my favorite:

“It’s not the truth it’s your opinion.”

McClellan either saw it or he didn’t. He either heard it or he didn’t. It’s not his opinion. It’s what happened. Why is it so hard for us to believe and accept? Especially when Scott McClellan isn’t the first person to say these things either.

Let’s listen and let’s do something about it. Let’s believe the hard stuff and be wiser in how we vote and in how involved we are after the election.

O’Reilly said that McClellan didn’t have the courage to do what was right. He said, “It’s a matter of courage isn’t it?”

McClellan had courage – he had the courage to know before hand what he was going to get into when he told the truth.

Is O’Reilly unbiased?

Is O’Reilly fair?

Is O’Reilly balanced?

I don’t think so.

It is a shame that he calls himself a journalist and it’s a shame that he has such a large following. We need information and to be allowed to make our own decisions and not be tricked into believing something by him or any other person.

We need facts not opinions.

I am grateful that a true patriot that is looking beyond the election and his party has had the moral courage to stand up for the facts and to share them with us – the People.